War, tariffs and inflation are not the only things driving up the price of food. Widespread drought is also looming over what people around the world eat. In Brazil, parched coffee farms have affected latte prices everywhere. In the Midwestern United States, years of poor rains have led ranchers to cull cattle herds and have…
Amid a sharp spike in global crude prices following Israel’s airstrike on Iran, Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri said Friday that India has adequate energy supplies for the coming months and continues to navigate global energy volatility through a well-calibrated strategy.Taking to social media platform X (formerly Twitter), the minister…
The Chinese military on Monday denied reports that its largest military cargo plane has carried arms supplies to Pakistan and warned legal action against those spreading such rumours. The People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAF) has denied that its Xi’an Y-20 military transport aircraft has taken supplies to Pakistan. After seeing a large amount of…
Oil prices are falling. Economists are cutting forecasts for global economic growth. Oil giants are reporting lower profits. But on Saturday, eight countries that belong to the oil cartel known as OPEC Plus said they would add about 411,000 barrels of oil a day in June. The move, which follows a similar step by the…
This is a representational AI image (Pic credit: Lexica) Pakistani health authorities have initiated emergency measures to secure pharmaceutical supplies following the suspension of trade ties with India, Geo News reported on Saturday.The move comes after Islamabad on Thursday suspended all trade with New Delhi in response to India’s decision to suspend the Indus Waters…
The Trump administration’s efforts to downsize the United States Agency for International Development have endangered the funding for food, tents and medical treatment for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza, according to U.S. officials and workers for humanitarian groups funded by the agency. Officials said that the threats to the aid supply chain risked…
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has cautioned Western nations against providing missiles to Ukraine or engaging in strikes on Russian soil. This comes after Russia deployed an experimental hypersonic missile, striking a facility in Dnipro, escalating the conflict with Ukraine. President Vladimir Putin threatened more missile attacks if Western missiles persist, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky…