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Luxembourg to Legalise Growing Cannabis for Personal Use
Luxembourg has passed a law allowing cannabis to be grown at home, a first for a European country, according to Sputnik.
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Food Prices Signal Pressure on the Global Economy
Consumers from Tokyo to London are feeling rising prices as supply chain shortages threaten the economic recovery after Covid-19 restrictions.
World
The Village Where Everyone Walks the Tightrope
In Tsovkra-1, a mountain village in Russia's Dagestan, almost everyone from children to adults can walk a tightrope.
World
Bangladeshis in Portugal's Farm Sector
As Portugal turns to farming to recover from the pandemic, Bangladeshi migrants have won a strong reputation as farm workers.
Daily life
US Doctors Report Success Attaching a Pig Kidney to a Brain-Dead Patient
A team of US doctors says a gene-edited pig kidney attached to a brain-dead patient began working normally, a step they believe could one day ease the shortage of donor organs.
Bangladesh
Others Eat 200 Grams of Rice a Day, We Eat 400: Agriculture Minister
Agriculture Minister Dr Md Abdur Razzaque says Bangladeshis eat about twice as much rice per head as people in many other countries, and that cutting this would make rice production sustainable.
World
Razia Sultana, the first Muslim woman to rule India
Razia Sultana, daughter of Iltutmish, was the first Muslim woman to rule India and the only woman ever to take the throne of Delhi.
World
Ukraine set for record wheat and maize production
Ukraine expects record maize and wheat production and exports in the 2021-22 marketing season after a poor year, according to a USDA report.
World
Drought-Hit Wheat Production Pushes Iran to Increase Imports
Iran will import a record amount of wheat this season after drought badly damaged its harvest, Iranian industry sources say.
Agribusiness
Russia Strengthens Wheat Trade with Algeria
Russian grain trader Demetra has shipped 60,000 tonnes of wheat to Algeria, the largest wheat consignment sent there in five years.
Agribusiness
China cuts soybean imports from Brazil
China's soybean imports from Brazil fell 18 per cent in September as weak crushing demand hit purchases, according to Chinese customs data.
Agribusiness
Colombia's Rice Production Recovering
Colombia's rice production, damaged by severe drought and floods, is forecast to rise in the 2021-22 season, according to the US Department of Agriculture.
World
Brazil's coffee exports fall on shipping problems
Brazil's coffee exports fell 29 per cent in September because of poor production and shipping difficulties.