Global prices for food commodities like grain and vegetable oils were the highest on record last year even after falling for nine months in a row, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization said.
Live: ‘What ceasefire?’: shells fly at Ukraine front despite Putin’s truce
Russian and Ukrainian forces exchanged artillery fire at the front line in Ukraine on Friday, even after Moscow said it had ordered its troops to stop shooting for a unilateral truce that was firmly rejected by Kyiv. Follow FRANCE 24 for live updates….
Hong Kong reopens to China, with anxiety over covid and painkiller access
The city is considering limiting purchases of cold medicine as pharmacy shelves are cleared by people sending pills to coronavirus-stricken mainland China.
Venus Williams out of Australian Open due to injury
Venus Williams has withdrawn from the Australian Open for an undisclosed injury she sustained while playing in a tournament in Auckland, New Zealand this week.
Crime worries underpin celebration as New Orleans Carnival season begins
Mayor LaToya Cantrell said the city plans to pay officers from external police agencies to bolster local law enforcement.
Watch popular cheetah cub Pirouz preparing to sleep in good health
A new video emerges of highly popular Iranian cheetah cub Pirouz preparing to sleep at night, soothing fresh concerns over the eight-month-old’s health conditions.
Ukraine live briefing: Relative quiet on Orthodox Christmas; fighting continues despite cease-fire declaration
Moscow and Kyiv blamed each other for fighting while Putin spent Christmas alone at the Kremlin and Zelensky congratulated House Speaker Kevin McCarthy
Marjorie Taylor Greene boasts of ‘perfect phone call’ from Donald Trump amid House speaker crisis
Greene shared a picture with her phone flashing ‘DT’
Iran executes 2 more men detained amid nationwide demonstrations
Iran said it executed two men Saturday convicted of allegedly killing a paramilitary volunteer during a demonstration, the latest executions aimed at halting the nationwide protests now challenging the country’s theocracy.