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A farmer harvests palm oil in Cimulang, Bogor, and loads it into a truck to take it to the factory. As inflation soars, countries are putting export bans on products like palm oil, wheat and beef. (Photo by Herusutimbul) Photo used under CC BY

Countries safeguarding food as inflation soars

Governments around the world are taking steps to safeguard food supplies as inflation soars due to supply-chain disruptions caused by the pandemic and the war in Ukraine.

Yahoo! News

India bans wheat exports

CNN

Poor workers bear the brunt of India’s heatwave

As India grapples with an unprecedented heatwave, the country’s vast majority of poor workers, who generally work outdoors, are vulnerable to the scorching temperatures.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Photos: Waiting for water train in India’s scorching desert state

Al Jazeera

Ethiopians fleeing civil war face hunger in Somaliland

Fleeing the Ethiopian civil war, refugees cross territories littered with unexploded ordnance and landmines just to face a food crisis in border cities due to drought and soaring food prices.

Guardian

Taliban dissolve Human Rights Commission

Taliban authorities in Afghanistan dissolved five key departments of the former U.S.-backed government, including the country’s Human Rights Commission, deeming them unnecessary in the face of a financial crunch.

NBCNews.com

Can Africa replace Russian gas supplies?

African countries are among those hoping to increase their exports of gas to the European Union, after the EU committed to reduce its reliance on Russian supplies following the invasion of Ukraine.

BBC

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka down to last day of petrol

Sri Lanka’s new prime minister says the crisis-hit country is down to its last day of petrol as it faces its worst economic crisis in more than 70 years.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

After Sri Lanka, Laos too faces acute fuel crisis

Deutsche Welle

HUMAN RIGHTS

Ukraine’s Roma refugees unwelcome in Poland

A warm welcome has been given to most people fleeing Putin’s war, but Roma women and children are struggling to find homes.

Guardian

Ukrainian camp offers haven for child refugees

DW’s Emmanuelle Chaze visited a school camp in a western Ukrainian town. There, locals have mobilized resources and manpower to give displaced children a safe haven.

Deutsche Welle

Palestinians vow to stay on West Bank land

The leader of a Palestinian village council on the West Bank vowed to continue fighting eviction from land the Israeli military is claiming as a firing range.

CNN

Kenyan mothers fighting to end police brutality

Mothers whose sons were killed by police have united to fight for justice and protect other young men.

Al Jazeera

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Finland seeks NATO membership ‘without delay’

Finland said it would apply to join NATO “without delay,” as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine looked set to bring about the very expansion of the Western military alliance that Vladimir Putin aimed to prevent.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

How Finland joining NATO could affect Russia

YouTube

Ukraine civilian deaths may be thousands higher than official toll

Guardian

Sri Lanka unrest flares despite curfew, patrols

The overnight violence capped a day of unrest that saw PM Mahinda Rajapaksa quit, but this failed to bring calm.

BBC

Sri Lanka gives emergency powers to army, police after violence

Al Jazeera

Colombian cartel shuts towns over extradition

The Gulf Clan drug cartel shut down dozens of towns in northern Colombia for four days in reaction to its leader being extradited to the U.S. for trial.

Associated Press

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Facebook sued in Kenya over work conditions

A man who says he is “destroyed” after working as a content moderator for Facebook has filed a lawsuit accusing the company of human trafficking Africans to work in an exploitative and unsafe facility in Kenya.

Associated Press

Scientists say to mine e-waste, not the Earth

The recycling of e-waste must urgently be ramped up because mining the Earth for precious metals to make new gadgets is unsustainable, scientists say.

BBC

Scottish spaceport’s prototype rocket unveiled

The first full-scale prototype of a rocket designed for launching small satellites from a Highlands spaceport has been unveiled.

BBC

GLOBAL HEALTH

North Korea reports first COVID-19 outbreak

North Korea has called for a nationwide lockdown after the omicron coronavirus variant was detected in Pyongyang, raising fears of a humanitarian disaster in one of the world’s few unvaccinated countries.

Al Jazeera

Hong Kong‘s ’cage men’ devastated by COVID

For almost two years Hong Kong managed to control the spread of COVID-19, not at least due to China’s controversial zero-COVID policy. But the omicron variant overwhelmed the healthcare system.

BBC

Electric scooters speed up health care in India

A new state initiative looks to improve access to medical care, particularly for communities impacted by years of mining.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Columns And Op-Ed

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Editorial:

The return of the burqa in Afghanistan

NPR

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The Guardian view on carbon bombs: governments must say no

Guardian

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Lebanon’s elections will only re-legitimize the failed system

Al Jazeera

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GOOD NEWS

Mattel unveils inclusive Barbie and Ken dolls

The new line includes the first Barbie with behind-the-ear hearing aids, a doll with a prosthetic leg and a Ken doll with vitiligo.

People

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

World Bank grants Lebanon $150M food loan

The World Bank approved a $150 million soft loan for food security in crisis-hit Lebanon to stabilize bread prices over the coming months, the economy minister said.

Associated Press

Donors urged to help as Ukraine war hits Syria

The European Union’s top diplomat warned that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is making the plight of poverty-stricken Syrians far worse and urged donors to dig deep to help the Middle East country.

Associated Press

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Ukraine war fuels food crisis in distant Africa

United Nations agencies are warning that price hikes sparked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will worsen a food crisis in Africa.

Reuters

Thailand providing free cannabis plants

Thai officials hope that a major new cannabis industry will blossom, as to generate millions of dollars each year, attract foreign tourists and aid the country’s farmers.

ABC News

ENVIRONMENT

Great Barrier Reef sees mass bleaching event

Warming waters from escalating climate change have caused coral bleaching in 91 percent of reefs surveyed along the Great Barrier Reef this year.

CNN

Smart tech helping save China’s giant pandas

The biggest threat to the wild panda population in China is habitat loss. Now, conservationists hope smart tech can help safeguard the panda’s future.

CNN

Photo of the Day

Sister Diogena Tereshkevych comforts people displaced from eastern Ukraine inside a bomb shelter during an air raid alert in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv. (Photo by Finbarr O’Reilly for The New York Times) Photo used under CC BY

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