Government imposes restrictions on sugar exports from June 1

New Delhi, May 24 (PTI) The government on Tuesday imposed restrictions on sugar exports from June 1, a move aimed at increasing availability of the commodity in the domestic market and…

World food prices hit 10-year high in 2021

PARIS (Reuters) - World food prices jumped 28% in 2021 to their highest level in a decade and hopes for a return to more stable market conditions this year are…

Turkey’s Erdogan faces uphill battle to curb ‘exorbitant prices’

By Daren Butler ISTANBUL (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan has wheeled a trolley around one of the new grocery stores he hopes will bring Turkey's "exorbitant" prices under control, but…

Afghanistan on verge of socio-economic collapse, EU’s top diplomat says

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Afghanistan is facing a breakdown of its economic and social systems that risks turning into a humanitarian catastrophe, the European Union's foreign policy chief said on Sunday.…