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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 First Man Cured of HIV Dies of Cancer: Charity

First Man Cured of HIV Dies of Cancer: Charity

The first person to be cured of HIV, Timothy Ray Brown -- known as the "Berlin Patient" -- has died after a battle with cancer, the International Aids Society …

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Varieties What's the Matter with the Universe?

What's the Matter with the Universe?

A team of US astrophysicists has produced one of the most precise measurements ever made of the total amount of matter in the Universe, a longtime mystery of…

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Varieties Rooftop Farming Takes Off in Singapore

Rooftop Farming Takes Off in Singapore

On the rooftop of a Singapore shopping mall, a sprawling patch of eggplants, rosemary, bananas and papayas stand in colorful contrast to the grey skyscrapers…

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Varieties Oxford Museum Eliminates Colonization Exhibits

Oxford Museum Eliminates Colonization Exhibits

Dinosaur bones, animal skeletons and human skulls: Oxford's Pitt Rivers museum is known for its expansive collection of archaeological and ethnographic objects…

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Varieties France to Ban Use of Wild Animals in Circuses, Marine Parks

France to Ban Use of Wild Animals in Circuses, Marine Parks

France's environment minister has announced a gradual ban on using wild animals in traveling circuses, on keeping dolphins and killer whales in captivity in…

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Varieties Keep Shark Tooth, Malta Tells Britain's Prince George

Keep Shark Tooth, Malta Tells Britain's Prince George

Malta, making a rapid U-turn, said on Tuesday Britain's Prince George was welcome to keep a fossilized shark tooth that was given to him by veteran naturalist…

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Varieties Video Reunions, Closed Cemeteries: Virus Upends Korean Festival

Video Reunions, Closed Cemeteries: Virus Upends Korean Festival

Sitting in her tiny home, 83-year-old Moon Haeng-ja is struggling to master a new skill as the pandemic plays havoc with South Korea's harvest celebrations:…

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Varieties Egyptian Dinosaur Lived in Water, Not on Ground

Egyptian Dinosaur Lived in Water, Not on Ground

The first Spinosaurus fossil was discovered in Egypt's Western Sahara in the beginning of the past century. The fossil unearthed in 1912, was named Spinosaurus…

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Varieties Navy Researchers Develop New Sensor to Measure Temperature From Long Distance

Navy Researchers Develop New Sensor to Measure Temperature From Long Distance

A US research team has devised a new temperature scanning sensor that detects fever from a long distance to help contain the coronavirus. The researchers…

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Varieties 'You Will Be Proud of us': Romanian Villagers Re-Elect Dead Mayor by Landslide

'You Will Be Proud of us': Romanian Villagers Re-Elect Dead Mayor by Landslide

Romanian villagers have re-elected their mayor by a landslide even though he died two weeks ago from COVID-19 complications, saying he had done a good job and…

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Varieties Food Trucks Provide Rare Bright Spot in Hard-Hit West Bank

Food Trucks Provide Rare Bright Spot in Hard-Hit West Bank

The coronavirus crisis has hit West Bank restaurants hard. But one part of the dining sector is bucking the trend: food trucks. With dine-in restaurants…

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Varieties Captive Belugas Take 1st Swim in Iceland's Open Waters

Captive Belugas Take 1st Swim in Iceland's Open Waters

Two beluga whales from a Shanghai aquarium have taken their first swim in open waters as part of their acclimatization to an Icelandic sea sanctuary,…

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Varieties Malta to Ask for Return of Shark Tooth Given to British Prince

Malta to Ask for Return of Shark Tooth Given to British Prince

Malta wants back a prehistoric shark tooth that was given as a present to Britain's Prince George by naturalist Sir David Attenborough, saying the fossil…

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Varieties Gone in 60 Sections? UK Artist in UAE Hopes to Raise Millions with Giant Canvas

Gone in 60 Sections? UK Artist in UAE Hopes to Raise Millions with Giant Canvas

British artist Sacha Jafri aims to raise more than $30 million for children’s charities by creating the world’s largest canvas painting and auctioning it off…

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Varieties How the 'Success Story' of Genetically Modified Cotton in Burkina Faso Fell Apart

How the 'Success Story' of Genetically Modified Cotton in Burkina Faso Fell Apart

The West African nation of Burkina Faso was once the poster child for genetically modified (GM) crop advocates. Its 2008 adoption of GM cotton for smallholder…

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Varieties Final Whale Saved From Grim Australia Mass Stranding

Final Whale Saved From Grim Australia Mass Stranding

A lone whale was rescued from among hundreds of carcasses Sunday, taking to 110 the number of creatures that survived a mass stranding in southern Australia. …

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Varieties Maybe the Best Home School Is … on a Boat?

Maybe the Best Home School Is … on a Boat?

Two years ago, Alison and Luke Williams bought a 44-foot monohull Moody Blue with the dream of sailing around the world with their three children. But many…

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Varieties Alps Surprised by Early Snowfall, Swiss Town Sees New Record

Alps Surprised by Early Snowfall, Swiss Town Sees New Record

Parts of Austria and Switzerland were surprised by unseasonably early snowfall overnight, after a sharp drop in temperatures and heavy precipitation. The…

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Varieties Former Shipping Container Maker Uses them to Farm

Former Shipping Container Maker Uses them to Farm

After a career making shipping containers that transport freight around the world, Arthur Lee has stayed with them in retirement, using them to raise crops and…

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Varieties Nobel Prize Winners to Receive Additional $110,000

Nobel Prize Winners to Receive Additional $110,000

Winners of the prestigious Nobel prizes this year will receive an extra 1 million crowns ($110,000), the head of the foundation which oversees the awards said…

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Varieties Michael Jackson's Blood Trace Up for Auction

Michael Jackson's Blood Trace Up for Auction

Blood-stained IV drip from Michael Jackson's death bed, which may have administered his final fatal dose of drug propofol - is going on sale. A Las Vegas…

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Varieties Landmine Detection Rat Wins Top UK Animal Bravery Award

Landmine Detection Rat Wins Top UK Animal Bravery Award

Heroes come in all shapes and sizes. A five-year-old giant African pouched rat called Magawa, however, has to be one of the world's most unlikely life-savers. …

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Varieties Britain's Princess Eugenie Is Pregnant, Buckingham Palace Says

Britain's Princess Eugenie Is Pregnant, Buckingham Palace Says

Britain's Princess Eugenie, granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth, is pregnant and expecting to give birth in early 2021, Buckingham Palace said on Friday. "Her…

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Varieties Rescue of Stranded Whales in Australia Enters Final Phase

Rescue of Stranded Whales in Australia Enters Final Phase

Rescuers were trying to save the few remaining long-finned pilot whales still floundering in shallow waters off the Australian coast on Friday in one of the…

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