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            <title>World food prices at highest since 2022 as supply risks mount, FAO says</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[World food prices rose in August to their highest since late 2022, as adverse weather and war disruption in the Gulf and Black Sea heightened concern over supply of staples, the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization said on Friday. Extreme heat and drought in Europe, the threat of a severe El Nino weather pattern and trade upheaval caused by the Ukraine and Iran wars have unsettled agricultural markets, pushing grain prices to three-year highs and sugar to a one-year peak.]]></description>
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            <title>China's Xi urges new Middle East security framework during Egypt visit</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Chinese President Xi Jinping called on Middle Eastern nations to oppose external interference and consider reshaping the region's security order during a visit to Egypt on Wednesday, as Beijing seeks to expand its influence amid the US war against Iran. Xi's first trip to the Middle East in four years comes as US partners in the region reassess their strategic relationships after months of conflict that have disrupted trade, shaken economies and raised questions about Washington's long-term role. Egypt, itself a major US defence partner that receives around $1.3-billion annually in military aid from Washington, has been steadily increasing economic and military cooperation with China in recent years. Welcomed by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi with a military ceremony in Cairo, Xi said countries in the region should be "masters of their own destiny" and explore a new regional "security architecture", according to China's state news agency Xinhua.]]></description>
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            <title>Petrol, diesel prices set for hefty increases from September 2</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources (DMPR) has confirmed that the price of petrol, both 93 and 95 grades, will increase by R1.34 a litre from September 2, while the price of diesel (0.05% sulphur) will increase by R2.94 a litre and the price of diesel (0.005% sulphur) will increase by R3.15 a litre. The price of illuminating paraffin will also increase by R2.13 a litre and the maximum retail price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) by 69c/kg and by 79c/kg for the Western Cape.]]></description>
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            <category>FUEL PRICES</category>
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            <title>IMF's Georgieva says global economy weathering energy shock, sees fiscal concerns</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The global economy has weathered the Iran war energy shock better than feared, International Monetary Fund MD Kristalina Georgieva said on Tuesday, but she raised concerns about deteriorating fiscal conditions in some countries shown by rising bond yields and a stalled disinflation process. Georgieva told reporters in a briefing ahead of next week's Group of 20 finance leaders meeting in Asheville, North Carolina, that there was a "tug of war" between the negative Gulf energy supply shock and growth tailwinds from the artificial intelligence investment boom that was starting to spread beyond US borders. She said risks to the global outlook were more balanced than in April, but still tilted to the downside, due to mounting fiscal pressures and the potential that central banks will have to maintain tight monetary policy to control inflation.
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            <category>ECONOMY</category>
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            <title>Iran war makes multibillion-dollar Tanzania LNG more attractive, Equinor says</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The disruption to energy flows in the Strait of Hormuz is making it more attractive for Equinor to develop a long-stalled liquefied natural gas (LNG) export plant in Tanzania, the Norwegian company said on Tuesday. The US-Israeli war with Iran is reshaping the global energy industry, stripping Qatar and other Gulf producers of their reputation as some of the world's most reliable suppliers as Tehran struck export plants and blocked shipments.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>OIL &amp; GAS</category>
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            <title>Global 2026 oil supply shortfall to deepen as Hormuz reopening remains elusive, IEA says</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Global oil supply will fall by 4.3-million barrels per day (bpd), or around 4%, this year, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Wednesday, as renewed hostilities in the Middle East disrupt supplies and plunge the world deeper into an oil-market deficit.

The US-Iran ceasefire broke down last month around a month after the parties signed a memorandum of understanding to end the war. Since then, tanker attacks in the Strait of Hormuz have resumed and the conflict spread as Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi rebels launched attacks in the Red Sea.]]></description>
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            <title>Spain rejects discussing sovereignty of enclaves with Morocco</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The status of the North African enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla as Spanish territories is not up for discussion, Spanish officials said on Wednesday, after Morocco's justice minister reiterated Rabat's sovereignty claims over the cities. Tuesday's remarks by Abdellatif Ouahbi to Asharq TV marked the first time Rabat has publicly raised the contentious issue since Ceuta's border crisis in late July, during which an estimated 72 000 migrants briefly crossed into the enclave. At least 96 people died in the mass border rush. Ouahbi said his country always raised the issue of the cities' status in negotiations with Spain, with a long-term goal of achieving a resolution through dialogue.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 08:39:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Global youth unemployment rises amid sluggish job creation and looming AI risk, UN labour ...</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Global youth unemployment increased in 2025 as weaker economic growth, geopolitical tensions and sluggish job creation made it harder for young people to find work, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said on Wednesday, warning that AI could add to mounting labour market pressures. The global unemployment rate among 15-to-24-year-olds rose to 12.4% last year from 12.3% in 2023, equivalent to 67-million 15-to-24-year-olds worldwide, according to a new report by the UN labour agency.]]></description>
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