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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 Scientists Return from Arctic with Wealth of Climate Data

Scientists Return from Arctic with Wealth of Climate Data

An icebreaker carrying scientists on a year-long international effort to study the high Arctic has returned to its home port in Germany carrying a wealth of…

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Varieties Coronavirus 'Can Survive for 28 Days on Surfaces', Finds Study

Coronavirus 'Can Survive for 28 Days on Surfaces', Finds Study

The coronavirus that causes Covid-19 can survive on items such as banknotes and phones for up to 28 days in cool, dark conditions, according to a study by…

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Varieties British Museum to Repatriate Smuggled Ancient Samarkand Tiles

British Museum to Repatriate Smuggled Ancient Samarkand Tiles

The British Museum is to help repatriate six glazed tiles from a medieval memorial complex on the edge of Samarkand, which were brought into Heathrow in a…

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Varieties The Need for a Modern Mary Poppins

The Need for a Modern Mary Poppins

In her work as an estate manager, Kristin Reyes often finds herself fielding client requests for a special kind of child minder. “Callers will say to me, …

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Varieties Brain Waves Help Find Lost Objects, New Study Finds

Brain Waves Help Find Lost Objects, New Study Finds

Imagine that you're late for work and desperately searching for your car keys. You've looked all over the house but cannot seem to find them anywhere. All of a…

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Varieties Drone Footage Shows Shark Tracking Surfer in Australia

Drone Footage Shows Shark Tracking Surfer in Australia

A dramatic close encounter between Australian world championship surfer Matt Wilkinson and a shark off the east coast of the country was captured by a drone,…

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Varieties Australia: Surfer Vanishes in Suspected Shark Attack

Australia: Surfer Vanishes in Suspected Shark Attack

A surfer vanished in a suspected shark attack on Friday off the Australian southwest coast, police said. A surfboard was found at Wylie Bay near the town of…

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Varieties French WWI Submarine Discovered Off Tunisia

French WWI Submarine Discovered Off Tunisia

Tunisian divers have discovered a French submarine wreck from World War I, the Ariane, which was sunk by a German submarine in 1917. The craft was spotted…

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Varieties UNWTO Launches AlUla Framework for Community Development

UNWTO Launches AlUla Framework for Community Development

The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has launched the “AlUla Framework for Inclusive Community Development Through Tourism”, with a set of transformative…

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Varieties Louis Vuitton Joins Other Brands in Selling Products via Line Chat App

Louis Vuitton Joins Other Brands in Selling Products via Line Chat App

Luxury fashion and auto brands in Thailand have turned to selling their products on Japanese chat app Line amid the coronavirus pandemic, tapping the country’s…

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Varieties Britain’s Prince William Launches 'Most Prestigious' Global Environment Prize

Britain’s Prince William Launches 'Most Prestigious' Global Environment Prize

Prince William on Thursday launched the "most prestigious" environmental prize of all time, aimed at turning "pessimism into optimism" by rewarding innovative…

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Varieties Fossilized Teeth Help Determine Biggest Shark Ever

Fossilized Teeth Help Determine Biggest Shark Ever

US researchers have found that Megalodon was the most massive shark that ever lived, even among living sharks. Most Megalodon fossils date to around 15…

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Varieties Brain Protein Responsible for Link Between Stress, Depression, New Study Finds

Brain Protein Responsible for Link Between Stress, Depression, New Study Finds

After experiencing trauma or severe stress, some people develop an abnormal stress response or chronic stress. This increases the risk of developing other…

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Varieties Prague Cafe Hits Sweet Spot With Coronavirus-Shaped Dessert

Prague Cafe Hits Sweet Spot With Coronavirus-Shaped Dessert

A restaurant in Prague's historic center has invented a dessert shaped like the novel coronavirus, an attempt to arrest a slump in business that is already…

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Varieties Stolen Mao Calligraphy Worth Millions Found Cut in Half

Stolen Mao Calligraphy Worth Millions Found Cut in Half

A calligraphy scroll by former Chinese leader Mao Zedong estimated to be worth millions of dollars was cut in half after it was stolen last month in a high…

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Varieties Cairo Film Festival to Screen Internationally Acclaimed Films

Cairo Film Festival to Screen Internationally Acclaimed Films

The Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) has announced the films that will feature in its 42nd edition, scheduled to run from December 2 to10. In a…

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Varieties Nobel Prize for Chemistry Awarded to 2 Women

Nobel Prize for Chemistry Awarded to 2 Women

French scientist Emmanuelle Charpentier and American Jennifer A. Doudna have won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for developing a method of genome editing known…

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Varieties Stan the T-Rex Sells for Record-breaking $31.8 Mn

Stan the T-Rex Sells for Record-breaking $31.8 Mn

One of the most complete specimens of a T-Rex fossil in the world was sold for a record $31.8 million Tuesday by Christie's in New York, nearly quadrupling the…

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Varieties Beyond St. Petersburg's Palaces…Discovering the Other Side

Beyond St. Petersburg's Palaces…Discovering the Other Side

Visitors who dedicate time to explore what's beyond St. Petersburg's palaces will have the chance to see many conventional home yards, as well as interesting…

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Varieties New Study Sheds Light on Brutal English Torture Method Used 1000 Years Ago

New Study Sheds Light on Brutal English Torture Method Used 1000 Years Ago

About 1,100 years ago in early medieval England, a teenage girl met a horrific end; her nose and lips were cut off with a sharp weapon, and she may have been…

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Varieties Masks with Valves not Welcomed on Airplanes

Masks with Valves not Welcomed on Airplanes

You saw it before, the mask equipped with a plastic piece on one of its sides, which serves as a valve that facilitates exhaling. This mask may be very…

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Varieties Study: 14 Million Tons of Microplastics on Sea Floor

Study: 14 Million Tons of Microplastics on Sea Floor

The world's sea floor is littered with an estimated 14 million tons of microplastics, broken down from the masses of rubbish entering the oceans every year,…

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Varieties French MPs Vote to Return Stolen Artifacts to Benin, Senegal

French MPs Vote to Return Stolen Artifacts to Benin, Senegal

French lawmakers on Tuesday unanimously voted to return prized artifacts to Benin and Senegal more than a century after they were looted by colonial forces and…

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Varieties Egyptian Artist Crafts Pictures With Salt

Egyptian Artist Crafts Pictures With Salt

Egyptian artist Hany Genedy focuses as he carefully pours white salt onto a black surface to create an image of actor Al Pacino. Genedy experimented with…

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