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Russia and Ukraine sign grain export deal: What you should know

Russian and Ukraine pen agreement with UN and Turkey on reopening Black Sea routes for grain exports.

Al Jazeera

Colombia President-elect Petro names Ivan Velasquez as defense minister

Colombia's incoming leftist President Gustavo Petro on Friday named Ivan Velasquez, a former assistant judge in the country's Supreme Court of Justice and previously a UN anti-corruption investigator in Guatemala, as his defense minister.

Reuters

Ukraine infrastructure minister says grain deal only possible because of military successes

Ukraine's infrastructure minister, who signed the U.N.-led deal to unblock Ukraine's ports for grain exports in Turkey on Friday, said the agreement was only possible thanks to Ukraine's military successes.

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Russia and Ukraine strike landmark deal as new weapons could turn tide on war

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan described the agreement as a turning point and said 'war will end at the negotiating table' - meanwhile war rages on as with hopes of easing the world's food crisis

Daily Mirror

Ukraine and Russia sign UN-backed grain export deal to ease global food crisis

Ukrainian Black Sea ports will finally be allowed to reopen, with tons of grain leaving the country to feed starving countries. The deal was described as 'life-saving'

Daily Mirror

Ukraine, Russia Sign UN Deal to Export Grain on Black Sea

Russia and Ukraine signed separate agreements Friday with Turkey and the United Nations clearing the way for exporting millions of tons of desperately needed Ukrainian grain — as well as Russian grain and fertilizer — ending a wartime standoff that had threatened food security around the globe. The deal will…

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Court Rejects Myanmar Claims, Will Hear Rohingya Case

Judges at the United Nations’ highest court on Friday dismissed preliminary objections by Myanmar to a case alleging the Southeast Asian nation is responsible for genocide against the Rohingya ethnic minority. The decision establishing the International Court of Justice's jurisdiction sets the stage for hearings airing evidence of atrocities against…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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The Art Institute’s famous lions return to their pedestals good as new. The city says hello to NASCAR. And more from the Sun-Times’ photographers.

Chicago Sun-Times

Dinesh Gunawardena sworn in as Sri Lanka Prime Minister

Nine persons assaulted in military raid at Colombo’s agitation site

The Hindu

Genocide case against Myanmar over Rohingya atrocities cleared to proceed

UN’s international court of justice rejects arguments advanced by military junta over crackdowns against Muslim minority group

The Guardian - UK

Reaction to Ukraine, Russia grain export deal

Russia and Ukraine signed a landmark deal on Friday to reopen Ukrainian Black Sea ports for grain exports, raising hopes that an international food crisis aggravated by the Russian invasion can be eased.

Reuters

Ukraine news - live: Russia and Kyiv sign grain export deal vital to avert global food crisis

The UN and Turkey hailed the deal as a ‘beacon of hope’ for billions of people facing famine

The Independent UK

Myanmar genocide case to go ahead after ICJ rejects objections

Judges at the UN’s top court dismiss objections to a case alleging genocide against the Rohingya.

Al Jazeera

Factbox-U.N.-led deal to ensure safe export of Ukraine's grain

Russia, Ukraine, NATO member Turkey and the United Nations signed a landmark deal on Friday to unlock Ukrainian grain and fertiliser exports from Black Sea ports, to help relieve a growing food crisis worsened by the war.

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U.N. expects Ukraine-Russia grain deal to be implemented in a few weeks -officials

The United Nations expects a deal to resume Ukrainian grain exports through the Black Sea to be fully operational in a few weeks and restore shipments to pre-war levels of 5 million tonnes a month, two senior U.N. officials said on Friday.

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine and Russia sign UN-backed deal to restart grain exports

Shipping of millions of tonnes from blockaded Black Sea ports could avert global food crisis

Axios

Russia and Ukraine sign deal to resume crucial grain exports

Russia's Black Sea blockade has exacerbated the food security crisis.

Al Jazeera

Explosions, gunfire at a military base near Mali’s capital

Mali’s military says two attackers have been neutralised after the latest attack on a military base.

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Ukraine and Russia sign landmark grain deal

ISTANBUL: Russia and Ukraine on Friday signed a landmark deal with the United Nations and Turkey on resuming grain shipments that could ease a global food crisis in which millions face hunger.

Al Jazeera

Russia, Ukraine sign UN-backed grain export deal

Agreement set to allow grain to be exported from Ukrainian Black Sea ports amid fears of a global food crisis.

Daily Record

Prince Harry wins court fight against Home Office over personal security plans

Prince Harry’s lawyers said in an appeal last month that the Home Office decision had been made with “procedural unfairness”.

Reuters

Ukraine-Russia grains deal to be signed in Turkey this afternoon - U.N

A grains agreement will be signed in Istanbul, Turkey this afternoon, a U.N. spokesperson said on Friday, adding that Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as well as parties from Russia, Ukraine and Turkey will be present.

France 24

Ukraine-Russia grain deal to include control centre, inspections

Ukraine and Russia are set to sign a deal in Istanbul on Friday to reopen Ukraine's Black Sea ports and release Ukrainian grain exports, according to Turkey. Here are some details of the measures likely to be adopted in the agreement.

WEKU

Ukraine, Russia agree to export grain, ending a standoff that threatened food supply

The deal allows Ukraine to resume shipments from the Black Sea to world markets and Russia to export grain and fertilizers, clearing the way for millions of tons of desperately needed materials.

The Independent UK

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