WASHINGTON (AFP) ― Faced with falling sales of its diet soda, Coca-Cola is running ads in the United States that say its sugar-free beverages, sweetened with the chemical aspartame, are safe.The print ads which began appearing Wednesday in major U.S. newspapers show a pair of laughing women, one holding a bottle of diet Coke in hand, alongside text that reads: “Quality products you can always feel good about.”The copy beneath the picture says, “The safety of aspartame is supported by more than 2

LOS ANGELE (AFP) ― Hollywood stars Halle Berry and Jennifer Garner urged California lawmakers Tuesday to back a bill aimed at limiting the ability of paparazzi to photograph children of celebrities, local media reported.The legislation, which specifically targets paparazzi and was introduced by a Democratic senator, would widen the legal definition of harassment to include taking pictures of or recording a child without the permission of a legal guardian. “We’re not just whiny celebrities ... We

LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― U.S. chat show queen Oprah Winfrey says an alleged racist incident she suffered at a luxury boutique in Switzerland does not warrant an apology from the country.Winfrey, who claims she was the subject of racism when a shop assistant refused to show her an expensive handbag, told journalists Monday in Los Angeles that it wasn’t “an indictment against the country.”“I’m really sorry that it got blown up. I purposefully did not mention the name of the store,” she said at the red