Tag: Piles

UN warns of impact of growing piles of rubbish in Gaza

Growing piles of rubbish in Gaza mean that families are fleeing to areas that do no have “acceptable living conditions,” according to the UN. “Everywhere you look there is a pile of trash,” the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) posted on its X account alongside pictures […]

Unsold farm equipment piles up as boom times fade

STORY: :: Unsold farm equipment piles up as boom times fade :: Falling crop prices and high interest rates are deterring farmers from purchasing machinery :: That’s according to equipment dealers, mostly in the Midwest, as well as farmers and analysts interviewed by Reuters :: Inventories of equipment like tractors and combines are piling up, […]

As boom times fade, farm equipment piles up

By Bianca Flowers and Renee Hickman DEKALB, Illinois (Reuters) – Falling crop prices are leaving agriculture equipment sellers with an excess of unsold tractors and combines. To cope with the surplus, dealers are discounting machines, suspending new orders, and even auctioning off equipment at reduced prices. The slower equipment sales are a knock-on effect of […]

Russia’s biggest airstrike in weeks piles pressure on Ukraine power grid

By Gleb Garanich and Anastasiia Malenko KYIV (Reuters) – Russian missiles and drones struck nearly a dozen Ukrainian critical infrastructure facilities in a major airstrike early on Wednesday, causing serious damage at three Soviet-era thermal power plants, Kyiv officials said. The air force said it shot down 39 of 55 missiles and 20 out of […]

Pressure piles on Kenya’s president as floods wreak havoc

Title icon The News NAIROBI — Kenya’s president faces mounting criticism over his handling of the country’s worst floods in three decades, even as his government steps up its response to the devastation and subsequent political fallout. President William Ruto, reacting to flooding in several parts of the country that has killed more than 150 […]