Food is essential for survival, which is why you’d think food security—including long-term emergency food storage—would be more of a priority for our national government. Especially after how quickly we saw our food supply and supply chains almost come to a halt as a result of the pandemic. While you’d think what we went through…

JetBlue CEO said on March 29 that the company is forced to cut 10 percent of its New York flights due to a shortage of air traffic controllers. The budget airline’s CEO, Robin Hayes, talking to the Economic Club of New York, said that staffing in the air traffic control center that handles all inbound,…

LONDON—Britons are facing a shortage of tomatoes after supermarket supplies, including at market leader Tesco and No. 2 Sainsbury’s, were impacted by disrupted harvests in southern Europe and North Africa. Warmer weather in these regions that affected crop yields was followed by recent cooler weather leading to longer growth times. “Difficult weather conditions in the…

Boeing Co. is still facing parts shortages as the supply chain remained unstable and unpredictable, its finance chief said on Wednesday. Boeing aims to increase production of its bestselling 737 MAX narrowbody jetliner from a stable rate of about 31 jets a month to 38 by the end of the year. The timeline for the…

GOODYEAR, Ariz.—Until last summer, Ashley Montano had never flown. Now she was preparing to land a small plane with three passengers after a previous touch-and-go that had been rough. “The plane is a bit heavy, so give it just a little more power to make a smooth landing,” flight instructor Jason Fink told her. There…

Australia’s manufacturing union is calling on the government to examine the amount of white paper available in the country after timber shortages put a halt to production at Australia’s last white paper mill in Victoria. The Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) on Thursday called for an audit, raising concerns about a drop…

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he’s unsure whether the solution to address the shortages of children’s medication would be to start producing them domestically, with the issue now dragging over several months. “I don’t know offhand if it is the right thing for Canada to be starting producing these particular pills or whether it’s just…

BRUSSELS—The European Union has enough gas for the winter but could face a shortage next year if Russia cuts supplies further, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Monday, urging governments to act faster to save energy and expand renewable energy sources. Despite Russia slashing gas deliveries this year, Europe started the winter with brimming…

The diesel fuel shortage isn’t a secret anymore. Here are the facts: U.S. Energy Information Administration recently announced in October we have less than 25 days of diesel fuel left. The last time our diesel stockpile was this low, there were 5 billion fewer people on the planet. Just recently, the world crossed over the…

Health Canada announced Monday it is taking steps to import children’s fever and pain medication, specifically ibuprofen (Advil) and acetaminophen (Tylenol), from a foreign country to alleviate a shortage that has been affecting Canada for months. A Health Canada spokesperson could not provide The Epoch Times with which country the drugs are coming from, an…