At a kibbutz in Israel, for the first time in hundreds of years, a honey-blond Judean date was plucked from its tree — grown from a 2,000-year-old seed retrieved from an archaeological site in the Judean wilderness — and, eventually, placed into a waiting mouth. “Lucky, it tasted good,” said Elaine Solowey, an expert on arid agriculture who helped bring back the lost fruit. That in the old days they didn’t know what a good date was? Jamal Khashoggi: A Saudi court has issued final verdicts in the killing of the dissident writer. Five of the eight defendants were sentenced to 20 years in prison each, two were given 17-year sentences and one was given a 10-year sentence.

Source: New York Times September 08, 2020 03:45 UTC