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Russian Orthodox Church sends its second most powerful figure on lower-ranking overseas posting
Date: June 8, 2022
By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON (Reuters) – Russia’s Orthodox Church has ousted its second most powerful bishop from his role in charge of foreign relations and sent him to Budapest, an abrupt decision indicating discord at the top of the Moscow Patriarchate over the war in Ukraine. The Holy Synod, which met at the white-walled 13th...
Biden and Bolsonaro to have awkward first meeting at Americas summit
Date: June 8, 2022
By Lisandra Paraguassu and Anthony Boadle LOS ANGELES/BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden have never seen eye-to-eye, but they have agreed to an awkward, hastily arranged meeting in Los Angeles on Thursday for their own different motives. Biden reached out to Bolsonaro, a far-right populist, in a last-ditch...
Kremlin says sanctions must be lifted for Russian grain to reach markets
Date: June 8, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Wednesday that Western sanctions against Moscow must be lifted before Russian grain could be delivered to international markets. “President (Vladimir) Putin said that in order for Russian grain volumes to be delivered to international markets, direct and indirect sanctions against Russia must be lifted,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov...
Explainer-U.N. plan to get Ukraine grains out faces hurdles
Date: June 8, 2022
By Pavel Polityuk and Silvia Aloisi KYIV (Reuters) -Turkey said on Wednesday a United Nations plan to set up a sea corridor for Ukrainian grain exports overseen by Ankara was “reasonable”, but required more talks with Moscow and Kyiv to ensure ships would be safe. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February halted Kyiv’s Black Sea...
Russian proxies plan vote in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region on joining Russia
Date: June 8, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) – The Russian-installed administration in the occupied part of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region plans to stage a referendum later this year on joining Russia, Russian news agencies quoted one of its members as saying. “The people will determine the future of the Zaporizhzhia region. The referendum is scheduled for this year,” the official, Vladimir...
Sudanese farmers warn of failing harvests as hunger rises
Date: June 8, 2022
By Nafisa Eltahir GEZIRA SCHEME, Sudan (Reuters) – On the fertile clay plains of Sudan’s Gezira Scheme, farmers would have normally started tilling the soil weeks ago before planting out rows of sorghum, or peanuts, sesame and other cash crops. Instead, in a country stalked by sharply rising hunger, swathes of the 8,800 square km...