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As warming climate hammers coffee crops, this rare bean may someday be your brew

As warming climate hammers coffee crops, this rare bean may someday be your brew

  • The tree’s deep roots, thick leaves and big trunk help it thrive in extreme conditions where other coffees cannot
  • Earth’s warming climate is causing problems for big coffee producers everywhere and some are looking to a rarely cultivated species that may stand up better to drought and heat
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Australian navy rescues adventurer who hit a cyclone while rowing across the Pacific Ocean

Australian navy rescues adventurer who hit a cyclone while rowing across the Pacific Ocean

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Oz, Bond and Quincy Jones: Oscars a musical ode to film icons

Oz, Bond and Quincy Jones: Oscars a musical ode to film icons

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Pakistan’s old English manners spell youth Scrabble success

Pakistan’s old English manners spell youth Scrabble success

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Private lunar lander Blue Ghost touches down on the moon with a special delivery for NASA

Private lunar lander Blue Ghost touches down on the moon with a special delivery for NASA

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Tesla owners sour on Musk’s venture into US politics

Tesla owners sour on Musk’s venture into US politics

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A whale caught in fishing nets has been freed off Poland’s Baltic coast

A whale caught in fishing nets has been freed off Poland’s Baltic coast

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Shanghai man scammed of $28,000 by AI ‘girlfriend’: state media

Shanghai man scammed of $28,000 by AI ‘girlfriend’: state media

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Anti-US sentiment bubbling up in the West Bank bolsters demand for a local Coke-alternative

Anti-US sentiment bubbling up in the West Bank bolsters demand for a local Coke-alternative

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Court convicts preschool teacher of child-beating that shocked France

Court convicts preschool teacher of child-beating that shocked France

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‘Queen of Pop’ Madonna lambasts ‘King’ Trump

‘Queen of Pop’ Madonna lambasts ‘King’ Trump

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Nepal community fights to save sacred forests from cable cars

Nepal community fights to save sacred forests from cable cars

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‘Just two glasses’: In Turkiye, lives shattered by bootleg alcohol

‘Just two glasses’: In Turkiye, lives shattered by bootleg alcohol

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