Fast-food workers strike in US for pay, union rights
Fast-food workers in Miami and New York went on strike Thursday to demand pay hikes and the right to unionize in a protest also observed in other cities around the world.
Mango ale? Florida soaks up craft-beer boom
Florida is known for its sunshine and beaches -- and increasingly for its quality craft beer, good enough to compete with microbrewed ale from anywhere in the United States.
Rakhat Confectionary to expand to China and South Korea
Rakhat, a major Kazakhstani confectionary company, plans to expand into foreign markets.
Truck crash kills 23 in Haiti
A truck filled with food and street vendors overturned Saturday in Haiti, killing 23 people and wounding two dozen others.
Denmark's Noma reclaims world's best restaurant title
Denmark's Noma restaurant on Monday reclaimed the title of world's best restaurant, becoming a four-time winner having lost the title last year to Spain's El Celler de Can Roca.
How Astana and Almaty will celebrate Unity of Nations
Almaty and Astana have prepared a great number of venues and concerts to celebrate all the nations living in Kazakhstan.
Groundbreaking crop yielding technology: Kazakhstani scientists
Kazakhstani scientists have invented a method to increase yield of agricultural crops that can possibly bring them a Nobel price nomination.
Juicy court case leaves Coca-Cola on defensive
Coca-Cola was taken to task by the US Supreme Court on Monday, with justices questioning whether a drink sold as fruit juice was the real thing.
Powdered alcohol poised to hit US stores
Just add water and stir. A US company says its new powdered alcohol product has been approved by US regulators and is poised to hit stores in the coming months.
Marks & Spencer reports rising Q4 sales
British high street retailer Marks & Spencer posted rising fourth-quarter sales on Thursday, boosted by strong performances for clothing and food, and also at its international division.
China woman held for nursery poisoning that killed 2: media
A Chinese woman has been detained for killing two children at a preschool nursery and making 30 others ill with poisoned food, state media said.
Pig virus threatens US outdoor grilling season
A dark cloud is menacing the cherished US summer season of outdoor grilling: a deadly pig virus that has been sweeping through farms and driving up pork prices.
Stop importing food, support local producers: Kazakh Senator
Kazakhstani lawmaker Kozhakhmet Baimakhanov believes Kazakhstan can meet the demand for rice and flour without importing the goods.
Panic in the kitchen: UK digests new fruit and veg advice
It was with a heavy heart, and some panic, that Britons digested new advice this week that their struggle to eat enough fruit and vegetables had just got harder.
French minister apologises for calling state dinner 'revolting'
An embarrassed French minister has apologised to the head chef at the Elysee Palace after she was caught on camera describing the food at a China-France state dinner as "revolting".
No Baursaks, no Nauryz: Kostanay
Kostanay city fried over one ton of Nauryz baursaks and treated the city folks with the yummy snacks.
Happy Nauryz: 5 day celebration marathon in Almaty
Kazakhstanis will be celebrating spring equinox holiday Nauryz for 5 days.
China hit by new flood of dead pigs in river
Chinese authorities have found 157 dead pigs in a river, state media said Wednesday, a year after 16,000 carcasses were discovered in Shanghai's main waterway, underscoring the country's food safety problems.
US yogurt bar founder jailed for attacking beggar
A co-founder of the Pinkberry US frozen yogurt chain was jailed for seven years Friday for using a tire iron to attack a homeless man begging for money.