Japan wins World Pastry Cup / Photo: JEFF PACHOUD - AFP
-
Trump says US should to stop 'subsidizing' Canada as trade talks continue
-
Indian PM vows to stop waters key to rival Pakistan
-
Thousands demonstrate in Panama over deal with US military
-
Canada 'never for sale', Carney tells Trump
-
Vatican readies for conclave lockdown
-
Championship club Watford sack manager Cleverley
-
New German leader Merz stumbles out of the blocks
-
'Wagatha Christie': Vardy and Rooney settle on legal costs
-
Defending Rome champion Zverev blames burn out on poor run of form
-
No signs of US recession, Treasury Secretary says
-
Israel pummels Yemen airport in reprisal against Huthis
-
Swiatek struggling with 'perfectionism' ahead of Rome
-
Germany's Merz elected chancellor after surprise setback
-
Ukraine fires drones on Moscow days before WWII parade
-
EU proposes ending all Russian gas imports by 2027
-
UK, India strike trade deal amid US tariff blitz
-
Move over Met Ball. For fashion wow head to the Vatican
-
Stocks retreat as traders cautious before Fed rates call
-
EDF complaint blocks Czech-Korean nuclear deal
-
Germany's Merz faces new vote for chancellor after surprise loss
-
US trade deficit hit fresh record before new Trump tariffs
-
US Fed starts rate meeting under cloud of tariff uncertainty
-
Trump's Aberdeen course to host revived Scottish Championship
-
Argentina's 1978 World Cup winner Galvan dies
-
French lawmakers want Dreyfus promoted 130 years after scandal
-
AFP Gaza photographers shortlisted for Pulitzer Prize
-
Cristiano Ronaldo's eldest son called up by Portugal Under-15s
-
Stocks diverge as traders await Fed rates meeting
-
Tesla sales fall again in Germany as drivers steer clear of Musk
-
Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood says shows cancelled after 'credible threats'
-
Hamas says Gaza truce talks pointless as Israel wages 'hunger war'
-
Aussie cycling star Ewan announces shock retirement
-
Blow for Germany's Merz as he loses first-round vote for chancellor
-
EU to lay out plan to cut last Russian gas supplies
-
Food delivery app DoorDash agrees to buy peer Deliveroo
-
Zhao's world championship win will take snooker to 'another level': sport's chief
-
Ukraine fires drones on Moscow days before Red Square parade
-
Blow for Merz as he misses majority in first vote for chancellor
-
Putin gears up for 'grandest' Victory Day amid Ukraine conflict
-
Cardinals to move into Vatican on eve of conclave
-
Romania names interim premier as turmoil deepens
-
DoorDash agrees £2.9 billion takeover of Deliveroo
-
Dollar recovers some losses, stocks mixed as traders eye tariff deals
-
Hamas says no point in further Gaza truce talks
-
'Aussiewood' courts Hollywood as Trump film tariffs loom
-
How a privately owned city in Kenya took on corrupt officials
-
Ozempic slimming craze sweeps Kosovo despite side effects
-
Drone strikes rock Port Sudan in third day of attacks
-
US President Trump and Canada's Carney set for high-stakes meeting
-
Philips turns in a profit but China, tariffs weigh
NYSE - LSE
| RIO | 0.22% | 59.7 | $ | |
| BTI | 1.96% | 44.625 | $ | |
| SCS | -1.37% | 9.835 | $ | |
| BCC | -4.81% | 88.225 | $ | |
| CMSC | 0.25% | 22.076 | $ | |
| BCE | 1.2% | 21.65 | $ | |
| RYCEF | -0.48% | 10.37 | $ | |
| RBGPF | 4.89% | 66.24 | $ | |
| BP | -2.91% | 28.355 | $ | |
| NGG | 0.92% | 72.51 | $ | |
| GSK | -2.1% | 38.05 | $ | |
| JRI | -0.54% | 12.98 | $ | |
| VOD | 0.74% | 9.672 | $ | |
| AZN | -2.34% | 70.44 | $ | |
| RELX | -0.22% | 54.92 | $ | |
| CMSD | 0.22% | 22.31 | $ |
Japan wins World Pastry Cup
Japan scored their third win Saturday in the World Pastry Cup, seeing off France and Italy, at Sirha, the plum event for catering and hotel professionals.
The Japanese added to triumphs in 1989 and 2007 in coming through a two-day contest near Lyon against 17 teams from around the globe all comprising a chocolate maker, a sugar expert and a master ice cream maker.
Feted French pastry chef and chocolatier Pierre Herme saluted the winning entrants for their "attention to detail, perseverance, commitment" in producing a dessert on the theme of wind and lightness at Chassieu, outside Lyon in eastern France.
"The level of competition rises with every edition, as witnessed by such very close results," said Herme.
Yann Brys, for the French runners-up, said he was disappointed.
"It's not the result we wanted -- placing second is always tough but it's a good showing nonetheless," he said.
Canada won a special eco-friendly prize for producing an entry without any colouring or additives on a theme of climate change.
S.F.Warren--AMWN