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Millions of Australian vines ripped up amid wine glut
Reuters, Published on 09/03/2024
» GRIFFITH, Australia - Millions of vines are being destroyed in Australia and tens of millions more must be pulled up to rein in overproduction that has crushed grape prices and threatens the livelihoods of growers and wine makers.
What's in wine? Ingredient label debate rages
AFP, Published on 31/05/2023
» PARIS: European wines are finally being forced to reveal their ingredients to customers, but only on a website — not on the bottle. Environmental campaigners are unimpressed.
Rwanda genocide fugitive set to appear in court
AFP, Published on 26/05/2023
» CAPE TOWN: Fulgence Kayishema, one of the last fugitives sought for their role in the 1994 Rwanda genocide, was due in a court in Cape Town on Friday, two days after being arrested following 22 years on the run.
Ukraine's winegrower 'closest to the frontline'
AFP, Published on 05/09/2022
» PAROUTYNE (UKRAINE) - Pavlo Magalias has made two equal piles. On the left are remnants of ancient storage jars unearthed in recent years at his vineyard in southern Ukraine, to the right, cluster bombs, dropped since the war broke out.
Smoke without fire? Researchers question heated tobacco products
AFP, Published on 21/07/2022
» PARIS: Heated tobacco products have soared in popularity as a "smoke free" alternative to cigarettes in recent years, but a peer-reviewed report has suggested their emissions could be considered smoke -- a claim strongly rejected by the tobacco industry.
'Kind of complicated': Growing grapes in the world's driest desert
AFP, Published on 24/05/2022
» SAN PEDRO DE ATACAMA (CHILE) - In the middle of Chile's Atacama desert, the driest in the world, Hector Espindola has an unexpected job: he runs a vineyard.
Fires, floods, flying insects: 10 recent climate-fuelled disasters
AFP, Published on 04/10/2021
» PARIS: From a summer of fire and record floods, to freak frosts and locusts invasions, experts say man-made climate change is wreaking havoc on the world's weather.
California winemakers take wildfire-fighting into their own hands
AFP, Published on 05/09/2021
» NAPA (UNITED STATES) - Water tanks, fire trucks and helicopters: California's Napa Valley winemakers are buying their own equipment to protect their property and their pricey vintages from wildfires.
US imposes new tariffs on French, German products in Airbus-Boeing spat
AFP, Published on 31/12/2020
» WASHINGTON - The United States announced Wednesday that it will impose additional tariffs on French and German products as part of a long-running dispute over subsidies for aircraft manufacturers Airbus and Boeing.
Peru farmworkers again block Pan-American Highway in pay dispute
AFP, Published on 06/12/2020
» ICA (PERU) - Striking Peruvian workers again erected blockades along the Pan-American Highway on Saturday, a day after they had ended a five-day blockage following the shelving of a controversial agricultural law.