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Russia-Ukraine grain export deal promises major benefits for poor countries

If Russia keeps to the deal it has signed with Ukraine allowing for the resumption of grain exports, much needed relief will be provided to importing countries, including many in Africa

Russian FM visits Egypt in first African tour since Ukrainian conflict

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi held talks with visiting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Cairo, where they discussed bilateral relations, regional and global issues of mutual concern

Ukraine works to resume grain exports, flags Russian strikes as risk

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy denounced Saturday's attack as "barbarism" that showed Moscow could not be trusted to implement a deal struck just one day earlier with Turkish and UN mediation

Russia insists strike on Ukrainian port of Odesa hit military targets

No grain storage facilities hit, loading at Odesa's docks unaffected: Ukraine

Russia hits Ukraine's Black Sea port in wake of grain export deal

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry denounced Saturday's strike as spit in the face of Turkey and the United Nations, which brokered the agreements.

Live news updates: Lanka prez may expand Cabinet to include all parties

Live news updates: Wickremesinghe on Friday appointed an 18-member Cabinet that included Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena

5,100 Ukrainian kids deported to Russia so far amid war: Official

A top Ukrainian official has revealed that 5,100 children have been deported to Russia since Moscow launched its ongoing war against Kiev on February 24

Ukrainian losses significantly reduced since peak of war, says Zelenskyy

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that about 30 soldiers were dying on the frontline everyday now, a significant reduction since the peak of the ongoing war in May and June

White House announces $270 mn military package for Ukraine including drones

The White House announced that the US is sending an additional $270 million in security assistance to Ukraine, a package that will include additional medium range rocket systems and tactical drones

Ukraine, Russia sign deal to reopen grain export ports as war rages on

The blockade by Russia's Black Sea fleet has worsened global supply chain disruptions

Ukraine, Russia sign UN deal to export grain and fertiliser on Black Sea

Russia and Ukraine signed separate agreements Friday with Turkey and the United Nations clearing the way for exporting millions of tonnes of desperately needed Ukrainian grain

Five months into the war: Unprecedented sanctions on Russia cut both ways

European leaders have had to give up a reliable source of energy supply, and now they must militarise their economies while being asked to fund Ukraine militarily and economically, writes T N Ninan

Ukraine grain export deal to be signed in Istanbul: Turkey officials

Turkish officials say a deal on a UN plan to unblock the exports of Ukrainian grain amid the war and to allow Russia to export grain and fertilisers will be signed Friday in Istanbul. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's office said that he, U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres and officials from Russia and Ukraine will oversee the signing ceremony. It did not provide further details. The grain export agreement, critically important for global food security, will be signed in Istanbul tomorrow under the auspices of President Erdogan and U.N. Secretary General Mr. Guterres together with Ukrainian and Russian delegations, Erdogan spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said in a tweet. Guterres has been working on a plan that would enable Ukraine to export millions of tons of grain stockpiles that have been stuck in Ukraine's Black Sea ports due to the war a move that could ease a global food crisis that has sent wheat and other grain prices soaring. At least 22 million tons of grain are stuc

Spain, Portugal reject EU's proposal to limit natural gas use by 15%

The European Union's plan to reduce the bloc's natural gas use by 15 per cent to prepare for a potential cutoff by Russia this winter received sharp skepticism from the govts of Spain and Portugal

European Union heaves sigh of relief as Russia restarts gas supply

Russia says Ukrainian drone struck nuclear plant but caused no damage

Russia about to 'run out of steam' in Ukraine, says British spy chief

Richard Moore, chief of the Secret Intelligence Service, also estimated that about 15k Russian troops had been killed so far in its war in Ukraine, adding that was 'probably a conservative estimate'

Japan trade deficit grows despite improved exports as oil prices surge

Japan's trade deficit for the first half of this year totaled nearly 8 trillion yen because of surging oil prices and a sinking yen, brought on partly by the war in Ukraine, and weaker global demand

Analysts slash India's GDP forecast amid high inflation, recession fears

On Thursday, ADB lowered India's growth forecast from 7.5 per cent to 7.2 per cent for FY23. Earlier on July 18, US-based Morgan Stanley also slashed India's GDP growth forecast to 7.2 per cent

Ukraine war: Why Moscow could go nuclear over Kyiv's threats' to Crimea

ar in Ukraine is about to head into its sixth month, the ferocity with which it is fought shows no signs of abating neither on the battlefield, nor in the rhetoric emerging from Moscow and Kyiv

Spain rejects EU's proposal to cut gas consumption by 15% amid concerns

The Spanish govt rejects the plan announced by the European Commission to cut gas consumption by 15 per cent in the coming months in view of the possibility that Russia will cut gas supplies to Europe