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This Beirut Family Has Sold Falafel for 100 Years, Through War and Crisis. It Has No Plan to Stop

Varieties  Ziad Tabarra, right, holds falafel sandwiches made with finely ground fava beans at his family's shop in Beirut's Hamra district, Lebanon, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026. (AP)

This Beirut Family Has Sold Falafel for 100 Years, Through War and Crisis. It Has No Plan to Stop

For more than a century, the Tabbara family has been serving up falafel to Beirut’s residents. Their business, which predates Lebanon’s founding, has…

Varieties In this image made from video and provided by the Victoria State Police 17-year-old William, center right, is embraced by his mother Elizabeth, only first names were provided by police, while in a helicopter in Cowwarr, Australia, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026, after William spent six days lost in eastern Australian woodlands. (Victoria Police via AP)

Missing Teen Found Alive After 6 Days in Australian Woodlands

A 17-year-old boy with autism was found alive Thursday after six days lost in eastern Australian woodlands. The boy, whom police identified only as William…

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Varieties This undated image provided by the European Space Agency on Nov. 5, 2026 and taken by the Hera spacecraft, shows asteroid Didymos. (European Space Agency via AP)

Europe’s Hera Spacecraft Begins Close Inspections of an Asteroid Rammed by NASA in a 2022 Test

A European spacecraft has begun close inspections of an asteroid rammed by NASA four years ago in a planetary defense test. The European Space Agency…

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Varieties Looking across vast distances means peering into the past because of the time needed for light from distant objects to reach us (Reuters)

Euclid Mission Data Release Spans More than 900 Million Galaxies

The European Space Agency has released its first big collection of data from the orbiting Euclid telescope's mission to map the universe's large-scale…

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Varieties The program also provides specialized training in organic farming, pest control, modern irrigation, and coffee cultivation - SPA

Saudi Reef: Coffee Production Reaches 7,400 Tons in 2026

The Sustainable Agricultural Rural Development Program (Saudi Reef) reported that Saudi coffee production rose from 800 tons annually in 2020 to approximately…

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Varieties Whale Carcass Washes Up on Bali Beach

Whale Carcass Washes Up on Bali Beach

The rotting carcass of a nearly 14-meter (46-foot) whale washed up Thursday on Bali beach popular with tourists. The conservation agency said it was…

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Varieties Satellite Images to Aid Elephant Conservation From Space

Satellite Images to Aid Elephant Conservation From Space

Conservationists have started using satellite imagery to count elephants from space, a technique that British experts hope will help protect threatened…

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Varieties StoreDot Reveals 1st Electric Car Battery that Charges in Five Minutes

StoreDot Reveals 1st Electric Car Battery that Charges in Five Minutes

Until recently, a five-minute charging lithium-ion battery was considered to be impossible. But, it isn't anymore, according to StoreDot's chief executive, Dr…

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Varieties Diet Variations Linked to Obesity in Children, New Study Says

Diet Variations Linked to Obesity in Children, New Study Says

Variation in consumption of market-acquired foods outside of the traditional diet -- but not in total calories burned daily -- is reliably related to…

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Varieties Italy Recovers 500-year-old Stolen Copy of da Vinci's 'Salvator Mundi'

Italy Recovers 500-year-old Stolen Copy of da Vinci's 'Salvator Mundi'

A 16th-century copy of Leonardo da Vinci's "Salvator Mundi" has been recovered by Italian police after it was stolen from a museum in Naples. The artwork,…

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Varieties Cairo’s Marsam Al-Qalaa Draws Visitors Passionate about Heritage

Cairo’s Marsam Al-Qalaa Draws Visitors Passionate about Heritage

In the heart of Historic Cairo, a new art space with an exceptional view of the surrounding Islamic architecture, Marsam Al-Qalaa (Castle Altier), opened its…

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Varieties Foreigners Without Face Masks Punished With Push-Ups in Bali

Foreigners Without Face Masks Punished With Push-Ups in Bali

Foreigners caught not wearing face masks on the Indonesian resort island of Bali are being subject to an unusual punishment: push-ups. Video footage…

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Varieties Tiffany Trump Announces Engagement to Lebanese Man

Tiffany Trump Announces Engagement to Lebanese Man

President Donald Trump's youngest daughter, Tiffany, is engaged to be married to a Lebanese man. The 27-year-old recent Georgetown law school graduate…

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Varieties Lebanon Returns Two Stolen 18th-Century Icons to Greece

