Tag: Ukraine war

School in east Ukraine hit by Russian strike

- Associated Press -

Ukrainian emergency workers recovered three bodies from a school hit by a Russian strike in the east of the country, officials said Friday, as attacks continued in several parts of the nation. The reported casualties follow a barrage Thursday on a densely populated area of Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv, that killed

Inflation pushed 71m people into poverty since Ukraine war

- Associated Press -

A staggering 71 million more people around the world are experiencing poverty as a result of soaring food and energy prices that climbed in the weeks following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the United Nations Development Program said in a report Thursday. The UNDP estimates that 51.6 million more people fell into

Without peace, hunger will continue to increase

- Mario Lubetkin, IPS -

If the war in Ukraine, that was initiated three months ago, does not end, and without a reduction in the growing number of conflicts in other parts of the world, hunger will only continue to increase. As rarely seen in recent history, issues related to agrifood systems and world food security

US preparing new $800 mn military aid package for Ukraine: report

- Times Report -

The United States is set to approve another $800 million in military aid for Ukraine, less than a week after announcing a package of the same amount, US media reported Tuesday. Details of the new package are still being worked out, according to CNN, which cited three senior officials in President