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What's in wine? Ingredient label debate rages
AFP, Published on 31/05/2023
» PARIS: European wines are finally being forced to reveal their ingredients to customers, but only on a website — not on the bottle. Environmental campaigners are unimpressed.
Rwanda genocide fugitive set to appear in court
AFP, Published on 26/05/2023
» CAPE TOWN: Fulgence Kayishema, one of the last fugitives sought for their role in the 1994 Rwanda genocide, was due in a court in Cape Town on Friday, two days after being arrested following 22 years on the run.
English winemakers toast summer heatwaves
AFP, Published on 12/10/2022
» APPLEDORE (UNITED KINGDOM) - Under a blue sky, seasonal workers ran their secateurs along long rows of grapevines, harvesting a variety of pinot noir grown during the summer heatwave.
Ukraine's winegrower 'closest to the frontline'
AFP, Published on 05/09/2022
» PAROUTYNE (UKRAINE) - Pavlo Magalias has made two equal piles. On the left are remnants of ancient storage jars unearthed in recent years at his vineyard in southern Ukraine, to the right, cluster bombs, dropped since the war broke out.
Smoke without fire? Researchers question heated tobacco products
AFP, Published on 21/07/2022
» PARIS: Heated tobacco products have soared in popularity as a "smoke free" alternative to cigarettes in recent years, but a peer-reviewed report has suggested their emissions could be considered smoke -- a claim strongly rejected by the tobacco industry.
'Kind of complicated': Growing grapes in the world's driest desert
AFP, Published on 24/05/2022
» SAN PEDRO DE ATACAMA (CHILE) - In the middle of Chile's Atacama desert, the driest in the world, Hector Espindola has an unexpected job: he runs a vineyard.
Israel hosts Miss Universe finale despite boycott calls
AFP, Published on 12/12/2021
» EILAT, Israel: Women from 80 countries vied for the Miss Universe crown in the Israeli city of Eilat on Sunday, with several contestants defying pressure to boycott in support of the Palestinians.
Fires, floods, flying insects: 10 recent climate-fuelled disasters
AFP, Published on 04/10/2021
» PARIS: From a summer of fire and record floods, to freak frosts and locusts invasions, experts say man-made climate change is wreaking havoc on the world's weather.
California winemakers take wildfire-fighting into their own hands
AFP, Published on 05/09/2021
» NAPA (UNITED STATES) - Water tanks, fire trucks and helicopters: California's Napa Valley winemakers are buying their own equipment to protect their property and their pricey vintages from wildfires.
Europe's heat and drought crop losses tripled in 50 years
AFP, Published on 02/04/2021
» PARIS: The severity of crop losses driven by heat waves and drought have tripled in the last fifty years in Europe, according to a study that highlights the vulnerability of food systems to climate change.