World food prices climbed in April to their highest in more than three years, with vegetable oils particularly elevated due to the Iran war and the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Friday.
The political uncertainty in Tamil Nadu has ended, with actor-turned-politician Thalapathy Vijay receiving formal approval to form the government. After a meeting with Governor Rajendra Arlekar at the Raj Bhavan in Chennai on Friday evening, he was invited to form the government.
The Iran-US war took a sharper turn on Friday, May 8, as US President Donald Trump brushed aside a fresh wave of Iranian missile and drone strikes on the United Arab Emirates, insisting the month-old ceasefire remained intact even as the Gulf edged closer to all-out conflict. The attack on the UAE came a day after American and Iranian forces clashed directly around the Strait of Hormuz, a conduit for roughly a fifth of the world's oil and LNG supplies that Iran has largely shut since the war began on February 28.
Actor-turned-politician Thalapathy Vijay has secured the required majority to form the government in Tamil Nadu, ending days of political uncertainty following a fractured mandate in the assembly elections.
BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari will be the next chief minister of West Bengal, becoming the first BJP leader to head a government in the state. Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday formally announced senior BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari as the elected leader of the BJP legislature party in West Bengal.
Three people hiking on Indonesia's Mount Dukono have died after the volcano erupted on Friday morning (May 8).