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25 April 2023, 08:15
Preview Dozens of bodies have been discovered on the property of a Kenyan religious group described as a “cult” and whose leader is now in custody
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25 April 2023, 08:15
Preview CNN has fired TV host Don Lemon, who had worked for the network since 2006, kicking off a public dispute with the former anchor
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25 April 2023, 08:15
Preview A lawmaker from Dagestan has proposed ending the mandatory teaching of English in Russian middle and high schools
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25 April 2023, 08:15
Preview The EU is planning to build relationships with other countries on the basis of their position towards Russia and China, Josep Borrell says
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25 April 2023, 08:15
Preview The administrative court in Frankfurt has overruled a ban on a performance by Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters
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25 April 2023, 08:15
Preview The Sudanese Army and the rival Rapid Support Forces have agreed to a 72-hour truce on Tuesday
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25 April 2023, 08:15
Preview In the next two years, the mega gas pipeline between Russia and China will reach its full capacity of 38 bcm annually, Aleksandr Novak says
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25 April 2023, 08:15
Preview Seoul reinstates Tokyo to its list of trusted trading partners
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25 April 2023, 08:15

UNITED NATIONS, Apr 24 (IPS) - The United Nations has warned that the February 2022 Rusian invasion of Ukraine has threatened to force up to 1.7 billion people — over one-fifth of humanity — into poverty, destitution and hunger.

Long before the war, Ukraine and Russia provided about 30 per cent of the world’s wheat and barley, one-fifth of its maize, and over half of its sunflower oil. But the ongoing 14th-month-old war has undermined-- and cut-off-- most of these supplies.

Read the full story, “The War in Ukraine Triggers a Record Increase in World Military Spending”, on globalissues.org