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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 Wood Used in Pharaonic Coffins Cut from Egyptian Ficus, Lebanese Cedars

Wood Used in Pharaonic Coffins Cut from Egyptian Ficus, Lebanese Cedars

A new Italian study has identified the source of the wood used to make coffins in Ancient Egypt. In the study published in the latest issue of the Italian…

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Varieties Israeli Firm in Gaza Extracts Drinking Water From Air

Israeli Firm in Gaza Extracts Drinking Water From Air

The densely populated Gaza Strip has long lacked sufficient drinking water, but a new project helps ease the shortage with a solar-powered process to extract…

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Varieties Arabic Script Art Decorates Jeddah’s Streets

Arabic Script Art Decorates Jeddah’s Streets

Visual art composed of Arab script has become one of the most prominent modes of urban decorating in Saudi Arabia. In Jeddah, volunteers decorated the city…

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Varieties South Korea Population Falls for First Time

South Korea Population Falls for First Time

South Korea's population fell for the first time in 2020, with more people dying than were born, the government said Monday, warning that towns in poor regions…

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Varieties Race to Save Bangladesh Hound from Extinction

Race to Save Bangladesh Hound from Extinction

In a rickety hut on the border with Bangladesh and India, two brothers are among the last local breeders of the Sarail hound, a dog on the brink of extinction…

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Varieties Six Flags Qiddiya Begins Design of World’s Fastest Roller Coaster

Six Flags Qiddiya Begins Design of World’s Fastest Roller Coaster

Qiddiya Investment Company (QIC), in partnership with Intamin Amusement Rides, has kicked off the design process for the Falcon’s Flight, the signature…

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Varieties Watch out LA: Feds Calculate Riskiest, Safest Places in US

Watch out LA: Feds Calculate Riskiest, Safest Places in US

Spending her life in Los Angeles, Morgan Andersen knows natural disasters all too well. In college, an earthquake shook her home hard. Her grandfather was…

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Varieties No Snake Soup for Hong Kong's Young Snake Catcher

No Snake Soup for Hong Kong's Young Snake Catcher

Hong Kong is home to a variety of snakes — from the venomous king cobra to larger species such as the Burmese python. Whenever one of these reptiles is spotted…

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Varieties Nissan Motor to Reduce Presence in Europe as Part of Turnaround Plan

Nissan Motor to Reduce Presence in Europe as Part of Turnaround Plan

Nissan Motor is planning to further reduce its presence in Europe and outsource the sales and manufacturing of its cars to alliance partner Renault, the daily…

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Varieties Australia Changes Word in Anthem to Honor Indigenous People

Australia Changes Word in Anthem to Honor Indigenous People

Australia has changed one word in its national anthem to reflect what the prime minister called “the spirit of unity” and the country's Indigenous population. …

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Varieties One Good Thing: Midnight Cafeteria Feeds Taipei's Stray Cats

One Good Thing: Midnight Cafeteria Feeds Taipei's Stray Cats

Pipi already dines well. The plump, black-and-white street cat lives near a night market in a neighborhood of Taiwan's capital where volunteers have fed and…

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Varieties Locked Down Berliners Spark Blazes with Home Fireworks

Locked Down Berliners Spark Blazes with Home Fireworks

Banned from setting off fireworks in much of their city, some Berliners instead tried to launch them from their homes on New Year’s Eve, leading to dozens of…

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Varieties From the Highways to the Skies: Pakistan's Famous Truck Art Goes Airborne

From the Highways to the Skies: Pakistan's Famous Truck Art Goes Airborne

Pakistan’s famous truck art will move from its highways to the skies, as a flying academy is painting a two-seater Cessna aircraft with the colorful technique…

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Varieties Old Neighborhoods: A Stroll with History

Old Neighborhoods: A Stroll with History

“It was a wonderful day spent in the new corners of the ancient quarter of the city of Yanbu al-Bahr ... This is a history book, and we walked through its…

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Varieties COVID Cluckers: Pandemic Feeds Demand for Backyard Chickens

COVID Cluckers: Pandemic Feeds Demand for Backyard Chickens

The coronavirus pandemic is coming home to roost in America’s backyards. Forced to hunker down at home, more people are setting up coops and raising their…

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Varieties Tying the Knot without a Face Mask in China

Tying the Knot without a Face Mask in China

Lovebirds in China are embracing a sense of normalcy as the COVID pandemic appears to be under control in the country where it was first detected. Chen…

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Varieties Lobster and Foie Gras, But No Crowds this New Year in France

Lobster and Foie Gras, But No Crowds this New Year in France

When the clocks strike midnight on New Year’s Eve, France will be under curfew and its citizens plan to celebrate with gourmet food rather than large groups of…

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Varieties Graffiti Flourishes in New York as Sign of Existence

Graffiti Flourishes in New York as Sign of Existence

In a city whose streets lack vivacity and social life, graffiti has become a "mean to emphasize existence amid a prevailing impression that New York died"…

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Varieties Vaping Causes ‘Mental Fog,’ New Study Finds

Vaping Causes ‘Mental Fog,’ New Study Finds

Two new studies from the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) have uncovered an association between vaping and mental fog. Both adults and kids who…

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Varieties UK Safari Park Allows You to See Cheetahs, Elephants from Your Room

UK Safari Park Allows You to See Cheetahs, Elephants from Your Room

You can now book a luxury safari lodge in the UK with up-close views of elephants and cheetahs for the first time. According to The Sun, West Midland Safari…

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Varieties Unique Sound Leads Scientists to New Whale Species

Unique Sound Leads Scientists to New Whale Species

An international research team including scientists from the US, Australia, the Netherlands, and Oman detected a new type of whale song in the Indian Ocean,…

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Varieties New US Dietary Guidelines: No Candy, Cake for Kids Under 2

New US Dietary Guidelines: No Candy, Cake for Kids Under 2

Parents now have an extra reason to say no to candy, cake and ice cream for children before their second birthday. The first US government dietary…

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Varieties Drainage Works Unearth Roman Baths in Heart of Jordan's Capital

Drainage Works Unearth Roman Baths in Heart of Jordan's Capital

The discovery of the ruins of old Roman baths during the construction of a major drainage system in the heart of Jordan’s capital has posed a dilemma: how to…

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Varieties Saudi Ministry of Culture Issues First Two Licenses for Music Institutes

Saudi Ministry of Culture Issues First Two Licenses for Music Institutes

Saudi Arabia's Minister of Culture Prince Badr bin Abdullah bin Farhan has issued the first two licenses for music institutes in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. …

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