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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.
PepsiCo sued by New York state over plastic pollution
AFP, Published on 16/11/2023
» NEW YORK - New York state sued PepsiCo on Wednesday, pointing to the soda giant's plastic waste as a scourge of waterways and blasting the company's "misleading" statements on the environment.
'Must-have' Japanese whisky turns 100 as demand soars
AFP, Published on 18/07/2023
» YAMAZAKI (JAPAN) - The famed Yamazaki distillery marks its 100th anniversary this year with plenty to celebrate, as Japan's acclaimed aged whiskies command increasingly eye-watering prices thanks to growing demand and longstanding shortages.
Plastic recycling remains a myth, study finds
Business, AFP, Published on 25/10/2022
» WASHINGTON: Plastic recycling rates are declining even as production shoots up, according to a Greenpeace USA report that blasts industry claims of creating an efficient, circular economy as "fiction."
All Black McKenzie eyes run at fly-half in Japan
AFP, Published on 21/12/2021
» TOKYO - New Zealand's Damian McKenzie said Tuesday he wants to play fly-half at Japanese side Suntory Sungoliath Tokyo, and is "confident" of making the All Blacks' 2023 Rugby World Cup squad.
Coca-Cola to buy out sports drink brand BodyArmor: report
AFP, Published on 01/11/2021
» WASHINGTON - Coca-Cola is preparing to take full control of the sports drink group BodyArmor in a deal worth $5.6 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday.
Frustrated and weary over long pandemic hours, more US workers are striking
AFP, Published on 17/10/2021
» NEW YORK - Exhausted after working long hours during the coronavirus pandemic and resentful that their bosses are not sharing sometimes huge profits, tens of thousands of nurses, laborers and entertainment workers are going on strike across the United States.
Uproar after NZ rugby commentator uses mock accent for Japanese star
AFP, Published on 03/04/2021
» WELLINGTON - A New Zealand television presenter has publicly apologised for using a mock Asian accent when referring to Otago Highlanders's Japanese international Kazuki Himeno after a Super Rugby Aotearoa match on Friday.
Top 14's salary cap reduction underlines changing of the guard
AFP, Published on 15/07/2020
» PARIS - The French Top 14 has attracted some of the world's biggest names such as ex-All Blacks Dan Carter, Ma'a Nonu and Tana Umaga, former England fly-half Jonny Wilkinson or more recently South Africa's Rugby World Cup winners Handre Pollard and Eben Etzebeth, thanks to sumptuous wages.
Washington Redskins confirm name to be changed
AFP, Published on 14/07/2020
» WASHINGTON: The Washington Redskins confirmed Monday the team is changing its name following pressure from sponsors over a word widely criticised as a racist slur against Native Americans.