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Food price hikes help fuel 40% jump in global hunger: United Nations World Food Programme
Jul 08, 2021 23:51Acute food insecurity has soared 40% this year as recent food price hikes have exacerbated existing pressures from conflict, climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) says.
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Consumer prices in US spiked 4.2% in the last 12 months
May 13, 2021 00:42Consumer prices in the United States spiked sharply in April, according to new data released Wednesday by the Department of Labor.
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Oil hits one-month highs as IEA, OPEC raise forecasts
Apr 15, 2021 06:27Oil prices increased on Thursday to the highest level in almost a month, after rising 5% in the previous session.
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Russia: US military provoking tensions in Arctic
Apr 09, 2021 08:58Russia says its activities in the Arctic do not pose a threat to any country, and that the United States military is escalating tensions in the resource-rich region by conducting provocations.
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Ship blocking Suez Canal like 'beached whale' could be stuck for weeks
Mar 26, 2021 01:50A container ship blocking the Suez Canal like a "beached whale" may take weeks to free, the salvage company said, as officials stopped all ships entering the channel on Thursday in a new setback for global trade.
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Russia gradually ditching US dollar in trade with allies: Duma
Mar 12, 2021 11:26A senior Russia lawmaker says his country is gradually reducing the role of the US dollar in financial transactions with allies and commercial partners, a long-pursued measure aimed at using currencies other than the greenback to offset the impacts of American sanctions.
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16 countries forming coalition at UN against unilateral force, sanctions
Mar 12, 2021 07:57A group of 16 countries, including Iran, Russia and China, are pushing to create a coalition at the United Nations to counter the use or threat of force and unilateral sanctions by the West.
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The real deadly global pandemic: Acute food shortages as the world panics over COVID-19
Mar 11, 2021 06:01As the pandemic continues to upend lives across the world, it has impacted the entire food supply chain.
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'Shameful': Millionaire senators vote against popular minimum wage raise that would lift millions out of poverty
Mar 09, 2021 15:42It is despicable and unacceptable that there is not unanimous support among Democrats in Congress for a $15 minimum wage.
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Saudi forces attack protest against economic woes, make arrests: Reports
Feb 02, 2021 16:42Reports coming out of Saudi Arabia say Riyadh’s forces have attacked a group of protesters who were out on the streets of the city of Buraidah in Qassim Region to denounce the regime’s economic policies.