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Sugary drinks, alcohol getting cheaper, should be 'taxed more'
AFP, Published on 14/01/2026
» GENEVA — Sugary drinks and alcohol are getting relatively cheaper, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said Tuesday, urging countries to hike taxes to reduce consumption levels and boost health funding.
UK begins ban on junk food ads on daytime TV and online
AFP, Published on 05/01/2026
» LONDON - New regulations come into force Monday in Britain banning daytime TV and online adverts for so-called junk foods, in what the government calls a "world-leading action" to tackle childhood obesity.
London mourners brave long wait for 'seconds' with queen
AFP, Published on 14/09/2022
» LONDON: Braving chilly winds and a rainy night, mourners gathered in London before dawn on Wednesday, ready to endure hours of discomfort for a chance to view Queen Elizabeth II's coffin lying in state.
Science seeks ancient plants to save favourite foods
AFP, Published on 05/10/2021
» PARIS - From a bowl of rice to a cup of coffee, experts say the foods we take for granted could become much scarcer unless we can make them resistant to climate change.
Coffee prices poised to spike
Published on 06/08/2021
» LONDON: The most devastating frost in decades in top coffee producer Brazil and record freight costs sparked by pandemic-induced shipping logjams are expected to push retail prices to multi-year highs in the coming weeks.
Italy to declare state of emergency in Venice after flood
AFP, Published on 14/11/2019
» VENICE: Italy was poised to declare a state of emergency for Venice Thursday after an exceptional tide surged through churches, shops and homes, causing millions of euros worth of damage to the UNESCO city.
Luckin Coffee, Starbucks rival in China, files for US IPO
AFP, Published on 23/04/2019
» BEIJING: China's homegrown coffee chain Luckin Coffee has filed to list publicly in the US as the loss-making company battles to dethrone Starbucks in its home market.
Starbucks' expansion runs out of steam in S.Africa
AFP, Published on 26/12/2018
» JOHANNESBURG (SOUTH AFRICA) - High operating costs and tight customer budgets have left US coffee giant Starbucks needing a caffeine hit after it abandoned ambitious expansion plans in South Africa -- seen as a foothold for the continent.
Starbucks opens first sign language store in US
AFP, Published on 24/10/2018
» WASHINGTON - Rebecca Witzofsky, a 20-year-old deaf student at Gallaudet University in Washington, and her hearing friend Nikolas Carapellatti wanted to get a coffee.
Starbucks finally opens cafe in Italy, home of espresso
AFP, Published on 06/09/2018
» MILAN: US coffee giant Starbucks opens its first branch in Italy on Thursday, with the sprawling Milan 'roastery' at the avant-garde of an ambitious plan to conquer the spiritual home of espresso.