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NEW YORK, April 8 (Xinhua) -- High inflation and the state of the economy remain at the top of the list of Americans' biggest concerns, The Hill reported recently.

Citing a new Gallup poll, the Hill said Thursday that at least 60 percent of respondents said they have "a great deal" of concern about inflation and the economy. The percentage increased by 2 points for both categories from a poll taken last year.

UNITED NATIONS, Apr 08 (APP): World food prices declined for the 12th consecutive month in March, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), a Rome-based UN agency, reported.

It was the first time the index had fallen for a full year, the agency said on Friday.

FAO’s broad Food Price Index slipped to 2.1 per cent in March, and it is now down to 20.5 per cent since reaching its all-time peak one year ago after a big surge following the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

NEW YORK, Apr 8 (NNN-XINHUA) – The U.S. dollar will play a much less dominant role than it is today, within the next ten years, due to a smaller share of the U.S. economy in the world, weaponisation of the U.S. dollar and the use of central bank digital currencies, said a renowned U.S. economist yesterday.

NEW YORK, Apr 7 (NNN-XINHUA) – A record number of people are dying from firearm injuries in the U.S., and new research suggests, shootings are becoming more lethal, reported CNN.

“Most victims of fatal firearm injuries die at the scene, before they can be treated in a health care setting. But that has become increasingly common over the past two decades,” it noted.

New York, Apr 5 (PTI) The New York state will "not normalise" serious criminal conduct, "no matter who you are," Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney, has asserted, hours after former US President Donald Trump was arraigned in a courtroom here.

05 Apr 2023; MEMO: Columbia University has announced that it is to open a Global Centre in Tel Aviv, despite 95 faculty members objecting to the decision due to Israel's human rights violations.

05 Apr 2023; MEMO: 60 human rights organisations have urged the United Nations not to adopt the controversial and inaccurate definition of anti-Semitism created by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), over concerns that it would be weaponised to suppress any criticism of Israel.

05 Apr 2023; MEMO: UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, is "appalled" by the violence from Israeli forces against worshipers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex, his spokesman said Wednesday, Anadolu News Agency reports.

UNITED NATIONS, Apr 05 (APP):United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Wednesday strongly condemned a decision by the Taliban authorities to ban Afghan women from working for the UN, and called for the decision to be immediately revoked, his spokesperson said.

“This is a violation of the inalienable fundamental human rights of women,” spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said in a statement issued at UN Headquarters in New York.

UNITED NATIONS, Apr 05 (APP): Cindy McCain of the United States Wednesday took the helm at the World Food Programme (WFP), a Rome-based UN agency, amid “unprecedented” global hunger fueled by conflict, climate change and soaring fertilizer prices.

The agency estimates that more than 345 million people worldwide face crisis levels of food insecurity this year, an increase of almost 200 million since early 2020. Of these, 43 million are just one step away from famine.