Rome – 22 countries around the world will face the dreaded crisis of food shortage and hunger in the next six months, the top UN agencies have warned. These countries include Haiti in the Caribbean region, along with African and Asian countries. These countries have been referred to as ‘high alert hotspots’ suffering the agony […]
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Washington/Kyiv – Seymour Hersh, a leading US journalist, claims that some European countries pressure the President of Ukraine to end the conflict. Hersh has said that a group led by Poland demands that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky should prepare to resign if necessary. While Hersh’s claim emerges, African countries have announced to send delegations to […]
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Johannesburg/Washington/Berlin: The US and European countries are pressuring countries that did not support and aid Ukraine in the conflict against Russia. In the last 24 hours, South Africa, a member of BRICS, has been targeted for maintaining its cooperation with Russia. The US diplomat in South Africa has accused the country of supplying arms to […]
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United Nations: ‘The US, Russia, the UK, France, and China (P5), who are using the veto power relentlessly to achieve their political interests, are denying the right to other countries. It is called having double standards, and the matter goes against the basic principles of the United Nations,’ India criticised. India has been continuously demanding […]
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Nairobi: The neglected and underdeveloped sub-Saharan African countries are the new hotbed of terrorism. The United Nations has warned that due to unemployment, the youth are being radicalized to join terrorist organizations. Terrorist attacks worldwide have declined but have increased in the sub-Saharan region, which is a matter of concern. The sub-Saharan region has all […]
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Moscow: Strong moves are being made to expand BRICS, the association of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov expressed the possibility of nearly 12 more countries being inducted into BRICS. The Russian Foreign Minister said that these include countries like Algeria, Argentina and Iran. Against the background of the […]
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Washington: China alone has provided more loans to poor and developing countries than the three sizeable financial institutions – the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the Paris Club – have given so far. But China’s lending outside of the conventional system will increase the burden on the economies of these countries. Janet Yellen, […]
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Washington: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa warned clearly that no one needs to tell the African countries whom to cooperate with. The United States should not take the stand to penalize the concerned countries and pressure African countries to cut ties with Russia. This kind of policy will be detrimental to the development of the […]
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Vienna: OPEC+, an organisation of petroleum export countries, has a meeting to agree on increasing oil production from September by 100000 barrels per day. In the last session, for July and August, OPEC + decided to increase oil production by 600000 barrels per day. Hence the latest increase planned for September is relatively minimal compared […]
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Washington: The Bloomberg website posted an article highlighting the increasing debt burden on the developing countries, causing defaults in repayments. This will push the countries on the defaulter list, which will have political and social consequences. The article cites the situation in Lebanon and Sri Lanka and warns that Pakistan, Tunisia, Egypt, Ghana, and El-Salvador […]
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