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Falling cocoa prices have, paradoxically, led to falling profits for the world’s largest chocolate maker. Cocoa prices surged in 2023 and 2024, but have since fallen steeply. Swiss firm Barry Callebaut, which supplies chocolate to food giants such as Nestlé and Unilever, bought cocoa at the higher rates, but — ...

The News South Africa’s central bank governor broke sharply with the global “wait-and-see” mood about the impact of the Iran war, saying the bank cannot be “complacent” and will not wait for early price shocks to filter through Africa’s biggest economy. Letsetja Kganyago’s comments at Semafor World Economy in Washington, ...

A review of anti-amyloid drugs, once hailed as a breakthrough in Alzheimer’s treatment, suggested they had no clinically meaningful effect. Plaques of malformed amyloid proteins form in Alzheimer’s patients’ brains, and new drugs such as aducanumab and lecanemab have targeted those proteins on the assumption that they cause the disease. ...

Kenya requested emergency funds from the World Bank as it sought to cushion the impact of the Iran war, which is already squeezing African economies. The continent — which is still heavily reliant on oil and gas — imports the majority of its fuels, and soaring costs have already hammered ...

The president’s posting of an AI-generated image of himself as Jesus horrified many Christians. Sarah Posner tells Annie Kelly why evangelical voters still flock to him Donald Trump’s late-night social media meltdowns are infamous. But even by his standards, last Sunday was particularly extreme. Throughout the night – up until ...

From lurid pranks and late-night drives, to why playing in the Revolution was like joining the marines – Prince’s friends and collaborators recount their memories of one of the music world’s most majestic and mercurial performers George Clinton, singer and leader of Parliament-Funkadelic Continue reading… ...

Seven deaths and 15 injuries have been recorded in the past year as crocodiles move their habitats closer to human settlements • Warning: contains graphic descriptions of crocodile attacks Ng’ikalei Loito was walking out of the warm waters of Lake Turkana on a sunny afternoon, having just finished swimming with ...

Booth Theatre, New York The Bear star and Don Cheadle are lost in a new take on David Auburn’s family drama but a standout performance from the two-time Tony winner does some heavy lifting If one was a theater student in the early 2000s, there is a good chance one ...

I tried not to think about the 1,300 metres of solid rock over my head Running has always been a passion of mine. I started as a child in the Yorkshire Dales, moving to cross-country at university, then graduating to marathons. I loved the challenge. After my wife, Stephanie, and I ...

Few Israelis see this truce as a way out of the conflict with Hezbollah, the BBC’s Lucy Williamson writes. ...