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Wheat surges 5.8 percent to push world food prices higher in July

UN · Aug 8, 2026 · 3 min read

Wheat surges 5.8 percent to push world food prices higher in July

The Food and Agriculture Organization's Food Price Index averaged 131.1 points in July 2026, up 0.7 points or 0.6 percent on June…

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Global Hunger Falls for a Third Straight Year to About 645 Million People in 2025, a UN Report Says

Global · Jul 22, 2026 · 3 min read

Global Hunger Falls for a Third Straight Year to About 645 Million People in 2025, a UN Report Says

The number of people facing hunger around the world fell for a third consecutive year in 2025, to about 645 million, or…

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AI Boom Could Drive a 128% Surge in Data Centre Electricity Demand by 2030

Global · Jun 13, 2026 · 12 min read

AI Boom Could Drive a 128% Surge in Data Centre Electricity Demand by 2030

Artificial intelligence is becoming a structural force in global electricity markets. The issue is no longer only the power used by individual…

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El Niño Risk Rises Sharply as WMO Warns of Global Weather Disruption

Energy & Commodities · Jun 2, 2026 · 7 min read

El Niño Risk Rises Sharply as WMO Warns of Global Weather Disruption

The World Meteorological Organization warns of an 80% likelihood of El Niño during June–August 2026, with conditions likely persisting through November. The…

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    Wheat surges 5.8 percent to push world food prices higher in July

    August 8, 2026August 15, 2026

    The Food and Agriculture Organization’s Food Price Index averaged 131.1 points in July 2026, up 0.7 points or 0.6 percent on June and 1.3 points or 1.0 percent above July 2025, the organization reported on 7 August. The index remains 29.1 points, or 18.2 percent, below the peak it reached in March 2022. The stability…

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    Global Hunger Falls for a Third Straight Year to About 645 Million People in 2025, a UN Report Says

    July 22, 2026August 15, 2026

    The number of people facing hunger around the world fell for a third consecutive year in 2025, to about 645 million, or 7.8 percent of the global population, according to the latest edition of The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World, published jointly by five United Nations agencies on 21 July 2026….

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    AI Boom Could Drive a 128% Surge in Data Centre Electricity Demand by 2030

    June 13, 2026August 15, 2026

    Artificial intelligence is becoming a structural force in global electricity markets. The issue is no longer only the power used by individual AI queries or model training runs. The larger shift is the rapid buildout of high density data centres, accelerator chips, cooling systems, grid connections and backup power infrastructure needed to support AI at…

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    El Niño Risk Rises Sharply as WMO Warns of Global Weather Disruption

    June 2, 2026August 15, 2026

    The World Meteorological Organization warns of an 80% likelihood of El Niño during June–August 2026, with conditions likely persisting through November. The cycle threatens food, energy, water, logistics and insurance markets at a time of already-elevated global temperatures.

    Read More El Niño Risk Rises Sharply as WMO Warns of Global Weather DisruptionContinue

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