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Food shortage and starvation infuriates Shanghai's old and young
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 24 (ANI): Millions of people in Shanghai, young and old, seem to be united by their rising anger against the Chinese authorities for their high-handed approach to Covid containment.
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China: Shanghai residents vent online at COVID-19 situation amid censorshi
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 23 (ANI): Amid strict lockdown measures, breakdown of supply chains, food shortages and increasing COVID-19 cases, the residents of China's economic hub of Shanghai are venting online even as government censors try to control the flood of critical comments pouring in.
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Two in three children in Afghanistan not eating enough, says report
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 20 (ANI): With the country facing one of its worst food crises, about two in three children in Afghanistan - or 12 million - whose families depend on farming to survive, are struggling to get enough food to eat daily according to reports.
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Sri Lanka should learn from India in tackling economic crisis
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 19 (ANI): The ruling Rajapaksa government should learn from India in tackling the prevailing economic crisis, Sri Lanka's senior journalist J Sudath Jayasundra said.
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Pope mentions Ukraine, Afghanistan and Myanmar in Easter Sunday plea
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Vatican City [Vatican], April 18 (ANI): Pope Francis has made an anguished Easter Sunday plea for peace around the world pointing to a "senseless" war in Ukraine, reconciliation for Myanmar, where violence still persists and for Afghanistan which is gripped by a humanitarian crisis, includin
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PM Modi says India ready to supply food stock to world if WTO agrees
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], April 12 (ANI): Stating that he has discussed the issue of the global food shortage with US President Joe Biden, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that India is ready to supply food stock to the world.
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Sri Lanka economic crisis: Citizens face severe scarcity, forced to use ca
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri lanka], April 12 (ANI): As Sri Lanka faces its worst economic crisis in decades, common citizens are facing a severe scarcity of essentials including fuel and food and people are forced to use candles in the absence of electricity.
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Trudeau warns of 'difficult time,' food shortages due to COVID-19
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Toronto [Canada], March 30 (ANI/Sputnik): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is warning of impeding tough times, including food shortages, placing blame on the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia's special military operation in Ukraine.
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Europeans hoard food in panic amid conflict in Ukraine
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], March 18 (ANI/Sputnik): Residents of some European countries have begun mass purchases of goods fearful of food shortages due to supply chain disruption amid the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, British newspaper Financial Times reported on Friday.
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Ukraine suspends exports of some products amid risk of food shortage
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kyiv [Ukraine], March 7 (ANI): Amid the risk of food shortages due to the ongoing conflict with Russia, Ukraine has decided to suspend exports of some food products including meat, oats and sugar.
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People in Gilgit-Baltistan protest against Imran Khan led govt over black
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Gilgit-Baltistan [PoK], January 19 (ANI): People in Gilgit-Baltistan held demonstrations against the Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government over the shortage of food supply and black marketing.
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Need USD 2.6 billion to help Afghan people, says World Food Programme
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 7 (ANI): Expressing concerns over the starvation level in Afghanistan, the World Food Programme has said the organisation needs up to USD 2.6 billion to provide food to Afghan people, reported local media.
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