Month-on-month, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased by 1.3 percent in September compared to the previous month, reflecting continued upward pressure. The annual inflation increased by 10.26 percent (YoY) compared to September 2025, driven mainly by higher transport, housing energy, and fuels
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Countries: Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Haiti .3 million in direct financial assistance to local healthcare partners serving areas affected by the hurricane, including Jamaica, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic. In October 2025, Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as the s...
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. The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI), which tracks monthly changes in the international prices of a basket of globally traded food commodities, averaged 133.9 points in October 2026, down 1.6 points (1.2 percent) from its revised September level, as lower price indices across most c...
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Countries: Lebanon, Syrian Arab Republic .
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. SITUATION OVERVIEW Two months after the 26 August flash floods in central Nepal, displacement and damage to homes, infrastructure and essential services continue to drive humanitarian and recovery needs. Access constraints remain a challenge for assistance and impact verificati...
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Recently my wife, Katherine, and I moved into a senior living complex in our hometown of Cary, North Carolina. Soon afterward the building manager, a young man from Ghana named Godfred, knocked on our apartment door. He had seen a stack of books about Billy Graham outside the doo...
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How can Christians wisely navigate generative artificial intelligence, divisive social media algorithms, and new uses of technology that have (and could have) widespread ramifications? In this video from CT’s Big Tent convening in Oakland, California, Felicia Wu Song and Brian Do...
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This piece was adapted from CT’s books newsletter. Subscribe here. Azadeh Moaveni, The East Wing: Power, Intrigue, and the Untold Story of America’s First Ladies (St. Martin’s Press, 2026) Last year, workers tore down the East Wing of the White House so that President Donald Trum...
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Europe is burning. Not everywhere, and not all at once. But the recurring images of cars aflame, shattered storefronts, angry crowds, and riot police on the streets of Germany, Spain, Italy, and France should concern us. For American Christians, they may warn of a future we are n...
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. A Project by Turkish Red Crescent Pakistan Delegation
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. In September, WFP assisted 59,810 people, including food assistance to 51,089 vulnerable people and USD 78,595 in cash transfers to 8,721 refugees. It strengthened school meals through irrigation gardens and planned poultry units in 81 schools, while supporting national strateg...
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. INTRODUCTION Every year, countless children die along perilous migration routes, yet the scale of these tragedies remains uncertain. Since 2014, IOM’s Missing Migrants Project has documented 4,414 child migrant deaths globally—a figure that minimizes the true death toll of chil...
