Across Asia, El Niño-driven weather extremes and mounting conflicts are hammering food production and trade – sending prices higher and pushing vulnerable communities toward crisis
A growing conflict around Iran is snarling vital shipping lanes, hammering Asia’s polyester industry and threatening to choke off supply lines for global fast‑fashion brands, industry analysts and traders warn
Fast-fashion consignments are piling up in South Asian warehouses as the Middle East conflict shutters key air corridors, grounding cargo planes and leaving deliveries bound for European stores stalled and …