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Glasgow businesses named as finalists for prestigious food and drink awards
Glasgow Times
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Three producers based in the city are finalists in the Scotland Food & Drink Excellence Awards 2025, a industry event that honours the best in the country. Wee Knob of Butter's butter has been named as a finalist in the Dairy Product of the Year -...
Local leaders seek to end MILF ‘rido’ in Maguindanao
Inquirer
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July 11, 2025
LOCAL TRUCE. Mayor Abdullah Mamasabulod (center, white shirt) of Pagalungan, Maguindanao del Sur sits between leaders of warring Moro Islamic Liberation Front factions in Barangay Kilangan on Thursday (July 10, 2025). (Photo courtesy of Udtat...
Beverage Industry Group Challenges WHO’s Call for Increased Sugar Drink Taxes
Leadership
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July 11, 2025
The International Council for Beverages Associations (ICBA) has strongly challenged the World Health Organization (WHO) over its recent call to increase taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs), citing a decade of evidence showing that such taxes...
Priyanka Chopra is the latest victim of Indians’ food hypocrisy
The Print
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July 11, 2025
Priyanka Chopra picking hot dog over vada pav is the new national crisis—because snack choices are now a parameter to judge someone’s desi-ness or patriotism. Next step: revoke citizenships for preferring sushi or tacos over butter chicken....
Meet the man behind London’s most exclusive wine club
Restaurant
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You were a top trader and hedge fund manager. What made you swap banking for wine? Everybody has a wine that started it all. For me, it was a case of 1982 Château Figeac (a top Right Bank Bordeaux). I used to entertain a lot, which meant spending...
National Fish Farmers Day 2025: Centre Launches 17 New Clusters, Projects Worth Rs 105 Cr to Boost Blue Economy
Krishi Jagran
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July 11, 2025
Union Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh along with other officials at the National Fish Farmers Day 2025 celebrations held at ICAR-CIFA, Bhubaneswar. (Photo Source: @FisheriesGoI/X) National Fish Farmers Day 2025: Department of Fisheries, under the...
Global Citizen shifts focus to cities to overcome political stalemates in poverty fight
United News of Bangladesh
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Global Citizen, the international advocacy group fighting to end extreme poverty, is shifting its strategy towards engaging cities as it seeks to overcome political gridlock that has slowed global policy action. Since 2008, Global Citizen has...
World Hepatitis Day 28 July 2025 – Let’s Break It Down
Indian Times
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July 11, 2025
The chosen date of 28 July as World Hepatitis Day was to honour the birthday of Dr Baruch Blumberg, the Nobel laureate who discovered the hepatitis B virus and developed the first diagnostic test and vaccine 56 years ago. It highlights the...
World’s best arrive in Jeffreys Bay for penultimate CT stop
George Herald
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July 11, 2025
Two-time J-Bay winner and current world no. 1, Jordy Smith (RSA), will be one of the favourites to take out this event in front of friends and family. Jordy Smith of South Africa during the press conference prior to the commencement of the Corona...
Hackensack Teens Win National Prize for Turning Food Waste Into Eco-Friendly Herbicide
RLS Media - New Jersey
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July 10, 2025
Hackensack By: Richard L. Smith Four ambitious high school students from Hackensack have received national recognition for an innovative environmental initiative that transforms food waste into a natural herbicide. Leo Toake, Muhammad El-Sherbiny,...
National Police respond to rumored unrest at Koror jail; No riot confirmed
Island Times
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July 11, 2025
KOROR, Palau — National police were dispatched to the Koror jail on Thursday following circulating rumors of a potential riot among inmates. Authorities have confirmed there was no riot, but officers did meet with prisoners to address concerns....
Team from Ashland will compete in Food Network’s ‘The Great Food Truck Race’
OregonLive.com
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July 11, 2025
The Oregon food scene is known nationally for culinary creativity, which may explain why professionals from the Beaver State have a way of turning up on national TV series that are focused on food. The latest example comes courtesy of the Food...
World News | UK's Aid to Boost Ukraine's Defence Growth, to Give 283 Million Euros in Bilateral Aid Next Year
Latestly
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July 11, 2025
London [UK], July 11 (ANI): New UK package of support for Ukraine's immediate and longer-term needs was tabled at Ukraine Recovery Conference, a statement by the British High Commission stated. UK and Ukraine concluded the historic deal for Thales...
World Population: A global concern
The Sentinel - Assam News
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Dr. Jintu Sarma (Let us stand with young people and build a future where every person can shape their destiny in a world that is fair, peaceful, and full of hope— UN Secretary-General António Guterres) World Population Day, observed annually on...
Local partnership helps clears cases for 250 homeless people
The Claremont Courier - California
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July 11, 2025
More than 250 misdemeanor cases impacting homeless individuals were cleared June 25 as part of a partnership between University of La Verne’s College of Law and Public Service, the Randall Lewis Center for Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Social...
UN’s food agency limits aid operations in West and Central Africa due to funding cuts
Associated Press
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July 11, 2025
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The World Food Programme said Friday it is suspending food and nutritional assistance across crisis-hit West and Central African countries as a result of U.S. aid cuts, which are grinding the organization’s operations to a...
Six Food System Takeaways From The ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’
Forbes
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WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 04: U.S. President Donald Trump, joined by Republican lawmakers, signs the ... More One, Big Beautiful Bill Act into law during an Independence Day military family picnic on the South Lawn of the White House on July 04, 2025...
Local Country Singer Performs for a Good Cause
KPVI - Idaho
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The Southeast Idaho Domestic and Sexual Violence Task Force held a fundraiser Thursday night. The event was at Goody's Pub and included silent auctions, food and live music from Pocatello's own country artist Dawson Moon. All proceeds from the...
Hihifo Food improves exports with new processing gear
Talanoa 'O Tonga
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July 11, 2025
A local agribusiness has expanded export capacity after upgrading food processing equipment through a PHAMA Plus partnership. Hihifo Food, a family-run exporter based in Ha’avakatolo, Tongatapu, now operates with modernised gear, including a food...
Webcams such as the Minnesota DNR’s popular EagleCam offer real-time views of the natural world
Grand Forks Herald - North Dakota
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July 11, 2025
Are you having a rough day at work and want to escape to your “happy place” – a look at Devils Lake or Lake of the Woods, perhaps, or a scenic view of Upper Red Lake? Or, maybe you want to zoom in on a bald eagle nest near the Mississippi River...