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Globally, an estimated 42.8 million children (6.6% prevalence) worldwide suffered from wasting at any given time in 2024, with severe cases accounting for 20% of deaths among children under 5 years ol...

Optimization Tools for Meeting Nutrient Requirements of Indian Children and Adults at Optimal Cost

Background note for the Committee on World Food Security’s High-Level Forum, October 2025, Rome, Italy

A UN official warns that hundreds of thousands in the sprawling camp are "slowly starving".

The Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition has published a new technical paper by Koen Dekeyser from the European Centre for Development Pol

Household survey data is vital to health and development. The study describes and maps data quality in 35 African countries, finding that data quality varies and worsens with distance from towns, indi...

The Guardian has recreated a searchable climate future risk tool developed by Fema but then deleted

Poor diet, obesity and inactivity blamed on decline with Norway the only country seeing a rise

Value of imports and exports is now about €32bn, with chemical sector among those hit by Brexit red tape

Wholesale prices have doubled over the past year as culls to stop spread of virus prompt shortages and rationing

Figure bolsters case for Federal Reserve proceeding slowly with interest rate cuts

A compelling new audio drama shines a spotlight on Ethiopia's ancient Aksumite Empire.

Many of us refuse to power nap, thinking that it might affect a good night's sleep later. But it may in fact be good for us.

The evening star reaches its maximum angular distance east from the sun, meaning it will linger long after sunset

Royal College of Nursing says Labour has a duty to fix health ‘double whammy’ by raising aid and funding for UK nursing

UK has more than halved amount of electricity generated from fossil fuels but gas still had largest share at 28%

After Covid-19, world leaders agreed to work together to strengthen global health systems, but negotiations on a new agreement have stalled

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5N1) emerged in 1997.1 Since then, it has spread globally by migratory birds, resulting in infections in animals on every continent. HPAI A(H5N1) clade 2...

Home to choir singers for 650 years, Grade-1 listed Vicar’s Close by Wells Cathedral is in need of funding to keep its medieval houses liveable – and its unique history alive

A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond.

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Despite fall in trade, LSE study says overall impact was more limited than OBR forecasters first estimated