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The war in Ukraine has gone on for six months with no end in sight. Philly activists fear attention is flagging

PHILADELPHIA — Roman Strakovsky expected to be heading from Philadelphia to Ukraine about now, to help rebuild the country after the end of the war.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

India may import wheat in blow to PM Modi’s goal to feed world

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi boldly declared that his country was ready to “feed the world” after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Less than four months later, the government needs to consider grain imports.

The Times of India

Warning 'toxic cocktail' of energy bills and inflation will leave Scots freezing or starving

The Citizens Advice service warned that the huge increase it has seen in Scots seeking help to meet basic food and heating costs will get worse.

Daily Record

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Japan to send 87 billion yen. in support to Africa

The government has decided to provide a total of 87 billion yen in assistance to 26 African countries for addressing the food crisis and improving health care systems.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

UN: US Buying Big Ukraine Grain Shipment for Hungry Regions

The United States is stepping up to buy about 150,000 metric tons of grain from Ukraine in the next few weeks for an upcoming shipment of food aid from ports no longer blockaded by war, the World Food Program chief has told The Associated Press. The final destinations for the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN: US buying big Ukraine grain shipment for hungry regions

The head of the World Food program says the United States is stepping up to buy about 150,000 metric tons of grain from Ukraine in the next few weeks for an upcoming shipment to hungry areas of the world

The Independent UK

WFP Warns 22 Million Face Starvation in Horn of Africa

The number of people at risk of starvation in the drought-ravaged Horn of Africa has increased to 22 million, the UN’s World Food Program (WFP) said Friday. Years of insufficient rainfall across Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia have caused the worst drought in 40 years and conditions akin to famine in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Two More Grain Ships Leave Ukraine, Türkiye’s Defense Ministry Says

Two more ships carrying grain have left Ukraine's Chornomorsk port, Türkiye’s Defense Ministry said on Saturday, bringing the total number of vessels to leave Ukraine's Black Sea ports under a UN-brokered grain export deal to 27. The Zumrut Ana and MV Ocean S, which are authorized to depart on Aug.…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Two more grain ships leave Ukraine, Turkey's defence ministry says

Two more ships carrying grain have left Ukraine's Chornomorsk port, Turkey's Defence Ministry said on Saturday, bringing the total number of vessels to leave Ukraine's Black Sea ports under a U.N.-brokered grain export deal to 27.

Reuters

Tigray: almost one in three children under five malnourished, UN says

Urgent action needed to avert further disaster in war-torn country as funding ‘fast running out’

The Guardian - UK

Hunger in Tigray pushing women and girls into sex work

People turn to desperate measures after authorities stop 6 million people accessing their own money

The Guardian - UK

Nearly half the people in Ethiopia's Tigray in 'severe' need of food aid- WFP

The nearly two-year conflict in Ethiopia has left almost half the population of Tigray region in "severe" need of food, as aid groups struggle to reach the population because of insufficient fuel supplies, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday.

Reuters

Hunger stones, wrecks and bones: Europe’s drought brings past to surface

Receding rivers and lakes have exposed ghost villages, a Nazi vehicle and a Roman fort

The Guardian - UK

Commentary: How schools can help save the world

As schools reopen around the country, they could take a page out of the “greatest generation’s” lesson plan — and help save the world.

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Evening Standard

Putin’s war fuelling ‘catastrophic’ crisis putting 50 million people ‘one step from famine’

Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has “put more people at risk of death” in dozens of developing countries where nearly 50 million people are now just “one step away from famine,” a minister warned on Friday.

Reuters

Analysis-Years of political crises in Peru are finally hitting its economy

Since 2011, Peruvians have lived under seven presidents and seen four ex-leaders detained or wanted on corruption allegations. Yet, in the same period Peru has held onto the unlikely title of the fastest growing major economy in Latin America.

The Independent UK

Ethiopia calls WHO chief's comments on Tigray "unethical"

Ethiopia’s government is criticizing as “unethical” the statement by the World Health Organization’s director-general that the crisis in the country’s Tigray region is “the worst disaster on Earth” and his assertion that the lack of global attention is due to Tigrayans’ “color of the skin.”

Chicago Tribune

Editorial: After a year under Taliban rule, Afghans feel the price of peace.

Afghanistan today under Taliban rule virtually mirrors what the country was like before the American invasion in October 2001. Girls cannot attend secondary school. Once again, women no longer work as lawyers, judges or police officers. Men must wear beards and traditional Afghan garb.

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Al Jazeera

Ethiopia government proposes plan for peace in war-torn Tigray

The Tigray People’s Liberation Front dismisses the move and says the gov’t is engaged in ‘obfuscation’.

The Independent UK

WHO chief: Lack of help for Tigray crisis due to skin color

The head of the World Health Organization has described the persistent crisis in Ethiopia’s Tigray region as “the worst disaster on Earth” and asked if the reason global leaders haven't responded is due to “the color of the skin" of the people who live there

Daily Mirror

Scientists reveal two best places to survive nuclear apocalypse 'when 5billion would die'

Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine has brought the threat of nuclear war closer and computer simulations have been created over what would happen in the event of nukes being used

The Independent UK

What can households do to cope with soaring inflation?

Food, fuel and energy costs have rocketed in recent months – and are continuing to increase.

Radio France Internationale

First shipment of Ukrainian grain sets sail for Africa

A UN-chartered shipment of grain has set off from Ukraine for Africa following a deal to relieve a global food crisis.

Zenger

Fallout Famine From US-Russia Nuclear War Would Kill Two-Thirds Of Humanity

More than five billion people would die of hunger following a full-scale conflict, say scientists.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Inflation in Sudan Declines despite Stagnation, Economic Concerns

The Central Bureau of Statistics in Sudan said on Tuesday that the annual inflation rate fell for the second month in a row to 125.41 percent in July, compared to 148.88 percent the previous month, after registering 192 percent in May. The country is facing record inflation rates, amid a…

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