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Three ports in Ukraine are due to resume the export of millions of tons of wheat, corn and other produce at a time of global food insecurity.
UN chief pays second call on Ukraine, to visit grain-exporting Black Sea Port
LVIV, Ukraine — UN Secretary-General António Guterres arrived on Wednesday to Lviv, the largest city in Western Ukraine.“Tomorrow, he will join President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in a meeting hosted by President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine,” UN Deputy Spokesman Farhan Haq told a regular press briefing in New York.“He will go on to visit Odesa and then Istanbul in the following days,” he added.During his visit, the UN chief will stop by one of the three Ukrainian ports involved in the framework of the Black Sea Initiative to export wheat grain.Prior to the start of the conflict in February, Ukraine was exporting up to six million tonnes of grain a month.However, the war triggered grain shortages that have left African countries among the most heavily impacted.Yesterday as the...
August 18, 2022

UN chief pays second call on Ukraine, to visit grain-exporting Black Sea Port

WFP loads its first vessel .
First Ukrainian humanitarian grain shipment leaves for Horn of Africa
ROME — The first vessel transporting Ukrainian wheat grain to support humanitarian operations run by the World Food Programme (WFP) has left the port of Yuzhny, also known as Pivdennyi, the UN agency reported on Tuesday.The MV Brave Commander departed with 23,000 metric tons of wheat grain for WFP’s response in the Horn of Africa, where the threat of famine is looming due to severe drought.This is the first shipment of humanitarian food assistance under the Black Sea Grain Initiative signed by Ukraine, Russia, Türkiye and the UN in July.Feeding the world’s hungry It marks another important milestone in efforts to get much-needed Ukrainian grain out of the war-torn country and back into global markets, to reach people worst affected by the global food crisis.“Getting the Black Sea...
August 17, 2022

First Ukrainian humanitarian grain shipment leaves for Horn of Africa

Spanish firefighters are forced to flee the flames while battling a wildfire.
Spanish fires: Passengers injured fleeing train in Bejís
MADRID — Ten passengers were hurt, three seriously, when they tried to escape a train that became caught up in a sweeping wildfire northwest of Valencia in eastern Spain.The fire near Bejís has been whipped up by fierce winds, leaving several firefighters running for their lives.The passengers were on a service from Valencia to Zaragoza in the north when the fire brought the train to a halt.The train driver asked passengers to stay on board, but some panicked.As he prepared to reverse the train, which had left Valencia late on Tuesday afternoon with 48 passengers on board, some broke windows in an attempt to escape as the flames drew close.Some of those who fled suffered burns and one was airlifted to hospital for treatment in Valencia. Those with the worst burns were a 58-year-old...
August 17, 2022

Spanish fires: Passengers injured fleeing train in Bejís

British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss reacts as she answers questions while taking part in a Conservative Party Hustings event in Perth, on.jpg Monday
Europe not the cause of UK's problems, says Liz Truss in leaked audio
LONDON — The favorite in the contest to succeed Boris Johnson as the UK's next prime minister has been heard criticizing the productivity and culture of British workers, who she says need "more graft".The leaked recording of Liz Truss, published in the Guardian, was made sometime between 2017 and 2019 when she was Chief Secretary to the Treasury, the number two post under the UK's finance minister.In the recording, the current foreign secretary is also heard dismissing a common pro-Brexit argument. Commenting on a tendency in Britain to "want easy answers", she questions campaign claims that the welfare of British workers had been damaged by EU rivals."We say it's all Europe that's causing all these problems, it's all, it's migrants...
August 17, 2022

Europe not the cause of UK's problems, says Liz Truss in leaked audio

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz
Germany refuses to back calls for Russia tourist visa ban
OSLO — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is refusing to back growing calls for an EU-wide ban on giving tourist visas to Russians.Speaking in Oslo after a meeting with Nordic leaders, Scholz said: “This is not the war of the Russian people. It is Putin's war and we have to be very clear on that topic”“It is important to us to understand that there are a lot of people fleeing from Russia because they are disagreeing with the Russian regime,” he told a press conference on Monday in the Norwegian capital.Over the last month, Finland and Estonia have been among the leading voices calling for an EU-wide approach to tackle the issue of Russians exploiting a sanctions "loophole" which allows them to travel by land in the EU, when sanctions would otherwise prevent them from...
August 16, 2022

