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Sellers are flouting eBay’s self-imposed ban on the sale of elephant tusk ivory by listing it under pseudonyms. An investigation…

Sri Lankans are in crisis, unable to get essentials such as food, gasoline, medication, cooking gas, and even toilet paper…

An official claimed on June 7 that Sri Lanka has requested for $55 million loan through India to purchase urea in the middle of its worst economic crisis, which is facing a serious food shortage. Due to the continued economic turmoil, PMRanil Wickremesinghe recently warned of a food catastrophe in the island nation. “The Prime Minister’s proposal to negotiate an agreement with The government to acquire urea for agriculture has been accepted by the Cabinet,” an official said. Loan to resolve agricultural shortages The Indian government agreed to offer a $55 million loan through Export-Import Bank of India, according to the government. The loan will be used to purchase urea for the ‘Maha’ harvest season in 2022/23. Mr. Wickremesinghe has stated that the current agricultural shortages could be resolved in five to six months if immediate effort is made to address the farmers’ shortages. Due to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s decision last year to prohibit chemical fertiliser imports, the government is experiencing a near 50% crop loss. The decision sparked massive farmer protests, which the administration dismissed, claiming that it was the government’s intention to transition to green agriculture using organic fertiliser. Sri Lanka is experiencing its biggest economic crisis since gaining independence from the United Kingdom in 1945. The consequences faced due to economic crisis Food, medicines, cooking gas as well as other fuel, toilet paper, and even matches are in short supply as a result of the economic crisis, with Sri Lankans forced to queue for hours outside businesses to buy gasoline and cooking gas for months. The move sparked massive farmer protests, which the administration dismissed, claiming that it was the government’s intention to shift to green agriculture using organic fertilisers. Sri Lanka is experiencing its biggest economic crisis since gaining independence from the United Kingdom in 1945.…

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Australia accuses Chinese plane of firing flares and cutting in front of the Australian surveillance plane Australia has accused a…

When is Pride month? June is Pride Month, when the world’s LGBTQ communities now LGBTQIA2S+ refers to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning,…

After the latest mass shooting in the United States, President Joe Biden sought counsel from New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Tuesday, but the White House also admitted its limitations on gun control in comparison to its close friends. Biden mentioned the 51 people killed in horrific shootings targeting Muslims in Christchurch, New Zealand, during his meeting with Ardern in the Oval Office. Following the carnage, New Zealand banned military-style rifles and implemented a successful gun buy-back programme. Biden’s statements “We need your advice,” Biden added, alluding to a “global effort to confront violence and extremism online,” as well as the broader US-New Zealand alliance. “I’d like to collaborate with you on that, ” he continued. Biden said there was a “awful lot of pain” and that “much of it is preventable” when he visited the Texas town, Uvalde on…

Sergei Lavrov, Russia’s foreign minister, said on Tuesday that’s it’s on to the West & Kyiv to tackle a rising global food crisis brought on by the fighting in Ukraine. Supplies of wheat and several commodities from two countries have been hampered as a result of Russia’s attack in Ukraine & Western sanctions, raising fears of global hunger. Restrictions on Russia by West During a visit to Bahrain, Lavrov told reporters that Western nations “created a number of artificial problems”by blocking the ports for Russian ships, affecting logistics and financial systems.”They need to critically examine if doing public relations on the topic of food security is more important to them or taking concrete actions to fix this problem,” he continued. Lavrov also urged Ukraine to demine its territorial waters in order to allow ships to sail through the Black & Azov seas safely. “If the demining issue is handled, Russia’s naval forces would ensure that these ships can sail freely into Mediterranean and on to their destinations,” Lavrov added. Russia and Ukraine supply around a third of the world’s wheat. President Vladimir Putin informed Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday that Moscow was willing to collaborate with Ankara to free up marine shipping from Ukraine, and he blame global food shortages upon “short-sighted” Western policies. Kremlin blames West The Kremlin has dismissed charges by the United States and the European Union that Russia has halted grain supplies from Ukraine, accusing the West of instigating the situation by applying sanctions.”These accusations are totally denied by us. On the contrast, we hold Western countrie s responsible for the events that led to this “In a conference call, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov remarked. Moscow has asked the west to lift…

Imran Khan, Pakistan’s deposed prime minister, handed the Shehbaz Sharif government a six-day deadline to dissolve provincial legislatures and call new general elections, claiming that “Imported government” fails to do so, he…

According to a proposed meeting communique shown by Reuters, climate ministers from the G7 economic countries will consider agreeing this week to phase out polluting coal-fueled energy by 2030 and decarbonize their power sectors by 2035. The incursion on Ukraine by Russia, another major fossil fuel exporter, has prompted a rush among certain countries to purchase more non-Russian fossil fuels and consume more coal to…