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An Iconic Puzzle Comes Home as Production of the Rubik’s Cube Returns to Hungary

Varieties Hungarian architect and inventor Ernő Rubik attends the opening event of Rubik's Cube production line of the Jasz-Plasztik plastic processing company in Jaszbereny, Hungary, 10 November 2026. (EPA)

An Iconic Puzzle Comes Home as Production of the Rubik’s Cube Returns to Hungary

More than half a century ago, a Hungarian architect, sculptor and professor invented what would become one of the world's most popular and beloved puzzles…

Varieties SpaceX's mega rocket Starship is stacked and prepared for a test flight from Starbase, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026. (AP)

SpaceX Starship Test to Attempt First-Ever Spaceship ‘Catch'

Elon Musk's SpaceX was poised Friday to carry out its latest test of the world's biggest and most powerful rocket, the Starship, with plans for a…

Varieties Traffic moves on a smoggy morning as air pollution spikes in New Delhi, India, November 13, 2026. (Reuters)

Delhi Overtakes Lahore as World’s Most Polluted City as Air Quality Drops

India's capital Delhi overtook Lahore in Pakistan to become the world's most polluted city on Friday, with air quality reaching hazardous levels and visibility…

Varieties The findings confirm that meowing is not simply an involuntary expression of emotion, but can be an audience-directed form of communication. (Getty Images)

Study Reveals Why Cats Meow More Around Humans

Domestic cats meow differently depending on whether their human caretakers are present in the room or not, scientists confirm in a new study published by The…

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 Shift to Winter Time Does Not Impact Parisians’ Daily Life

Shift to Winter Time Does Not Impact Parisians’ Daily Life

Like many other Europeans and Britons, people in France turned the clock back one hour on Sunday with the beginning of winter time this year. The new time…

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Varieties Study: Cold Weather Raises Heart Attack Risk

Study: Cold Weather Raises Heart Attack Risk

A new study suggests that heart attacks occur more often when temperatures plummet. According to the report in JAMA Cardiology, based on more than 15 years of…

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Varieties Manchester United Hosts Thai ‘Cave Boys’

Manchester United Hosts Thai ‘Cave Boys’

Manchester United's players and manager welcomed on Sunday the Thai boys who were trapped in a cave in June and whose rescue caught the world's attention. …

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Varieties Pro Wrestling Proves a Hit with Egyptian Crowds

Pro Wrestling Proves a Hit with Egyptian Crowds

Pro wrestling, a popular entertainment form in the US, mixes theatrical performance with athletics and is gaining traction in Egypt where thousands came to…

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Varieties UAE Launches First Locally Made Satellite into Space

UAE Launches First Locally Made Satellite into Space

The United Arab Emirates successfully launched on Monday its first locally made satellite into space. The KhalifaSat Earth observation satellite was…

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Varieties Damascus National Museum Partly Reopened after 7-Year Shutdown

Damascus National Museum Partly Reopened after 7-Year Shutdown

The Damascus National Museum opened its doors, for the first time in almost seven years, after it had closed to protect antiquities from the repercussions of…

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Varieties Upper Egypt Celebrates 'Jallab' Season

Upper Egypt Celebrates 'Jallab' Season

Merchants and manufacturers celebrate the beginning of Jallab sweets season in Upper Egypt with the end of October. It is an industrial and commercial season…

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Varieties Mother's Voice Better than Alarm in Waking up Children

Mother's Voice Better than Alarm in Waking up Children

A new study found that sleeping children are three times more likely to wake to voice recording than to loud beeping. It’s every parent’s worst nightmare:…

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German Health Minister Calls for Vaccination against Flu

German Health Minister Jens Spahn has urged people to get the flu vaccine. During his visit to the Paul-Ehrlich-Institut Federal Institute for Vaccines and…

Varieties Morocco Makes Daylight Savings Time Permanent

Morocco Makes Daylight Savings Time Permanent

The Moroccan government signed on Friday a draft decree to make daylight savings time permanent. The government said Morocco would "maintain summer time to…

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Varieties Saudi Arabia Making Great Efforts to Localize Space Sciences

Saudi Arabia Making Great Efforts to Localize Space Sciences

Saudi Arabia stressed Thursday that it is exerting great efforts to transfer and localize space sciences and technologies in its belief that international…

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Varieties Saudi Crown Prince Meets Six Flags Vice President

Saudi Crown Prince Meets Six Flags Vice President

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, held talks in Riyadh on Wednesday with Senior Vice President of…

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UN Report: Nine Million Volunteers in the Arab World

The World's Volunteerism Report 2018, released by The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) program, showed that more people are responding to global crises by…

Hazem Badr (Cairo)
Varieties Ryanair Faces Rage on Social Media for Ignoring Racist Incident

Ryanair Faces Rage on Social Media for Ignoring Racist Incident

A video footage recorded by a Ryanair passenger documented a shocking incident featuring another passenger hurling racist insults at an elderly black woman who…

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Varieties Egypt: First Electric Bus Operates in Alexandria

Egypt: First Electric Bus Operates in Alexandria

For the first time in Egypt, the Public Transport Authority of Alexandria has launched the first electric bus to join the coastal city's public transport fleet…

Oumnia Husni (Alexandria)
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American Driverless Cars Threaten British Roads

US driverless cars pose a safety risk on the UK's streets as they can't spot iconic British vehicles, such as London’s red buses and black cabs, as their…

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Varieties New App to Monitor Employees' Attention Level During Work

New App to Monitor Employees' Attention Level During Work

Researchers from Cornell University have developed a new app that tracks alertness by measuring pupil size, captured through a burst of photographs taken every…

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Varieties Woman Drops Toddler at Wrong Address

Woman Drops Toddler at Wrong Address

A woman who intended to drop off a two-year-old boy with his father instead left the toddler at the wrong address in suburban Houston and ran off after ringing…

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Varieties Saudi Tourism Commission Prepares to Hold ‘Roads of Arabia Expo’

Saudi Tourism Commission Prepares to Hold ‘Roads of Arabia Expo’

The Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage (SCTH) and Louvre Abu Dhabi Museum continued their preparations for the opening of the upcoming “Roads…

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Varieties China to Launch Lunar Lighting in Outer Space

China to Launch Lunar Lighting in Outer Space

China is planning to launch its own 'artificial moon' by 2020 to replace streetlamps and lower electricity costs in urban areas, state media reported Friday. …

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Varieties Men and Urinary Tract Infections

Men and Urinary Tract Infections

Q. What causes urinary tract infections and are men at risk for getting them? A. Although urinary tract infections (UTIs) are more common in women, men can…

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Anna Burns' 'Milkman' Wins Man Booker Prize

"Milkman" by writer Anna Burns scooped the 2018 Man Booker Prize, with the Northern Irish writer winning the literary award for her third full-length novel. …

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Varieties Canada Legalizes Cannabis, Prepares to Collect Taxes

Canada Legalizes Cannabis, Prepares to Collect Taxes

Canada has legalized the possession and use of recreational cannabis. It becomes only the second country - after Uruguay - to make the move. The marijuana drug…

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Egypt Resumes Restoration of al-Zahir Baybars Mosque

Egypt has resumed the restoration of Cairo's monumental 13th century al-Zahir Baybars mosque. Workers removed dried weeds from inside the mosque and…

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