Western mismanagement of the global economy and reliance on money-printing to suck out goods from weaker nations are the real cause of the inflation and unfolding food crisis, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday, during a keynote speech. Speaking at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), the Russian …
Read More »Global famine likely this year – Putin aide
The attempt by the US to take over Ukraine’s grain reserves may spark a humanitarian crisis in the country and lead to grain shortages globally, Maksim Oreshkin, an aide to President Vladimir Putin, said on Thursday. According to the official, a global famine could break out by this coming fall. …
Read More »World risks ‘worst famine since WWII’ – German minister
The world is about to face an acute food crisis due to skyrocketing food prices, German Economic Cooperation and Development Minister Svenja Schulze told Bild newspaper on Saturday, warning about a looming famine not seen since World War II. The minister has named Covid-19 pandemic and Russia’s ongoing military operation …
Read More »Send weapons to Ukraine to prevent world famine, German minister suggests
Supplying Ukraine with “more effective” weaponry amid the ongoing conflict with Russia is essential to avoid the supposed looming “global famine,” German Agriculture Minister Cem Ozdemir has said. The official made the remarks in an interview published Sunday by the Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper. “Russia’s war against Ukraine is increasingly …
Read More »Ukraine crisis could lead to famine – White House
The situation surrounding Ukraine could lead to famine in Africa and the Middle East, Cecilia Rouse, the chair of US President Joe Biden’s Council of Economic Advisers, told CNBC on Friday. Rouse said that Russia and Ukraine are generally considered the bread basket for many parts of the world, as …
Read More »Indian industrial giant joins battle to end world’s chip famine
The industrial group, one of the country’s oldest, is in search of land for an outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) plant, and is currently in talks with the southern states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Telangana, according to unnamed sources, as quoted by Reuters. With potential investments of up …
Read More »Famine hits Ethiopia’s Tigray region, UN humanitarian chief says, with 350,000 reportedly at risk
“There is now famine in Tigray,” the official told representatives of UN, EU and US organizations on Thursday, warning the situation may be the worst since the 2011 famine in neighboring Somalia, which killed around 260,000 people. Lowcock said things are “going to get a lot worse”, but added that …
Read More »The great British garden-gnome famine: Elf is on the way after Suez Canal snarl-up & Covid deprive UK of beloved ornaments
Garden centres were open during all the three lockdowns in the country, encouraging a real boom in sales of lawn gnomes and other outdoor furniture when Brits were forced to stick to their homes. “We haven’t seen a gnome in six months now, unfortunately,” Ian Byrne, assistant manager of Highfield …
Read More »‘Famine of biblical proportions’ looms over humanity due to Covid-19, UN food chief warns
“All the data we have, including WFP forecast that the number of people experiencing malnutrition will grow by 80 percent by the end of the year, … points to a real disaster,” David Beasley, Executive Director of the UN World Food Program (WFP), said. The rapid increase in the number …
Read More »These countries, which will soon face a famine
In the list announced by the UN, includes four state. At the moment, four countries in the world facing hunger. This is stated in the report of the world food programme of the United Nations. According to the document, the program lacks funding to work in those States. Thus, in …
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