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Dockworkers Strike at U.S. Ports Could Begin Tuesday

September 30, 2024October 1, 2024Peter EavisComments Off on Dockworkers Strike at U.S. Ports Could Begin Tuesday

A work stoppage at East and Gulf Coast ports would halt most activity at some of the busiest American ports.

World

New Zealanders Are Crazy for This Fruit. It’s Not the Kiwi.

April 12, 2024Kate Evans and Tatsiana ChypsanavaComments Off on New Zealanders Are Crazy for This Fruit. It’s Not the Kiwi.

Like the kiwi fruit, the feijoa, or pineapple guava, is not native to the island nation, but it has become something of a national obsession.

World

Thailand’s Unemployed Elephants Are Back Home, Huge and Hungry

April 1, 2023April 1, 2023Muktita Suhartono and Ulet IfansastiComments Off on Thailand’s Unemployed Elephants Are Back Home, Huge and Hungry

When the tourists who rode them disappeared from resort destinations, Thailand’s captive elephants, and their owners, went back to their birth villages, where finding enough food has been a struggle.

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‘Mango Man’ Is the Fruit’s Foremost Poet, Philosopher, Fan and Scientist

July 1, 2022July 2, 2022MUJIB MASHAL and HARI KUMARComments Off on ‘Mango Man’ Is the Fruit’s Foremost Poet, Philosopher, Fan and Scientist

With 300 types of mangos to his horticultural credit, Kaleem Ullah Khan is quick to tell anyone in India and beyond about the infinite potential of the fruit and its tree, including as medicine.

World

Collateral Damage of China’s Virus Policy: Fruit

February 5, 2022February 5, 2022Vo Kieu Bao Uyen, Sui-Lee Wee and Muktita SuhartonoComments Off on Collateral Damage of China’s Virus Policy: Fruit

The closure of Chinese land borders and the tightened screening of goods have driven Southeast Asian fruit farmers into debt. Many have had to abandon their harvest.

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Where the Pomegranate Harvest Is Life, the Taliban Brought Ruin

November 22, 2020November 22, 2020Thomas Gibbons-Neff and Taimoor ShahComments Off on Where the Pomegranate Harvest Is Life, the Taliban Brought Ruin

An incursion that devastated a prized crop shows the loss and uncertainty that many Afghans endure.

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Eating Thai Fruit Demands Serious Effort but Delivers Sublime Reward

June 22, 2020June 22, 2020Hannah Beech and Amanda MustardComments Off on Eating Thai Fruit Demands Serious Effort but Delivers Sublime Reward

Many delicious species in Thailand, “the Great Power nation of fruit,” require laborious peeling and careful chewing. Then there’s the sticky fingers and occasional disappointment.

World

For Some Italians, the Future of Work Looks Like the Past

May 24, 2020May 25, 2020JASON HOROWITZComments Off on For Some Italians, the Future of Work Looks Like the Past

As the coronavirus drastically reorders society and economies, more Italians are returning to the agricultural jobs of their grandparents.

World

Elephants Really Can’t Hold Their Liquor

May 20, 2020May 20, 2020RACHEL NUWERComments Off on Elephants Really Can’t Hold Their Liquor

Humans and other species have a gene mutation that lets them digest alcohol. In other species, it’s missing.

World

Australian Woman Accused of Spiking Strawberries With Needles

November 11, 2018November 12, 2018ISABELLA KWAIComments Off on Australian Woman Accused of Spiking Strawberries With Needles

The tampering fueled a nationwide panic that severely hurt the industry, prompted copycat incidents and led some stores to stop stocking the fruit.

Headlines

New Hostage Videos Sow Fear and Horror in Israel

August 2, 2025August 2, 2025Aaron Boxerman

With Festivities and Papal Prayer, the Vatican Aims to Attract the Young

August 2, 2025August 2, 2025ELISABETTA POVOLEDO

A Fish Falls From the Sky and Sparks a Brush Fire in British Columbia

August 2, 2025Mark Walker

Protesters in Thailand Denounce Prime Minister After Clashes With Cambodia

August 2, 2025August 2, 2025Sui-Lee Wee and Muktita Suhartono

A Letter to the Future

August 2, 2025Melissa Kirsch

What Do Trump’s Tariff Hikes Mean for Canada’s Trade-Dependent Economy?

August 2, 2025IAN AUSTEN

U.S. Victims of Hamas and Hezbollah Attacks Sue UNRWA

August 2, 2025August 2, 2025Ephrat Livni

Iran Is Holding at Least 4 US Citizens, Rights Groups and Families Say

August 2, 2025Farnaz Fassihi

Mike Huckabee, Israel’s Passionate Defender as Gaza War Drives Allies Away

August 2, 2025August 2, 2025Elisabeth Bumiller

An American Team Went to Combat Haiti’s Gangs, Then Lost Two of Its Own

August 2, 2025August 2, 2025Frances Robles, David C. Adams and Andre Paultre
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