Economy

Economy
Flydubai carried 5.6 million passengers during the year, representing a 76 percent rise from the last year with the number of flights surpassing pre-pandemic levels in December.
Sudanese twenty pound bills in stacks
The official rate has been around 444 pounds to the dollar, while on the black market one dollar cost about 550 pounds on Sunday.
A person holding wheat grain in their hand
Moscow's brutal invasion has pushed wheat prices higher as Russia is the world's top exporter of the cereal and Ukraine is the fourth, according to US Department of Agriculture estimates.
A burnt-out apartment building in Ukraine's Kharkiv city
Many arms-producing nations vie for influence and contracts from wealthy Gulf Arab countries, especially Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
Poles made of aluminium
Aluminium reached $4,026.50 on Monday, the first time the lightweight metal had breached $4,000 per tonne.
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In a landscape with scant reliable polling data, the Levada Centre have published surveys which suggest that 22% of the Russian population want to leave the country for good - with the number far higher among young people.
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Food prices have increased on a global scale in February this year, according to a report conducted by The Food and Agriculture Organisastion, which said that Russia's invasion of Ukraine was likely to impact grain exports by the end of 2022.

Price of fruit and veg in Turkey
The price of fruits and vegetables in Turkey has fallen by 50% as exports to Russia and Ukraine collapse amid Moscow's invasion.
Aramco
Saudi energy giant Aramco saw its shares hit a record high on Thursday, as global oil prices spiked amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Lloyds of London
The UK government will shut out Russian companies from the London insurance market amid Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.