2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (726+ words) Due to bumper harvests and rising global prices, Tunisia's olive oil industry is on track for a significant global breakthrough. Production is predicted to surpass the output of Italy, which has historically been the world's second-largest producer behind Spain, indicating…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (770+ words) Britain dispatched military personnel and anti-drone equipment to Belgium after a series of rogue drone sightings disrupted Belgian airports, according to Reuters. In early November, unidentified drones were spotted over Brussels and Li'ge airports, reported A.P. News, forcing flight diversions and…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (518+ words) A nationwide freeze of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) has occurred following the ongoing United States government shutdown. This freeze has, in turn, threatened access to food assistance for millions of Americans and poses genuine future consequences for those…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (267+ words) A week before the C.O.P.30 climate summit opened in Bel'm, Brazil, dozens of countries still had no accommodation secured for their delegations, according to Reuters. In response, the Brazilian government is offering free cabins aboard cruise ships docked in the Amazonian…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (653+ words) Olives are a symbol of Palestinian nationality and cultural importance, and are primary or secondary source of income for between 80,000-100,000 Palestinians. About 75% of Palestinian olive oil is consumed domestically providing high production value to Palestinians" but olive groves have become…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago  (879+ words) An important international effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the shipping industry was delayed on October 18 after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened sanctions against countries that supported the measure. Delegates at the International Maritime Organization (I.M.O.), a United Nations body that…...

9+ mon, 2+ week ago  (729+ words) In Dante's Inferno, gamblers are placed in the seventh circle, among those who do violence to themselves and others. This categorization seems all too just today, when bodies are piling up in Iran and Israel following Benjamin Netanyahu's dice-roll decision…...