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Which foods will there be shortages of as UN warns of crisis in famine

The World Bank has increased food funding over the next 15 months to $30billion, as over 45 million people across the world teeter on edge of famine after UN warning

Daily Mirror

Guatemalan congress approves $500 million loan from World Bank

Guatemala's congress approved on Wednesday a $500 million loan from the World Bank that the government has said will be used to pay down debt, freeing up funds for social spending.

Reuters

Japan to double fiscal support for Ukraine to $600 million, PM says

Japan will double fiscal aid for Ukraine to $600 million in a coordinated move with the World Bank to back the country's near-term fiscal necessities damaged by Russia's invasion, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told reporters on Thursday.

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Ukraine war has stoked global food crisis that could last years, says UN

Shortages of grain and fertiliser could cause ‘mass hunger and famine, says chief, as World Bank pledges $12bn to ease shortfall

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 85 of the invasion

Russia says 1,730 fighters at Azovstal plant have surrendered since Monday; ‘culture of cover-ups’ in Russian military, says UK’s MoD

The Guardian - UK

Can we still unite to do big things?

When US Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau opened the Bretton Woods Conference almost 80 years ago, he reminded delegates that failures of international cooperation had led to the Great Depression, social division and ultimately war. "Prosperity, like peace, is indivisible," he concluded, "we cannot afford to have it scattered…

Bangkok Post

World Bank pledges $12bn to support low-income countries hit by shortages

Move follows warning from head of UN World Food Programme about high prices leading to social unrest

The Guardian - UK

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World Bank to offer $30 billion as Ukraine war threatens food security

The World Bank said on Wednesday it will make $30 billion available to help stem a food security crisis threatened by Russia's war in Ukraine, which has cut off most grain exports from the two countries.

Reuters

US, banks unveil plan to ease food crisis from Russia's war

Ahead of the G7 finance ministers’ meetings, the U.S. Treasury, several global development banks and other groups have unveiled a multi-billion dollar plan meant to address a worldwide food security crisis exacerbated by Russia’s war in Ukraine

The Independent UK

Export only surplus cotton: Piyush Goyal

Minister holds talks with stakeholders to soften rising prices of the commodity

The Hindu

More pain in Sri Lanka before any resolution to crisis

Sri Lanka's central bank has secured foreign exchange to pay for fuel and cooking gas shipments that will ease crippling shortages, its governor said on Thursday, as the prime minister said supplies had been locked in for at least a month.

Reuters

When Africans asked for COVID shots, they didn't get them. Now they don't want them

It's noisy inside the Mamprobi clinic in Accra as kids clamber over their mothers while they wait to get their measles vaccines. Outside, an area reserved for COVID-19 shots is empty. A health worker leans back in his chair and scrolls on a tablet.

Reuters

Ethiopia to get $300m World Bank grant for reconstruction

Fighting in the northern region of Tigray has eased since a unilateral ceasefire was declared by the federal government.

Al Jazeera

Ethiopia, World Bank sign $300 million grant agreement for reconstruction

Ethiopia and the World Bank have signed an agreement for a $300 million grant to help with reconstruction and recovery in conflict-hit areas, the finance ministry said.

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Inflation rises in Nigeria amid fuel scarcity and insecurity

The hike in inflation means purchasing power of Nigerians, some of whom live on $50 monthly minimum wage, is declining.

The Independent UK

Yellen meets war refugees in Poland, pushes food crisis plan

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has met with Ukrainian refugees and urged the need to confront Russian brutality as she visited Poland ahead of a meeting of finance ministers for the Group of Seven leading economies

The Guardian - UK

UK’s new aid strategy condemned as ‘double whammy to world’s poor’

Liz Truss unveils plan to almost halve budget to multilateral bodies, challenge ‘malign actors’ and boost trade-linked deals

The Guardian - UK

‘We are worse off’: Afghanistan further impoverished as women vanish from workforce

From civil servants, teachers and doctors to journalists and business owners, loss of female workers under the Taliban has already cost the economy $1bn

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‘Cash, coal, cars and trees’: what progress has been made since Cop26?

Six months on, the war in Ukraine and ongoing Covid-19 pandemic have derailed some changes agreed on in Glasgow

The Independent UK

Pricey tortillas: LatAm's poor struggle to afford staples

Across Latin America, the sharpest price spike in a generation has left many widely consumed local products suddenly hard to attain

Benzinga

Biden Says US Ready To Share COVID-19 Vaccine Related Technology

President Joe Biden said that the U.S. will share technologies used to make COVID-19 vaccines through the World Health Organization and is working on expanding rapid testing and antiviral treatments for hard-to-reach populations. "We are making available health technologies that are owned by the United States government, including stabilized spike protein that…

Reuters

Lebanon to vote in first election since financial meltdown

Lebanese vote on Sunday in the first election since their country's economic collapse, a test of whether Iran-backed Hezbollah and its allies can preserve their parliamentary majority amidst soaring poverty and anger at ruling parties.

The Guardian - UK

War leads to surge in money transfers to Ukraine

As more Ukrainians abroad send funds home, World Bank expects remittances to Russia-linked countries to fall

The Times of India

How central banks in India, US and other economies are fighting inflation

NEW DELHI: Global inflationary pressures are being faced by all economies alike. The surge in prices of key commodities has spiked more markedly and is persistent in most economies than anticipated, especially at a time when they are recovering from slowdown caused by Covid pandemic in the last 2 years.

Inverse

Studies linking nature to better mental health focus on wealthy nations — here's why that's a huge problem

In a new review, researchers found that most of the studies on the connection between better mental health and nature were from Westernized nations.

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