The U.S. has announced $550 million in additional arms for Ukraine as it gears up to defend its eastern regions, which Ukrainian officials have asked civilians to flee before winter.
Tag: Food Insecurity
Russia Tells Famine-Fearing Africa It’s Not to Blame for Food Shortage
Badly needed grain has been piling up in Ukrainian ports since Moscow invaded, but Russia’s top diplomat is in Africa saying the West is to blame.
Russia Agrees to Let Ukraine Ship Grain, Easing World Food Shortage
Ukraine and Russia signed a deal to lift Russia’s blockade of Ukrainian ports, which has worsened a global food crisis — their most important agreement since the war began.
‘Putin’s War Must Be a Strategic Failure,’ Biden Says in Israel
Ukraine policy has been a point of friction between Israel and the United States.
After Ukraine-Russia Meeting, U.N. Sees ‘a Ray of Hope’ to Free Grain
Negotiators did not reach a deal to allow grain to flow from blockaded Ukrainian ports and ease a global food crisis, but the U.N. secretary general said they made progress.
Is the World Really Falling Apart, or Does It Just Feel That Way?
By most measures — with one glaring exception — people around the world are better off than ever. So why doesn’t it feel that way, especially to Americans?
‘There’s Nothing’: Scarcity Deepens Desperation in Sri Lanka
The island nation was once an economic hope, with a growing middle class. Now many people are living on the edge, unable to buy even the basics.
G7 Leaders Pledge $4.5 Billion for Food Security Amid Ukraine War
The planned commitment, more than half of it from the U.S., reflects worldwide alarm at shortages in wheat and sunflower oil caused by Russia’s invasion.
In South Asia, Climate Change Worries Take On Fresh Urgency
Hundreds of millions of humanity’s most vulnerable live in South Asia, where rising temperatures make it more difficult to address poverty, food security and health challenges.
‘We Buried Him and Kept Walking’: Children Die as Somalis Flee Hunger
The worst drought in four decades and a sharp rise in food prices caused by the war in Ukraine have left almost half of Somalia’s people facing acute food shortages.