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Sugar Rush Leads World Food Prices To Jump In Sept

The United Nations' world food price index jumped in September, data released on Friday showed, posting its biggest gain in 18 months on the back of surgin...

Singapore Approves Edible Insects Amid Food Security Push

Singapore's stringent food authority this month approved for human consumption 16 species ranging from crickets to grasshoppers, grubs and mealworms after...

Australian Researchers Turn Morning Coffee Waste Into Greener Concrete

Researchers at Melbourne's RMIT University heated coffee waste without oxygen to create a substance called biochar that can replace up to 15% sand used in...

Shipping Industry Urges UN To Protect Vessels After Iran Seizure

Merchant ships and seafarers are increasingly in peril at sea as attacks escalate in the Middle East, the industry said in a letter.

World Food Price Index Rebounds From Three-Year Low, Says UN Agency

The United Nations food agency's world price index rebounded in March from a three-year low, boosted by increases for vegetable oils, meat and dairy produc...

COP28 Spotlights Global Warnings About The Pain Of Climate Change

Leaders from across the world are poised to address the UN climate conference on Friday, with many expected to speak about the hardship of climate impacts...

Ukrainian Grain Pushes Romania's Constanta Port To Record Volume

Romania's Black Sea port of Constanta shipped a record 29.4 million metric tonnes of grain in the first 10 months of this year, with supply from Ukraine ac...

UN Plastic Treaty Talks Grapple With Re-Use, Recycle, Reduce Debate

A third round of United Nations negotiations to try to deliver the world's first treaty to control plastic pollution has drawn more than 500 proposals from...