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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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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 'Hello You': Israeli-UAE Joint Song a YouTube Hit

'Hello You': Israeli-UAE Joint Song a YouTube Hit

The scene cuts from Dubai to Tel Aviv, the lyrics switch from Arabic to Hebrew to English and the song is a slightly kitsch electro-pop duet by artists who,…

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Varieties Whales Die after Getting Stranded on New Zealand Beach

Whales Die after Getting Stranded on New Zealand Beach

More than a dozen whales have died in New Zealand after becoming stranded on the country's North Island, the Department of Conservation said on Sunday. …

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Varieties France Hands Over Around 25,000 'Looted' Archeological Items to Morocco

France Hands Over Around 25,000 'Looted' Archeological Items to Morocco

France officially handed over 25,000 archaeological items to Morocco on Thursday. According to officials, the collection had been seized in the country during…

Varieties Number of Trees in Southern Sahara Exceeds Previous Expectations

Number of Trees in Southern Sahara Exceeds Previous Expectations

The southern Sahara and the Sahel are home to more trees than thought, which have a "crucial role" in biodiversity and people's lives. An international…

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Varieties Music Festival in Morocco Goes Virtual amid Pandemic

Music Festival in Morocco Goes Virtual amid Pandemic

Despite the coronavirus pandemic, the "Visa for Music" festival decided to come back in a virtual event on November18-21, with a special program including…

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Varieties Casting Israeli Actress to Play Cleopatra Faces Backlash

Casting Israeli Actress to Play Cleopatra Faces Backlash

The casting of Israeli actress Gal Gadot to play Cleopatra in a new movie has prompted social media criticism. Hollywood has been accused of a new …

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Varieties Soyuz Delivers Astronauts to ISS in Three Hours

Soyuz Delivers Astronauts to ISS in Three Hours

After just three hours on its launch, the Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying two Russian cosmonauts and one NASA astronaut, docked with the International Space…

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Varieties Photographer of 'The Embrace' Wins Top Wildlife Photo Award

Photographer of 'The Embrace' Wins Top Wildlife Photo Award

A unique glimpse of a rare tigress hugging a fir tree has won this year's Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. Russian photographer Sergey Gorshkov…

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Varieties Vital Dance With Regular Rhythms Maintains Heart Beats

Vital Dance With Regular Rhythms Maintains Heart Beats

Can you imagine that what happens in your heart muscle and maintains your heart beating is a dance-like process with regular rhythms and that any disturbance…

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Varieties AlUla Heritage Sites Reopen to Public End of  October

AlUla Heritage Sites Reopen to Public End of October

The Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU) has confirmed that the UNESCO World Heritage Site, Hegra, the ancient kingdom of Dadan and the canyons of Jabal Ikmah will…

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Varieties Silk Pillowcases Protect Skin Health

Silk Pillowcases Protect Skin Health

Can a simple pillowcase swap help your skin? Probably, but it depends on your sleeping position. "Silk pillowcases can be incredibly helpful in preventing…

Varieties Egyptian Actor Mahmoud Yassin Dies at Age 79

Egyptian Actor Mahmoud Yassin Dies at Age 79

Mahmoud Yassin, an Egyptian actor and pillar of the country's film industry during the second half of the 20th century, has died. He was 79. Yassin had…

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Varieties Dictionary of Ancient Egyptian Language Gifted to Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Dictionary of Ancient Egyptian Language Gifted to Bibliotheca Alexandrina

The family of late Ahmed Pasha Kamal gifted the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) the Dictionary of the "Ancient Egyptian Language," which was introduced by Kamal's…

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Varieties Animals in Ancient Egypt Killed Professionally Before Mummification

Animals in Ancient Egypt Killed Professionally Before Mummification

Death secrets of mummified animals in ancient Egypt could have remained hidden under their linen wraps; however, micro CT scans have enabled a British research…

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Varieties Police Arrest Man for Drawing Swastikas Near Louvre

Police Arrest Man for Drawing Swastikas Near Louvre

Paris authorities on Sunday arrested a man suspected of spraying swastikas on columns near the world-famous Louvre museum in the city's historic center,…

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Varieties Mark Zuckerberg, Priscilla Chan Donate $100 Million More to US Election Infrastructure

Mark Zuckerberg, Priscilla Chan Donate $100 Million More to US Election Infrastructure

Facebook Inc Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, said on Tuesday that they will donate an additional $100 million to support…

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Varieties Biggest World War Two Bomb Found in Poland Explodes while Being Defused

Biggest World War Two Bomb Found in Poland Explodes while Being Defused

The biggest World War Two bomb ever found in Poland exploded under water on Tuesday as navy divers tried to defuse it. More than 750 people had been…

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Varieties Peru's Machu Picchu Reopens... for One Japanese Tourist

Peru's Machu Picchu Reopens... for One Japanese Tourist

Peru's best-known tourist site Machu Picchu has opened after months of coronavirus closure, but for just a single visitor -- a Japanese man stranded in the…

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Varieties UN: Climate Change Spurs Doubling of Disasters Since 2000

UN: Climate Change Spurs Doubling of Disasters Since 2000

Climate change is largely to blame for a near doubling of natural disasters in the past 20 years, the United Nations said on Monday. The UN Office for…

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Varieties Scientists Use Music, Tongue Buzzing to Treat Tinnitus

Scientists Use Music, Tongue Buzzing to Treat Tinnitus

People who experience Tinnitus might finally have some hope for alleviating their symptoms, after an experimental device helped ease the condition in a sample…

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Varieties Scientists Develop New Biochips to Help Diagnose, Treat Cancer

Scientists Develop New Biochips to Help Diagnose, Treat Cancer

Researchers at the University of California Irvine in the United States have created a new bioelectronic chip that can help study tumor heterogeneity to reduce…

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Varieties Navy Begins Defusing Biggest World War Two Bomb Ever Found in Poland

Navy Begins Defusing Biggest World War Two Bomb Ever Found in Poland

Navy divers on Monday began a five-day operation to defuse the largest unexploded World War Two bomb ever found in Poland, forcing more than 750 people to…

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Varieties American Duo Wins Nobel Economics Prize for Work on Auctions

American Duo Wins Nobel Economics Prize for Work on Auctions

US economists Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson won the Nobel Economics Prize on Monday for work on commercial auctions, including for goods and services…

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Varieties Super Rare, Purple-Pink Diamond up for Auction, Could Fetch $38 Mln

Super Rare, Purple-Pink Diamond up for Auction, Could Fetch $38 Mln

An extremely rare, vivid purple-pink diamond mined in Russia is expected to fetch up to $38 million when it goes under the hammer on Nov. 11, the auction house…

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