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Tag: Shortages
Will There Be Enough Monkeypox Vaccine?
A factory making Jynneos, the safest vaccine, has been closed since August, threatening global supplies as the virus spreads.
G7 Leaders Pledge $4.5 Billion for Food Security Amid Ukraine War
The planned commitment, more than half of it from the U.S., reflects worldwide alarm at shortages in wheat and sunflower oil caused by Russia’s invasion.
EU Calls Russia’s Blockade of Ukranian Grain a War Crime
The war is contributing to global food shortages and rising prices, and the United Nations warns of possible famine. Ukraine is usually a major grain exporter.
Fuel-Starved and Stuck in Crisis, Sri Lanka Orders Work from Home
The decree applies to employees of the state and education sectors, and was aimed at reducing the rush to public transport in the nation of 21 million.
Meet the Peecyclers. Their Idea to Help Farmers Is No. 1.
A shortage of chemical fertilizer, worsened by the war in Ukraine, has growers desperate. It just so happens that human urine has the very nutrients that crops need.
‘We Buried Him and Kept Walking’: Children Die as Somalis Flee Hunger
The worst drought in four decades and a sharp rise in food prices caused by the war in Ukraine have left almost half of Somalia’s people facing acute food shortages.
Shortage of Artillery Ammunition Saps Ukrainian Frontline Morale
Shells for Soviet-era weapons are running short, and powerful Western weapons are not arriving fast enough to make up the difference, giving Russia a big advantage in artillery.
German Brewers Face ‘Unprecedented’ Beer Bottle Shortage
A nation of beer lovers is facing a shortage of bottles, partly because of the war in Ukraine. Breweries are looking to drinkers for a rescue.
Violence in Rural Mexico Ensnares Doctors, Causing Worker Shortages
As criminal organizations control more territory in less-populated regions, health care workers, caught in the crossfire, grow reluctant to work in such places.