Romeritos are among Mexicans’ favorite dishes for Christmas and New Year’s dinner. Besides being easy to prepare, they have many health benefits. What are romeritos, and how should they be cooked? In addition to being nutritious, romeritos are a sustainable and organic plant. Although many people confuse them with weeds, they are actually algae. When cooked in a stew, they have a unique flavor. Romeritos are sold in San Andrés Mixquic; San Nicolás Tetelco and San Juan Ixtayopan, in the municipality of Tláhuac; and San Gregorio Atlapulco, in Xochimilco, all in Mexico City. The dish is well-known throughout the…
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MEXICO City, Mexico — Perhaps the most important event of Christmas is the Christmas Eve dinner. The whole family gathers; there is food to enjoy and stories to share. It is a great occasion to celebrate with new and old family members — a merry event with delicious food. Nowadays, more and more people decide to maintain a vegan lifestyle (those who do not eat any animal product.) Therefore, to keep a festive Christmas dinner that all family members can enjoy, there must be compromise. Fortunately, there exist different vegan food that can substitute Christmas dinner staples. Soy substitutes, like tofurkey,…
NAZARETH, Israel — In regular pandemic-free times, the northern city of Nazareth is probably the best place in Israel to get into the Christmas spirit. Its roads are lined with festive lights, the holiday market is packed with people and delicious food and drink are happily consumed. This year is different, with COVID-19 regulations calling off hallmark events in favor of a more socially distanced season. Still, Jesus’ hometown is doing its best to celebrate Christmas — and even drape newborns in festive cloth. “The atmosphere is here; nothing can change that. There’s the atmosphere, the lights, the Christmas tree.…
Note: Map Ready for this story. GELTINGER BAY, Germany — A routine underwater fishing net clean-up expedition took an unexpected turn when three German divers stumbled upon an Enigma machine, used by the Nazis to send and decipher coded messages during World War II. Few of these historic encryption machines have survived. This one surfaced Nov. 11 after 75 years at the bottom of Geltinger Bay, on the northern German Baltic Sea coast near Denmark. Commissioned by the World Wildlife Foundation (WWF), three divers were removing so-called “ghost nets” that endanger marine life when they found a rusty machine. The…
BEAUVAIS, France — Ten tigers trained for the circus and housed together in a small space have been rescued after a nearly two-year investigation. French law enforcement authorities seized the big cats near the northern city of Beauvais last week following months of petitioning by animal rights organization One Voice. The felines, owned by animal trainer and circus runner Mario Masson, had been locked in a cage truck described by One Voice as “nothing more than a heavy-duty trailer” hidden in an unused factory. Despite weighing up to 660 pounds each, the animals were primarily kept in the 6.5 feet…
VIENNA — A Franciscan monk has taken to rapping to spread the word of God in Vienna, the Austrian capital that’s been home to musical greats such as Mozart, Beethoven and Strauss. In an exclusive interview with Zenger News, Father Sandesh Manuel, 40, who is originally from Bangalore, India, said music has always been part of his spiritual life, which includes being a Franciscan monk for 23 years and a priest for 10 years. “Music and spirituality go very well together, and it has always been with me,” Manuel said. “Music allows me to express myself and it has accompanied me…
KOLKATA, India — Cyber fraud in India is on the rise as scammers mushroom across cities, running call centers to dupe victims, including Americans and Europeans. Delhi police recently busted a racket that defrauded close to 4,500 Americans of about $14 million. The scammers, who operated out of call centers in New Delhi, told people on their call lists that their bank accounts were being used to pay international drug cartels, and that the only way to stave it off would be to invest in Bitcoin or gift cards. The payments were then diverted to e-wallets created to swindle the funds.…
KOLKATA, India — Many Indian students and families in the UK planning to travel home for the Christmas-New Year vacation are stranded since flights are grounded due to reports of a fast-spreading new strain of the novel coronavirus. India has suspended all flights from the UK from Dec. 22-31. More than 40 other countries have banned flights from the UK for various periods of time. Among the airlines affected are Air India, Virgin Atlantic, Vistara, and British Airways. Several Indian cities such as New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai and Bengaluru, have direct flights to London. “In view of the @MoCA_GOI…
NEW DELHI — A coalition of parties demanding the restoration of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir won the most seats in the first elections in the region since the repeal of its special status in August 2019. But India’s ruling Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) emerged as the single largest party with the greatest vote share. The People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration won 112 of the 280 seats in the state’s District Development Councils across 20 districts. “We won despite barely doing any election campaigning,” said Dr. Harbaksh Singh, spokesperson for the People’s Democratic Party, a key constituent of the…
In many parts of the world the coming of Christmas is signaled by roasted chestnuts, but in peninsular India it comes with the smell and taste of coconuts. Many places in Karnataka, Goa, Kerala and Tamil Nadu have been celebrating Christmas for centuries. Two of Jesus Christ’s Apostles — Thomas and Bartholomew — came to south India around 52 AD, leading to the first conversions, long before the religion reached the shores of Europe. The arrival of colonial powers such as the Portuguese, the French and the British in the 16th and 17th centuries led the spread of Christianity in…