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Ukraine is shipping more grain through the Black Sea despite Russian threats
1 year ago

Ukraine is shipping more grain through the Black Sea despite Russian threats

LA Times  

Grain thunders into rail cars and trucks zip around a storage facility in central Ukraine, a place that growing numbers of companies have turned to as they struggle to export their foodstuffs to people facing hunger around the world. Ukraine’s new corridor, protected by the military, has now allowed him to “free up warehouse space and increase activity.” Growing numbers …

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Russia says Armenian separatists surrender arms after Azerbaijan reclaims Nagorno-Karabakh
1 year, 3 months ago

Russia says Armenian separatists surrender arms after Azerbaijan reclaims Nagorno-Karabakh

Associated Press  

YEREVAN, Armenia — Ethnic Armenian separatists in Azerbaijan’s region of Nagorno-Karabakh surrendered arms Friday to Russian peacekeepers, Russia’s Defense Ministry said, two days after Azerbaijan reclaimed control of the breakaway region that has long been at the center of a conflict with neighboring Armenia. The Russian Defense Ministry said it recorded two ceasefire violations in the region Friday but said …

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UN chief urges Russia to revive grain deal with Ukraine, warning ‘the most vulnerable’ will suffer
1 year, 5 months ago

UN chief urges Russia to revive grain deal with Ukraine, warning ‘the most vulnerable’ will suffer

The Hindu  

The U.N. chief on Monday urged Russia to resume the internationally brokered deal so that grain can be shipped from Ukraine’s Black Sea ports, saying that otherwise, the world’s most vulnerable among the hungry will suffer the worst consequences. With the recent collapse of the Ukraine-Russia grain deal, “the most vulnerable will pay the highest price,’‘ Guterres said. Both Russia …

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Russia halts participation in Ukraine grain deal
1 year, 5 months ago

Russia halts participation in Ukraine grain deal

Al Jazeera  

Kremlin says its conditions for extending deal brokered by the UN and Turkey had not been fulfilled. The Kremlin says Russia has halted its participation in a deal that allowed war-torn Ukraine to ship grain through the Black Sea to parts of the world struggling with hunger, dealing a blow to global food security after Moscow’s invasion last year sent …

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Morning Digest: July 06, 2023
1 year, 5 months ago

Morning Digest: July 06, 2023

The Hindu  

Ajit Pawar moves Election Commission, says he was elected NCP president on June 30 Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has informed the Election Commission of India that he was elected president of the Nationalist Congress Party on June 30, and has submitted a resolution and affidavits from 40 Members of Parliament and state legislators to this effect, sources in …

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Russia agrees to renew Ukraine Black Sea grain deal for 60 days
1 year, 7 months ago

Russia agrees to renew Ukraine Black Sea grain deal for 60 days

Al Jazeera  

About 30.3 million tonnes of grain have been exported from Ukraine under the Black Sea deal to countries suffering from insecurity. “With the efforts of our country, the support of our Russian friends and the contribution of our Ukrainian friends, the Black Sea Grain Initiative has been extended by another two months.” Senior officials from Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and the …

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Ukrainian grain shipments drop as ship backups grow
1 year, 10 months ago

Ukrainian grain shipments drop as ship backups grow

LA Times  

A boat with Russian, Ukrainian, Turkish and United Nations officials heads to inspect cargo ships coming from Ukraine loaded with grain in the Marmara Sea in Istanbul on Oct. 1, 2022. The amount of grain leaving Ukraine has dropped even as a United Nations-brokered deal works to keep food flowing to developing nations, with inspections of ships falling to half …

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Russia sparks global food crisis fears, again, as war grinds on
2 years, 1 month ago

Russia sparks global food crisis fears, again, as war grinds on

Al Jazeera  

In the 36th week of Russia’s war in Ukraine, a grain export deal was threatened after an alleged attack in Crimea. “A Ukrainian decision to target a Kalibr-capable frigate at this time makes sense given the intensified Russian drone and missile strike campaign.” Russia’s defence ministry said the next day that it had retrieved an aerial drone with its on-board …

