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Swiss Gruyere crowned world cheese champ
AFP, Published on 14/11/2025
» BERN, Switzerland - A Swiss Gruyere was crowned the 2025 World Cheese Champion on Thursday, seeing off competition from more than 5,000 rivals from 46 countries.
Putting the boot in: Colombian women farmers embrace football
AFP, Published on 26/08/2025
» JENESANO (COLOMBIA) - Skirts swirl and hats fly on a soccer field in Jenesano in central Colombia, as the "Smelly Ones" face off against the "Fillies" in a football extravaganza celebrating women farmers.
EU gets 15% US tariff for cars, fails to secure wine reprieve
AFP, Published on 21/08/2025
» BRUSSELS (BELGIUM) - Details of a US-EU trade deal published Thursday showed Brussels secured a tariff reduction for cars exported to the United States but failed to win a reprieve for its cherished wine sector.
China to EU brandy exporters: Raise prices or face tariffs
AFP, Published on 04/07/2025
» BEIJING - China will require major European brandy exporters to raise prices or risk anti-dumping taxes of up to 34.9% from Saturday, the latest salvo in its long-running trade spat with the bloc.
Trump says dairy, lumber tariffs on Canada may come soon
AFP, Published on 08/03/2025
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump said Friday that he could impose reciprocal tariffs on Canadian dairy and lumber within days -- a move set to fuel tensions with Ottawa just days after an earlier wave of levies.
Survivors recall horror of 1982 Assad-era massacre
AFP, Published on 31/01/2025
» HAMA, Syria - Hayan Hadid was 18 when soldiers arrested him in his pyjamas and took him for execution in Hama in 1982, during one of the darkest chapters of the Assad clan’s rule in Syria.
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.
First severe bird flu case in US sparks alarm
AFP, Published on 19/12/2024
» WASHINGTON - An elderly patient in Louisiana is in a "critical condition" with severe avian influenza, US authorities announced Wednesday, the first serious human case in the country as fears grow of a possible bird flu pandemic.
Feeling stressed? Cuddle a cow, says UK dairy farm
AFP, Published on 03/12/2023
» BEVERLEY (UNITED KINGDOM) - Morag, an imposing Highland cow with a caramel coat, ambles out of the main shed at Dumble Farm in northern England and stands ready to meet her guests.
Shear bliss for New Zealand's pampered sheep
AFP, Published on 23/11/2023
» WANAKA (NEW ZEALAND) - Classical music, soft mattresses and the gentlest touch of a wool clipper: welcome to the New Zealand farm indulging what may be the world's most pampered sheep.