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29 October 2026

El niño intensifies, threatening food security and energy markets

The United Nations aid chief warns that roughly 50 million people could face heightened hunger as the current El niño reaches unprecedented strength, according to the World Meteorological Organization head. Flooding linked to the phenomenon has killed two people and displaced over 2,000 in Argentina, while European natural‑gas futures hover near 90 euros per megawatt‑hour amid broader energy disruptions. In the United States, the National Weather Service projects a warmer‑than‑average winter with above‑average precipitation across several regions.

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Nearly a quarter of wild vegetable relatives face extinction, study finds

Researchers report that about 24 percent of wild relatives of 79 major vegetable species are at risk of disappearing. The assessment, based on a new global dataset of 1,482 vegetable species, highlights that many local and wild varieties remain undocumented. Experts note that rapid land‑use change, market homogenisation and shifting agricultural priorities are driving the loss, while most species are absent from national and international gene banks. Conservation efforts such as those by Hariyalee Seeds in Bengaluru aim to safeguard heirloom varieties.

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28 October 2026

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Organized crime found in most Amazon municipalities

A report based on the Amazon Underworld research finds illicit actors present in 768 of 1,310 municipalities across six Amazon countries: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. Colombia shows the highest share, with 98 percent of its municipalities affected, followed by Venezuela at 82 percent. Brazil's Comando Vermelho is reported in almost 500 municipalities, including in Bolivia and Peru. According to the same research, gold has overtaken cocaine as the region's most lucrative criminal industry.