Russia will lift its blockade of the Black Sea and allow grain to be exported again from Ukraine once Western nations lift sanctions, the country’s Deputy Foreign Minister has said.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said that the still will “put our arms around the British people again as we did during Covid” amid the cost of living and inflationary crisis.
Massive flocks of the red-billed quelea bird — a notorious African crop pest — have decimated grain harvests across farms in western Zimbabwe in recent weeks, causing fears of a local food shortage in the near future, the online newspaper New Zimbabwe reported Monday.
Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has warned that shortages of Ukrainian and Russian grain caused by the war and associated Russo-Western sanctions class will likely cause famine and new migration waves.
Crucial grain from Ukraine isnt being exported, a U.N. director warns, saying there are millions of tons of grain “just sitting there”.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Tuesday that India is ready to fill the food supply gap caused by Russia’s latest war with Ukraine and “feed the world” — but is waiting on approval for this effort from the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Times of India reported.
BRUSSELS (AP) – Slovak Prime Minister Eduard Heger and two top European Union officials are in Kyiv looking to shore up the bloc’s support for war-torn Ukraine.
BEIRUT (AP) – Layal Aswad was already exhausted by Lebanon’s devastating two-year economic collapse. Now, as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sends food and energy prices soaring even further, she finds herself struggling to put food on the table for her family of four.
The world may be careering towards global famine as food insecurity spirals as Russia blocks grain exports from Ukraine.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has caused grain costs to soar as both countries contribute a large portion of those products globally.
