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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…


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Men Suffer More than Women from Mental Health Problems Caused by Work

Men are more likely than women to suffer mental health problems brought on by work and less likely to seek help, the charity Mind has said. Its survey of 15…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Varieties Claridge’s

Beyond the Robe: New PJ’s for Your Hotel Stays

Forget lounging around in your hotel room while donning a bathrobe, the standard in-room amenity at many mid-level and high-end properties. Some hotels want…

Shivani Vora (New York)
Varieties Travel

The Best Luggage we Tested for the Frequent Traveler

I’ve never thought much about finding the perfect luggage, so I just suffered. But Kit Dillon of The Wirecutter, the New York Times site that evaluates…

Damon Darlin (New York)
Varieties Nimrud

In Ruins of an Iraqi City, Memories of Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie lived here once, but only memories remain of the time the best-selling crime writer spent among the ruins of the ancient Iraqi city of Nimrud. …

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Varieties Dunkirk

Britain, Brexit and The Spirit of Dunkirk

For the past two weeks “Dunkirk” has been top of the box office in cinemas throughout the United Kingdom. The film is fictional rendition of the evacuation of…

Amir Taheri
Varieties Climate

Climate Change Threatens Protein Deficiency, Global Famine

Climate change is draining crops of protein and therefore creating a famine threat around the world, according to two separate studies published on Wednesday. …

Osama al-Naaman (London)
Varieties Science Fiction Movies Inspire Development of Medical Technologies

Science Fiction Movies Inspire Development of Medical Technologies

Science fiction first appeared in television programming in the late sixties, however, it seems that the technique inspired from the starship Enterprise…

Varieties Insomnia

32 Mln Brits Wake Up at Night Worrying about their Health

New researches showed that Brits are becoming a nation of night-time worriers with more than three fifths of the population, which is over 32 million adults,…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Varieties First Editing of Human Embryos in the US

First Editing of Human Embryos in the US

London- Technology that allows alteration of genes in a human embryo has been used for the first time in the United States, according to Oregon Health and…

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Varieties Vets Help Animals Rescued from Syria Zoo

Vets Help Animals Rescued from Syria Zoo

Syria’s war was not kind to the nine animals that had been kept alive at Magic World. As clashes became intense around the damaged amusement park near…

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Varieties Prince William Steps Down from Ambulance Job to Become Full-time Royal

Prince William Steps Down from Ambulance Job to Become Full-time Royal

Britain’s Prince William will give up his day job on Thursday when he completes his last shift as an air ambulance pilot before focusing full-time on his royal…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Varieties Hitler Exhibition in Berlin Asks: How Could It Happen?

Hitler Exhibition in Berlin Asks: How Could It Happen?

More than 70 years after Adolf Hitler committed suicide in his Berlin bunker in the final days of World War Two, an exhibition in the capital examines how he…

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Varieties Alive Chicken…New Home Delivery Service in Austria

Alive Chicken…New Home Delivery Service in Austria

Home delivery services have gradually grew. Rental and delivery of alive chicken is a new service created by Fabian Gutcher in Vienna. Customers can rent them…

Buthaina Abdul Rahman (Vienna)
Varieties Roads Leading to France, Switzerland, Germany Paralyzed by Traffic

Roads Leading to France, Switzerland, Germany Paralyzed by Traffic

Brussels- The summer vacation in the EU institutions, NATO in Brussels, and most of the government, legislative, and local Belgian institutions has kicked off…