FAO's new Cereal Supply and Demand Brief pegs global wheat output at 785 million tonnes, coarse grain production at 1 511 million tonnes - up 2.7 per cent from 2022 - and world rice output at 523.1 million tonnes.
As the West continues to provide aid for war-torn Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin stressed that Ukraine could not survive for more than "a week" without Western military and financial aid, reported Al Jazeera.
The Indian-American entrepreneur has slammed President Zelenskyy for allegedly banning 11 Opposition parties, consolidating media as state broadcaster, and accused Ukraine of having "abysmal record on corruption".
This came hours after the russian missile strike has resulted in the deaths of at least 50 people in a village near the eastern Ukrainian city of Kupiansk, marking one of the most devastating attacks on civilians since the conflict's onset
Russian President Vladimir Putin while speaking at a meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club, suggested that Russia could return to nuclear weapons testing and might withdraw from the nuclear test ban treaty, reported Al Jazeera.
Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said that Moscow's forces targeted a cafe and a shop in Hroza, located in the Kharkiv region, just after midday local time (5 am ET).
Russian journalist Marina Ovsyannikova, who staged a protest against the ongoing military conflict with Ukraine live on state-run television last year, was sentenced to eight and half years in prison in absentia, CNN reported on Wednesday citing a statement from the press service of Mosco
The IAF had signed a contract for five squadrons of the S-400 air defence missile systems of which three units were received in time but two squadrons have not yet been supplied.
European Union Foreign Affairs Chief Josep Borrell on Monday reaffirmed Ukraine that the EU's support for Ukraine does not depend on one-day battlefield advances, reported CNN.