Court issues strict orders against late-night cafes
- 20-Jan-2024
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) has ordered imposing fines on the cafes that stay open till late at night in residential areas. LHC judge Justice Shahid Karim passed the orders while hearing petitions filed by Haroon Farooq and others against ineffective measures to control smog. In the course of proceedings, a member of the […]
France makes health pass mandatory to visit cafes, board trains
- 29-Jul-2021
PARIS: France will from August 9 enforce new legislation that will make a health pass compulsory to visit a cafe, board a plane or travel on an inter-city train, the government’s spokesman said Wednesday. The legislation passed by parliament at the weekend has sparked mass protests in France but the government is determined to press […]
Kuwait likely to open restaurants, cafes for indoor dining after Eidul Fitr
- 11-May-2021
While indoor dining remains banned in Kuwait, the partial curfew is set to be lifted and cinemas are to open
Paris cafes to get extra terrace space as lockdown eases
- 31-May-2020
Terrace taxes have also been suspended in the capital and other French cities to help owners recover from the coronavirus shutdowns.
Life’s no hoot for owls in Tokyo cafes, activists say
- 02-Mar-2017
TOKYO: Owls fluff up their feathers and preen beneath the stroking fingers of customers at Owl Village, one of many cafes dedicated to the birds, seen as a symbol of good luck in Japan, that have sprung up amid a boom in animal cafes. But behind the squeals of delighted children in a cafe that is […]
France says show must go on with call to go to cafes and concerts
- 16-Nov-2015
PARIS: France declared Monday that the show must go on, with the public urged to go back out to bars, concerts and restaurants in defiance of the terror attacks on Paris.
Starbucks Americas sales disappoint on softer traffic
- 31-Oct-2014
Starbucks Corp's early re-launch of its popular Pumpkin Spice latte drink failed to heat up business at its U.S. cafes, disappointing Wall Street and sending the company's shares down almost 5 percent.