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BYE, BYE, BANANAS
In the mid 1900s, the most popular banana in the world--a sweet, creamy variety called Gros Michel grown in Latin America--all but disappeared from the planet... READ MORE›
BELGIUM GRINDS TO A HALT FOR ONE-DAY GENERAL STRIKE
Thierry Bodson, the general secretary of the FGTB union, said anti-austerity arguments had gained momentum in recent weeks... READ MORE›
DISEASE THREATENS THE COMMERCIAL BANANA
After it wiped out plantations in Costa Rica, Panama disease followed United Fruit to Guatemala... READ MORE›
EXPERTS RACE TO STOP BANANAPOCALYPSE FROM HITTING LATIN AMERICAN PRODUCERS
Taiwanese banana scientists claim the new genre has a shape and taste similar to the ailing Cavendish... READ MORE›
BELGIUM'S PM MICHEL CALLS FOR A EUROPEAN CIA
The Belgian prime minister has suggested Europe needs a central intelligence agency to reinforce and coordinate its anti-terrorist operations... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA'S WEST COULD BECOME LAST REFUGE OF WORLD'S MOST POPULAR BANANA
The fungus, which was discovered on plants in Tully Valley, in north Queensland, in March 2015 is threatening the existence of Cavendish banana crops across the globe... READ MORE›
BRUSSELS: PM CHARLES MICHEL AND KING PHILIPPE DECRY 'BARBARIC' ATTACKS
Belgian Prime Minister, Charles Michel, and King Philippe have publically labelled the attacks barbaric, cowardly and odious... READ MORE›
FAVOURITE CAVENDISH BANANA VARIETY UNDER THREAT
Missionaries later exported the Cavendish banana to Samoa, the Pacific and the Canary Islands, starting new banana industries... READ MORE›
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AS OBAMA LEAVES THE WORLD STAGE
A front-page headline in Israel's most widely circulated daily, Israel Hayom, summed up the feeling Barack Obama, the worst U.S. president in history... READ MORE›
GIVE TRUMP TIME, DON'T ASSUME WORST
Trump won the election after promising to build a wall on the US border with Mexico, rip up trade deals and ban Muslims temporarily from entering the United States... READ MORE›
OBAMA COACHES TRUMP TO BE WORLD LEADER
We are very deferential and respectful of the fact that we already have a president of the United States, Barack Obama, Conway told reporters... READ MORE›
POPULISM TAKES OVER THE WORLD
As a form of horizontal political power, populism has been instrumental to legal, agrarian, and social reforms through the years... READ MORE›
WITH POPULARITY LEVELS AT DIFFERENT ENDS OF SPECTRUM, PRESENT AND FUTURE FIRST LADIES MEET AT WHITE HOUSE
While their husbands met Thursday in the Oval Office to prepare for the passing of the presidential torch, Michelle Obama and Melania Trump met elsewhere i... READ MORE›
DONALD TRUMP'S ELECTION WIN TO BE ADDRESSED IN STATEMENT
President Barack Obama will give a statement from the White House on Wednesday on the election of Donald Trump as his successor... READ MORE›
IN VICTORY SPEECH, TRUMP PLEDGES TO BE PRESIDENT FOR ALL AMERICANS, REBUILD NATION'S INFRASTRUCTURE
Donald Trump said Wednesday he would bind the nation's deep wounds and be a president for all Americans, as he praised his defeated rival Hillary Clinton... READ MORE›
CLINTON PAINTS GRIM PICTURE OF A TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IN APPEAL TO UNDECIDED VOTERS
Meanwhile, Trump campaign spokesman Jason Miller confirmed Wednesday that the Republican nominee will hold his election night event at the New York Hilton Midtown... READ MORE›
'YES, HILLARY CLINTON IS MY FRIEND,' MICHELLE OBAMA ASSERTS ON CAMPAIGN TRAIL
While Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton battled in 2008, Michelle Obama raised questions about her husband's opponent, framing the choice between the two as about character... READ MORE›
WHY TRUMP INVITED OBAMA'S HALF-BROTHER TO FINAL DEBATE
Malik Obama was his half-brother's best man when Barack Obama married Michelle... READ MORE›
BARACK OBAMA'S HALF-BROTHER MALIK OBAMA ATTENDING THIRD PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE AS DONALD TRUMP'S GUEST
President Barack Obama's half brother, Malik Obama, will be attending Wednesday night's third presidential debate as a guest of Donald Trump... READ MORE›
FIVE THINGS TO WATCH AT THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE BETWEEN HILLARY CLINTON AND DONALD TRUMP
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will then have an opportunity to debate each other... READ MORE›