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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 Second Taiwan-Born Panda Cub Makes Media Debut

Second Taiwan-Born Panda Cub Makes Media Debut

A second Taiwan-born giant panda made her media debut on Monday, clambering over a wooden climbing frame and playing with sawdust to the sound of clicking…

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Varieties Rare Snowfall Blankets Locked-Down Milan

Rare Snowfall Blankets Locked-Down Milan

Milan woke up to a thick blanket of snow on Monday, thrilling children but disrupting anyone trying to get back to work after the strict Christmas lockdown. …

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Varieties Workers Install 192 Crystals on Times Square New Year’s Ball

Workers Install 192 Crystals on Times Square New Year’s Ball

Workers installed 192 glittering Waterford crystal triangles on Times Square’s New Year’s Eve ball Sunday in preparation for a pandemic-limited celebration…

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Varieties Sydney Told to Watch its Famous New Year's Eve Fireworks from Home

Sydney Told to Watch its Famous New Year's Eve Fireworks from Home

Sydney, one of the world’s first major cities to welcome each New Year with a public countdown featuring a fireworks display over its well-known Opera House,…

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Varieties German Pilot Makes Point with Syringe in the Sky

German Pilot Makes Point with Syringe in the Sky

German pilot Samy Kramer has traced a giant syringe in the sky, flying 200 kilometers to remind people about the start of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign in…

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Varieties  Astronomers Discover Mysterious Radio Signal From Closest Star System

Astronomers Discover Mysterious Radio Signal From Closest Star System

Astronomers detected an "intriguing signal" from the direction of Proxima Centauri, the nearest star system to the sun, The Science Alert website reported. …

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Varieties Lonely Italian Man Calls Police For Company on Christmas Day

Lonely Italian Man Calls Police For Company on Christmas Day

Italy's carabinieri received an unusual request from a 94-year-old man who telephoned their operations center at Vergato, in the Bologna area, on Christmas Day…

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Varieties Archaeologists Uncover Ancient Street Food Shop in Pompeii

Archaeologists Uncover Ancient Street Food Shop in Pompeii

Archaeologists in Pompeii, the city buried in a volcanic eruption in 79 AD, have made the extraordinary find of a frescoed hot food and drinks shop that served…

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Varieties From Mod-Chic Chairs to Virus Barriers

From Mod-Chic Chairs to Virus Barriers

For almost 60 years, Plexi-Craft Quality Products in the Bronx has been turning out chic, mod-looking coffee tables, chairs, and even tissue boxes, made with…

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Varieties Iraqi Man Raises Lions at Home

Iraqi Man Raises Lions at Home

Unlike many people who might not even dare to approach wild animals, Iraqi Ghali al-Marajlah has spent the past 10 years raising lions at his house and in a…

Varieties Frozen Flower Dating to Dinosaur Times Uncovered

Frozen Flower Dating to Dinosaur Times Uncovered

A spectacular flower that bloomed when dinosaurs ruled the Earth has been unveiled – frozen in time. The new plant preserved in amber is captured in exquisite…

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Varieties New Study Finds Link Between Climate Change, Skin Disease Killing Dolphins

New Study Finds Link Between Climate Change, Skin Disease Killing Dolphins

Following Hurricane Katrina in 2005, a number of dolphins were found dead from a fatal skin disease near New Orleans, Louisiana's biggest city. The same…

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Varieties Artists Lead Efforts to Restore, Preserve Gaza's Old Houses

Artists Lead Efforts to Restore, Preserve Gaza's Old Houses

The grand, 500-year-old brick walls of the al-Kamalaia School slowly emerged from years of accumulated garbage as grassroots preservers began the long process…

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Varieties Queen Elizabeth Pays Tribute to 'Kindness of Strangers'

Queen Elizabeth Pays Tribute to 'Kindness of Strangers'

One of the traditional fixtures of any Christmas Day is to see Queen Elizabeth II and her family go to church. Not this year. The coronavirus pandemic has made…

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Varieties ‘Edge of the World’, Dhaka Mountain among Saudi Arabia’s Top Hiking Spots

‘Edge of the World’, Dhaka Mountain among Saudi Arabia’s Top Hiking Spots

Hiking enriches people’s lives by allowing them to experience natural beauty and giving them an opportunity to let off some steam and improve their health. It…

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Varieties Downing Street Cat Grabs the Brexit Limelight with Pigeon Pounce

Downing Street Cat Grabs the Brexit Limelight with Pigeon Pounce

Larry the Downing Street Cat, always a favorite of camera crews awaiting news outside the home of the British prime minister, found himself captivating the…

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Varieties Saved from the Garbage, Russian Cat Lands on its Feet in Minister's Chair

Saved from the Garbage, Russian Cat Lands on its Feet in Minister's Chair

When a worker at a Russian waste-sorting plant rescued a cat from imminent death, he had no idea it would end up with an honorary title and napping in a…

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Varieties 19th Arab Media Forum Held Virtually in Dubai

19th Arab Media Forum Held Virtually in Dubai

Participants in the 19th session of the Arab Media Forum unanimously agreed on Wednesday that and Arab media in particular, the international media in general,…

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Varieties Japanese Spacecraft's Gifts: Asteroid Chips Like Charcoal

Japanese Spacecraft's Gifts: Asteroid Chips Like Charcoal

They resemble small fragments of charcoal, but the soil samples collected from an asteroid and returned to Earth by a Japanese spacecraft were hardly…

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Varieties Mummified Female Wolf Reveals 57,000 Year Old Secrets

Mummified Female Wolf Reveals 57,000 Year Old Secrets

About four years ago, a gold miner digging in the Canadian province of Yukon unearthed the mummy of a female wolf. It has been found perfectly preserved in…

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Varieties Scientists Develop Anti-Aging Spray Made of Cannabis

Scientists Develop Anti-Aging Spray Made of Cannabis

Scientists have developed a spray made of cannabinoids, which could be on UK shelves via Wellfully's beauty brand by January 2022. Boffins have created a…

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Varieties Four German Sisters Create Coronavirus Board Game

Four German Sisters Create Coronavirus Board Game

At a loose end during Germany's lockdown, the four Schwaderlapp sisters decided to put their long hours indoors to good use - by inventing a coronavirus board…

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Varieties Christmas Lights Sparkle in New York's Dyker Heights Despite Virus Restrictions

Christmas Lights Sparkle in New York's Dyker Heights Despite Virus Restrictions

Brooklyn illuminated the Dyker Heights neighborhood, despite the exceptional conditions dominating New York and most cities around the world during the…

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Varieties Fleas are Members of Scorpionflies Family, New Study Finds

Fleas are Members of Scorpionflies Family, New Study Finds

A study of more than 1,400 protein-coding genes of fleas has resolved one of the longest-standing mysteries by reordering the insect's placement in the tree of…

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