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EU clamps down on food waste, fast fashion
AFP, Published on 09/09/2025
» STRASBOURG, France - European Union lawmakers gave a final green light Tuesday to a law on slashing back the mountains of food wasted in Europe each year, and curbing the environmental impact of so-called fast fashion.
Unclaimed mystery packages draw Rome shoppers
AFP, Published on 18/01/2025
» ROME - Benedetta slid a manicured nail through the sellotape of a mystery package to unwrap a garden hoe and earbuds. Her friend discovered she had bought some sort of harness.
Eastern EU farmers fume over Ukraine grain influx
AFP, Published on 22/04/2023
» SAEDINENIE (BULGARIA) - Angel Vukodinov fumes over the piles of unsold sunflower seeds in his granary in central Bulgaria. Like other farmers in eastern EU nations, he blames an influx of Ukrainian grain for the mess.
US conservatives boycott Bud Light after transgender partnership
AFP, Published on 20/04/2023
» WASHINGTON - The popular US beer Bud Light has long carved out an all-American brand for itself -- finding success in its ubiquity by being available in seemingly any bar, yet establishing a niche along the way with patriotic cultural conservatives.
Hunger pains on Slave Island as Sri Lanka's food prices rocket
AFP, Published on 18/07/2022
» COLOMBO - His hair is neatly combed but his cheeks are sunken and veins visible on his gaunt frame: like many Sri Lankans, Milton Pereira and his family cannot afford to buy enough food.
Ecuador banana industry slips over war in Ukraine
AFP, Published on 05/04/2022
» EL TRIUNFO (ECUADOR) - Until recently, the incessant bustle of Ecuadoran banana plantations provided evidence of the industry's robust export business. But from one week to the next, the groves have fallen silent -- trade victims to a conflict half a world away.
Fast-fashion discards pollute world's driest desert
AFP, Published on 08/11/2021
» ALTO HOSPICIO. Chile: A mountain of discarded clothing including Christmas sweaters and ski boots cuts a strange sight in Chile's Atacama, the driest desert in the world, which is increasingly suffering from pollution created by fast fashion.
Sabre-toothed tiger skeleton sells for $70,000
AFP, Published on 09/12/2020
» GENEVA: An ancient fossilsed skeleton of what is popularly called a sabre-toothed tiger has sold for almost US$70,000, a year after its discovery on a US ranch.
SE Asia tourism splutters as virus keeps Chinese at home
AFP, Published on 16/02/2020
» LUANG PRABANG, Laos: Elephant parks unvisited, curios at markets unsold as tuk-tuks sit idle: Southeast Asia is facing billions of dollars in losses from a collapse in Chinese tourism since the outbreak of a deadly new coronavirus.
Food-share apps seeking to help environment
AFP, Published on 09/02/2020
» LONDON: Jack Convery pops into a London branch of Italian eatery Coco di Mama to grab a cut-price lunch ordered on his smartphone's food-sharing app Karma.