Marla Dickerson

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The shadowy ‘brokers’ smuggling fentanyl chemicals for Mexican cartels Chemical brokers are the supply chiefs of the fentanyl trade, smuggling key ingredients from China to Mexico. Bribes, trickery and violence help them feed the pipeline.

How do Mexico's #cartels get their hands on all those #fentanyl chemicals from China? Meet "Javier" and "El 23" www.reuters.com/investigates...

The world’s hunger watchdog warned of catastrophe in Sudan. Famine struck anyway. Here’s how the world’s hunger monitoring-and-response system is supposed to work – and why it’s not achieving its mission.

And another in the @reuters.com famine series: www.reuters.com/graphics/FAM...

Explainer: Why are coffee prices trading near half-century highs? Global coffee prices have soared to their highest in nearly 50 years due to poor weather in Brazil and Vietnam, forcing roasters such as Nestle to raise prices and consumers to hunt for cheaper brews amid the cost of living crisis.

Global coffee prices soared to their highest in nearly 50 years due to poor weather in Brazil and Vietnam, forcing roasters such as Nestle to raise prices and consumers to hunt for cheaper brews amid the cost of living crisis reut.rs/49kD5YA

Trump camp says China is ‘attacking’ U.S. with fentanyl. A fight looms President Joe Biden‘s fentanyl diplomacy with China is under scrutiny as President-elect Donald Trump’s team seeks a harder line to stop the flow of Chinese-made chemicals powering America’s epidemic.

Trump #tariffs on China may be just the start. Advisors are pushing for bank sanctions and other penalties to pressure Beijing on #Fentanyl. But there are risks. www.reuters.com/investigates...