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Wraps are a popular emergency pantry food. Photo: 123rf By Nelli Saarinen, ABC Lifestyle When you need a lunch on the go or something quick for a dinner, few things are as convenient and versatile as wraps or tortillas. They're also a popular emergency pantry food, thanks to their incredibly long shelf-life, even at room temperature. But how do wraps last so long and are they actually healthy? How come wraps last so long?' The longevity of wraps is thanks to several factors, including their packaging, pH and moisture levels as well as ingredients, says Jayani Chandrapala, Associate Professor in Food Science at RMIT University. "It depends on the moisture content that the wraps are within, and also the air levels, because wraps are in airtight sealed bags." Anti-fungal and antimicrobial ...

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has threatened to pull out of a debate on ABC. Photo: AFP The campaigns of Donald Trump and Kamala Harris clashed over next month's US presidential debate, with the vice president's team seeking a return to open microphones while her Republican rival threatened to pull out entirely, suggesting the previously agreed-upon ABC network was biased. "Why would I do the Debate against Kamala Harris on that network?" Trump, who is making his third bid for the White House, wrote in a social media post late Sunday night that also accused the network of bias. "Stay tuned!!!" Harris spokesperson Brian Fallon said on Tuesday the vice president's campaign wanted the broadcaster to keep the candidates' microphones on throughout the event, not muted when t...

By Georgie Hewson, ABC Noel Gallagher (L) Andy Bell (C) and Liam Gallagher, members of the British rock band "Oasis" pictured in 2006. Photo: MIKE CLARKE/AFP Oasis members Liam and Noel Gallagher have sent the internet into a frenzy, posting identical videos which hint at the band reuniting ahead of its 30th anniversary this week. The brothers, who have been locked in a bitter feud for 15 years tweeted identical videos on X, which say August 27, 8am. It is likely this will drop at 8am UK time (7pm NZT). British newspapers including the Sun have reported the band has secured a secret deal which will see them tour together in 2025. The band dropped its debut album, the fastest selling in UK history at the time, on 30 August, 1994. Here's what we know so far. Has Oasis confirmed the...

By Michelle Nichols, Reuters A school run by the UN Relief and Works Agency being used as a makeshift shelter for Palestinians displaced by conflict in the Jabalia camp. Photo: OMAR AL-QATTAA/AFP United Nations aid operations in Gaza ground to a halt after Israel issued new evacuation orders on Sunday for Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip where the UN operations centre was located, said a senior UN official. The evacuation order came as the UN prepares to begin on Saturday a campaign to vaccinate an estimated 640,000 children in Gaza, where the World Health Organization (WHO) said a 10-month-old baby had been paralysed by the type 2 poliovirus, the first such case in the territory in 25 years. "We're unable to deliver today with the conditions that we're in," said the senior UN...

By Pavel Polityuk, Tom Balmforth and Yuliia Dysa, Reuters A house where the owner was killed by a Russian missile attack in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, on 26 August. Photo: Dmytro Smolienko /NurPhoto via AFP Russia attacked Ukraine with more than 200 missiles and drones, killing seven people and striking energy facilities nationwide, Kyiv said, while neighbouring NATO member Poland reported a drone had probably entered its airspace. Power cuts and water supply outages were reported in many areas, including parts of Kyiv, as officials said the attack - 2.5 years into the war - targeted power or other critical infrastructure across the country. Russia stepped up its strikes on the Ukrainian power grid in March in what Kyiv has said looked like a concerted effort to degrade the sy...