Prices for chocolate-making ingredient cocoa jumped to the highest level in more than 12 years last week, amid growing concerns about future production at a time when available stocks are already low.

Pyongyang says it will not hesitate to strike American warplanes stationed on the peninsula if provoked North Korea has condemned the recent deployment of American nuclear-capable bombers in the South, warning that the aircraft will become its “first targets for destruction” in the event of an actual conflict.

More preparation is needed before a meeting between the leaders of Hungary and Ukraine could take place, Budapest has said The conditions are not yet in place for Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky to hold their first meeting since the fighting between Kiev and Moscow began, a senior Hungarian diplomat…