Topic: Food & Agriculture — Neutral reports only
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[2026-02-13 03:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Centre for Food Safety reveals latest results of investigation into dozens of recent food poisoning cases
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[2026-02-12 04:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Détenu pendant près de sept mois à la Maca, la Maison d'arrêt et de correction d’Abidjan pour " offense au chef de l’Etat ", Mamadou Hawa Gassama était le symbole des tensions persistantes entre Bamako et Abidjan depuis bientôt cinq ans.
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[2026-02-11 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Trend-setting woman nicknamed the ‘most valiant culture and tourism director’ inspired others to follow in her footsteps
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[2026-02-11 17:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Operator Shanghai XNG Holdings suspends operations at 10 branches on the mainland, saying the closures are part of a strategic realignment
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[2026-02-11 15:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: This Valentine’s weekend has everything from Japanese comfort food and classic Italian romance, to 4 courses bookended by oysters and pavlova
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[2026-02-11 15:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Tourism Minister Tiong King Sing urges Malaysia Airports Holdings to review costs, promote local cuisine and enhance visitor experience
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[2026-02-11 09:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The team behind Mt. Yotei launches high-level izakaya Kyanbasu, while Dieci serves thoughtful Italian cuisine in a space reminiscent of a 1970s trattoria
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[2026-02-11 00:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Health officials are also investigating suspected norovirus food poisoning among diners at the five-star Mandarin Oriental
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[2026-02-10 18:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: In the Hakka villages of Lai Chi Wo and Chuen Lung, art, cooking classes and tours shed light on the culture of early Hong Kong settlers
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[2026-02-10 17:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Community programs, sustainability efforts, and responsible food operations all play a part in how Jollibee Group builds sustainable impact
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[2026-02-10 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Mechanised ‘Ma Del’ (beach seine) fishing harms the shallow sea ecosystem, which is an essential component of the food web that contributes to the overall productivity of the ocean, Marine Environment Protection Authority (MEPA) Chairman Samantha Gunasekera said.
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[2026-02-10 02:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Health authorities suspect illness tied to raw food and note food poisoning cases have risen sharply in recent weeks
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[2026-02-09 07:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Financial Times
Snippet: PublishedFebruary 8 2026
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[2026-02-09 06:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Co-operative Development Minister Wasantha Samarasinghe said that measures will be taken to provide free life insurance cover to the value of about Rs.300,000 to consumers who spend more than Rs.10,000 per month on goods purchased from cooperative stores.
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[2026-02-09 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: All Island Canteen and Restaurant Owners Association President Harshana Rukshan said if the Government does not impose controlled prices for gas, chicken, palm oil and coconut oil, canteen, hotel food prices will be increased.
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[2026-02-08 21:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Five people fall ill after eating the seafood at Chef’s Cuts in Wong Chuk Hang, according to health authorities
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[2026-02-07 22:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Winter Olympic co-host Cortina is famous for the ravioli dish casunziei. Michelin-star Ristorante Tivoli’s Gianluca Belli shares a recipe
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[2026-02-07 14:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Yum China CEO Joey Wat banks on fast-food firm’s flexible store format and cheaper products to attract more Chinese consumers
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[2026-02-07 07:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video
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[2026-02-07 06:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Commemorating the launch of their brand-new Mexican resto-bar, Aitken Spence Hotels hosted an exclusive evening,with key stakeholders and notable personalities, to unveil Negombo’s newest food-and-bar destination ‘Iguana Cantina’
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[2026-02-07 03:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Malgré le poids des années, Denis Sassou Nguesso défie une nouvelle fois le temps et ses détracteurs, en annonçant sa candidature à l'élection présidentielle du 15 mars 2026. Une formalité pour un chef d'État qui règne, presque sans discontinuité, sur la République du Congo depuis plus de quatre décennies.
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[2026-02-06 21:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Kwa mujibu wa ripoti ya hivi karibuni ya shirika la kimataifa la ufuatiliaji wa njaa, Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, maarufu kama IPC, njaa sasa imeathiri miji miwili zaidi ya Umm Baru na Kernoi katika eneo la Darfur. Hii ni baada ya shirika hilo kuthibitisha mwaka jana kuwa wakazi wa mji mkubwa wa el-Fasher walikuwa tayari wanakabiliwa na njaa kufuatia mzingiro wa miezi 18 na makundi ya wapiganaji.
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[2026-02-06 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ‘Loyal’ lowly restaurant worker makes meteoric rise to top of corporate career ladder; leads projects to boost company profits, takes chain global
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[2026-02-06 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The best restaurants in Hong Kong to see in the Year of the Horse, from Lai Ching Heen to China Tang
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[2026-02-06 18:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Havana signals a cautious readiness for talks as the island’s leader accuses the US of imposing an ‘energy blockade’
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[2026-02-06 18:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Taken medicinally for centuries and famously used in stuffing, sausages and sauces, sage adds a distinctive savoury flavour to dishes
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[2026-02-06 10:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Singapore’s fresh look Odette has both Eastern and Western palates in mind as it combines French techniques with Asian ingredients
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[2026-02-06 06:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Daniel Jaksan, Economic and Commercial officer at the U.S. Embassy in Sri Lanka, accompanied by Thiloma Abayanayaka, Commercial and Economic Assistant, met with the Chairman of the Export Development Board (EDB) Mangala Wijesinghe, along with the senior officials including Acting Additional Director General (Development) Kumudinie Mudalige, Director of Export Agriculture Janak Badugama, Director of Trade Facilitation & Trade Information Dr.
