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Ukraine provides a bit of good news amidst a global food shortage : NPR
Ukraine says it is ready to resume grain shipments from its southern ports that stopped with the onset of the war with Russia. The grain could alleviate a global food shortage. AYESHA RASCOE, HOST: For the first time since Russia invaded five months ago, Ukraine is loading grain, cooking oil […]
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Iran Ramps Up Drone Exports, Signaling Global Ambitions
Iran has made steady advances in the design and production of military drones in recent years, and has stepped up their transfer to militant groups across the Middle East as it seeks to shift the dynamics of battlefields from Yemen to Gaza. Those efforts have now extended far beyond the […]
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W.H.O. Declares Monkeypox Spread a Global Health Emergency
For the second time in two years, the World Health Organization has taken the extraordinary step of declaring a global emergency. This time the cause is monkeypox, which has spread in just a few weeks to dozens of countries and infected tens of thousands of people. Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, […]
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Russia will allow Ukraine to export grain in U.N.-brokered bid to alleviate global food crisis
The United Nations, Russia, Ukraine and Turkey on Friday agreed to allow the export of Ukrainian grain in a bid to alleviate a global food crisis. Ukraine is one of the world’s biggest grain exporters, but the Russian invasion has blocked shipments, sending the price of food soaring and plunging […]
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UK under pressure from Europe over deletion of abortion commitments | Global development
The UK government is coming under growing pressure from European countries and human rights groups to explain why commitments to abortion and sexual health rights have been removed from an official statement on gender equality. Norway and Denmark have approached the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) “to protest against […]
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How Joe Manchin Left a Global Tax Deal in Limbo
WASHINGTON — In June, months after reluctantly signing on to a global tax agreement brokered by the United States, Ireland’s finance minister met privately with Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen, seeking reassurances that the Biden administration would hold up its end of the deal. Ms. Yellen assured the minister, Paschal […]
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U.S. terminates treaty with Hungary over resistance to global tax
Comment on this story Comment The Biden administration on Friday said it will terminate its four-decade-old tax treaty with Hungary over that country’s resistance to implementing a global minimum tax, as the United States seeks to create a global tax floor for large multinational corporations. In a statement on Friday, […]
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