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Sputtering Arsenal face test of character in Sporting clash
AFP, Published on 06/04/2026
» LONDON - Mikel Arteta has urged shell-shocked Arsenal to embrace a major test of their character as they seek to recover from a pair of devastating defeats in Tuesday's Champions League quarter-final at Sporting Lisbon.
EU to ban plant-based 'bacon' but veggie 'burgers' survive chop
AFP, Published on 06/03/2026
» BRUSSELS - EU member states and lawmakers agreed on Thursday to ban using meat-related terms such as "steak" and "bacon" to market plant-based foods -- but spared veggie "burgers" and "sausage".
EU and India agree on ‘mother of all’ trade deals
AFP, Published on 27/01/2026
» NEW DELHI - India and the European Union announced Tuesday the “mother of all deals”, a huge trade pact to create a market of two billion people, reached after two decades of negotiations.
UK begins ban on junk food ads on daytime TV and online
AFP, Published on 05/01/2026
» LONDON - New regulations come into force Monday in Britain banning daytime TV and online adverts for so-called junk foods, in what the government calls a "world-leading action" to tackle childhood obesity.
Ultra-processed foods a rising threat to health: researchers
AFP, Published on 19/11/2025
» PARIS - Researchers warned Wednesday that rising global consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) poses a major threat to health, calling for countries to subject some products made by huge food companies to marketing restrictions and taxes.
Informing parents not enough to fight childhood obesity: study
AFP, Published on 11/09/2025
» PARIS - Government-led programmes attempting to curb childhood obesity by educating parents do not work, an international study published Thursday concluded, and researchers are calling for policies that prioritise society-wide solutions.
Trump admin sows doubt over vaccines in 'Make America Healthy Again' report
AFP, Published on 23/05/2025
» WASHINGTON - A highly anticipated White House report outlining Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s agenda devotes significant space to raising alarm over vaccines, while touching on environmental and nutrition concerns that remain at odds with broader administration actions.
Trump spotlight divides S.Africa's Afrikaners
AFP, Published on 14/04/2025
» PRETORIA - Country music and the aroma of pancakes enveloped the "Boeremark", or farmer's market, outside South Africa's capital Pretoria where thousands of Afrikaners browsed on a Saturday morning.
US bans controversial red food dye
AFP, Published on 16/01/2025
» WASHINGTON - The administration of outgoing US President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced a ban on Red Dye No 3, a controversial food and drug colouring long known to cause cancer in animals.
Snack bars out, salmon in: US revamps 'healthy' food labels
AFP, Published on 20/12/2024
» WASHINGTON - The United States has redefined what qualifies as "healthy" food for the first time in 30 years, striking items like white bread from the list while welcoming nutrient-rich options such as eggs and salmon, officials said Thursday.