Food banks and hunger relief organizations are seeing an increase in the number of people lining up for food packages and calling helplines since Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits were halted on Nov. 1. Nearly 42 million Amer...
\\\\"You have no idea the fire that you have ignited within this wife, the cries of this widow will echo around the world like a battle cry,\\\\" said Erika Kirk, the wife of slain conservative commentator Charlie Kirk, in her first public message ...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- Plastic soy sauce bottles shaped like fish are tiny, cute and beloved by many sushi eaters. But in the state of South Australia, the decorative containers swam into a growing net of outlawed plastics. Officials enacted an ...
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Why are ultra-processed foods so irresistible, and how they have come to dominate food culture? This documentary by medical doctor and academic Dr Chris van Tulleken features interviews with former food industry insiders who talk openly about the way...
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Utah will become the first state to ban fluoride in public drinking water, despite widespread opposition from dentists and national health organizations. Republican Gov. Spencer Cox said he would sign legislation that bars cities and communitie...
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Ashlyn Gosa, a senior atApalachee High School in Georgia, was in class when she said she heard multiple rounds go off outside her door. \\\\"Everyone in my class knew exactly what it was and everyone immediately dropped to the ground,\\\\" t...
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For many, ice cream, pizza and Italy go hand in hand. Now the northern city of Milan has plans to ban the sale of these famous Italian foods late at night. The city’s council is considering the move because of complaints about noise from local ...
Thousands of HSBC customers in the UK have reported that they are unable to access mobile banking. Downdetector, which tracks websites, showed more than 4,100 people had reported the banking app on their device was not functioning....
The world is on an "unstoppable" shift towards renewable energy but the phase down of fossil fuels is not happening quickly enough, a new report says. The International Energy Agency, the global energy watchdog, predicted renewa...
Hospital and school caterers are not doing enough to stop farmers from overusing antibiotics in their animals, according to campaign groups. Such overuse raises the risk of antibiotic resistance rendering key human medicines ineffective....
Metro Bank has struck a deal to raise extra funds from investors that it said will secure its future. The deal was announced late on Sunday after days of intense speculation about the bank's financial position. The Bank of Englan...
Starbucks, the $124.4 billion global coffee giant, trails only McDonald’s as the largest restaurant chain by market capitalization. Until a few years ago, the massive coffee company held more mobile payment users than Apple Pay. But what actual...
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The Israeli army has launched a massive military operation on the Jenin camp in the north of the occupied West Bank. It started with multiple drone strikes. Videos published on social media showed smoke rising from a residential block....