FAO's Food Price Index tracks five commodity groups. Experts say food distribution is a worry even if supplies are plentiful.
A key index of monthly prices for food commodities shows a 13.7% year-on-year drop from the spike that began with Russia's war in Ukraine.
While the index for 2023 was significantly slower than the average value from the preceding year, sugar and rice prices rose during that time, the Food and Agriculture Organization reported on Friday.
A major financial squeeze is hitting the embattled U.N., which is owed $5.1 billion for its regular and peacekeeping budgets.
Both sides moved to suspend most tariffs on each other's goods after an intense weekend of Swiss-hosted negotiations.
Colombia's former president Juan Manuel Santos says his nation's peace process benefited from women leaders.
China requested World Trade Organization-led dispute consultations over Trump's tariffs, now as high as 145%.
The head of the International Peace Institute praised the treaty negotiators for their 'amazing' critical problem-solving.
'To be blunt, we cannot do everything,' WHO's chief said in announcing a management overhaul and other cuts.
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The military draft now looms over young Latvians to bolster NATO-allied defenses, but many have started to embrace it.
