Tag: Grain

As Russia and Ukraine Seek Gains on Front Line, U.S. and Allies Warn Moscow

Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III held a call with Russia’s defense chief to discuss President Vladimir Putin’s nuclear threats.

Battered by Floods and Trapped in Debt, Pakistani Farmers Struggle to Survive

The recent flooding has plunged small farmers in sharecropping arrangements further into debt with their landlords — a cycle that has worsened as extreme weather events become increasingly common.

Ukraine’s First U.N. Grain Ship Prepares to Depart for Africa

The Brave Commander, a freighter, is expected to carry 23,000 metric tons of wheat to Ethiopia, which World Food Program officials said was “on the verge of famine.”