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22 August 2022, 08:15
Preview Rory McIlroy was unimpressed as a golf fan attempted to show off a remote-controlled ball, with the Norther Irishman tossing it into a lake
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22 August 2022, 08:15
Preview Russia’s envoy to the UN in Geneva, Gennady Gatilov, spoke to the Financial Times about the Ukraine conflict
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22 August 2022, 08:15
Preview A trial of captured Ukrainian soldiers will make further negotiations with Russia impossible, Zelensky says
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22 August 2022, 08:15

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 22 (IPS) - The ominous warnings keep coming non-stop: some of the world’s developing nations, mostly in Africa and Asia, are heading towards mass hunger and starvation.

The World Food Programme (WFP) warned last week that as many as 828 million people go to bed hungry every night while the number of those facing acute food insecurity has soared -- from 135 million to 345 million -- since 2019. A total of 50 million people in 45 countries are teetering on the edge of famine.

Read the full story, “Millions Go Hungry-- While Billions Worth of Food Go into Landfills”, on globalissues.org

22 August 2022, 08:15

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for wealthier countries to help developing nations purchase Ukrainian grain as supplies begin returning to global markets, in an appeal from the Black Sea port of Odesa on Friday, World Humanitarian Day. 

Read the full story, “UN chief to rich nations: ‘Open wallets’ and ‘hearts’ for developing countries to purchase Ukrainian grain”, on globalissues.org

22 August 2022, 08:15
Rescue workers searched through the rubble of the shrine in central Iraq after a landslide killed at least four people.
22 August 2022, 08:15
Children wearing masks stream back to schools for their first in-person classes after two years of COVID lockdowns.
22 August 2022, 08:15
As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 180th day, we take a look at the main developments.
22 August 2022, 08:15
Khan could face several years in jail for the new charges, which accuse him of threatening police officers and a judge.
22 August 2022, 08:15
Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb's trip to the island is the third such visit by a US politician in less than a month.