Global food prices surge to their highest level in a decade
CNN
Global food prices rose for the 12th month in a row in May, up nearly 40% year over year, according to the United Nations' food price index. Average prices are at their highest point in nearly a decade.
Last month was also the sharpest monthly rise in average food prices in over a decade, spiking 4.8% from April to May. Abdolreza Abbassian, senior economist for the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, says surprising demand for corn in China, an ongoing drought in Brazil and increased global use of vegetable oils, sugar and cereals has caused prices to surge rapidly around the globe.President Joe Biden on Sunday delivers his first commencement address of the 2024 season at Morehouse College, where the president may for the first time in months have to confront the angst that’s been percolating on college campuses nationwide toward his administration’s policies on the Israel-Hamas war.
Arab and Palestinian Americans left a meeting with Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday night frustrated they did not have a clear understanding of how the Biden administration might act upon their concerns as the Israel-Hamas war devastates the civilian population in Gaza, participants told CNN.