Public Health: A new study links daily sugary drink intake with higher gastric cancer risk, reporting a 32% increase among frequent consumers in a 78,000-person cohort, with a separate U.S. analysis suggesting more than double the risk for heavy drinkers. Food Trends (UK): Pickled onions are surging in Britain, with 8.5m households buying them over the past year and sales value up 12% year-on-year, as chefs and “gut health” chatter push pickles beyond the jar. Food Safety/Travel: A UK study claims Spain is the “food poisoning capital” for holidaymakers, with 28% of visitors reporting illness after eating out, and diarrhoea the most common symptom. Agri-Food & Climate (Europe): Hungary’s central bank warns drought and rising global food prices could reignite inflation, and says it is considering climate-risk scenarios in monetary policy. Packaging & Sustainability (France): TotalEnergies takes full control of the Grandpuits advanced plastics recycling plant, boosting France’s capacity to turn hard-to-recycle household plastics into synthetic oil for recycled materials. Logistics & Food Security (Djibouti): Djibouti assumes management of a strategic humanitarian logistics base previously run by WFP, aiming to strengthen national food security and emergency supply chains. Design & Everyday Life (Italy): A feature spotlights the monobloc plastic chair as Italy’s most divisive design object—everywhere, yet sometimes banned.