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Yemeni American activists are launching a hunger strike to demand an end to Yemen's 6-year civil war: 'They're no longer on the brink of it, they are in famine.'
"The world has just kind of been desensitized ... they just feel like this is so normal, but this i…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Zelenskyy predicts a global food crisis if Ukraine can't free its ports
The Ukrainian president said military intervention was needed to clear Ukraine's ports as the US si…
Ryan Hogg
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Sweden has recorded its highest death toll since a famine swept through the country 150 years ago
Sweden recorded 51,405 deaths from January to June — its highest recorded death toll in the first h…
Adam Payne
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Ukraine and Russia sign deal to allow grain exports from blockaded Black Sea ports amid growing fears of global food catastrophe
The deal helps developing countries "on the edge of bankruptcy and the most vulnerable people on th…
Katie Anthony
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US accuses Russia of holding the world's food supply 'hostage.' It comes as experts warn that cyber attacks could impact global supply chains.
"The food supply for millions of Ukrainians and millions more around the world" has been held hosta…
Urooba Jamal
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We've Hit The Fifth Year Of 'Income Famine' - Here's Why Investors Should Be Worried
Krishna Memani, Chief Investment Officer at OppenheimerFunds, says investors can either do nothing …
Hayat Mohamed
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Your burger habit could be threatened by weather chaos - but gene editing could help us save cows and avoid 'mass famine'
Last February, Chinese researchers used CRISPR to create cows that are better protected from tuberc…
Erin Brodwin
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'Gratuitously cruel': United Nations guts more than $600 million in funding to global peacekeeping programs
Now that both the US and the UN have sought to decrease their peacekeeping budgets, the cuts could …
Veronika Bondarenko
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17 Shocking Photos That Show How Global Warming Is Everywhere
Earlier this month, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released the fourth and final ins…
Chelsea Harvey
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Countries Are Donating Billions To A Global Fund - Here's What It's For
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) established the Green Climate Fu…
Chelsea Harvey
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Here's How Little Time We Have Until Global Warming Is Out Of Control
This is the conclusion of a report released this month by multinational accounting firm Pricewaterh…
Chelsea Harvey
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The world's largest fans designed to suck carbon from the air are up and running in Iceland
Climate tech like carbon removal is becoming more important because the world isn't cutting emissio…
Catherine Boudreau
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Russia is using missiles designed for high-value targets like warships and airfields to hit Ukraine's grain exports, UK says
Russia is "using its most valuable weaponry to target Ukrainian agriculture and hurt global food ma…
Sinéad Baker
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Satellite photos appear to show that North Korea has paused supplying artillery shells to Russia, reports say
Satellite photos appear to show that North Korea has paused supplying artillery shells to Russia, r…
Cameron Manley
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Iran's missile attacks showed some calculated restraint. What will Israel's response be?
Iran fired hundreds of exploding drones and missiles toward Israel. It also telegraphed its respons…
Peter Gelling
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A restaurant fell foul of China's food-waste laws by offering free meals to anyone who could eat 108 dumplings, says report
Local authorities are investigating if a restaurant in China broke food-waste laws by offering free…
Joshua Zitser
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Ukrainian President Zelenskyy compares Russian invasion to Stalin-era genocide: 'They want to destroy us again'
"They blocked the export of our food. They put the world on the brink of starvation. They provoked …
Katie Balevic
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Zelenskyy warns that harvest from Ukraine— one of the world's largest suppliers of wheat — will be cut in half this year
"Our main goal — to prevent global food crisis caused by Russian invasion," Zelenskyy said in a twe…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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A North Korean defector says she and others like her are struggling to survive in the South: 'I want to go back and die there — South Korea is as suffocating as the North'
The North Korean woman, who could only escape with one of her sons, said her eldest son was beaten …
Matthew Loh
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Zelenskyy says Russian forces are using 'hunger as their weapon' by besieging cities and blocking food deliveries
Zelenskyy said Russia was blocking food and medicine deliveries to Ukrainians, and warned of famine…