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[2026-02-06 06:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Commemorating the launch of their Mexican resto-bar, Aitken Spence Hotels hosted an exclusive evening, with key stakeholders and notable personalities, to unveil Negombo’s newest food-and-bar destination ‘Iguana Cantina’
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[2026-02-06 06:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Cinnamon Bentota Beach – Signature Selection launched the Addarahena Farm-to-Fork Project, a remarkable initiative that seamlessly intertwines sustainability, community and culinary innovation, setting a high standard for sustainable tourism in the region.
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[2026-02-06 02:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Centre for Health Protection has received 20 reports of norovirus-related food poisoning affecting 57 people since January 18
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[2026-02-05 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ProPublica
Snippet: In the summer of 2019, a crew leader tasked with overseeing farm laborers sent them to harvest corn in a field where they weren’t authorized to work — and where there wasn’t adequate protection from the sweltering sun. One of them died of symptoms of heatstroke.
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[2026-02-05 19:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Depuis quelques jours, la peur dans les quartiers des villes où vivent les Nigériens de Côte d'Ivoire est montée d'un cran. En cause : la récente déclaration du général Abdourahamane Tiani, le chef du pouvoir militaire au Niger, qui a accusé le président ivoirien, Alassane Ouattara, d'être l'un des soutiens de l'attaque djihadiste contre l'aéroport de Niamey, dans la nuit du 28 au 29 janvier dernier.
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[2026-02-05 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chef Dobee Lam reimagines Hoi An’s free-range chicken salad as a wood-fired roast at Hong Kong’s Sep, blending Vietnamese street soul with live-fire precision
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[2026-02-05 11:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: TikTokkers claim they’re ‘becoming Chinese’ because they drink hot water, but achieving true ‘Chinese baddie’ status is much harder
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[2026-02-05 04:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video
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[2026-02-05 01:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: La visite au Mali, cette semaine, de Nick Checker, chef du Bureau des affaires africaines au département d’État américain, marque le retour de Washington au Sahel. Mais les Etats-Unis opèrent un repositionnement stratégique dans la région, sur trois axes majeurs : un virage vers une diplomatie axée sur le commerce, notamment des minerais, un recentrage sécuritaire, avec la réduction de la présence militaire permanente, et un désengagement de l’aide humanitaire au profit de partenariats économiques et sécuritaires ciblés.
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[2026-02-04 22:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing also vows broader agricultural opening while safeguarding domestic production and farmers
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[2026-02-04 18:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: In Frisia, northwestern Germany, where tea is more popular than beer, tea tasters are keeping a centuries-old culture alive, sampling 300 varieties a day
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[2026-02-04 17:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Centre for Food Safety says a local retailer sold a small quantity of the formula batch suspected to contain cereulide
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[2026-02-04 16:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Lawmakers say new licensing regime offers restaurant sector flexibility while balancing needs of dining public
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[2026-02-04 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Sip on single-origin matcha, sink into a black sesame flan afternoon tea at Rosewood, then feast on an Italian-led Sunday roast at Island Shangri-La
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[2026-02-04 04:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: La visite à Bamako de Nick Checker, chef du Bureau des affaires africaines au département d’État américain, marque un tournant discret mais significatif : Washington revient au Sahel, mais avec une stratégie profondément remodelée. Après plusieurs années de froid diplomatique, les États-Unis adoptent désormais une approche plus pragmatique, moins idéologique et clairement axée sur leurs intérêts.
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[2026-02-03 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Macau’s top chefs share their favourite post-shift haunts where the city’s culinary roots run deepest – and where inspiration is born
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[2026-02-03 15:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Here are 10 events for singles to enjoy around Valentine’s Day in Hong Kong, from blind dates to parties and fun runs
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[2026-02-03 15:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Global appetites for green tea and beef outweighed trade barriers, pushing farm, fish and forest exports to a record US$11 billion in 2025
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[2026-02-03 08:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Central Asian rivers shape Eurasian trade flows, affect global food markets and contribute to geopolitical instability across the region
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[2026-02-02 20:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: From a Korean-style cafe to a Japanese toast joint and new branches of cult favourites, there’s a lot to excite coffee lovers this month
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[2026-02-02 06:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Here in Sri Lanka people living in all over the country but there is a huge difference between the areas / districts where people settled down naturally by themselves with the time being and the areas / districts where people had been `settled’ by previous regimes time to time in `colonisation schemes’ with the intention of developing agriculture sector.
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[2026-02-02 06:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Hayleys Agriculture Holdings Limited reaffirmed its commitment to transforming the Sri Lankan agriculture industry at the Jaffna International Trade Fair 2026, which was held from January 23-25, at the Muttraweli Grounds in Jaffna.
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