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G7 Commits $5 Billion to Tackling Global Food Insecurity – U.S. Official
Date: June 28, 2022
By Thomas Escritt and Sarah Marsh GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Reuters) -The Group of Seven rich democracies will commit up to $5 billion to improve global food security, a senior U.S. official said, as the group responds to worries in developing nations about the threat of hunger triggered by war in Ukraine. On the final day of...
World Bank Estimates Ukraine Physical Damage at Roughly $60 Billion so Far
Date: April 21, 2022
By David Lawder and Chris Gallagher WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Physical damage to Ukraine’s buildings and infrastructure from Russia’s invasion has reached roughly $60 billion and will rise further as the war continues, World Bank President David Malpass said on Thursday. Malpass told a World Bank conference on Ukraine’s financial assistance needs that the early estimate of...
Ukrainian Prime Minister Says Forces in Mariupol Have Not Surrendered – Abc
Date: April 18, 2022
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Remaining Ukrainian forces in the southern port of Mariupol are still fighting and continue to defy a Russian demand that they surrender, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Sunday. “The city still has not fallen,” Shmyhal told ABC’s “This Week” program, adding that Ukrainian soldiers continue to control...
Exhausted Volunteers Run Low on Supplies as Ukraine Refugee Crisis Drags On
Date: April 4, 2022
By Joanna Plucinska and Gerhard Mey MEDYKA/BORATYN, Poland (Reuters) – Five weeks after the start of the fighting in Ukraine, Kamil Prusinowski and his small band of volunteers are exhausted at their refugee shelter over the border in Poland. Supplies, funding and energy are all running low, Prusinowski said in a room filled with children’s...
EU Offers Farmers Aid, More Land to Grow Due to Ukraine War
Date: March 23, 2022
By Philip Blenkinsop and Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Union will distribute 500 million euros ($550 million) to help farmers and allow them to grow crops on fallow land to mitigate food price spikes and potential shortages resulting from Russia’s war in Ukraine. Published on Wednesday, the proposals by the EU’s executive European Commission...
Ukraine President Zelenskiy to Seek More Help in Speech to U.S. Congress
Date: March 16, 2022
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday is set to make an urgent appeal to the U.S. Congress for more help in fending off a Russian invasion that has brought death and destruction and sent a wave of refugees fleeing his country. Zelenskiy’s virtual address to members of the House...