Day: March 3, 2022

General

Two cargo ships hit by blasts around Ukraine, one seafarer killed

  • ·March 3, 2022
Published by
Reuters
By Jonathan Saul and Ruma Paul LONDON/DHAKA (Reuters) - An Estonian-owned cargo ship sank on Thursday off Ukraine's major Black Sea port of Odessa, hours after a Bangladeshi vessel was hit by a missile or bomb at a port east of Odessa, underlining the growing peril to merchant shipping after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Many shipping firms have suspended journeys to Black Sea ports and other terminals in Ukraine amid soaring recent insurance premiums for such voyages. At least three commercial ships have been hit separately by projectiles since Feb. 24 when Russia's invasion began. Viktor Vys...
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Fun & Games

Tide of Ukrainian refugees grows as UN says a million have fled

  • ·March 3, 2022
Published by
Reuters UK
By Alicja Ptak and Fedja Grulovic MEDYKA, Poland/SIGHETU MARMATIEI, Romania (Reuters) - A growing tide of Ukrainian refugees fleeing a brutal Russian invasion streamed into central Europe on Thursday, as volunteers and officials accelerated efforts to process arrivals whose numbers a U.N. official said had crossed the one million mark. With Russian forces intent on advancing towards Kyiv and bombing some other Ukrainian cities into wastelands, the U.N. refugee agency also said the conflict looked set to trigger Europe's largest refugee crisis this century. In the week since President Vladimir ...
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Government Policy

Transforming our agrifood systems

  • ·March 3, 2022
Published by
The Bangkok Post
The current nutrition situation in Asia and the Pacific is difficult in many areas across the region. About 40% of its inhabitants cannot afford a healthy diet, and in some areas the fight against hunger has seen reversals rather than advances. Progress toward meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of defeating both poverty (SDG 1) and hunger (SDG 2) has been thrown off track amid the Covid-19 pandemic, which has devastated both lives and livelihoods. Luckily, the picture is not all bleak and there are signs of optimism and dynamism. Advances in the region’s agrifood systems are chan...
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