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Peru chefs turning scraps into meals
Palmiro Ocampo has cooked for some of the top restaurants in the world, but now, he is teaching cooks in Peru to make cheaper and healthier meals by wasting less food.
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First Gaza rocket in six weeks draws Israeli response
JERUSALEM: An Israeli aircraft hit a Hamas position in the Gaza Strip late on Friday in response to the first fire from the territory since a November flare-up, the military said.“An army attack helicopter
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Houthis fire at Yemen army bulldozers while opening Kilo 16 road
DUBAI: Houthi militia started to redeploy inside the port city of Hodeidah as part of the UN-sponsored peace agreement signed in Sweden earlier this month, a UN source and a spokesman for the group
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Egyptian security forces kill 40 militants in Giza, North Sinai
DUBAI: Egypt’s Interior Ministry said on Saturday that security forces killed 40 militants in Giza and North Sinai. Large quantities of weapons and explosives were found during the raids, the state news agency said.
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Saudi Arabia recruited Darfur children to fight in Yemen: NYT
Saudi Arabia recruited children from Sudan's conflict-ravaged Darfur region to fight on the frontlines of its war in Yemen, the New York Times has reported. The kingdom offered desperate Sudanese families as much as
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2018 – The year’s weather extremes in photos
November - Firefighters walk among the ashes of a wildfire-ravaged home in Malibu, California. The Camp Fire, in the northern part of the state, was the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California's history,
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Bomb kills three Vietnamese tourists, guide near Egypt pyramids
A roadside bomb has hit a tourist bus near the Pyramids of Giza, south of the capital Cairo, killing three Vietnamese and their Egyptian guide, officials said. The bus was travelling in the Marioutiyah
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Economic developments to watch in 2019
As we head into the New Year, all eyes are on the health of the economy of the United States. The Dow Jones industrial average saw the worst Christmas Eve trading day in its history.
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Indonesia’s poor bear the brunt of deadly tsunami
Banten, Indonesia - Ahmad Hidayat's smile seemed strangely incongruous given the mess that lay around him. I have seen that smile before in Indonesia - a natural response, no matter the situation, maybe out
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US commanders propose Kurdish fighters in Syria keep weapons
US commanders planning for the withdrawal of troops from Syria have recommended that Kurdish fighters be permitted to keep US-supplied weapons, a move that would incense NATO ally Turkey. Three officials, speaking to Reuters news


