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North Korea's Kim Jong Un orders expansion of farmland to boost food production
North Korea's economy has been battered by floods and typhoons, sanctions over its nuclear and missile programmes, and a sharp decline in trade with China amid border closures and COVID-19 lockdowns
WATCH: Hapless kids are going without food day after day, while Taliban rule by the dint of gun
In a viral video from Afghanistan, a young boy, accompanied by his sister, can be seen in tears as he says they have been starving for days. He stated that he is the bread earner of his family who have been without food
Food crisis still blights the lives of Sudan's children
Sudan is one of the world's poorest countries, with one-third of the population -- at least 15 million people -- facing a growing hunger crisis, according to United Nations figures
U.N. allocates $250 million for crises like famine threat in Africa
The Greater Horn of Africa is experiencing one of the worst hunger crises of the last 70 years.
WATCH: Long ques, fights ensue as food shortage worsens across Pakistan
The insurgency-affected provinces of Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are the worst affected along with Sindh and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK)
Pakistan: Balochistan on brink of starvation, runs out of wheat
Blaming the federal, Sindh and Punjab governments for the wheat crisis in Balochistan, provincial food minister Zamarak Khan said that Punjab Chief Minister Pervez Elahi has not fulfilled his promise to provide 600,000 bags of wheat
Hunger Pangs: How Russia's war in Ukraine is starving the world
An enduring global food crisis has become one of the farthest-reaching consequences of Russia’s war in Ukraine, contributing to widespread starvation, poverty and premature deaths. It is estimated that more than 345 million people are suffering from or at risk of acute food insecurity
The global inflation nightmare: It’s 167% in Lebanon, 70% in Sri Lanka
If you think rising prices in India are concerning, here’s a look at the nations which are worst hit by inflation. At 167.2 per cent, Lebanon is posting the highest inflation rate in the world; Sudan and Venezuela are not far behind. Sri Lanka and Turkey are struggling
Apropos EAM Jaishankar’s US trip: How does ‘reformed multilateralism’ help India achieve its foreign policy goals?
India is impatient, because the confluence of factors that has landed it in a geopolitical sweet spot won’t last forever
Indonesian chairmanship of G20 is an opportunity for India, rising responsibility for Global South
As the largest country of ASEAN, Indonesia has always played a positive role in creating a better impact whenever it chaired ASEAN and EAS or APEC
From Russia’s war in Ukraine to food crisis: Why it’s not business as usual at UNGA
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine dominates the 77th United Nations General Assembly with France’s Emmanuel Macron quoting Narendra Modi on the war. The session is likely to get more intense with speeches from US president Joe Biden and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Afghanistan: Residents continue to face ongoing economic crisis, high food prices, increasing child malnutrition
Highlighting the rising costs of vegetables and daily essentials in Kabul, the residents asked the Islamic Emirate to put a cap on the price
Cultivatable land underwater, agriculture sector reeling: Amid floods, now Pakistan faces food crisis
Foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari was quoted as saying that 80 to 90 per cent of the country's crops have been damaged. The number of 'acutely hungry' people, already over 40 per cent, will only increase, experts say
Anxiety grows for Ukraine's grain farmers as harvest begins
Before Russia's invasion, Ukraine could export 6 to 7 million tons of grain per month, but in June it shipped only 2.2 million tons, according to the Ukrainian Grain Association
World faces major food crisis: What's the cause? Which countries are most hit?
The Global Report on Food Crises suggests that situation in 2022 is expected to get worse as compared to 2021. The ongoing war in Ukraine will most likely aggravate food insecurity that the world is experiencing this year
Romania's Black Sea port struggles to handle flow of Ukrainian grain amid growing food crisis
Constanta, Romania's biggest port, has processed nearly a million tonnes of grain from Ukraine since the 24 February invasion. But port operators say that maintaining, let alone increasing, the volume they handle could soon be impossible without European Union support and investment
Explained: How did Russia-Ukraine war trigger a food crisis?
Together, Russia and Ukraine export nearly a third of the world's wheat and barley, more than 70 per cent of its sunflower oil and are big suppliers of corn
Russia-Ukraine war has thrown up fuel, food and fertiliser crisis, says EAM S Jaishankar
Jaishankar was speaking on national security in the eight years of the Narendra Modi government which was organised by the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS) in association with International Studies Network Bangalore (ISNB)
'Endless caravan of death': More bodies found in Mariupol as global food crisis looms
In many of Mariupol's buildings, workers are finding 50 to 100 bodies each, according to a mayoral aide in the Russian-held port city in the south
Moscow seeks to blame West for food crisis, slams sanctions against Russia
Britain accused Russia of 'trying to hold the world to ransom,' insisting there would be no sanctions relief, and a top US diplomat blasted the 'sheer barbarity, sadistic cruelty and lawlessness' of the invasion