Student demonstrations for a better-funded education system are converging with a broader protest movement against rising living costs.

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A sugarcane crop withered by El Niño in India, the world’s second-largest producer, is hurting consumers and farmers — plus undermining the country’s energy security goals.

President Trump’s deal with Russia will probably not lower diesel prices that have soared because of his war with Iran and Ukrainian attacks on Russian refineries.

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