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Ivory Coast, Ghana throw down gauntlet on cocoa price
Ivory Coast, Ghana throw down gauntlet on cocoa price
Business and Economy
by  AFP

The world's chocolate industry could be in for a turbulent ride as the two biggest cocoa producers set down demands for manufacturers to pay higher prices for their growers. Among corporations, Nestle said it strongly backed efforts for growers to maintain a decent standard of living and had been paying the LID since its inception.

As climate talks drag, artist shows way to climate hell
As climate talks drag, artist shows way to climate hell
World
by  AFP

Egyptian artist Bahia Shehab had one goal at the COP27 climate talks in Egypt: to let people experience the "hell" that is global warming. "There's research that said that people who are in a hotter place, in a hotter room, they're more likely to believe in climate change than those who are not," Shehab said at Egypt's Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh, which is hosting the talks.