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School's out forever in ageing Japan
AFP, Published on 31/10/2023
» NAMEGATA (JAPAN) - Fading photos of smiling children still adorn the staircase walls at the Ashigakubo primary school, one of thousands that have shut in ageing Japan over the past 20 years.
Aspartame, the much-debated artificial sweetener
AFP, Published on 14/07/2023
» PARIS: The artificial sweetener aspartame, which is consumed by millions every day as a sugar substitute in products such as diet soft drinks, has long been the topic of fierce debate over its impact on health.
Climbers at odds over far-right dogwhistle route names
AFP, Published on 09/11/2022
» WIENER NEUSTADT (AUSTRIA) - Just outside Vienna, climbers scramble up "Fortress Europe", one of the routes up an impressive rockface towering over fields and forests.
Japan's falling tea industry pins hopes on global matcha craze
AFP, Published on 28/08/2019
» FUJIEDA, Japan: From matcha ice cream to cake and chocolate, producers of traditional Japanese green tea are capitalising on growing global interest in its flavour -- even as demand for the drink declines at home.
UAE expats get taste of Ramadan traditional sweets
AFP, Published on 29/05/2019
» DUBAI - Nida Mohammed drove for more than an hour from Fujairah to Sharjah in the UAE just to buy special Iraqi sweets and juices for the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.
Ex-envoys urge better Malaysia ties
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 28/05/2019
» Thais need to learn more about Malaysia as better people-to-people relationships can help deepen ties between the two countries, former envoys say.
No butter, no cream: Vegan rules at French pastry match
AFP, Published on 29/01/2019
» CHASSIEU (FRANCE) - Contestants duking it out at this year's World Pastry Cup in Lyon on Monday had to wrestle with a challenge previously unthinkable in France's rich dessert history -- no animal products at all: It's got to be vegan to take the cake.