The poorest countries in the world face food insecurity and malnutrition due to the coronavirus pandemic, a drop in foreign exchange earnings, export restrictions and the breakdown of supply chains, a senior World Bank official said on Tuesday.
The poorest countries in the world face food insecurity and malnutrition due to the coronavirus pandemic, a drop in foreign exchange earnings, export restrictions and the breakdown of supply chains, a senior World Bank official said on Tuesday.
The Canadian government is not expecting shortages of beef despite some coronavirus-related challenges for the meat packing industry but prices may rise, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday.
The Canadian government is not expecting shortages of beef despite some coronavirus-related challenges for the meat packing industry but prices may go up, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday.
Agriculture and food ministers from the Group of 20 countries agreed at a virtual meeting on Tuesday that emergency measures to stop the spread of the new coronavirus must not upend global food supply chains.
Qatar Airways on Tuesday said mid-level employees and above will have their salaries halved for at least three months but that staff would be back paid when the airline could afford it.
Faltering consumer confidence will slow the recovery of air travel once coronavirus restrictions end, the sector's main global body warned on Tuesday, citing bleak new survey data.
The oil market yesterday was by far the strangest market in anything I have ever witnessed, and I have been involved in financial markets in one capacity or another for nearly forty years.
The oil market yesterday was by far the strangest market in anything I have ever witnessed, and I have been involved in financial markets in one capacity or another for nearly forty years.
The U.S. Congress moved toward a fourth coronavirus relief bill expected to top $450 billion, as Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said all major provisions were agreed, and that the Trump administration has signed off on a national testing strategy.
Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday it is monitoring oil markets and is ready to take extra measures to stabilize them along with OPEC+ allies and other oil producers, state news agency SPA reported citing a cabinet statement.
Starbucks Corp said on Monday it would roll out a plant-based food and beverage menu in China this week, launching Beyond Meat Inc and Oatly products in a country which is trying to recover from coronavirus shutdowns.
China's agriculture ministry said on Tuesday it had detected the deadly African swine fever virus in pigs transported to the southwestern province of Sichuan, the latest in a dozen such cases in the last two months.
U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday he thinks Republicans and Democrats have agreed on a fourth coronavirus spending bill, and that the Trump administration has also agreed to a national testing strategy.
Virgin Australia's entry into administration could give any successful bidder for the country's second-biggest airline the chance to free it from a complex ownership structure that has slowed decision making and been blamed for years of losses.
Domestic air traffic is down 70% globally and the recovery over the coming six months is likely to be slow due to the damage coronavirus has done to economic conditions, the industry's representative body IATA said on Tuesday.
El Al Israel Airlines said it is in advanced talks with an Israeli bank to receive a loan that will be partly backed by government guarantees and signed a deal to fly equipment to fight the coronavirus between China and Italy.