4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (689+ words) NEW YORK -- The trade war between the U.S. and Canada escalated again this week as the U.S. announced import bans on most alcoholic beverages from Canada, along with other products including whey, molasses and motorcycles. The U.S. had already imposed 50% tariffs on about…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1020+ words) Fishermen in Italy have shifted from incinerating invasive Atlantic blue crabs to commercializing them SCARDOVARI, Italy -- Italian fishermen for two years incinerated most of the invasive Atlantic blue crabs caught in the Po River Delta south of Venice. Few Italians…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1021+ words) Fishermen in Italy have shifted from incinerating invasive Atlantic blue crabs to commercializing them SCARDOVARI, Italy -- Italian fishermen for two years incinerated most of the invasive Atlantic blue crabs caught in the Po River Delta south of Venice. Few Italians…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (637+ words) The United Nations' food agency is halving food aid in the Israeli-occupied West Bank because of severe funding shortages ROME -- The United Nations' food agency said Tuesday it is halving food assistance in the Israeli-occupied West Bank because of severe…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (836+ words) Farmers in arid Burkina Faso have begun growing pineapples to reduce reliance on imports and adapt to climate challenges BOBO-DIOULASSO, Burkina Faso -- The soil beneath Oumarou Compaoré's boots is sandy and stony. It’s hardly the lush setting usually needed to…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (666+ words) Paris has opened its first shop devoted entirely to butter, in a country that eats around 8 kilograms (18 pounds) per person a year yet has one of the European Union’s lowest obesity rates PARIS -- The contradiction of the trim Parisian and…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (374+ words) Thousands have descended on a small Spanish town for the annual La Tomatina food fight BUÑOL, Spain -- Thousands of revelers descended on Buñol on Wednesday for the annual La Tomatina food fight, where they were set to paint the small…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (807+ words) Champagne producers are racing to pick grapes as the region experiences its earliest harvest on record HAUTVILLERS, France -- Champagne producers are racing to pick their grapes as the region’s earliest harvest on record gets underway, after extreme heat and drought…...

4+ week, 21+ hour ago   (1026+ words) Authorities have lifted a U.S. security alert that halted avocado exports from Michoacán, Mexico's main avocado-producing state SANTA ANA ZIROSTO, Mexico -- It didn't take long for Mexican avocado picker Francisco Isidro to get back to work after authorities announced the lifting…...