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Hong Kong authorities consider legal action after tooth found in Maxim's toast
South China Morning Post, Published on 29/01/2026
» Hong Kong authorities have said they may take legal action against a major bakery chain after a government laboratory confirmed that a foreign object found in its toast was a tooth.
Indonesia’s free-lunch programme under fire
The New York Times, Published on 18/10/2025
» SAGULING, Indonesia - Cucu Mulyati got the fright of her life last month: a call saying that her 17-year-old son was seriously ill. He started feeling sick while eating the free lunch served on campus, which included fried chicken, rice, lettuce and strawberries.
Turkey recreates 5,000-year-old loaf of bread
AFP, Published on 28/05/2025
» ESKISEHIR — In the early Bronze Age, a piece of bread was buried beneath the threshold of a newly built house in what is today central Turkey.
Slovenia probes disappearance of latest Melania Trump statue
AFP, Published on 15/05/2025
» LJUBLJANA - The first Melania Trump statue in her native Slovenia was destroyed by fire and now its bronze replacement has gone missing, prompting a police investigation.
'I wanted it to work': Ukrainians disappointed by Easter truce
AFP, Published on 22/04/2025
» KYIV — Many Ukrainians felt let down by a 30-hour Easter truce announced by Russia, even if some welcomed a brief lull in fighting after more than three years of war.
Ukrainians voice scepticism on Easter truce
AFP, Published on 20/04/2025
» KYIV (UKRAINE) - As bells rang out for Easter Sunday in Kyiv, local people told AFP they did not believe Moscow would keep its word by observing a truce announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Donald Tusk: recent EU bigwig back in command in Poland
AFP, Published on 13/12/2023
» WARSAW - Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who ousted the conservatives from power, is a veteran politician and former EU chief with a passion for football and roots in the anti-communist movement.
Third of Karabakh population flees Azerbaijan
AFP, Published on 27/09/2023
» GORIS, Armenia - Armenia said on Wednesday that more than a third of the population of Nagorno-Karabakh has fled the enclave since Azerbaijan crushed the rebels' decades-long fight for an independent state last week.
Pope to return three Parthenon fragments to Athens
AFP, Published on 16/12/2022
» VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis is to return to Greece three fragments of Athens' Parthenon temple, in what the Vatican called Friday a gesture of friendship.
Drugs in fruit, fire extinguishers: Traffickers find new ways to evade detection
South China Morning Post, Published on 08/12/2022
» SINGAPORE: Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, drug traffickers are increasingly attempting new ways to smuggle drugs into Singapore, the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) said.