Top executives from the world’s biggest shipping companies have cautioned that any return to the Red Sea is likely to be slow given the volatility of tensions in the Middle East.

Global cocoa production fell by 14% in the 2023-24 season, as output slowed in both Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, where at least 60% of the world's cocoa is produced.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture expects egg prices to increase by another 20% by the time the year is out. 

Some argue that Trump is simply using threats of injurious trade penalties in order to win smaller, different concessions. Others see a far more dramatic agenda at play.

Shanghai’s port processed a record 5 million containers in January, well above any previous month according to data going back to 2007.

"They’re making an important, institutional statement from the entity that governs United States foreign policy based on a falsity," Panama's President, José Raúl Mulino, said. 

China also previously opened an antitrust investigation into Google, and added U.S. clothing giant PVH Corp. to its "unreliable entities" list.

“In my career, I’ve never heard of a hundred thousand eggs being stolen," Pennsylvania State Trooper First Class Megan Frazer said.

Although Trump has repeatedly said he wants the U.S. to retake the Panama Canal, his actual goals could fall well short of that. 

Waffle House said that it hopes the price increase will be short-lived, but added that it "cannot predict how long this shortage will last."