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WASHINGTON (AA) – The US has rejected Russian President Vladimir Putin’s claims that nearly all of the grain leaving Ukraine’s ports under a recently brokered pact is bound for the EU. State Department spokesman Vedant Patel said the Russian leader’s allegation against the Black Sea Grain Initiative “simply is not...
LONDON (AA) – Food prices in Europe that have already reached alarming levels in a year due to the boom in demand after the coronavirus pandemic, growing supply chains issues, the Russia-Ukraine war, and surging energy and logistics costs are expected to rise further in the coming period due to the climate crisis. Euro-area annual [&hell...
KULA LUMPUR (AA) – Malaysia is hosting one of the world’s largest halal products exhibitions and buyers are exploring opportunities to import products from the Southeast Asian nation. MIHAS began Wednesday at the Malaysia International Trade and Exhibition Centre and is poised to be a networking powerhouse for international and local bus...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – As the losses from devastating floods in Pakistan keep piling up, farmers and experts fear that the killing of hundreds of thousands of animals may lead to a severe shortage of milk and meat in the coming months. Ravaging floods have killed over 1,300 people, ripped away mountainsides, swept off the […]
JOHANNESBURG (AA) – At least 730 children have died in nutrition centers across Somalia this year, the UN Children’s Fund said on Tuesday, warning of a famine in the coming months. “Malnutrition has reached crisis levels – 1.5 million children, nearly half of the under-five population, are likely to have acute malnutrition,’’...
KANO, Nigeria (AA) – Nigeria and Poland signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on agriculture Tuesday, while pledging to enlarge economic cooperation in the energy and manufacturing sectors. A ceremony in the Nigerian capital of Abuja took place during a visit by Polish President Andrezej Duda, the first by a Polish leader since the ...
NEW DELHI (AA) – India and Bangladesh on Tuesday signed seven Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) and launched work on five projects. MoUs on water sharing, railways, space, science, and judiciary were signed in the presence of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina in the capital New Delhi. In a stat...
Algiers, Algeria (AFP): Algeria is a “reliable” energy supplier, European Council President Charles Michel said on Monday during a visit to the North African country as Europe scrambles to replace Russian supplies. “Given the international circumstances that we’re all aware of, energy cooperation is obviously essential,...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Almost 2 million people have been displaced in Burkina Faso amid the worst food crisis in a decade, international aid groups operating in the West African country have said. In a statement, the groups said nearly one in 10 people in Burkina Faso had been displaced by conflict. Most worryingly, the […]
LONDON (AA) – British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss on Monday was elected by Conservative Party members to lead her party and become the nation’s next prime minister. Truss, 46, got 81,326 votes to 60,399 votes for former Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak, 42. Turnout was 82.6%. Truss did not get the landslide many commentators […]...
