In Permissive Amsterdam, Ads for Fossil Fuels or Meat Are Now Verboden

Amsterdam is famously a place where anything goes. Prostitution is legal. Coffee shops sell marijuana and hashish. Truffles laced with the psychoactive compounds found in hallucinogenic mushrooms are available at “smart shops.” But what is no longer allowed in the freewheeling city’s public spaces are advertisements for products that some city councilors consider to be…

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UK bans personal EU meat and dairy imports

Shorouk Express The new restrictions will not apply to goods arriving from Northern Ireland, Jersey, Guernsey, or the Isle of Man.  While FMD doesn’t pose a risk to humans and there are no current cases in the United Kingdom, it’s a highly infectious disease that puts Britain’s farming industry at significant risk.  U.K. Farming Minister…

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