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Monthly Archives: July 2021

Mark Twain’s final home lists for $4.2M in Connecticut

Mark Twain’s final published story, “Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven,” tells the tale of a man whose dreamy idea of the celestial kingdom is upended when he arrives. But perhaps the Connecticut home where the famed writer spent the last two years of his life — and a property that’s …

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World hunger problem worsened by coronavirus pandemic, UN says

The COVID-19 pandemic caused a worsening of the world’s hunger in 2020. Between 720 and 811 million people worldwide faced hunger — 161 million more than in 2019, according to a report released Monday by multiple UN agencies, including the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the World Food Programme (WFP) …

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