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Famine Is Likely Imminent In Northern Gaza, Hunger Experts Warn
2 months ago

Famine Is Likely Imminent In Northern Gaza, Hunger Experts Warn

Huff Post  

Palestinians gather to receive bags of flour distributed by UNRWA, the U.N. agency helping Palestinian refugees, in Deir al Balah, central Gaza Strip, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. Abdel Kareem Hana via AP UNITED NATIONS — There is a strong likelihood that famine is imminent in parts of northern Gaza, where Israeli forces are conducting a major offensive, hunger experts warned …

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Israel passes legislation banning the work of UNRWA on Israeli soil
2 months, 1 week ago

Israel passes legislation banning the work of UNRWA on Israeli soil

ABC  

Israel's parliament has passed legislation targeting the main UN agency providing aid to people in Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said UNRWA workers must be held accountable for what he called "terrorist activities" against the country. "UNRWA workers involved in terrorist activities against Israel must be held accountable," he said, adding that the legislation would take effect in 90 …

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{Foodgrains transportation scam} ED arrests ex-Congess minister Ashu in money-laundering case
5 months, 1 week ago

{Foodgrains transportation scam} ED arrests ex-Congess minister Ashu in money-laundering case

Hindustan Times  

Jalandhar The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday arrested former Punjab food and civil supplies and consumer affairs minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu in an alleged ₹ 2,000-crore foodgrain transportation-linked money-laundering case. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday arrested former Punjab food and civil supplies and consumer affairs minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu in an alleged ₹2,000-crore foodgrain transportation-linked money-laundering case. …

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Gordon Brown launches ‘multibank’ for London amid rising child poverty
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Gordon Brown launches ‘multibank’ for London amid rising child poverty

The Independent  

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Minister instructs district collectors to curb price hikes and trader exploitation
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Minister instructs district collectors to curb price hikes and trader exploitation

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR: With prices of essential commodities spiralling after the general elections, the state government on Sunday directed the officials of Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare department to keep a close watch on unscrupulous traders. Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister Krushna Chandra Patra took a review of the prices of essential commodities in open markets across the state at a …

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‘Enlist or die’: Fear, looming famine and a deadly ultimatum swell the ranks of Sudan’s paramilitary forces
9 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Enlist or die’: Fear, looming famine and a deadly ultimatum swell the ranks of Sudan’s paramilitary forces

CNN  

CNN — In mid-December, the powerful paramilitary Rapid Support Forces swept into Sudan’s central Al Jazira state, known as the country’s breadbasket, with an ultimatum: “Enlist or die.” Since then, the militia group has sought to use food as a weapon, withholding supplies from the hungry in a bid to coerce men and boys to join its ranks, according to …

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Israel-Hamas War: Children Most-Affected As Hunger Claims Lives In Northern Gaza
10 months ago

Israel-Hamas War: Children Most-Affected As Hunger Claims Lives In Northern Gaza

ABP News  

Amid the prevailing risk of famine in war-torn Gaza, children are now dying of hunger besides bombardment from Israeli forces, as reported by news agency AP. The attack on 118 civilians waiting for food aid near Gaza City last month, triggered global outrage over the humanitarian crisis. According to AP, hunger is most acute in northern Gaza, which has been …

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Punjab govt to restart paddy procurement at 285 centres
1 year, 1 month ago

Punjab govt to restart paddy procurement at 285 centres

Hindustan Times  

The department of food supplies and consumer affairs on Wednesday decided to resume paddy procurement operations at 285 grain markets of the state from Thursday. The department of food supplies and consumer affairs on Wednesday decided to resume paddy procurement operations at 285 grain markets of Punjab from Thursday. Continue procurement ops across state till Nov 20: Sukhbir Meanwhile, Shiromani …

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Global food prices rise after Russia ends grain deal and India restricts rice exports
1 year, 5 months ago

Global food prices rise after Russia ends grain deal and India restricts rice exports

LA Times  

A farmer works in a rice paddy in June on the outskirts of Guwahati, India. Global prices for food commodities including rice and vegetable oil have risen for the first time in months after Russia pulled out of a wartime agreement allowing Ukraine to ship grain to the world, and India restricted some of its rice exports, the U.N. Food …

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Bruised by the Crimea bridge bombing, Russia is attacking food supplies
1 year, 5 months ago

Bruised by the Crimea bridge bombing, Russia is attacking food supplies

The Independent  

Humiliated once again by a Ukrainian attack on the Kerch Bridge, which links Russia proper to occupied Crimea, it was inevitable that the Kremlin would retaliate with the nearest weapon that came to hand – food. Whereas the previous assumption had been that Russia would play its usual games with vital food exports, but that in the end, international pressure, …

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Putin, Modi to discuss sales of Russian fertilizers, food supplies at summit
2 years, 3 months ago

Putin, Modi to discuss sales of Russian fertilizers, food supplies at summit

Live Mint  

Russian President Vladimir Putin and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi are set to met on Friday, 16 September, to discuss trade as well as sales of Russian fertilizers and mutual food supplies, the Kremlin said on Tuesday. "There are plans to discuss issues of 'saturation' of the Indian market with Russian fertilizers and bilateral food supplies," it said in its …

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Russian official says Norway unblocks food for miners
2 years, 6 months ago

Russian official says Norway unblocks food for miners

Associated Press  

BARENTSBURG, Norway — Russian food supplies bound for an Arctic coal mining settlement have resumed transiting via mainland Norway after weeks of tension, a Russian representative said Wednesday. Sergey Gushchin, the Russian consul general based in the settlement of Barentsburg, said Oslo had allowed Norwegian carriers to pick up the disputed cargo and cross the Russian-Norwegian border with it. According …

