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In mega-city Lagos, 20 million count on just 100 ambulances
AFP, Published on 16/09/2025
» LAGOS — Standing outside a public hospital in Lagos, Nigeria's biggest city, Michelin Hunsa is still "traumatised" from the two-hour wait it took to get an ambulance for her mother, found unconscious by her neighbours.
Funny old world: the week's offbeat news
AFP, Published on 22/08/2025
» PARIS - From a bear cooling down in an ice cream parlour to Japanese staff who took quality control too far. Your weekly roundup of offbeat stories from around the world.
French star chef quits restaurant after 'troubling' hazing
AFP, Published on 28/12/2023
» BIARRITZ (FRANCE) - A French star chef has abruptly quit his luxury hotel job after a kitchen hand was reportedly tied up naked and humiliated, the hotel chain said Thursday.
Michelin to rate hotels as well as restaurants
AFP, Published on 05/10/2023
» PARIS - From stars to keys -- the Michelin Guide will start rating hotels in the same way as restaurants, it announced on Thursday.
US approves lab-grown chicken for sale
AFP, Published on 22/06/2023
» WASHINGTON - The United States has granted its first ever approvals to two companies to sell chicken grown directly from animal cells, paving the way for lab-grown meat to be eaten by consumers.
Beyond sushi: Japan expands veggie options to tempt tourists
AFP, Published on 07/06/2023
» TOKYO - Even on a weekday, there's a queue at Tokyo's vegan Izakaya Masaka, including many tourists eager to try meat-free versions of Japanese classics like fried chicken and juicy dumplings.
Jack Ma returns to public life with professorships
South China Morning Post, Published on 03/05/2023
» Jack Ma, the face of Chinese entrepreneurship and the founder of Alibaba Group Holding, has assumed professorships in at least four schools outside mainland China, as he keeps an arm's length from the business empire he created.
'Best chef in the world' Guy Savoy stripped of Michelin star
AFP, Published on 28/02/2023
» PARIS: The Michelin Guide announced on Monday the shock decision to knock a star off the Paris restaurant of Guy Savoy, frequently named the best chef in the world.
'Can't keep up': pandemic cooking boom sharpens Japan knife sales
AFP, Published on 09/01/2023
» SEKI (JAPAN) - In a Japanese city once famous for forging samurai swords, craftsmen sharpen and polish kitchen knives, but even at full tilt their small factory can't keep up with global demand.
Can the French embrace cuisine sans booze?
AFP, Published on 02/01/2023
» PARIS - It remains an uncomfortably foreign idea for some, but even the wine-loving French are experimenting with non-alcoholic drinks these days.