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KFC readies finger-licking Japanese Christmas
AFP, Published on 03/12/2025
» TOKYO - KFC in Japan is gearing up for the Christmas tradition of millions of families thronging the US fast-food chain for special festive buckets of deep-fried chicken and other treats.
Chinese company gives leftover hotpot oil second life as jet fuel
AFP, Published on 21/11/2023
» CHENGDU (CHINA) - At an upmarket restaurant in the hotpot-loving Chinese city of Chengdu, diners plunge sliced meat and vegetables into cauldrons of spicy, oily broth, largely unaware that their leftovers are set to take on a second life as jet fuel.
Japan baseball fans leap into river as 'Curse of the Colonel' lifted
AFP, Published on 06/11/2023
» OSAKA (JAPAN) - Dozens of baseball fans in Osaka hurled themselves into a filthy city-centre river and partied long into the night after the Hanshin Tigers won the Japan Series for only the second time in their history.
Homegrown fried chicken chain replaces KFC in Russia
AFP, Published on 26/04/2023
» MOSCOW - The Russian incarnation of KFC opened its first restaurant in Moscow on Tuesday after the American fast food chain exited the country over the Kremlin's offensive in Ukraine.
Probed in Brazil, Bolsonaro seeks six more months in US
AFP, Published on 31/01/2023
» MIAMI - Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro, who is under investigation for his supporters' storming of government buildings, is seeking a six-month visa to remain in the United States, his lawyer said Monday.
Florida man Bolsonaro puts awkward twist on Biden democracy push
AFP, Published on 11/01/2023
» WASHINGTON - Defeated Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro's stay in Florida as his supporters rioted at home presents awkward optics for the United States, which under President Joe Biden has vowed to champion democracy.
Australian PM says cabinet to address KFC 'cabbage-gate'
AFP, Published on 09/06/2022
» SYDNEY: Australia's prime minister joked he would huddle with top officials Thursday to discuss the soaring cost of lettuce and local KFCs' decision to replace the verdant leaf with a cabbage mix on their Zinger Burgers.
Australian KFC patrons clucking mad over lettuce-cabbage switch
AFP, Published on 07/06/2022
» SYDNEY - Fried chicken chain KFC said Tuesday that high lettuce prices in Australia have forced it to switch to a cabbage mix in burgers and other products, prompting customers to complain the result is less than "finger lickin' good".
Moscow threatens Western companies with arrests, seizures - report
AFP, Published on 14/03/2022
» NEW YORK: Russian authorities, facing potential economic calamity as Western sanctions take hold, have threatened foreign companies hoping to withdraw from the country with arrests and asset seizures, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.
Pressure mounts on US companies in Russia
AFP, Published on 08/03/2022
» NEW YORK - As a growing list of US multinational businesses -- from Apple to Levi's -- suspend activities in Russia, some companies choose to stay in the country despite the risks to their reputation.