Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images) Getty Images The Federal Reserve has raised interest rates another 50 basis points, in an attempt to tamp down inflat...
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Ukraine’s Success in Turning Back Russia’s Invasion Could Aggravate Global Food Shortages
A pair of Russian Su-25 Frogfoot attack aircraft streak across a Ukrainian wheat field as seen from … [+] a farmer’s combine harvester. PR Army In about a month, the Black Sea Grain Initia...
In The Caribbean, 57% Are Struggling To Put Food On The Table
In the English and Dutch-speaking Caribbean, a region of some 22 countries, the compounded effect of more than two-years’-worth of global crises has caused surges in the cost of living, driving a 46% ...
Russia’s Torching of Wheat Fields in Ukraine May Not Disrupt Global Supplies as Much as Putin Hopes
Eastern European media outlet posted this photo of a Ukrainian wheat field purportedly set alight by … [+] Russian incendiary shells. Twitter photo posted by @nexta_tv Videos of burning Ukrainia...
In The Caribbean, Severe Food Insecurity Has Increased By 72% In The Past Two Years
A series of surveys administered by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in partnership with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) have revealed that, in the English-speaking Caribbean, the estim...