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Nutty? Security stepped up at World Conker Championships
AFP, Published on 13/10/2025
» LONDON - Competitors at this year's UK-based World Conker Championships were subject to "airport-style" security after last year's event was plagued by cheating allegations.
'Just can't sell': Ukraine harvests sunflowers as war blocks ports
AFP, Published on 18/09/2023
» SHESTIRNYA, Ukraine: A truck dumps another load of black sunflower seeds into the barn of Ukrainian farmer Oleksandr Ryabinin, where they scatter over the floor, releasing a nutty aroma when crunched underfoot.
Snickers owner apologises after referring to Taiwan as country
AFP, Published on 06/08/2022
» American candy giant Mars Wrigley has insisted it "respects China's national sovereignty" and apologised after an advert for its Snickers bar referred to Taiwan as a country, sparking outrage on the mainland.
US startup aims to transform pet food with lab-made chow
AFP, Published on 15/09/2021
» BOULDER, US: Cloudy liquid bubbling in glass tubes is key to a US startup's hopes of remaking the pet food industry by growing nutritional chow in a lab.
Reports of martial-law talk in Trump meeting draw outrage
AFP, Published on 21/12/2020
» WASHINGTON: With one month to go until Joe Biden takes office, Donald Trump remains fixated on his failed bid to overturn the 2020 election -- with his advisors reportedly floating the idea of invoking martial law, triggering outrage and disbelief in Washington.
Five years after sanctions, Russian cheeses getting top marks
AFP, Published on 27/11/2019
» KOROLYOV (RUSSIA) - Elvira Kovtun made her first cheese in a pot in her kitchen four years ago.