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Muslims have been considering how their ‘Zakat’ charitable obligations during Ramadan delivers an obligation to supporting Muslim refugees from Ukraine, forced from their home by the Russian invasion of their country.

The war has prompted the largest refugee crises that Europe has experienced this century, even larger than the impact of the war in Syria.…

After two years of strict travel restrictions, international borders are finally opening for quarantine-free travel, coinciding with the month of Ramadan. But to what extent will the escalation of oil prices and disruption of air travel caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine affect Muslim travellers’ plans?…

The Russian paint industry is being disrupted by its government’s invasion of Ukraine, with foreign coatings majors quitting the country, hit hard by resulting financial and trade sanctions. Ukraine’s smaller paint and coatings sector has been devastated by the miliary action, with factories and offices destroyed and supply chains wrecked.…

The international oilseeds and related vegetable oil markets are facing major disruption through Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with global vegetable oil prices soaring, according to the UN Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO).

Its Vegetable Oil Price Index averaged 248.6 points in March, up 46.9 points (23.2%) from February, a new record high, driven by higher sunflower, palm, soy and rapeseed oil prices.…

Its launch may be more than a decade late, but the European Union’s (EU) first European Pressurised water Reactor (EPR) has finally started producing electricity for the Finnish national grid. Its strategic importance to Finland, as the country is preparing for NATO membership following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is hard to overstate.…

RUSSIA’s invasion of Ukraine will damage European Union (EU)-Russia trade in clothing including knitwear, but Russia will continue to make woolen clothes, say experts. Meanwhile, the war launched by Russian President Vladimir Putin is devastating Ukraine’s knitwear production and retail sector.…

The international steel sector is working to reduce its climate change impact through closer links to the renewable energy sector, along with steel making innovation and more recycling.  

This industry is responsible for between 7% and 9% of human-generated carbon dioxide, according to the World Steel Institute.…

RUSSIA’S invasion of Ukraine has prompted a major increase in sugar prices, the UN Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has said. Its FAO Sugar Price Index averaged 117.9 points in March, up 7.4 points (6.7%) from February, and up 20% year-on-year.…

When the can manufacturing sector looks at the Czech Republic, it focuses especially on beer. The country, trading on its tasty classic lagers, is a brewing giant. In 2020 the overall production of beer in Czech Republic was 20.1 million hectolitres, of which 5 million hectolitres was exported, said the Czech Beer and Malt Association (its most recent figures).…

The Covid-19 crisis has not stopped the dynamism of the drinks can market in France – where six billion cans are produced every year, indeed it seems to have strengthened sales. More than two drinks out of 10 – 22.3% – sold in French shops in 2021 were in cans, according to France’s drinks can industry association, La Boîte Boisson.…