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  • Small retailers shop for dry fruits in a wholesale market, in New Delhi, Monday, Oct. 10, 2022. A record drop in the rupee — on top of higher raw material and shipping costs – has made the nuts much costlier for Indian consumers. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

    How the surging U.S. dollar is making it almost impossible to afford anything in countries around the world

    By Paul Wiseman, Kelvin Chan, and others
  • 29 March 2021, Egypt, Suez: A boy plays football while the “Ever Given” container ship operated by the Evergreen Marine Corporation, is seen sailing on the Suez Canal, after it was fully freed and floated. Egypt’s Suez Canal Authority announced that the stranded massive container ship that has blocked the Suez Canal for nearly a week, has been fully dislodged and successfully floating in the canal. Photo: Mohamed Shokry/dpa (Photo by A boy plays football while the “Ever Given” container ship operated by the Evergreen Marine Corporation, is seen sailing on the Suez Canal, after it was fully freed and floated. Egypt’s Suez Canal Authority announced that the stranded massive container ship that has blocked the Suez Canal for nearly a week, has been fully dislodged and successfully floating in the canal. Photo: Mohamed Shokry/dpa (Photo by Mohamed Shokry/picture alliance via Getty Images)International

    The Ever Given container ship is on the move, apparently ending a six-day jam that clogged the Suez Canal

    By Isabel Debre, Samy Magdy, and others