Mon 06 October 2023: The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported on Friday that global food prices have dropped for the third consecutive month in October, although at a slower pace. The FAO Food Price Index averaged 120.3 points in October, reflecting a decrease of 0.5% from the previous month. The slight decline in […]
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Mon 06 October 2023: Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on the U.S. to provide more funding to help his forces counter Russia, and invited former U.S. President Donald Trump to fly in to see the scale of the conflict for himself. Zelenskiy said American soldiers could eventually be pulled into a greater European conflict with […]
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Sun 05 October 2023: Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has publicly mocked speculation about alleged doubles of Russian President Vladimir Putin. “Now experts are puzzling over whether there are three or four and who it is we see every day,” Peskov said to young people in Moscow on Saturday, referring to discussions on social networks about […]
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Sun 05 October 2023: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has denied that Ukraine’s war with Russia had reached a “stalemate”, pushing back at suggestions Western leaders were lobbying for peace talks. The sprawling front line between the two warring sides has barely moved in almost a […]
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Sat 04 October 2023: U.S. and European officials have spoken to the Ukrainian government about what possible peace negotiations with Russia might entail to end the war, NBC quoted an unidentified senior U.S. official and one former U.S. official as saying. The war in Ukraine, now in its 21st month, has killed or wounded hundreds […]
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Fri 03 October 2023: Kyiv on Thursday named Swiss food giant Nestle as a “sponsor of war” over the Kit Kat-maker’s continued operations in Russia. Hundreds of Western firms quit the Russian market following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in February last year, and Kyiv has not shied away from publicly criticising those that have remained. […]
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Thu 02 October 2023: The Kremlin said on Thursday that Ukrainian Armed Forces Commander Valery Zaluzhnyi was wrong to talk of the conflict in Ukraine moving towards a new stage of static fighting as Russia would achieve all of its aims. Asked by reporters if Zaluzhnyi was right that the conflict was moving towards an […]
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Thu 02 October 2023: The newborn mortality rate in the United States increased by 3% in 2022, the biggest increase in two decades, according to experts, which is “disturbing.” According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), infant boys and girls born at 37 weeks or early have a significantly higher fatality rate. […]
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Wed 01 October 2023: As many as 15 people who stormed a Russian airport runway and tried to encircle a plane that had flown in from Israel were sentenced to prison by courts on Wednesday (Nov 1). Courts in Dagestan, a Muslim-majority region, jailed the rioters for between two and ten days for their involvement […]
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Wed 01 October 2023: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday that the future of Bosnia Herzegovina “lies in the EU.” “I must say that our cooperation so far has been excellent, thank you for that. We will continue our close cooperation in the coming period,” von der Leyen said during a visit […]
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