PARIS: World food prices fell in 2023, with considerable declines for grains and oils as supply concerns eased, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization said Friday. Overall, world food commodity prices fell 13.7 per cent in 2023 against the previous year, Rome-based FAO said. The FAO’s cereals price index fell
WASHINGTON: It is a radical form of recycling. Calendars from 1996 are being reused for 2024 as both are leap years that begin on a Monday. The quirk has sparked a flurry of interest on the internet, with 1990s nostalgia fans chasing down vintage calendars nearly 30 years old. As
GAZA STRIP (Palestinian Territories): Israelis and Palestinians end a dark year on Sunday, with no end in sight to the deadliest military offensive on Gaza, triggered by Hamas’ bloodiest attack on Israel. There has been no respite from Israel’s air raids, artillery fire or ground fighting with Hamas in the
SYDNEY: Jubilant crowds will bid farewell to the hottest year on record, closing a turbulent 12 months marked by clever chatbots, climate crises and wrenching wars in Gaza and Ukraine. The world’s population — now over eight billion — will see out the old and usher in the new, with
SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un wrapped the year with fresh threats of a nuclear attack on Seoul and orders for a military arsenal build-up to prepare for a war that can “break out at any time” on the peninsula, state media reported on Sunday. Kim lambasted the United
NOTTINGHAM: Erik ten Hag slammed his Manchester United flops after Saturday’s dismal 2-1 defeat at Nottingham Forest condemned the troubled club to their worst start to a season since 1930. Ten Hag accused his players of lacking energy and motivation during an awful first half display in which they mustered
LONDON: Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall is anxiously awaiting the verdict from a tribunal against Mako Vunipola after he was sent off in the final minute of his side’s 37-19 victory over Newcastle on Saturday. England tighthead Vunipola saw red for a headshot to Falcons hooker Bryan Byrne, who
AUCKLAND: World number three Coco Gauff said Sunday she felt more relaxed heading into the next month’s Australian Open after achieving her goal of winning a Grand Slam title as a teenager. The 19-year-old won the US Open in September and said it was a weight off her shoulders as she
BRISBANE: Japan’s Naomi Osaka admitted Saturday she almost gave up tennis but had rekindled her love of the sport after becoming a mother earlier this year as she prepares for a return in Brisbane. Osaka, 26, stepped away from the game in September 2022, citing mental health concerns following her
ROME: Italy’s football players association expressed satisfaction Friday at a government decision not to extend a tax relief measure benefiting foreign players on Italian teams. Such players had benefited from a measure — also afforded to various university educated specialised workers — that allowed only half of their gross income
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