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<p>For 13 years, Rashid Ali has driven a three-wheeled motorised rickshaw around Lahore.</p> <p>His day starts at 6am and sometimes does not end until midnight, but he was long able to make around Rs1,700 ($6.50) a day, enough for his family’s bare essentials. Now, with liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) prices surging, he doesn’t even make half that.</p> <p>Ali,

Results from an annual national poverty survey paint a worsening picture of food affordability in Canada, especially for young people, as tariffs imposed by the United States continue to shake up the Canadian economy. The Salvation Army’s 2026 Poverty and Socioeconomic Analysis, released today, polled more than 1,500 Canadians and found that 31 per cent […]

Traders said the price of a 12kg cylinder surged 56 per cent to 7,000 Pakistani rupees (US$25.30) within days of border closures triggered by the war in Iran, or about 583 rupees per kg on the open market.

If you’re struggling to put food on the table or to keep the roof over your head, just know that you are not alone.

Some hawkers are absorbing higher operating costs, while others are adjusting portions or dropping ingredients. CNA looks at how these decisions could have unintended consequences for consumers' diets and what could be done.

"They all want merchants near their home, near the office, and at a very steep discount and at a very convenient timing," says the founder of a food rescue app.

The scheme is of most value for children from disadvantaged backgrounds

Performer Lorinda May Merrypor shares her day on a plate.

Financial controls to be tightened on the hot school meals programme amid questions over contract arrangements

A poll conducted in early October by a research firm showed about 62 per cent of the&nbsp;public opposed the programme.