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Original Title: TIL there is a thriving population of green parakeets in Rome. They originated from pets released or escaped from captivity several decades ago. Over time, the mild climate, abundance of food, and lack of predators have allowed them to establish a growing population in the city.

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Original Title: TIL that at least 9 MLB players and coaches from the artificial turf era (1970s-1990s) later died from brain cancer, with a striking cluster of 5 connected to the Philadelphia Phillies’ Veterans Stadium

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Victoria (Seychelles) (AFP) – Seychelles' opposition leader Patrick Herminie won the presidential run-off on Sunday, electoral commission results showed, after a race dominated by environmental and economic concerns.

The Indian Ocean archipelago nation has the highest wealth per capita in Africa -- around $18,000 according to the World Bank -- but is vulnerable to climate change and plagued by widespread drug addiction.

Herminie pledged in his victory speech to lower the cost of living, revive public services, and unite the island nation.

"I will be the president of all Seychellois, and I will end divisions by ceasing preferences and giving everyone the opportunity to thrive," he said.

The vote headed to a run-off after Herminie and his main challenger, outgoing President Wavel Ramkalawan, failed last month to secure an outright majority of more than 50 percent.

Results released on Sunday showed Herminie secured 52.7 percent of the vote, while Ramkalawan garnered 47.3 percent.

The incumbent president, who led the opposition from 1998 to 2011 and again from 2015 to 2020, congratulated Herminie, who becomes Seychelles’ sixth president.

"I leave with a legacy that makes many presidents blush... I hope President Herminie continues to maintain such a level," Ramkalawan said.

Herminie's party United Seychelles, which has largely dominated the country's political scene since its independence in 1976, won 15 out of 26 seats in last month's parliamentary elections.

In 2023, Herminie charged with "witchcraft", an accusation he said was a political attack, and the case was dropped a few months later.

A physician by training, he previously headed the government's anti-drug agency and has vowed to tackle sky-high heroin addiction, blamed in part on the fact the islands sit on a drug route between Africa and Asia.

The country's Agency for Prevention of Drug Abuse and Rehabilitation says 5,000 to 6,000 people use heroin out of a population of around 120,000. Other estimates put the figure as high as 10,000.

A bigger issue in the election has been the government's decision to lease a vast area of Assumption Island for 70 years for a Qatari-built luxury hotel with its own airstrip.

Assumption lies just 40 kilometres (25 miles) from Aldabra Atoll, a UNESCO World Heritage marine reserve, home to the world's largest tortoise and coconut crab populations.

Photos circulated on social media showing diggers on the beach and a tortoise with a broken shell, sparking outrage.

Herminie has vowed to cancel the 70-year lease and accused Qatar of financing the ruling party's campaign.

On Wednesday, he said he had written to Qatari authorities urging them to respect the archipelago's sovereignty, accusing Qatari companies of "interference" by funding the opposition's campaign with several million dollars to secure a tourism project.

A French and then British colony, the Seychelles gained independence in 1976.

The first multi-party election was held in 1993 after the adoption of a new constitution.

The archipelago is vulnerable to climate change and is facing rising sea levels, the deterioration of the marine ecosystem -- particularly its coral reefs -- as well as landslides, flooding and drought.

Three quarters of the country's roughly 120,000 citizens live on Mahe island, where the capital Victoria is located, according to 2024 World Bank data.

Unsure where to find the lawlessness and chaos they were told was overtaking the city, National Guard troops deployed to Chicago by President Donald Trump have begun aimlessly going door to door and asking residents if they have any order they might need restored, sources confirmed Thursday. “Hi there, ma’am—I was wondering if you’d seen any gang members or waves of criminal aliens rampaging through your household lately, and if I could assist in any way,” Cpl. Hunter Benson of the Texas guard said to confused 88-year-old Ravenswood resident Marsha Goldstein, peeking into the woman’s foyer to see if he could spot any hellish, out-of-control crime engulfing her living room. [...]

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Paris (AFP) – A new restaurant opened its doors in Paris on Saturday, founded by a Palestinian from Gaza and a Franco-Israeli, aiming to promote reconciliation through food.

The Palestinian, French and Israeli flags fly from the ceiling of "Sababa, the Taste of Peace", where the first customers packed in to eat hummus, falafel or Gazan salad.

Radjaa Aboudagga and his team have been toiling since 6:00 am to create the Middle Eastern dishes for families and friends of all ages seated on mats or at tables.

"Everything is handmade," said Aboudagga, a Franco-Palestinian originally from the Gaza Strip, in the restaurant's crowded kitchen, as he prepares "manakish", a flatbread topped with cheese, ground beef and herbs.

The restaurant, which will be open four nights a week until June next year, was conceived with Franco-Israeli Edgar Laloum, in partnership with the "Nous reconcilier" (We Reconcile) group.

"I'm happy about this day because it comes at a time when there is finally hope there too," said Laloum as Aboudagga looked on, referring to the expected return of Israeli hostages and the release of Palestinian prisoners.

Laloum, who lived for 30 years in Jerusalem, said the restaurant's menu is made of "dishes that Israelis and Palestinians eat in the same way".

"The two peoples, Palestinian and Israeli, have the same customs, the same dreams, the same tears and the same sadness," added Aboudagga.

"We share the same land, we all have to live together on it," he added, welcoming the decision of the French government and others to recognise a state of Palestine.

The restaurant is housed at the Consulat Voltaire, an old electricity sub-station turned cultural centre, in the 11th district of Paris near the place de la Bastille.

One customer, Raphael, who did not want to give his last name, told AFP that the three flags were "symbolic".

"It's very beautiful and I was explaining to my son that, in the end, we can all live together."

Another diner, Henri Poulain, 57, said he saw it as a sign of "reconciliation" and "a link between the French Republic on the one hand" and "these two states, one of which has yet to be born".

Even if the war were to resume in the Gaza Strip, he said he was convinced "it wouldn't weaken a place like this".

Psychosociologist Joelle Bordet, 72, said she thought the word "reconciliation" was "too strong".

"Just being together in the same space, when you're effectively enemies, is extraordinary," she said. "I can't do it today in my network with Russians and Ukrainians."

Next to Bordet was Nour-Eddine Skiker, head of the "Jalons pour la paix" association, some of whose volunteers came with a local youth council group to lend a hand.

"In this very small space, there is room for everyone," he said.

One of the young volunteers, Mboreha Ahamed, 23, added: "Being here under these three flags is super symbolic... over a meal where we think of other things."

At about 2:00 pm, the queue to order mezze was long.

Readings of poems in Hebrew, Arabic and French, discussion groups and concerts were all planned, all, in the words of the restaurant's founders, in the spirit of "joie de vivre" -- the meaning of "Sababa" in both Israel and the Palestinian Territories.

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Author: JIM GOMEZ Associated Press, ABC News
Published on: 12/10/2025 | 05:47:53

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Chinese coast guard ship rammed and slightly damaged anchored Philippine government vessel. There were no injuries among Filipino crewmen of the BRP Datu Pagbuaya. China has repeatedly restated its sovereignty and control over virtually the entire South China Sea. Philippine coast guard and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources remain resolute. Thitu is the largest of nine islands, islets and reefs inhabited by Philippine forces. China turned seven barren reefs into island bases protected by missile system.

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