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Pandemic, war, climate change fuel food fears
AFP, Published on 06/05/2021
» PARIS - The economic cost of the global pandemic as well as conflict and climate change are fueling food security fears that in 2020 reached their highest level in five years, according to a report published Wednesday.
As US pulls back, China builds influence at UN
AFP, Published on 18/04/2020
» UNITED NATIONS: As President Donald Trump announces a halt in World Health Organization funding, accusing it of kowtowing to China over the coronavirus outbreak, Beijing is building on a well-established strategy of leveraging its global standing wherever the US lets go of the wheel.
Chinese economy contracts for first time in decades
AFP, Published on 15/04/2020
» BEIJING: China's economy contracted for the first time in around three decades in the first quarter as the coronavirus crisis brought the country to a standstill, according to an AFP poll of economists.
US and Iran swap prisoners
The Associated Press, Published on 07/12/2019
» TEHERAN: Iran and the United States conducted a prisoner exchange Saturday in which a detained Princeton scholar was released in return for an Iranian scientist held by America, marking a rare diplomatic breakthrough between Teheran and Washington after months of tensions.