SAN AGUSTIN ACASAGUASTLAN, Guatemala (Reuters) - Drought and crop failure are a pervasive threat in Guatemala where hunger and malnutrition run rampant, particularly in rural areas - a reality that international aid programs are trying to…
By Nelson Acosta and Alien Fernandez CARDENAS, Cuba (Reuters) - Power outages totaling 14 hours or more per day were reported on Thursday across much of crisis-racked Cuba, leaving millions of residents defenseless in the summer heat and…
CAIRO (Reuters) - Three fires have been observed on board a Greek-flagged oil tanker in the Red Sea, The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said on Friday, one day after it was evacuated by its crew after being attacked…
By Simon Lewis and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on more than 400 entities and individuals for supporting Russia's war effort in Ukraine, the State Department said, including Chinese…
PARIS (Reuters) - Poland has reported an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian influenza, or bird flu, on a poultry farm in the west of country, the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) said on Friday. The virus…
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan Jerome Powell takes centre stage at the Federal Reserve's Jackson Hole jamboree on Friday but the Fed chair would have to sound super hawkish to stop the dollar recording…
Invessting.com -- Morgan Stanley has lowered its forecast for global demand growth in 2024 to 1.1 million barrels per day from 1.2 million barrels per day. This revision is attributed to several factors, including slower…
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has suspended a ferry service between southern Russia and Crimea after a Ukrainian attack the previous day hit a vessel loaded with rail cars carrying fuel, Russia's Transport Ministry said on Friday. Ukraine's…
The economy isn’t always decisive in US presidential elections, except when it is. Think Herbert Hoover in 1932 and George H.W. Bush in 1992. Each lost the presidency to a challenger primarily because of the economy. Current conditions…
Investing.com-- Gold prices rose in Asian trade on Friday but were nursing a tumble from record highs in the prior session as caution before an address by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell lent some support to the dollar.The yellow metal…