A short pause in the Russia-Ukraine war has been agreed for three days following US-led diplomatic efforts involving Washington, Kyiv, and Moscow. The move also includes a proposed prisoner exchange.
India and Germany have agreed to further deepen and diversify cooperation in areas of contemporary relevance, including critical and emerging technologies, defence, industrial collaboration, digital governance, renewable energy, green hydrogen, innovation and development cooperation in third countries.
US President Donald Trump on Thursday issued a stark warning that the prolonged Russia-Ukraine conflict risks escalating into a global conflict, cautioning that "things like this end up in third world wars."
The Russia-Ukraine peace proposal has been prepared with contributions from Moscow, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, noting that earlier suggestions from Kyiv were also factored in.
The imposition of new sanctions on Russian oil companies by the United States was "appropriate and necessary", a sign of the frustration over the slow progress being made on a potential Russia-Ukraine peace deal, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Thursday (local time).
The energy and food crises have affected many countries across the world, especially developing countries, which depend heavily on food and energy imports.
The spokesperson cited the FAO's latest food outlook report, which pointed to a likely tightening of food commodity markets in 2022
When the Myanmar military began a clearance operation against them in 2017, several members of the community were forced to flee.
David Malpass, chief of the World Bank. has warned that Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine could cause a global recession as the price of food, energy and fertiliser jump.
"Russian rough diamonds are generally smaller, making up 40 per cent of India's diamond trade by volume and about 30 per cent in value. The war with Ukraine has now affected this 18 billion dollar trade. The stock of Russian raw materials sent to India before the US sanctions are also about to run out."
