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Undercover probe finds Australian pubs short-pouring beer
AFP, Published on 06/02/2026
» SYDNEY - Australian undercover inspectors have found pubs fail to pour enough beer and other alcohol into customers' glasses for nearly a third of the drinks they serve.
Australia falls silent, lights candles for Bondi Beach shooting victims
AFP, Published on 21/12/2025
» SYDNEY - Australians fell silent in flickering candlelight Sunday to honour the Bondi Beach shooting victims, marking one week since gunmen fired into crowds at a Jewish festival.
Nuts and beer: booze-free bar offers Saudis a pub vibe
AFP, Published on 19/11/2025
» RIYADH — Draft beer, peanuts and big-screen sports... the scene is reminiscent of pubs worldwide, but in Saudi Arabia's capital, customers in white robes or black veils sip alcohol-free pints with no expectation of a hangover.
Gen Z shift, high costs force UK nightclubs to reinvent
AFP, Published on 05/08/2025
» LONDON — Is the party over? Nightclubs in the United Kingdom (UK) are famed around the world, but the coronavirus disease (Covid) and inflation have hit the sector hard, forcing businesses to reinvent themselves to attract new generations to the dance floor.
Villagers win race to save UK pub, as thousands close
AFP, Published on 29/07/2025
» NEW RADNOR, Wales — A nearly 200-year-old pub, the Radnor Arms in rural Wales stood abandoned a few years ago. Water ran down the walls, ivy crept around broken windows and rats' skeletons littered the floor.
UK rock legends Oasis kick off 'historic' comeback tour
AFP, Published on 05/07/2025
» CARDIFF - British pop legends Oasis kicked off a hotly anticipated worldwide reunion tour in Cardiff on Friday, commencing an unlikely comeback few thought possible nearly 16 years after last performing together.
Black day? Guinness runs dry in UK pubs amid online craze
AFP, Published on 16/12/2024
» LONDON - At her London pub, landlady Kate Davidson has taken to issuing Guinness ration cards, but still the beer has run out amid a UK shortage of Ireland's national drink.
Shane MacGowan: laureate of lowlife folk-punk
AFP, Published on 30/11/2023
» DUBLIN - Shane MacGowan, the singer-songwriter who fronted Celtic folk-punk band The Pogues, was a booze-fuelled bard who performed defiant ballads of the downtrodden and doomed.
Demise of England's 'Crooked House' shows pubs in peril
AFP, Published on 18/08/2023
» LONDON - With a 15-degree list making one end four feet (1.2 metres) lower than the other, the historic Crooked House pub looked as if could topple over at any minute.
'Spy' chopper and 'old tricks' as Australia, England clash at World Cup
AFP, Published on 16/08/2023
» SYDNEY - A "spy" helicopter and warnings they are entering "the jungle" are a taste of the national fervour England must overcome when they face Australia in the Women's World Cup semi-finals in Sydney on Wednesday.