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The Guardian - World News

2026-02-18 05:00:05 (2 days ago)

Coffee-growing countries becoming too hot to cultivate beans, analysis finds

Five countries responsible for 75% of world’s coffee supply record average of 57 extra days of coffee-harming heat a year

In Ethiopia, the birthplace of coffee, more than 4m households rely on coffee as their primary source of income. It contributes almost a third of the country’s export earnings, but for how much longer is uncertain.

“Coffee farmers in Ethiopia are already seeing the impact of extreme heat,” said Dejene Dadi, the general manager of Oromia Coffee Farmers Cooperatives Union (OCFCU), a smallholder cooperative.

The Guardian - World News

2026-02-18 05:00:04 (2 days ago)

The brutal hunt for low-paid work: ‘It’s like The Hunger Games – but for a job folding clothes’

It used to be fairly easy to get work that paid at or around the minimum wage. But with a shrinking number of positions come ever more hoops to jump through, from personality tests, to trial shifts, to towers constructed of marshmallows

It is 10.30am, and Zahra is sitting in a business centre in Preston, attaching marshmallows to sticks of uncooked spaghetti. There are 30 interview candidates in the grey-carpeted room, split into groups of five, competing to build food towers. Already today they have had to solve anagrams, complete quizzes and rank the importance of various kitchen items. Just to be shortlisted for this two-hour interview round, Zahra had to write an online application consisting of 10 paragraphs about her work experience. As she builds her spaghetti and marshmallow tower, she thinks: “What am I actually doing here? This doesn’t relate to the job at all.”

The job in question is not what Zahra, 20, plans to do for ever. It is as a crew member for Wingstop, a chicken shop chain, with a salary of £10.80 an hour – 80p an hour above minimum wage for her age range. During the interview, she says, “a woman with a notepad was staring at us, and all the shift managers were watching. It was so awkward.” A week or so later, Zahra received a short rejection email. “It felt like a waste of time,” she says. “What a joke.”

CBC News - Top Stories

2026-02-18 05:00:00 (2 days ago)

National real estate association blames Ontario snowstorm for cooling housing sales in January

The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) is blaming Old Man Winter as a factor in cool housing sales during the month of January.

CBC News - Top Stories

2026-02-18 05:00:00 (2 days ago)

A sex offender receives full gender surgery. Should she be transferred to a women’s prison?

A transgender woman incarcerated as a dangerous offender for sex offences wants a judge to order the Correctional Service of Canada to transfer her from the men’s prison system to a women’s institution following her recent gender surgery.

Times of Israel - World News

2026-02-18 04:56:19 (2 days ago)

Top religious Zionist rabbis urge Netanyahu to keep women out of IDF tanks

Rabbis say army 'capitulating to foreign social agenda' with Armored Corps pilot for female troops; warn it would put Orthodox soldiers in impossible situation, harm people's army

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South China Morning Post - World News

2026-02-18 04:55:51 (2 days ago)

9 missing in California avalanche as whiteout conditions hamper rescue

A frantic search was under way on Wednesday for nine backcountry skiers missing after an avalanche in the mountains of California, where a huge storm has dumped heavy snow. Officials said a group of 15 people were caught up in the avalanche on Castle Peak in the Tahoe area late on Tuesday morning. Six skiers had been rescued “with varying injuries” on Tuesday evening, the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office said, though mountain rescue teams battling treacherous conditions were still trying to find...

RT News - Top Stories

2026-02-18 04:52:54 (2 days ago)

Neighbors agree to restart trans-Saharan gas pipeline

Algeria’s president has said construction of the Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline will resume after Ramadan
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CBC News - Top Stories

2026-02-18 04:52:33 (2 days ago)

Shark caught on camera for first time in Antarctica's near-freezing deep

The camera operated by the Minderoo-UWA Deep-Sea Research Centre, which investigates life in the deepest parts of the world's oceans, was positioned off the South Shetland Islands near the Antarctic Peninsula.

France 24 - World News

2026-02-18 04:52:29 (2 days ago)

Ukraine peace talks enter second day as Zelensky slams ‘unfair’ US pressure

Negotiators from Ukraine and Russia were due to begin a second day of talks in Geneva on Wednesday, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the United States was putting undue pressure on him to bring an end to the four-year-old war. France 24’s international affairs commentator Doug Herbert takes a closer look at how the talks are progressing.

Le Monde - World News

2026-02-18 04:52:15 (2 days ago)

Macron and Modi seek a 'no-boundaries' partnership

The French president and the Indian prime minister agreed to deepen cooperation, particularly in the field of defense, in response to Donald Trump's protectionist policies.

France 24 - World News

2026-02-18 04:50:14 (2 days ago)

Peru's interim president impeached after just four months in office

Peru's ​Congress on Tuesday ousted President Jose Jeri just four months into his term over a scandal involving undisclosed meetings with a Chinese businessman, extending a cycle of political upheaval that has gripped the Andean nation for much of the past decade.

Times of Israel - World News

2026-02-18 04:48:10 (2 days ago)

Spike Lee defends pro-Palestinian outfit, says not meant to disrespect Avdija

Filmmaker says he was unaware Avdija was first Israeli NBA All-Star when he wore keffiyeh sweater to game, getup was 'not intended as a gesture of hostility to Jewish people'

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