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As customers prepare to break their Ramadan fast at Wahiba Dridi’s restaurant in Tunisia, she stirs a pot of peppery snails, extolling their virtues as a lifeline for cash-strapped families. Once a niche delicacy, snails have become a protein staple for many Tunisians priced out of the meat market.

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In Tunisia, snails inch toward replacing red meat as people turn to cheaper protein

By MEHDI EL AREM MEHDI EL AREM - Associated Press
Fri,04/04/25-12:27AM, 152 Reads
AKOUDA, Tunisia (AP) — In fields outside their hometown in central Tunisia, an increasing number of unemployed young men are seeking a new way to make a living, picking snails off of rocks and leaves and collecting them in large plastic bags to take to the local market to be sold.
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Delia Acarapi, who says her daughter died in an explosive attack, cries near the Hijos de Ingenio gold mine in Yani, Bolivia, Thursday, April 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

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An explosion at a standoff between rival gold miners in Bolivia kills at least 5 people

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Thu,04/03/25-12:29PM, 151 Reads
SORATA, Bolivia (AP) — A powerful explosion killed at least five people, including a pregnant woman and 1-year-old baby, during a standoff between rival groups of gold miners early Thursday in northwestern Bolivia, police said, a rare instance of territorial disputes between the nation's mining cooperatives turning fatal.
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A screen displays financial news as traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Thursday, April 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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The Latest: Stock market suffers worst week since 2020 after China retaliates against Trump tariffs

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Fri,04/04/25-12:15AM, 150 Reads
Markets are facing their worst crisis since the COVID crash after China matched President Donald Trump’s big raise in tariffs in the U.S.
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Students walk on the University of Texas campus in Austin, Texas., Sept. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

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Federal officials are quietly terminating the legal residency of some international college students

By COLLIN BINKLEY, ANNIE MA AND MAKIYA SEMINERA COLLIN BINKLEY, ANNIE MA AND MAKIYA SEMINERA - Associated Press
Thu,04/03/25-11:12PM, 87 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — A crackdown on foreign students is alarming college leaders, who say the Trump administration is using new tactics and vague justifications to push some students out of the country.
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In Tunisia, snails inch toward replacing red meat as people turn to cheaper protein

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An explosion at a standoff between rival gold miners in Bolivia kills at least 5 people

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The Latest: Stock market suffers worst week since 2020 after China retaliates against Trump tariffs

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Federal officials are quietly terminating the legal residency of some international college students

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