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Guterres says UN working to get Russian food to markets
2 years, 4 months ago

Guterres says UN working to get Russian food to markets

Al Jazeera  

The UN secretary-general says obstacles must be removed to Russian food and fertiliser exports, which are not sanctioned. The United Nations is working with the United States and European Union to overcome obstacles to Russian food and fertilisers reaching world markets, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said. Getting more food and fertiliser out of Ukraine and Russia is crucial to …

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Explained | Will Russia-Ukraine deal ease global food crisis?
2 years, 5 months ago

Explained | Will Russia-Ukraine deal ease global food crisis?

The Hindu  

The story so far: In their first major deal since the February 24 war began, Russia and Ukraine on Friday agreed to resume grain exports from Black Sea ports as part of a deal negotiated by the United Nations and Turkey. The UN had initiated talks in April to unblock the millions of tonnes of wheat and other food items …

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Amid war, Russia, Ukraine seal landmark grain deal to relieve global food crisis
2 years, 5 months ago

Amid war, Russia, Ukraine seal landmark grain deal to relieve global food crisis

Deccan Chronicle  

ISTANBUL: Ukraine and Russia on Friday signed a landmark deal aimed at relieving a global food crisis caused by blocked Black Sea grain deliveries, ending months of negotiations and sending wheat prices tumbling to levels last seen before Moscow's invasion. The first major deal between the warring parties since the February invasion of Ukraine should help ease the "acute hunger" …

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A global famine is still an avoidable disaster
2 years, 5 months ago

A global famine is still an avoidable disaster

Live Mint  

and the U.S. accuse Russia of creating a global food crisis with its Ukraine invasion. That move and forecasts of a bumper harvest in a number of countries have been driving wheat prices down; it’s likely that an acute food crisis will be avoided this year and next. Though there is no grain shortage, a jump in fuel costs — …

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Russia, Turkey back plan to export grains; Ukraine doubtful
2 years, 6 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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As the war grinds on, the world looks for a way to get Ukraine’s grain out
2 years, 6 months ago

As the war grinds on, the world looks for a way to get Ukraine’s grain out

LA Times  

Russia pressed Thursday for the West to lift sanctions imposed because of its war in Ukraine, claiming without proof that the punitive measures are preventing millions of tons of grain and other agricultural products from leaving Ukrainian ports, exacerbating a global food crisis. “This food crisis is real, and we must find solutions,” World Trade Organization Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said …

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Putin says Russia will emerge stronger, sanctions will rebound
2 years, 9 months ago

Putin says Russia will emerge stronger, sanctions will rebound

Al Jazeera  

President Vladimir Putin says sanctions on Russia would lead to higher food and energy prices in the West. Russian President Vladimir Putin has said sanctions imposed against Russia would rebound against the West, including in the form of higher food and energy prices, and Moscow would solve its problems and emerge stronger. Putin said Moscow – a major energy producer …

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Russian war in world's 'breadbasket' threatens food supply to Europe, Africa, Asia
2 years, 9 months ago

Russian war in world's 'breadbasket' threatens food supply to Europe, Africa, Asia

Firstpost  

If the war is prolonged, countries that rely on affordable wheat exports from Ukraine could face shortages starting in July, International Grains Council director Arnaud Petit said The Russian tanks and missiles besieging Ukraine also are threatening the food supply and livelihoods of people in Europe, Africa and Asia who rely on the vast, fertile farmlands of the Black Sea …

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Ukraine’s Jews seek refuge in synagogues as Russia invades
2 years, 10 months ago

Ukraine’s Jews seek refuge in synagogues as Russia invades

LA Times  

Several hours after Odessa awoke to explosions Thursday morning, Avraham Wolff, the city’s chief rabbi, got a call from a nearly 90-year-old Holocaust survivor. In a statement criticized by academics and others as a false pretext for going to war, Russian President Vladimir Putin said this week that his military operation aimed to “denazify” Ukraine. “They say, ‘We started our …

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