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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 British Museum Acquires 'Lost' Drawings of Japan's Hokusai

British Museum Acquires 'Lost' Drawings of Japan's Hokusai

The British Museum said Thursday it had acquired 103 "lost" drawings from the 19th century of Japanese artist Hokusai, whose internationally renowned work…

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Varieties ‘The Rock’ Reveals COVID-19 Battle

‘The Rock’ Reveals COVID-19 Battle

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has said he and his family tested positive for the coronavirus but have made a full recovery. Johnson, the world's top-paid actor,…

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Varieties 2 Pythons Weighing 100 Pounds Collapse Ceiling in Australia

2 Pythons Weighing 100 Pounds Collapse Ceiling in Australia

An Australian returned home and was surprised to discover that his kitchen ceiling had collapsed under the weight of two large pythons apparently fighting over…

Varieties ‘Sun Kings’ Welcome Visitors at Czech National Museum

‘Sun Kings’ Welcome Visitors at Czech National Museum

Czechs flocked to the National Museum in Prague on Monday to enjoy watching Egypt's pharaonic treasures displayed for the first time at an exhibition dubbed …

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Varieties Fires Destroy Thousands of Hectares of Spain Forests

Fires Destroy Thousands of Hectares of Spain Forests

The wildfires that broke out in Huelva, southwest of Spain, have destroyed around 10,000 hectares of forests- an area equivalent to more than 14,000 football…

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Varieties Can I Use a Face Shield Instead of a Mask?

Can I Use a Face Shield Instead of a Mask?

Can I use a face shield instead of a mask? No. Health officials don’t recommend the clear plastic barriers as a substitute for masks because of the lack of…

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Varieties Oregon Man Rides From Canada to Mexico for Suicide Awareness

Oregon Man Rides From Canada to Mexico for Suicide Awareness

Doug Peterson remembers coming home from work and walking around to the back yard, drawn there by the joyful sound of teenage laughter, and finding that his…

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Varieties Berlin Zoo's Twin Panda Cubs Celebrate 1st Birthday

Berlin Zoo's Twin Panda Cubs Celebrate 1st Birthday

The Berlin zoo's popular twin panda cubs have celebrated their first birthday with a special frozen cake and a portion of snow from the penguin house. Pit…

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Varieties 770-Pound Crocodile Caught at Outback Tourist Destination

770-Pound Crocodile Caught at Outback Tourist Destination

Wildlife rangers have trapped a 4.4-meter (14.5-foot) saltwater crocodile at a tourist destination in Australia´s Northern Territory, the biggest caught in the…

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Varieties Girl, 3, Survives Wild Skyride Caught in Tail of Giant Kite

Girl, 3, Survives Wild Skyride Caught in Tail of Giant Kite

A three-year-old girl entangled in the tail of a giant kite survived a terrifying ride after being swept more than 100 feet (30 meters) into the air during a…

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Varieties Scientists Are Trying to Find Out Exactly How Much Plastic Is in Our Bodies—and What It’s Doing to Us

Scientists Are Trying to Find Out Exactly How Much Plastic Is in Our Bodies—and What It’s Doing to Us

Plastic is everywhere, and there’s basically no way to avoid it. When broken down into microplastics, which are pieces less than 5 millimeters in length, and…

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Varieties Ready, Set, Zoom: India Gypsy Dancers Take their Art Online

Ready, Set, Zoom: India Gypsy Dancers Take their Art Online

As a blackout plunged her desert dwelling into darkness, Suwa Devi, a dancer belonging to India's Kalbeliya gypsy community, asked her neighbor to turn on his…

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Varieties Duchess Kate Judges Photography Project Capturing Lockdown Britain

Duchess Kate Judges Photography Project Capturing Lockdown Britain

Britain’s Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, has helped choose 100 final images from more than 31,000 submissions made to Hold Still, a photography…

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Varieties Scientists at Cornell University Design New Hair-Sized Injectable Robots

Scientists at Cornell University Design New Hair-Sized Injectable Robots

A team of scientists has designed new microscopic robots around the size of a human hair. According to the study published in Nature journal, the four-leg…

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Varieties Cambridge Researchers Reconstruct First Complete Dinosaur Skeleton

Cambridge Researchers Reconstruct First Complete Dinosaur Skeleton

A team from the University of Cambridge has managed to construct the first complete skeleton of a dinosaur known as "Scelidosauru," after more than a century…

Hazem Badr (Cairo)
Varieties Central Park Inaugurates 'Real Women' Statue to Honor Women's Rights Pioneers

Central Park Inaugurates 'Real Women' Statue to Honor Women's Rights Pioneers

New York's Central Park inaugurated on Wednesday its first statue honoring "real women," two of them white and one black, all of them pioneers in the struggle…

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Varieties Lock of Lincoln's Hair and Bloodied Telegram up for Auction

Lock of Lincoln's Hair and Bloodied Telegram up for Auction

This is one macabre auction: A lock of Abraham Lincoln's hair, wrapped in a bloodstained telegram about his 1865 assassination, is up for sale. Boston-based…

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Varieties Polar Bear Kills Man in Norway’s Arctic Svalbard

Polar Bear Kills Man in Norway’s Arctic Svalbard

A polar bear has killed a man on Norway's Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic, local officials said Friday, the first such deadly incident in nine years. The…

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Varieties Report: Banksy Funds Mediterranean Refugee Rescue Boat

Report: Banksy Funds Mediterranean Refugee Rescue Boat

British street artist Banksy is funding a ship covered with his own artwork to rescue migrants in the Mediterranean and has so far picked up at least 89 people…

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Varieties Mercedes Gets Big Electric Van Order From Amazon

Mercedes Gets Big Electric Van Order From Amazon

Amazon says it's buying 1,800 electric delivery vans from Mercedes-Benz, the biggest such order for the German automaker to date. In announcing the order…

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Varieties Queen Elizabeth Never Ate Pizza, Reveals Former Royal Chef

Queen Elizabeth Never Ate Pizza, Reveals Former Royal Chef

Former royal chef Darren McGrady has discussed the diets of the Queen and her family, revealing he never made pizza for Her Majesty. McGrady was chef to the…

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Varieties Seventh Horrific Earthquake Strikes Australian Town

Seventh Horrific Earthquake Strikes Australian Town

An earthquake woke up locals in the Australian mining city of Kalgoorlie early Wednesday. It is the seventh to hit the region this year. Geoscience…

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Varieties Pioneer of Saudi Drama Mohammad Hamza Passes Away

Pioneer of Saudi Drama Mohammad Hamza Passes Away

The extraordinary Saudi actor, Mohammad Hamza, passed away on Wednesday at the age of 87, after a bitter battle with illness that began in 2017. He was…

Aisha Jaafari (Jeddah)
Varieties 'A Bit Surreal’: The Lonely Plight of the Great Barrier Reef

'A Bit Surreal’: The Lonely Plight of the Great Barrier Reef

Diving beneath the ocean, Russell Hosp swam toward the limestone bed of the Great Barrier Reef, where he reattached bits of blue staghorn coral. With tourists…

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