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What's keeping egg prices high for Easter? It's not just inflation

Mar. 28, 2024 11:55 AM EDT

Egg prices are at near-historic highs in many parts of the world as the spring holidays approach, reflecting a market scrambled by disease, high demand and growing costs for farmers. It’s the second year in a row consumers have faced sticker shock ahead of Easter and Passover, both...

783 million people face chronic hunger. Yet the world wastes 19% of its food, UN says

Mar. 27, 2024 12:41 PM EDT

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The world wasted an estimated 19% of the food produced globally in 2022, or about 1.05 billion metric tons, according to a new United Nations report. The U.N. Environment Programme's Food Waste Index Report, published Wednesday, tracks the progress of...

A Nigerian court has sentenced a Chinese man to death for killing his girlfriend

Mar. 26, 2024 11:38 AM EDT

KADUNA, Nigeria (AP) — A Nigerian court on Tuesday sentenced a Chinese national to death after finding him guilty of killing his girlfriend, a government official told The Associated Press, vowing to recommend execution if he unsuccessfully appeals the ruling. Frank Geng-Quangrong...

Wind and sun are free, but it's harder to get renewable energy projects built these days. Here's why

Mar. 26, 2024 02:19 AM EDT

SPRAKEBUELL, Germany (AP) — The wind gusting across north German farm country brings much to the village of Sprakebuell: fog and rain from the sea, the occasional migrating stork, the faint smell of manure in the newly fertilized fields. And perhaps best of all, money — from...

More than 130 abducted schoolchildren in Nigeria are returning home after weeks in captivity

Mar. 25, 2024 17:31 PM EDT

KADUNA, Nigeria (AP) — More than 130 Nigerian schoolchildren rescued after more than two weeks in captivity arrived Monday in their home state in northwestern Nigeria ahead of their anticipated reunions with families, following the latest in a series of mass school abductions in the West African...

Binance executive detained in Nigeria amid a crypto crackdown has escaped custody

Mar. 25, 2024 13:00 PM EDT

KADUNA, Nigeria (AP) — An executive of cryptocurrency exchange Binance has escaped custody in Nigeria, where a criminal investigation has been launched against the platform accused of being used for money laundering, authorities said Monday. Nadeem Anjarwalla, the regional manager...

Over 130 abducted schoolchildren in Nigeria's northwest are rescued after weeks in captivity

Mar. 24, 2024 18:14 PM EDT

KADUNA, Nigeria (AP) — More than 130 children abducted more than two weeks ago from their school in Nigeria's northwestern state of Kaduna were rescued Sunday and are getting psychological support before being returned to their families, the West African nation’s military and government...

Two Nigerian students are killed and 23 injured in a stampede to get donated rice

Mar. 22, 2024 10:43 AM EDT

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Hundreds of students in northern Nigeria rushed to get food donated to their school by the government to help ease hardship, resulting in a stampede that left two dead and 23 others injured, school authorities said Friday. Africa's most populous country is...

At least 100 villagers are kidnapped in the latest mass abduction in northern Nigeria

Mar. 18, 2024 13:30 PM EDT

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Armed gangs attacked two villages in Nigeria's northwest over the weekend and seized at least 100 people from their homes, residents and a state official told The Associated Press on Monday, in the latest mass abduction in the region. The gunmen attacked...

Nigerian leader rules out ransoms for abducted students as observers urge dialogue

Mar. 14, 2024 11:52 AM EDT

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s leader has ruled out the payment of ransoms for nearly 300 schoolchildren abducted from their school in the conflict-hit north a week ago, raising questions from analysts on Thursday about how best to rescue the children without hurting them. ...