UN-brokered discussions between Turkey, Russia, and Ukraine on food crisis. Food shortages due by conflict in Ukraine threaten “hunger and destitution” for millions. Negotiations stalled due to Moscow’s refusal to let ships to leave Ukraine’s key port of Odessa. Turkey and Russia have agreed to hold dialogue with Ukraine under the auspices of the United … Read more
Ukraine was the world’s top producer of sunflower oil and a major wheat exporter. Millions of tonnes of grain exports remain stranded due to the blockade. Zelensky urged the international community to “restore international law”. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urged international pressure on Saturday to end Russia’s naval blockade of Black Sea ports, which has … Read more
“Candidate status is the final psychological barrier that we must cross for EU sceptic countries,” he stated. As previously reported, on February 28, 2022, President Volodymyr Zelensky signed an application for Ukraine’s admission to the European Union. On March 10, EU leaders met in Versailles, France, to discuss ways to bolster the European military and … Read more
Russia and Ukraine produce 30 percent of the global wheat supply. The current situation with Ukrainian grain has nothing to do with the food crisis. Russia and Ukraine produce 30 percent of the global wheat supply. Russia denied on Wednesday that grain stranded in Ukrainian ports was fueling a global food crisis, as Moscow pressed … Read more
KFC is now using cabbage in its burgers and wraps. There is a chronic lack of lettuce in Australia. Australia, like so many other countries around the world, is grappling with rising food prices. Due to a chronic lack of lettuce in Australia, KFC is now using cabbage in its burgers and wraps. After floods … Read more
A Russian president’s TV propagandist warns that a ‘nuclear war is approaching.’ Vladimir Solovyov’s remarks are the latest nuclear threat issued by Russian media against the West. He stated that the world is facing “bloody pages of world history.” A Russian president’s TV propagandist warns that a ‘nuclear war is approaching,’ in which only ‘mutants’ … Read more
Prices are rising and triggering a full-fledged worldwide food crisis. The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization’s food price index, fell for the second month in a row. In the last six years, the number of people facing extreme food insecurity rose considerably. The UN warns that the conflict in Ukraine risks exacerbating price rises and … Read more
Washington and Brussels have imposed unprecedented sanctions on Moscow. Putin will receive Senegalese President Macky Sall, who chairs the African Union. The UN has said Africa faces an “unprecedented” crisis caused by the conflict. Russian President Vladimir Putin will host the African Union’s Secretary-General on Friday for talks on grain supplies and political cooperation, amid … Read more
As the crisis in Ukraine has disrupted global food and energy markets, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called for swift and decisive action to maintain a “steady flow of food.” Speaking in Stockholm, Guterres said “the war must end now” while condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine as “a violation of its territorial integrity and … Read more
According to a UN spokesman, a top UN official had “productive” meetings with Russia’s first deputy prime minister Andrei Belousov. In Moscow, the two discussed ways to make it easier for Russian grain and fertilizer exports to reach global markets. Rebecca Grynspan, a UN official, is currently in Washington, D.C., for further talks. It comes … Read more
Boris Johnson, the British Prime Minister, told Ukraine President Zelenskyy that international allies were working hard to find a mechanism to restore grain exports from Ukraine in order to avoid a worldwide food crisis. “He said that the UK would work with G7 partners to push for urgent progress,” a British readout said. “The leaders … Read more
The UN Secretary-General warns that a global food catastrophe is approaching as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Increasing food prices have worsened rising inflation, which has been driven by increased energy prices as the West disengages from Russian oil and gas supplies. It raises fears that many of the world’s poorest would be … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin informed Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi that he is willing to make a big contribution to resolving the global food crisis if the West lifts its sanctions. Mr. Putin stated that Russia was prepared to provide grain and fertilizer to help with the issue. He also assured Mr. Draghi that Russia … Read more
Moscow has lobbied the West to relax sanctions against Russia over the conflict in Ukraine, attempting to deflect blame for a growing food crisis. It was exacerbated by Kyiv’s inability to ship millions of tons of grain and other agricultural supplies due to the fighting. The UK promptly accused Moscow of “trying to hold the … Read more
To avoid a worldwide food crisis, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen believes Europe needs to talk to Russia about the possibilities of restarting wheat and other agricultural exports from Ukraine. “It can’t be in Russia’s interests that because of Russia people are dying of hunger in the world,” von der Leyen told. “Therefore … Read more
In the heat of the mid-morning sun, two lengthy queues of men and women wind around a World Food Programme (WFP) charity distribution facility in Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital. Many of those seeking assistance in Khwaja Rawash, a middle-class area near Kabul International Airport, are Afghanistan’s new poor. They used to have good careers, but now … Read more
Ukraine could be paying for Western weaponry with grain supplies, according to Russia’s envoy to the United Nations. It comes at a time when the world’s poorest countries are suffering a food crisis. There have been tons of grain that are reported to be blocked in Ukrainian Black Sea ports due to the presence of … Read more
Sri Lankan PM resigns from public pressure amid economic crisis Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has surrendered in the midst of mass fights at the public authority’s treatment of a developing financial emergency. The move came as the island was put under a time limit after vicious conflicts between Rajapaksa allies and government dissenters … Read more
Food and Fuel emergency in Sri Lanka Sri Lanka could run out of fuel and food in the following month, as per the previous energy service. Udaya Gammanpila was sacked recently for scrutinizing government strategy that has taken the country extremely close to liquidation. The previous energy serve told the monetary emergency in his nation … Read more
Afghanistan has been dealing with an extreme food crisis, with over 22 million people, or more than half of the country’s population, suffering from severe hunger and the majority unable to predict when their next meal would arrive, the United Nations said. According to a report in Khaama Press, more than 97 percent of Afghans … Read more
Russia’s embargo of Ukraine’s Black Sea ports, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky, is generating a food crisis that will affect Europe, Asia, and Africa. Vladimir Putin’s war is also affecting trade in his own country, placing regions that rely on the two countries in peril, as they account for about a third of world wheat … Read more
Prices to spike the highest in 50 years as a result of Ukraine war; World Bank forecast The conflict in Ukraine is set to cause the “biggest food price shock” since the 1970s, the World Bank has cautioned. In another conjecture, it said interruption brought about by the contention would add to immense cost ascends … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Jamat-e-Islami chief Sirajul Haq on Thursday appealed to the Islamic world to come forward to help the Afghan Taliban in nation-building. The JI chief, in a meeting at Al-Khidmat Foundation head office with Hilal-e-Ahmar Afghanistan chief Maulvi Matiul Haq Khalis, said that a looming food crisis in the neighbouring country was on the cards. … Read more
UNITED NATIONS: Two United Nations agencies, World Food Programme (WFP) and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), have warned that in the next four months, conflict, coronavirus and the climate crises are likely to increase hunger in 23 countries, including Afghanistan. “Families that rely on humanitarian assistance to survive are hanging by a thread. When we … Read more
