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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 Japan's Ninja Arts Hold Key to Survival, Says First Winner of Graduate Degree

Japan's Ninja Arts Hold Key to Survival, Says First Winner of Graduate Degree

The mystique of Japan’s once-feared covert warriors, spread by films and fiction, is embodied today in the world’s first winner of a master’s degree in ninja…

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Varieties In Milestone Year, A-Bomb Survivor Keeps up Fight for Nuclear Disarmament

In Milestone Year, A-Bomb Survivor Keeps up Fight for Nuclear Disarmament

Terumi Tanaka was 13 when a US warplane dropped a plutonium bomb on the southern Japanese city of Nagasaki, on Aug. 9, 1945. Sitting at home with a book…

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Varieties Australia: Tourist 'Crushed by Whale's Tail'

Australia: Tourist 'Crushed by Whale's Tail'

A tourist snorkeling off Australia's pristine northwest coast was airlifted to hospital in a serious condition after being struck by a whale, medics said…

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Varieties UN Rights Experts: Keep Hagia Sophia ‘a Space for Meeting of Cultures’

UN Rights Experts: Keep Hagia Sophia ‘a Space for Meeting of Cultures’

Two independent human rights experts have said that the historic Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, designated a mosque once again earlier this month by the Turkish…

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Varieties Amid Pandemic, Mopeds Have a Moment in Car-Loving US

Amid Pandemic, Mopeds Have a Moment in Car-Loving US

Long associated with narrow, cobbled streets in Europe and congested Asian megacities, scooters are now becoming a common sight in car-loving America as…

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Varieties Scientists Study Coronavirus Outbreaks among Minks in Europe

Scientists Study Coronavirus Outbreaks among Minks in Europe

Coronavirus outbreaks at mink farms in Spain and the Netherlands have scientists digging into how the animals got infected and if they can spread it to people…

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Varieties First US Recipient of Partial Face Transplant Dead at 57

First US Recipient of Partial Face Transplant Dead at 57

Connie Culp, the first US recipient of a partial face transplant, has died at age 57, according to Ohio's Cleveland Clinic, where she underwent the delicate…

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Varieties Fires in Brazil's Amazon Rainforest Surge in July, Worst in Recent Days

Fires in Brazil's Amazon Rainforest Surge in July, Worst in Recent Days

The number of fires in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest jumped 28% in July from a year ago, official data showed on Saturday, as some environmentalists warned a jump…

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Varieties Tall People Are More Susceptible to Contract Coronavirus

Tall People Are More Susceptible to Contract Coronavirus

A recent study suggests that people who are over 6ft (183 centimeters) tall are twice as likely to catch the novel coronavirus. According to The Mirror,…

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Varieties Eusebio Leal, who Oversaw Renewal of Old Havana, Dies at 77

Eusebio Leal, who Oversaw Renewal of Old Havana, Dies at 77

Eusebio Leal Spengler, who oversaw the transformation of crumbling Old Havana to an immaculately restored colonial tourist attraction, becoming the de-facto…

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Varieties Divers Haul Ghost Nets from Submarine Wreck in Greece's Ionian Sea

Divers Haul Ghost Nets from Submarine Wreck in Greece's Ionian Sea

Divers removed half a ton of abandoned fishing gear covering a British submarine that sank off the Greek island of Kefalonia in 1941 as well as other wrecks in…

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Varieties British Prison Launches Meal Delivery Service Run by Inmate Trainees

British Prison Launches Meal Delivery Service Run by Inmate Trainees

A British prison has launched a meal delivery service staffed by inmates as part of a charity initiative that aims to cut reoffending rates by giving prisoners…

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Varieties Pessimists Are at Higher Risk of Early Death

Pessimists Are at Higher Risk of Early Death

People who are pessimistic die earlier than those who don't have overtly negative or positive views, a new study suggests. Researchers found that those with…

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Varieties Study: Young Children Carry Higher Levels of Coronavirus

Study: Young Children Carry Higher Levels of Coronavirus

Children under the age of five have between 10 to 100 times greater levels of genetic material of the coronavirus in their noses compared to older children and…

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Varieties Art in a Pandemic: Tokyo Show Tests If Fans Will Come

Art in a Pandemic: Tokyo Show Tests If Fans Will Come

It's a blockbuster exhibition, featuring some of the biggest names in Japan's contemporary art scene. But will people flock to galleries in the midst of the…

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Varieties Nepal Reopens Everest Despite Pandemic Uncertainty

Nepal Reopens Everest Despite Pandemic Uncertainty

Nepal has reopened its mountains -- including Everest -- for the autumn trekking and climbing season in a bid to boost the struggling tourism sector, officials…

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Varieties Space Tour in Virgin Galactic's Cabin to Cost $250,000

Space Tour in Virgin Galactic's Cabin to Cost $250,000

Virgin Galactic, which was established to organize space tourism trips, has unveiled the space cabin where passengers will one day gaze at Earth after paying …

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Varieties Kill the Monotony of Zoom Meetings with $75 Falcon

Kill the Monotony of Zoom Meetings with $75 Falcon

Now you can invite a real-life bird of prey to your next virtual meeting or online get-together, thanks to the Raptor Center at the University of Minnesota. …

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Varieties Highways in Cairo's Historic City of the Dead

Highways in Cairo's Historic City of the Dead

For centuries, sultans and princes, saints and scholars, elites and commoners have been buried in two sprawling cemeteries in Egypt´s capital, creating a…

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Varieties NASA's New Mars Rover Launches From Florida to Seek Signs of Past Life

NASA's New Mars Rover Launches From Florida to Seek Signs of Past Life

NASA's next-generation Mars rover Perseverance blasted off from Florida's Cape Canaveral on Thursday atop an Atlas 5 rocket on a $2.4 billion mission to search…

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Varieties Earthquake Awareness Campaign Launches in New Delhi

Earthquake Awareness Campaign Launches in New Delhi

People in New Delhi have been warned to prepare for a potential major earthquake after the Indian capital was wobbled by a rare series of tremors in recent…

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Varieties Lebanon's Economic Crisis Upends Eid Tradition

Lebanon's Economic Crisis Upends Eid Tradition

Tradition dictates that Muslims donate cuts of mutton during Friday's Eid al-Adha festival, which would spell brisk business for butcher Abdulrazak Darwish but…

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Varieties Fifth Edition of Dubai Canvas to Kick off on July 31

Fifth Edition of Dubai Canvas to Kick off on July 31

As part of its gradual return to normal life activity and the post-Covid-19 phase, Dubai announced the launch of the fifth edition of the 3D artwork exhibition…

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Varieties Oprah to Debut New Program with Episodes on Racism

Oprah to Debut New Program with Episodes on Racism

Oprah Winfrey is returning to her talk show format with a new series on Apple TV+, whose first episodes will focus on racism in the United States. Apple Inc…

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