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How palm oil prices are affecting the global economy

The prices of cooking oil are rising. Why that could put global security at risk.

Volunteers unload food aid in Chena, Ethiopia, one of many parts of the world where conflict has fueled hunger.

Ukraine crisis raises question: Does food aid go equally to 'Black and white lives'?

That's what Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus of the World Health Organization and others ask in the wake of the outpouring of money to help Ukrainian victims of the war amid record levels of global hunger.

An Afghan woman waits in the makeshift clinic organized by World Vision at a settlement near Herat, Afghanistan.

Parents selling children shows desperation in Afghanistan

Many of Afghanistan's growing number of destitute people are making desperate decisions as their nation spirals into a deeper poverty.

Opinion: Newborn blessings for a new year

NPR's Scott Simon shares the story of twins born 15 minutes apart, one just before midnight on Dec. 31, 2021, and one just after, and what their birth years might mean in the future.

A motorists on Highway 101 watches flames from the Thomas fire leap above the roadway north of Ventura, Calif., on Dec. 6, 2017. Southern California Edison has reached an agreement with state regulators on Thursday, Dec. 16 2021, for more than half a billion dollars in penalties related to five wildfires, including the Thomas fire.

California utility faces $550M in penalties for 5 wildfires

Southern California Edison has agreed to more than half a billion dollars in fines and penalties related to five wildfires.

Lightning strikes over Lake Mead near Hoover Dam that impounds Colorado River water at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area in Arizona, July 28, 2014.

US Congress Approves Colorado River Drought Plan

A plan to address a shrinking supply of water on a river that serves 40 million people in the U.S. West is headed to President Donald Trump. The U.S. House and Senate approved the Colorado River drought contingency plan on Monday.

Lake Mead, the nation’s largest reservoir, has been hit hard by warming temperatures and downstream demands, June 16, 2021.

After Decades Of Warming And Drying, The Colorado River Struggles To Water The West

A prolonged 21-year warming and drying trend is pushing the nation’s two largest reservoirs to record lows. For the first time this summer, the federal government will declare a shortage.

California pipeline at issue after ExxonMobil's plan fails

A dispute over building an oil pipeline across California has intensified with the defeat of ExxonMobil's proposal to truck oil from now-idled offshore platforms.

Health care workers administer COVID-19 tests at a drive-through clinic in Sydney, Friday, Dec. 31. Australian health authorities have reported a record 32,000 new virus cases, many of them in Sydney.

New virus infections driven by omicron soar to record high in Australia

New coronavirus infections soared again in Australia on Friday to a record of more than 32,000 driven by the highly contagious omicron variant and a recent relaxation of restrictions in many areas.

A man uses cooking oil to fry Mandazi, a type of fried bread, on a street in the low-income Kibera neighborhood of Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday, April 20, 2022.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine heats up cooking oil prices in global squeeze

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has further fueled already high food and energy costs, hitting the poorest people hardest.

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