Germany refuses to back calls for Russia tourist visa ban

There were repeated explosions at the Russian military base early on Tuesday.
Explosions rock Russian base in Ukraine's Crimea
KYIV — A military base in Russian-occupied Crimea has been hit by a series of explosions, reportedly leaving at least two people hurt.Russian officials said a fire triggered the blasts at an arms dump in the Dzhankoi area in northern Crimea.A fire was also visible at an electricity substation.What caused the blasts is unclear, but last week Russian warplanes were destroyed in an apparent Ukrainian attack on the Crimean coast.Ukrainian presidential office adviser Mykhailo Podolyak described the incident as "demilitarization in action", indicating that the explosions were not accidental.A Crimean Tatar leader, Refat Chubarov, also described the explosions as a "hit" that could be heard "far across the steppe".Russia's defense ministry said the fire broke...
August 16, 2022

Explosions rock Russian base in Ukraine's Crimea

Ukraine hits Russian Wagner mercenary HQ in east
KYIV — Ukrainian artillery has struck a headquarters of Russia's shadowy Wagner paramilitary group of mercenaries in eastern Ukraine, reports say.The attack in Popasna was reported by Serhiy Hayday, Ukrainian governor of Luhansk region, and several pro-Kremlin war reporters.The number of casualties is not clear and details remain sketchy. Photos said to show the damage were posted on the Telegram messaging service.Wagner has been linked to war crimes.The group was deployed to Crimea and Ukraine's Donbas region in 2014, when Kremlin-backed forces ousted Ukrainian troops from areas they later declared to be part of Russia.Wagner units have also been sent to Syria, Libya, Mali and the Central African Republic.The Kremlin does not acknowledge Wagner's existence, but Western...
August 15, 2022

Ukraine hits Russian Wagner mercenary HQ in east

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex leaving the National Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul's Cathedral, London..
Harry and Meghan to visit UK in September for charity events
LONDON — The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are due to visit the UK next month to attend charity events "close to their hearts".They will be attending the One Young World Summit in Manchester on 5 September which brings together young leaders from more than 190 countries.During the visit, Prince Harry and Meghan will also be at an event for the Invictus Games in Germany.The last time the couple were in the UK was for the Platinum Jubilee celebrations in June.The Sussexes, who stepped down as senior royals in January 2020, live in California.They kept a low-key presence during the jubilee celebrations - watching the Trooping the Colour parade in London from a window and not taking part in the carriage procession.A spokesperson for the couple said they were "delighted" to...
August 15, 2022

Harry and Meghan to visit UK in September for charity events

North Korea leader Kim Jong Un (L) attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) in Vladivostok, Russia in 2019.
Russia vows to expand relations with North Korea
MOSCOW — Russia has vowed to "expand [its] comprehensive and constructive bilateral relations" with North Korea, said its President Vladimir Putin.In a letter sent to his counterpart Kim Jong un on Pyongyang's liberation day, Putin said the move would be in both countries' interests.In turn, Kim said the friendship between both nations had been forged in World War II with victory over Japan.He added that their "comradely friendship" would grow stronger.According to a report by North Korean state media outlet KCNA, Putin said the expanded bilateral relations would "conform with the interests of the two countries".In his letter, Kim said the Russia-North Korea friendship "forged in the anti-Japanese war" had been "consolidated and...
August 15, 2022

Russia vows to expand relations with North Korea

Employees working on the packaging line in a grain processing factory, Ukraine. — courtesy FAO/Genya Savilov



The M/V Fulmar S, the first commercial empty grain vessel from Istanbul to Ukraine under the Black Sea Grain Initiative, awaits JCC authorized movement, pending inspection. — courtesy UNOCHA/Levent Kulu
Vessel to collect first humanitarian wheat shipment under Ukraine grain deal
GENEVA — A UN-chartered vessel should soon arrive at the Ukrainian port of Yuzhny, also known as Pivdennyi, to collect wheat that will help feed millions of hungry people in the Horn of Africa, the World Food Program (WFP) reported on Friday.This will be the first shipment of humanitarian food assistance under the Black Sea Grain Initiative signed last month by Ukraine, Russia and Türkiye.WFP said the development marks “another important step in efforts to reintegrate Ukrainian food into global markets and get it to countries worst affected by the global food crisis through both commercial and humanitarian avenues.”The MV Brave Commander is expected to berth shortly at Yuzhny, located on the Black Sea.Supporting drought response The ship departed the Turkish capital, Istanbul, on...
August 13, 2022

Vessel to collect first humanitarian wheat shipment under Ukraine grain deal

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