Hunger reached its highest point in the United States in nearly a decade last year, with 18 million households, or 13.5%, struggling at some point to secure enough food, US Department of Agriculture report released on Wednesday said.

Hunger has

Oil prices rose nearly 1% on Thursday, amid a larger-than-expected drawdown in US inventories and OPEC+ delaying an output increase.

Brent crude futures rose 89 cents, or 1.2%, to $73.59 a barrel, while US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures

European stocks fell for the fourth straight session at the start of trading Thursday, with investors awaiting economic data from the euro zone, as well as jobs data in the United States, for indications on the path of US interest

Doha: The price of gold in the Qatari market declined by 0.28 percent during the current week,to reach USD 2,496.50000 per ounce, according to data issued by Qatar National Bank (QNB).

The data showed that the price of gold declined