Gaza faces a catastrophic supply shortage. Five months into the conflict, the deficit between the volume of all supplies, including food and medical necessities, that would have entered the Gaza Strip if not for the war and what has actually been received has reached at least half a million tons. Accumulated deficit Truckloads at prewar … Read more
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Amid a crawfish shortage in Louisiana, the nation’s top producer of the crustaceans that are a staple in Gulf Coast seafood boils, Gov. Jeff Landry issued a disaster declaration for the impacted industry Wednesday. Last year’s drought, extreme heat, saltwater intrusion on the Mississippi River and a hard winter freeze … Read more
Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, one type of weapon has loomed large over every other. Artillery has accounted for about 80% of casualties on both sides. Yet political deadlock in the U.S. Congress over military assistance to Ukraine, combined with a lack of production capacity in Europe, is leading to a … Read more
KRAMATORSK, Ukraine — The Ukrainian military is facing a critical shortage of infantry, leading to exhaustion and diminished morale on the front line, military personnel in the field said this week — a perilous new dynamic for Kyiv nearly two years into the grinding, bloody war with Russia. In interviews across the front line in … Read more
The oil market will face a supply shortage by the end of 2025 as the world fails to replace current crude reserves fast enough, Occidental CEO Vicki Hollub told CNBC on Monday. About 97% of the oil produced today was discovered in the 20th century, she said. The world has replaced less than 50% of … Read more
December 8, 2023 at 1:00 a.m. EST UKRAINE/ROMANIA BORDER, NOVEMBER 29, 2023: Lieutenant Maksym Sidorov, 22, seen during a patrol in the border area, near Veliatyno, Ukraine, on November 29, 2023. (Alice Martins/For The Washington Post)Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave VELIATYNO, Ukraine — Soon after Russia’s invasion in February 2022, Ukraine beefed … Read more
New York City unveiled a pilot program to help homeowners build accessory dwelling units. The city will give 15 lucky homeowners up to $395,000 each to construct the extra unit. The New York State government has also handed out millions of dollars for ADU development. As cities and towns across the country struggle with a … Read more
By Maximilian Heath BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s grains trade is largely “paralyzed” by a lack of soybeans due to drought and farmers holding onto produce, anticipating a devaluation of the peso under President-elect Javier Milei, the head of the main export chamber told Reuters. The comments were the first from the crushing and export … Read more
Rice is a crucial staple for over half the global population and the world is bracing for its most significant shortage in 20 years. India’s export ban on rice is reverberating through global rice markets, threatening food security if developing nations cannot afford or access rice. “The only shortage out there right now would really … Read more
October 6, 2023 at 2:00 a.m. EDT A fruit seller uses a donkey cart last month in Gaza City. (Loay Ayyoub for The Washington Post)Comment on this storyComment JABALIYA, Gaza Strip — Hani al-Nadi is down to his last donkey. The lone white female stood in the livestock yard where he used to keep dozens … Read more