Threats to shipping on the Mississippi and the Black Sea are threatening global food supplies. (Originally published Oct. 14 in “What in the World“) As the war in Ukraine intensifies,
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Drought due to climate change drains once-mighty Mississippi so low that grain barges are running aground. (Originally published Oct. 11 in “What in the World“) Retaliatory missile strikes by Russia
Production cuts to support oil prices stand to intensify food-price inflation and the looming hunger crisis in OPEC’s backyard. (Originally published Oct. 6 in “What in the World“) The Organization
After failing to provide poorer nations with vaccines against Covid, rich nations are now scrambling to save them from a wave of starvation. (Originally published Oct. 4 in “What in
How sabotage of a pipeline in the Baltic and a hurricane in Florida are speeding the world towards a food crisis. (Originally published Sept. 29 in “What in the World“)
Authorities are bracing for a new food crisis as storms and droughts batter farmland and over-fishing drains the seas (Originally published Sept. 28 in “What in the World“) As Florida
Moscow is rattling its nuclear saber again, but rustling its sheaves might be scarier. (Originally published Sept. 22 in “What in the World“) As Russian President Vladimir Putin doubles down
Even as American rockets help Ukraine eject Russian invaders, it’s rain that’s reshaping the map (Originally published Sept. 15 in “What in the World“) Every war is in retrospect won
After routing Russian forces in the country’s northeast, Ukraine has to convert its initiative quickly into a defensible position—or total victory. (Originally published Sept. 13 in “What in the World“)
After adding Finland to NATO, the U.S. further erodes Russia’s buffer with a big arms buildup in E. Europe The U.S. is beefing up Poland’s ability to defend Europe’s eastern