Standing in a pile of broken glass in northern Lebanon, a man heaved shovel-loads of shards -- retrieved from Beirut after the massive explosion at its port -- into a red-hot furnace.

Melted down at a factory in the second city Tripoli, they re-emerged as molten glass ready to be recycled into traditional slim-necked water jugs.

A month after Beirut's devastating explosion, Ghassan Toubaji still sits under a gaping hole in his ceiling -- he can look up through the dangling plaster, wires and metal struts and the broken brick roof and see a bit of sky.

The 74-year-old survived the Aug. 4 blast with bruises, but his fall from its impact worsened his heart and blood circulation diseases. Between that and Lebanon's crumbled economy, he can't go back to work.

Rescue workers said Saturday there was no longer any sign of life in a collapsed Mar Mikhail building, dashing hopes raised by sensor readings showing a pulse beneath the rubble from last month's blast.

Rescue teams kept up their search for survivors in Beirut Saturday even as hopes raised by sensor readings of a pulse beneath the rubble of last month's blast began to fade.

The Lebanese army busted members of a terror cell linked to the Islamic State group, with potential links to the crime in Kaftoun back in August, the Lebanese Army Command-Orientation Directorate reported on Saturday.

Prime Minister designate Mustafa Adib marked one month since Beirut’s deadly port blast on Saturday, affirming commitment to investigations into the colossal explosion that took the lives of more than 191 people, injured thousands and left around 300,000 people homeless.

Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Schenker reportedly confirmed that a new package of US sanctions will be issued next week, the Saudi Asharq el-Awsat said on Saturday.

The World Bank on Friday said it was canceling a loan to fund a dam in Lebanon that environmentalists claimed could destroy a valley rich in biodiversity.

The Bisri Dam was partially suspended in June after the Washington-based development lender said it raised concerns about the project's implementation, and given the government of Lebanon until September 4 to finalize key agreements related to operations and maintenance as well as the environment.

Two American men accused of smuggling Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn out of Japan while he was awaiting trial on financial misconduct charges can be extradited, a U.S. federal judge ruled Friday.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Donald Cabell issued a ruling approving the extradition of Michael Taylor, a U.S. Army Special Forces veteran, and his son Peter Taylor, but the final decision rests with the U.S. State Department.

Citizens, activists, the army and the Beirut Fire Brigade held ceremonies and sit-ins at the blast-hit Beirut port on Friday to mark one month since the cataclysmic Aug. 4 blast that killed 191 people, injured 6,500 others and traumatized Lebanon.

People throughout Lebanon meanwhile observed a moment of silence in honor of the victims.