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UK pizzeria reignites pineapple debate with $120 charge
London (AFP) – A UK restaurant has launched a new offensive in the age-old battle about whether pineapple belongs on pizza, charging £100 ($122) to any "monsters" who want it…
Kosovo raids Serbia
Pristina (AFP) – Kosovo police on Wednesday raided 10 Belgrade-linked government offices in ethnic Serb areas, the interior ministry said, the latest move by Pristina to dismantle a Serbian system…
Japan's tourism boom prices out business travellers
Tokyo (AFP) – After travelling to Tokyo for meetings, Yoshiki Kojima's IT company employees crash out in a capsule hotel, as a tourism boom makes regular rooms too pricey for…
South Korea's six weeks of political chaos
Seoul (AFP) – South Korea has endured six weeks of political turmoil since President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law and sent soldiers and helicopters to parliament. Issued on: 15/01/2025…
What is the pink stuff coating fire
Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) – Above the roaring fires devastating parts of Los Angeles is an incongruous sight: air tankers dropping gallons of bright red and Barbie-pink slurry over…
Mediators make final push for Gaza truce deal
Doha (AFP) – Mediators were making a final push Wednesday to seal a Gaza truce and hostage release deal, after a Qatari official involved in the talks expressed hope an…
Musk, Bezos, Zuckerberg to attend Trump inauguration: report
San Francisco (AFP) – Billionaires Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg will attend Donald Trump's inauguration next week, NBC news reported Tuesday, further highlighting the tech moguls' efforts to…
'We may look easy
Ottawa (AFP) – Different values, different spelling -- different country. Donald Trump's unlikely plan for Canada to become the 51st US state is leading to a surge of national pride…
Is obesity a disease? Sometimes but not always, experts decide
Paris (AFP) – Do people with obesity have an illness? A panel of global health experts looking at this controversial question announced Wednesday that the definition of obesity should be…