Lebanon Returns Two Stolen 18th-Century Icons to Greece

Lebanon handed back two 18th-century religious icons of Jesus and Mary to Greece on Tuesday after they were seized during an auction, a judicial source said…

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Varieties Chef Jose Andres Steps in to Feed Washington Inauguration Troops

Chef Jose Andres Steps in to Feed Washington Inauguration Troops

Jose Andres has fed hurricane and earthquake victims and some of the millions of Americans left hungry by coronavirus shutdowns. Now he's feeding thousands of…

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Varieties Beetle Preserves Offspring's Food in Goop to Slow its Decay

Beetle Preserves Offspring's Food in Goop to Slow its Decay

A new study published in the latest issue of the journal The American Naturalist, revealed an unfamiliar behavior adopted by a species of beetles known as …

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Varieties Man Lived 3 Months in Chicago Airport over Fear of COVID-19 Infection

Man Lived 3 Months in Chicago Airport over Fear of COVID-19 Infection

A man has been living in a secure section of Chicago's international airport for three months, apparently telling police he was too afraid of the coronavirus…

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Varieties Meghan Seeks Court Ruling Over 'Serious Breach' of Privacy

Meghan Seeks Court Ruling Over 'Serious Breach' of Privacy

Lawyers for the Duchess of Sussex asked a British judge on Tuesday to settle her lawsuit against a newspaper before it goes to trial by ruling that its…

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Varieties Woman Ruled Dead in 2017 Fights to Be Declared Alive

Woman Ruled Dead in 2017 Fights to Be Declared Alive

Frenchwoman Jeanne Pouchain has an unusual problem. She’s officially dead. She has been trying for three years to prove that she is alive. The 58-year-old…

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Varieties Snow Fills Kashmir Resort With Tourists Again

Snow Fills Kashmir Resort With Tourists Again

Snow lies knee-deep in the pastoral town of Gulmarg, or "meadow of flowers," on Indian-controlled Kashmir's high plateau. With its blanket of white, the…

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Varieties French Museums Host Visitors Virtually via TikTok

French Museums Host Visitors Virtually via TikTok

The covid-19 pandemic has urged many cultural landmarks to fashion new means that keep them in touch with their audiences despite the global health…

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Varieties  Milky Way Houses 8,292 Recently Discovered Stellar Streams

Milky Way Houses 8,292 Recently Discovered Stellar Streams

A research team from the Northwestern University discovered that a stellar stream in the Milky Way galaxy- to which belongs our planet- houses a large cluster…

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Varieties Michelin Guide Offers Crumb of Comfort to France's COVID-Hit Chefs

Michelin Guide Offers Crumb of Comfort to France's COVID-Hit Chefs

French chef Sylvain Sendra’s restaurant has been closed for months, and his employees are on furlough, but on Monday he received a morsel of good news: his…

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Varieties Escaping Lockdowns, Tourists Flock to Dubai

Escaping Lockdowns, Tourists Flock to Dubai

As much of the world tightens lockdowns to stem coronavirus, Dubai has flung its doors open. While mask-wearing and social distancing are strictly enforced,…

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Varieties Trump Baby Blimp Lands at London Museum

Trump Baby Blimp Lands at London Museum

A blimp depicting US President Donald Trump as a snarling, nappy-wearing orange baby has found a home in one of London's most popular museums. The helium…

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Varieties Jeddah Al-Balad... The Pleasure of Strolling Through History During Saudi Winter

Jeddah Al-Balad... The Pleasure of Strolling Through History During Saudi Winter

In any discussion about Saudi Arabia’s most prominent tourist sites, Jeddah is inevitably at the forefront. The Saudi Commission for Tourism and National…

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Varieties Dog and Goat Serving as Mayor Raise Money for a Playground

Dog and Goat Serving as Mayor Raise Money for a Playground

A goat and a dog who were each elected mayor have helped raise money to renovate a Vermont community playground. The oddball idea of pet mayor elections to…

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Varieties Rodin Museum Sculpture Garden in Paris Reopens to Public

Rodin Museum Sculpture Garden in Paris Reopens to Public

There is a ray of light for Parisians who, like the rest of the French nation this weekend, begin to observe a tightened coronavirus curfew: The famous Rodin…

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Varieties NASA Test of Mega Moon Rocket Engines Cut Short

NASA Test of Mega Moon Rocket Engines Cut Short

NASA conducted a test firing of the engines for its giant Space Launch System (SLS) lunar rocket on Saturday but they shut down earlier than planned, the space…

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