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Food shortages in Yemen’s Taiz as Houthi siege hits supplies
Yemeni government forces are encircled by the Houthis in Taiz, where blockades on road routes have worsened shortages.
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Escalating fighting in Yemen worsens food security crisis
Aid agencies in Yemen highlighted the growing hunger emergency sparked by renewed fighting between Houthi opposition forces and Government troops, after mobile health clinics reported that hundreds of children displaced by the violence are suffering from the most deadly form of malnutrition.
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'Going bankrupt': Iran shopkeepers struggle as war dims demand
Iran's economy has been battered by years of sanctions, but the conflict that began in February with US-Israeli attacks and an American blockade of the country's ports has put extra strain on daily life. Rising inflation, nearly 90 percent year-on-year in September according to official figures, and erratic currency exchange fluctuations have driven up the cost of everyday items. Food prices have more than doubled since last year.
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How Ecuador is fighting to keep industrial trans fats off the food shelf
As health advocates push for tighter controls, Ecuador confronts the gap between regulating trans fats and enforcing those rules.
Business
Inside India newsletter: Food crisis, economic shock ahead as India braces for El Niño
The super El Niño weather phenomenon is emerging as the latest headwind for the Indian economy.
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Yemen’s Taiz residents fear food and fuel crisis amid fighting
Yemen’s Taiz residents fear food and fuel crisis amid fighting
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The hidden price of food that comes to the table: 416 million exploited workers and a climate crisis that exacerbates abuse
A report from the IPES- Food Agency warns that the precariousness of migrant labour, extreme heat and home food platforms exacerbate food chain abuses. The sector concentrates one third of labour deaths
Health
Could quitting ultra-processed food boost your mental health?
People with depression who dramatically cut ultra-processed foods experienced notable improvements in their symptoms in a small preliminary study. Researchers suspect healthier eating may benefit the brain partly by reducing gut damage and chronic inflammation.
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Iranians stock up on food and medicine as fears of new US fighting grow
Iran is struggling with shortages as sanctions and blockade strain food and medicine supply chains.
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Food waste charity gets grant for rising costs
The charity received a £60,000 grant, over three years, from Shrewsbury Town Council.
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How waste food helps families through the week
The scheme runs in schools across the West Midlands, including Birmingham and Walsall.
Science
The secret to growing food on Mars could be fungi
Scientists think beneficial fungi could help transform nutrient-poor lunar and Martian regolith into a material capable of supporting crops. By helping plants access nutrients and withstand harsh conditions, these microbes could someday make self-sustaining space farming more realistic.
Travel
How Athens discovered a new, confident Greek cuisine
Athens is now a food capital where you can enjoy bustling bars, traditional taverna fare or unearth a new-wave gem in its many restaurants – but it wasn’t always this way See our recommendations for eating and drinking around Athens Visiting Athens for its food might have sounded like a joke to previous generations. Unlike many other Mediterranean countries, including Italy, Spain and Turkey, Greece had no renaissance and no aristocracy to fund chefs and develop sophisticated cuisines. Simple village dishes didn’t always translate well: in the past, tourists would suffer a summer scorching and
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Athens on a plate – a food-lover’s guide to the Greek capital
Athens-born chef Nick Molyviatis and Greek restaurant supremo David Carter share their top tips to the best cafes, bars and restaurants in the city Normally we stay around Plaka, so Anana is the coffee shop I go to most often. There’s also Behold The Man in Exarchia, which is one of the coolest coffee shops I’ve been to. Exarchia has a really rebellious, anti-establishment feel and this place completely fits that – it has great music, great coffee and it’s just very cool. I don’t think there’s a coffee shop in London that’s quite like it. DC Continue reading...
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Food banks 'in crisis' amid fears some may have to close
According to the Trussell Trust, an anti-poverty charity, some food banks are having pay for 30-50% of the food they are supplying.
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World heads into food crises 'blind' as U.S. aid cuts squeeze UN food agency, experts warn
Climate shocks, conflict and a global fuel crisis, on top of surging interest rates and donor cuts, leave agencies less able to help those facing higher food prices.
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Famine threatens the Ukrainian town of Oleshky in the southern Kherson region as Russia delays creating a humanitarian evacuation corridor
Food supplies to the town of Oleshky, in the occupied part of the southern Kherson region, have been cut off since May. Efforts by Kyiv to negotiate the evacuation of civilians with Moscow have been largely unsuccessful.
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What food items should you stock up on in case of an emergency?
Extreme weather may be changing the way we need to shop, with the UK government urging people to stock up on canned goods.
Health
8 common food additives linked to high blood pressure and heart disease
Common preservatives hiding in processed foods may carry unexpected heart risks, with heavy consumption linked to substantially higher rates of high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease. Researchers identified eight widely used preservatives associated with hypertension, although the observational study cannot prove they were directly responsible.
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Jess Cartner-Morley’s February style essentials: joyful jumpers, 24-hour earrings and the world’s most flattering tee
In need of a February pep talk? Our fashion expert’s must-haves are here to lift your mood • How to dress in cold weather Let’s get real. Few of us look or feel at our most fabulous in February. It’s been cold and dark for, what, 18 months? Feels like it. Getting dressed feels less stylish self-expression than huddling for warmth. But there are reasons to be cheerful – or, more to the point, things that can bring you cheer. There is Valentine’s Day. (I will never understand why people like to sneer about Valentine’s Day. A daft festival of joy in the bleakest moment of the calendar. Take the w