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Police in Malaysia are investigating a case of alcohol poisoning that killed at least 21 people, with dozens more hospitalized, most of them citizens of Asian nations, officials said on Wednesday. Cheap, homemade liquor is popular among poor, migrant workers in Muslim-majority Malaysia, which has ...
Drink to old times: World's 'oldest brewery' found in Israel
Archaeologists have found what they believe is the world's oldest site for alcohol production, a study said Thursday, adding the beer-like beverage may have been served in ceremonies some 13,000 years ago. The site is located in the Raqefet cave south of Haifa in today's ...
Champagne in space: Designer's bottle will let tourists sip spheres of bubbly
Future space tourists may be able to toast the view from orbit with fine Champagne: Designers have come up with a high-tech bottle for bubbly in zero gravity. The Mumm Champagne house teamed up with designer Octave de Gaulle, who has specialized in conceiving of ...
One of Australia's most well-known pubs, located in the remote Outback thousands of kilometers from major cities, is on the market for the first time in decades and attracting local and international interest. The 134-year-old Birdsville Hotel is the sole watering hole for the town ...
Even an occasional glass of wine or beer increases the risk of health problems and dying, according to a major study on drinking in 195 nations that attributes 2.8 million premature deaths worldwide each year to booze. "There is no safe level of alcohol," said ...
Japan's largest sake exporter eyes even larger slice of international market
The new boss of Takara Holdings Inc., Japan's biggest sake-supplier to overseas markets, wants to make the rice-based alcohol as popular as wine. Mutsumi Kimura, 55, who in June became the third-youngest president in Takara's 93-year history, plans to expand the company's network in the ...
Lemondo: Coca-Cola's first foray into the world of alcopops
Is it worth shipping Coca-Cola's new alcoholic drink 1,000 kilometers from Kyushu? Undoubtedly yes.
Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre revealed that he went to rehab multiple times in addition to the one well-documented 1996 rehab stint during his playing days. Favre told Sports Illustrated's Peter King that he actually went to rehab two other times that were never ...
Tipples that grow on trees: Japanese researchers concoct 'wood alcohol'
Discerning drinkers may soon be able to branch out after Japanese researchers said Tuesday they have invented a way of producing an alcoholic drink from wood. The researchers at the nation's Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute say the bark-based beverages have woody qualities similar ...
Sake breweries flourish in Europe as continent embraces Japanese food culture
Sake breweries are increasing in Europe thanks to the popularity of sushi and other traditional Japanese food. The front runner is Norwegian craft beer maker Nogne O, which invited a Canadian brewmaster to help create its sake and started production of the rice wine in ...
White House doctor withdraws bid for VA Cabinet job amid misconduct uproar
U.S. President Donald Trump's doctor Ronny Jackson withdrew his nomination to head the Department of Veterans Affairs on Thursday following allegations he improperly handed out drugs and was drunk at work. The withdrawal — just the latest staffing upset in an administration rocked by a ...
Dr. Ronny Jackson had a pattern of recklessly prescribing drugs and drunken behavior, including crashing a government vehicle while intoxicated and doling out a large supply of a prescription opioid to a White House military staff member, according to a summary of accusations compiled ...
