Global prices for food commodities like grain and vegetable oil fell last year from record highs in 2022, when Russia’s war in Ukraine, drought and other factors helped worsen hunger worldwide, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization said Friday. The FAO Food Price Index, which tracks monthly changes in the international prices of commonly traded … Read more
Babies born in England during the Covid crisis have been slower at developing key language, cognitive and social skills, and the veteran education policymaker Sir David Bell is warning that rapid intervention is needed to stop those children being left further behind. More than 80,000 children born in 2020 or 2021 did not reach one … Read more
MUWASI, Gaza Strip – Stranded in a corner of southern Gaza, members of the Abu Jarad family are clinging to a strict survival routine. They fled their comfortable three-bedroom home in northern Gaza after the Israel-Hamas war broke out nearly three months ago. The 10-person family now squeezes into a 16-square metre (172-square … Read more
PARIS – Global supermarket chain Carrefour will stop selling PepsiCo products in it stores in France, Belgium, Spain and Italy over price increases for popular items like Lay’s potato chips, Quaker Oats, Lipton tea and its namesake soda. The French grocery chain said it pulled PepsiCo products from shelves in France on Thursday … Read more
A new study has found that only one in 18 people who ended up in hospital in Ontario after an opioid overdose were prescribed drugs known to help manage opioid use disorders in the following week —despite this mitigation strategy being recommended in Canada for years. Long-acting opioids like methadone or Suboxone, when … Read more
Toronto Maple Leafs centre Auston Matthews, Edmonton Oilers centre Connor McDavid and Chicago Blackhawks rookie centre Connor Bedard are among the headliners for the NHL’s all-star teams unveiled on Thursday. Matthews, who was named to the Eastern Conference team, leads the NHL with 30 goals so far this season. Bedard, the first … Read more
SAN FRANCISCO – Golden State coach Steve Kerr didn’t confirm a report Thursday that suspended forward Draymond Green is expected to return to the team’s facility soon, while noting that giving Green space away from the team is important for both parties. ESPN reported that Green is “expected to return” to the Warriors’ … Read more
York Regional Police are investigating the death of an infant in Thornhill Thursday evening. Police and paramedics received a call just before 6 p.m. to the Wade Gate area, near Centre and Dufferin streets, for reports of an injured infant. Police said life-saving measures were performed, but the child was pronounced dead … Read more
LAS VEGAS – A Nevada judge was back to work a day after being attacked by a defendant in a felony battery case who was captured on courtroom video charging forward and “supermanning” over the judge’s bench after it became clear that he was being sentenced to prison, a court official said Thursday. … Read more
KAPALUA, Hawaii – Sahith Theegala made six straight birdies to start the back nine and finished with one last birdie for a 9-under 64 and a one-shot lead in The Sentry as the PGA Tour season began Thursday with beautiful views on the horizon and on scorecards. The largest field in Kapalua — … Read more
