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ANKARA, Turkey (AFP) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday that Moscow was ready to ensure the safe passage of vessels from Ukraine as concerns mount over grain stuck in Ukrainian ports. “We are ready to ensure the safety of ships that leave Ukrainian ports,” Lavrov told a joint news conference with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu. “We are ready to do this in cooperation with our Turkish colleagues.” Lavrov arrived in Ankara […]
by Chris Lefkow with AFP bureaux Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump announced partial curbs on immigration Tuesday to “protect American workers” amid the economic carnage of the coronavirus pandemic. As Trump announced a 60-day pause in the issuing of “green cards” to people seeking permanent residency in the US, the United Nations warned that the virus could trigger famine in already vulnerable countries. The bleak warning came as […]
(Eagle News) – Want to try planting your own vegetables and fruits at this time of quarantine? This might just be the best time as the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the value of having food available amid crisis in supplies and food transport. The Iglesia Ni Cristo’s project of “Gulayan sa Bakuran” became of benefit to those who had participated in the project nationwide. Those who tried planting their own vegetables and fruits – in […]
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AFP) — Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warned Thursday that severe malnutrition was gripping parts of southern Ethiopia where ethnic violence has driven nearly a million people from their homes into squalid camps. MSF has treated more than 200 children in the past two weeks for serious malnutrition in Gedeo, where fresh violence in recent weeks between ethnic minorites has forced families to flee. MSF field coordinator Markus Boening said some parents were […]
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — A 19-year-old Venezuelan was shot dead Wednesday when hundreds of people looted trucks carrying flour and chicken in the western city of Guanare, as the oil-rich but impoverished country faces desperate food shortages. According to police and military reports obtained by AFP, the unrest began when about 1,000 people looting the trucks started fighting among themselves. Jose Materan, 19, received two gunshot wounds and died in hospital, where three others were […]
Food waste — do you feel guilty about wasting food? More and more Canadians are showing deep and growing interest in the debate around food waste, which is a very shameful reality. Even though some Canadians, both children and adults, are going to bed hungry, and there’s a shortage of food at food banks across the country, a full 40 percent of all food in Canada, roughly $31 billion worth, goes uneaten every year. What […]
Ibinabala ng International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) na posibleng maulit ang pandaigdigang krisis sa pagkain dahil sa epekto ng El Niño na bahagi lamang anila ng nararanasang climate change sa mundo. Partikular na tinukoy ng IRRI ang sobrang pagtaas sa presyo ng bigas dahil sa kakulangan ng suplay nito dulot ng mga tuyong taniman. Dahil dito, kailangan na anilang kumilos ng iba’t ibang bansa lalo na sa rehiyong Asia-Pacific na pinagmumulan ng bultu-bultong suplay ng pagkain […]
LAGUNA, Philippines – According to the International Rice Research Institute warns that there is a possibility of the recurrence of a worldwide food crisis due to the strong El Niño phenomenon. IRRI cites the increase the price of rice due to shortage as a precursor of the said crisis. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/jxSbmcRs3Hw