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Russia, Turkey back plan to export grains; Ukraine doubtful
2 years, 7 months ago

Russia, Turkey back plan to export grains; Ukraine doubtful

Associated Press  

ANKARA, Turkey — Russia and Turkey voiced support Wednesday for a safe corridor in the Black Sea to allow Ukrainian grain exports, but Kyiv rejected the proposal, saying it was not credible. Russia has urged Ukraine to remove mines from the area near Odesa to allow safe grain exports, and Russian President Vladimir Putin pledged that Moscow wouldn’t use the …

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Latest Ukraine updates: Russia controls ‘most’ of Severodonetsk
2 years, 7 months ago

Latest Ukraine updates: Russia controls ‘most’ of Severodonetsk

Al Jazeera  

Latest Ukraine news from May 31: Luhansk governor says Russian forces are all set to take over the eastern Ukrainian city after days of fighting. 31 May 2022 - 16:00 GMT Russia playing ‘hunger games’: Kuleba Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has accused Russia of deliberately blocking food exports and playing “hunger games with the world”. 31 May 2022 - …

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India supplies another 40,000 metric tonnes of diesel to crisis-hit Sri Lanka
2 years, 7 months ago

India supplies another 40,000 metric tonnes of diesel to crisis-hit Sri Lanka

The Hindu  

India on Saturday provided another 40,000 metric tonnes of diesel to Sri Lanka under the credit line facility to the island nation which is grappling with its worst economic crisis. On Friday, the mission here said that an Indian ship laden with urgent relief supplies like rice, medicines and milk powder for the people of crisis-hit Sri Lanka is scheduled …

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India warns wheat could go way of Covid vaccines with richer countries hoarding most supplies
2 years, 7 months ago

India warns wheat could go way of Covid vaccines with richer countries hoarding most supplies

The Independent  

India has warned against hoarding of food grains by richer countries, making a comparison to the shortage of Covid vaccines faced by developing countries. “The decision is aimed at controlling the retail prices of wheat and wheat flour — which have risen by an average 14-20 per cent in the last one year — and meet the foodgrain requirement of …

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Zoos ensure food supplies and provide extra care for animals
2 years, 7 months ago

Zoos ensure food supplies and provide extra care for animals

China Daily  

Caretakers at Shanghai Wild Animal Park in Pudong district have lived in the park since close-loop management was imposed there in mid-March and taken measures to ensure that the pandas are not infected by the virus. It isn't just local residents who are trying to get their necessities through group purchases or government handouts, even the creatures at Shanghai Wild …

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Ukraine latest updates: Moscow says Azovstal now ‘liberated’
2 years, 7 months ago

Ukraine latest updates: Moscow says Azovstal now ‘liberated’

Al Jazeera  

Ukraine news from May 20: Azovstal steelworks plant was last stronghold of Ukrainian resistance in Mariupol and had been under weeks-long siege. “In conditions in which we exist, it would be a problem for us to impose any kind of sanctions and join the EU or global sanctions.” 20 May 2022 - 19:02 GMT Russia says remaining Azovstal defenders have …

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Vladimir Putin 'weaponising' world's food supplies
2 years, 7 months ago

Vladimir Putin 'weaponising' world's food supplies

The Telegraph  

Vladimir Putin is “weaponising” global food supplies by stealing grain and destroying agricultural equipment as part of his war in Ukraine, Western officials have said. Officials fear Russia has embarked on a “deliberate policy” of disrupting food supplies, sparking a global crisis and raising the prospect of starvation in developing countries. Vladimir Putin's army has destroyed silos and other food …

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Russia’s war in Ukraine worsens fertilizer shortage, risking world food supplies
2 years, 8 months ago

Russia’s war in Ukraine worsens fertilizer shortage, risking world food supplies

LA Times  

Kenyan farmers in March offload livestock manure from a truck that they now use to fertilize their crops because commercial fertilizer is too expensive. The result: European energy prices are so high that some fertilizer companies “have closed their businesses and stopped operating their plants,’’ said David Laborde, a researcher at the International Food Policy Research Institute. In the eastern …

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Russian war worsens fertilizer crunch, risking food supplies
2 years, 8 months ago

Russian war worsens fertilizer crunch, risking food supplies

Associated Press  

KIAMBU COUNTY, Kenya — Monica Kariuki is about ready to give up on farming. The result: European energy prices so high that some fertilizer companies “have closed their businesses and stopped operating their plants,’’ said David Laborde, a researcher at the International Food Policy Research Institute. In the eastern Chinese city of Tai’an, the manager of a 35-family cooperative that …

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Food supply chains are ‘falling apart’ in Ukraine, UN warns
2 years, 9 months ago

Food supply chains are ‘falling apart’ in Ukraine, UN warns

The Independent  

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War in the ‘breadbasket of Europe’ could threaten global food supply
2 years, 10 months ago

War in the ‘breadbasket of Europe’ could threaten global food supply

LA Times  

The Russian tanks and missiles besieging Ukraine are also threatening the food supply and livelihoods of people as far away as Africa and Asia who rely on the vast, fertile farmlands of the Black Sea region — sometimes called the “breadbasket of Europe.” Ukrainian farmers have been forced to neglect their fields as millions flee, fight or try to stay …

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Food, fuel and cash in short supply after days of riots shut down Solomon Islands capital Honiara
3 years, 1 month ago

Food, fuel and cash in short supply after days of riots shut down Solomon Islands capital Honiara

ABC  

There is smoke in the air and rubble on ground after days of rioting and arson attacks in Solomon Islands capital of Honiara. ABC Radio Australia reporter Evan Wasuka is in Honiara and said while some are still looting, the focus for the community has turned to trying to restock food supplies after the Prime Minister's snap 36-hour lockdown on …

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