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Month: December 2023

La Scala’s gala premiere of ‘Don Carlo’ celebrates Italian opera’s new status as cultural treasure

By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Italian melodrama’s official recognition as a global cultural treasure is getting trumpeted with La Scala’s season premiere of Verdi’s “Don Carlo.” The start of the Milan opera house’s 2023-24 season Thursday will serve as an unofficial national celebration of the U.N. cultural agency UNESCO including Italian lyric

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UN says Africa faces unprecedented food crisis, with 3 in 4 people unable to afford a healthy diet

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The United Nations says at least three of every four Africans can’t afford a healthy diet because of an “unprecedented food crisis.” A U.N. report released Thursday with the African Union Commission says rising hunger and malnutrition in the continent of 1.4 billion people is caused

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“Recirclable” program allows Massachusetts restaurant customers to borrow takeout containers

By LEVAN REID Click here for updates on this story     ARLINGTON, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Making Boston greater by cutting down on waste, a local program allows customers to borrow takeout containers. For Recirlclable’s founders, a shift in mindset happened during the COVID pandemic. “I think usually in a normal habit, there is just a little

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