Wednesday, July 3, 2024

Food

More than 1 billion meals wasted every day as millions go hungry worldwide, UN report reveals

A new United Nations report revealed that over 1 billion meals are discarded globally every day while nearly 800 million people face hunger. The report, titled UN Environment Program (UNEP) Food Waste Index Report 2024, published on March 27, emphasized...

More than 13,000 children killed in Gaza, many others severely malnourished as Is­raeli strikes continue

Israel has killed over 13,000 children in Gaza since the start of its "genocidal" war on October 7, while others are suffering from severe malnutrition to the extent that they do not “even have the energy to cry”, according to UNICEF.

World’s advanced vertical farm opens its second facility to boost British food production

Jones Food Company (JFC), the world's most advanced vertical farm, has opened its second facility JFC2 in Gloucestershire to boost British food production.

Poland to stop supplying Ukraine weapons as grain row escalates

Poland has announced that it will stop supplying weapons to Ukraine amid a growing rift between the two countries over grain.

Turkey’s Erdogan meets Putin to persuade Russia to revive Black Sea grain deal

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi to discuss ways to revive the Black Sea Grain deal which Moscow quit in July.

India’s rice export ban could trigger global food crisis

India, the world’s largest rice exporter, imposed a ban on rice export in July. The move could trigger a global food crisis in dozens of countries, especially in Asia and MENA region

Turkish foreign minister meets Zelenskyy in Ukraine, discuss revival of Black Sea grain deal

Turkiye’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other high-level Ukrainian officials in Kyiv as Ankara makes efforts for a compromise between Ukraine and Russia to revive a key Black Sea deal for grain exports. The Black...

France bans use of disposable tableware at fast food restaurants from January 2023

Fast-food restaurants in France will stop using disposable containers, plates, cups and tableware for customers from January 1 as part of the French government's efforts to combat waste

Several grain ships leave Ukraine’s ports after Russia rejoins export deal

Seven ships carrying grain left Ukrainian ports on November 2 following the revival of the Black Sea grain corridor, according to Oleksandr Kubrakov, the Ukrainian Minister of Infrastructure. The vessels are headed to Spain, Italy, The Netherlands, Oman, and three to China. Russia's...

Full text of Pakistan-China joint statement as PM Sharif meets President Xi

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to strengthen strategic partnership and cooperation on the $65 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)

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South Korea’s KAI signs $1.4 billion deal to launch mass production of homegrown KF-21 fighter jets

Nine years after the development of South Korea’s KF-21 Boramae began, the Korean government finalized a significant deal with Korea Aerospace Industries for the production of 20 fighter jets