Families across Africa are paying about 45% more for wheat flour as Russia’s war in Ukraine blocks exports from the Black Sea.
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Man in wig throws cake at glass protecting Mona Lisa
A man seemingly disguised as an old woman in a wheelchair threw a piece of cake at the glass protecting the Mona Lisa at the Louvre Museum and shouted at people to ‘Think of the Earth.’
Plane wreckage found in Nepal mountains; 21 bodies recovered
Rescuers searching a mountainside in Nepal have recovered the bodies of 21 of the 22 people who were on board a plane that crashed a day earlier
Pacific season’s 1st hurricane makes landfall in Mexico
The strongest hurricane on record to make landfall in May in the eastern Pacific has swept ashore on a stretch of tourist beaches and fishing towns in southern Mexico.
After Texas shooting, schools around U.S. boost security
In the aftermath of the elementary school massacre in Uvalde, Texas, schools around the U.S. have brought in additional security staff and restricted visitors as they deal with a new rash of copycat threats. For some families and educators it all has added to uneasiness in the wake of the deadliest school shooting since the 2012 attack at Sandy […]
Coal ash workers dying as lawsuit over illnesses drags on
Workers who cleaned up the 2008 Kingston, Tennessee, coal ash spill spent years working in conditions that they believe made them sick
EU leaders, divided over Russia oil embargo, seek a solution
The EU gets about 40 percent of its natural gas and 25 percent of its oil from Russia.
U.S. gasoline prices surge to fresh record in another blow to drivers
Average retail prices in the U.S. reached $4.619 per gallon as of Monday.
Fed’s Waller backs half-point rate hikes at ‘several’ meetings
U.S. central bankers raised rates by a half point this month to cool the hottest inflation in 40 years and have signaled they’ll hike by the same amount again at their meetings in June and July.
Egypt displays trove of newly discovered ancient artifacts
The artifacts were recently unearthed at the famed necropolis of Saqqara near Cairo.