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Small shampoo bottles, light grocery bags and other single-use plastics may soon be disappearing from the European Union after lawmakers in the world's largest trading bloc took a step closer to further bans on certain plastics. Other items facing prohibition include single-use packaging for fruit, vegetables and condiments in restaurants, where staff will be required to allow customers to bring their own reusable cups and containers with them when they dine in. The latest proposed restrictions come after the EU in 2021 banned plastic items such as straws and cutlery - and after the European P...
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The ethical debate surrounding animal farming is taking on a new dimension after an international coalition of several dozen scientists signed a declaration putting forward at least a "realistic possibility" that animals have a consciousness. The aim of the "New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness" is to encourage more research in this area and raise awareness of animal welfare. The authors of the declaration focus on sentience in their understanding of consciousness. The signatories ask which animals can have subjective experiences. These could include sensory experiences - such as a par...
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The boat glides through the tranquil waters of the Hawkesbury River near the village of Mooney Mooney, about 45 minutes north of Sydney, where only a small sign on a pier reveals that there is an oyster farm beneath the surface. The farm belongs to Sheridan Beaumont and her family, who offer tours for visitors here. "Who wants to hold some baby oysters?" Beaumont asks, pulling two long containers out of the water containing several small oysters. The visitors, all wearing waterproof fishing overalls with sewn-on wellies, cautiously take a bite. Beaumont explains that the sea creatures are rais...
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European food trade unions called for better working conditions for workers in the bloc's meat sector during a conference held in Berlin on Tuesday. The European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism (EFFAT) is proposing an EU directive for employment contracts in the sector, along with increased checks. "The working conditions in the meat sector have stained the European labour market. Regardless of its profitability, a sector cannot truly thrive if built on exploitation and social dumping," EFFAT General Secretary Kristjan Bragason said. These issues could no longer be tackled at natio...
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European food trade unions called for better working conditions for workers in the bloc's meat sector during a conference held in Berlin on Tuesday. The European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism (EFFAT) is proposing an EU directive for employment contracts in the sector, along with increased checks. "The working conditions in the meat sector have stained the European labour market. Regardless of its profitability, a sector cannot truly thrive if built on exploitation and social dumping," EFFAT General Secretary Kristjan Bragason said. These issues could no longer be tackled at natio...
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German chicken farmers are switching over to white hens in growing numbers, meaning that the brown eggs long familiar to German consumers could disappear from supermarket shelves in the coming years. "We are already seeing fewer and fewer brown eggs today, and soon there will probably be none at all," said Henner Schönecke, chairman of the Association of German Egg Producers. The trade group said that brown eggs currently account for about 30% of the eggs on regular supermarket shelves in Germany, but have largely vanished from discount stores. Only a decade ago, more brown eggs were sold in G...
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German chicken farmers are switching over to white hens in growing numbers, meaning that the brown eggs long familiar to German consumers could disappear from supermarket shelves in the coming years. "We are already seeing fewer and fewer brown eggs today, and soon there will probably be none at all," said Henner Schönecke, chairman of the Association of German Egg Producers. The trade group said that brown eggs currently account for about 30% of the eggs on regular supermarket shelves in Germany, but have largely vanished from discount stores. Only a decade ago, more brown eggs were sold in G...
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First dates can be nerve-wracking - awkward silences across the table at a restaurant, frantic stabs at subjects as your conversation sputters during a walk, pained smiles as your date immediately runs the table in a "friendly" game of pool. But there's a fun activity that helps you get better acquainted easily and won't leave you at a loss for words: preparing a meal in tandem. "Cooking together is a great first date. You see straight away whether you blend well and how the other person goes about things," says Arne Anker, head chef of the Berlin restaurant Brikz. Roland Trettl, a South Tyrol...
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One of you rolls out the dough, the other gently presses a fork onto the gnocchi - or you both do it together and then - oops! - your hands are touching. Traditional date settings like restaurant, bar or cinema all have their perks, but nothing quite matches the energy, positivity and proximity created by an evening spent cooking together. Arne Anker, chef and owner of Berlin restaurant Brikz, believes watercress gnocchi is the perfect choice for the first time cooking together, offering plenty of stages that pull a couple close together. Ingredients: 500 g potatoes200 g flour1 egg150 g butter...
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A whiskey distillery has opened inside Crumlin Road Gaol, once a notorious Belfast prison. Tourists in the Northern Irish capital can visit the McConnell's distillery on guided tours \- including a tasting of the island's trademark spirit. Crumlin Road Gaol was in operation as a prison for more than 150 years from 1845 before it was decommissioned in 1996. It has since been turned into a venue for cultural events. The dark history of the site is kept alive in one part of the complex which visitors can explore by themselves or on a guided tour. This includes a visit to the Condemned Man's Cell,...
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