In recent years, the number of undernourished people has been growing quite rapidly: in just a few years, it has increased from 580 million people in 2017 to 768 million in 2021. This growth has nullified all the successes in the fight against hunger over the past 15 years.
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Hunger is indeed associated with irritability and anger. Up to 56% of the variability of these emotions during the day can be explained precisely by an empty stomach. These conclusions were made by British and Austrian scientists during a study involving 64 people. For three weeks, five times a day, they entered data on the feeling of hunger and emotional state into the application on the smartphone. In total, scientists analyzed about nine thousand records. They showed that feeling hungry is associated with more negativity and less satisfaction.
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An Asian collector bought a barrel of rare Scotch whiskey for 16 million pounds (about $19.3 million) — a world record, according to The Financial Times.
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Analysts of Metrium summed up the results of the first half of the year in the primary market of New Moscow. The supply volume increased by 7.9%. The weighted average price was 223,195 rubles. per sq. m (+1.8% for the quarter; +6.5% for 6 months, +16.5% for the year).
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Gas deposits with a volume of 16 billion cubic meters have been discovered in Georgia, said the head of the National Agency for Gas and Oil of the Ministry of Economy of the Republic, Giorgi Tatishvili.
«This volume is equivalent to eight years of gas consumption for the whole of Georgia,» Tatishvili said.
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The richest man in Ukraine, Rinat Akhmetov ($7.6 billion according to Forbes for 2021), announced his decision to leave the media business, according to the website of Akhmetov’s investment company SCM.
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Swedish online payment service Klarna raises $800M in latest funding round that valued the company at $6.7B, MarketWatch reports.
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In 2021, the population of Belarus decreased by 94.1 thousand people and as of January 1, 2022 it was 9,255,500 people, the National Statistical Committee of Belarus reported.
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Retail merchandise imports through major U.S. container ports rose 6% in May to reach 2.4 million 20-foot container equivalent units (TEUs) in May, according to a monthly report from the National Retail Federation (NRF) and consulting firm Hackett. associates.
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Shinzo Abe’s party won the Japanese elections. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) of Japan won the elections to the upper house of parliament.
Elections in Japan took place two days after the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida called the situation «a cruel challenge to Japanese democracy.»
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Sephora, a chain of perfumery and cosmetics stores, will sell all of its 88 Ile de Beauté boutiques in Russia to local management, 20 minutes reports, citing a company statement.
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Ford China is recalling 59,935 SUVs from the Chinese market due to a defect in the suspension system, according to Xinhua, citing the State Administration for Market Regulation of China.
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The UK Crown Prosecuting Service (CPS) has filed a £400m (€472m) fraud charge against former Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone, reports the Daily Mail.
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The Board of Directors of AFK Sistema PJSC recommended that shareholders not pay dividends for 2021, the corporation said in a statement.
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Car sales in China in the first half of the year decreased by 6.6% year-on-year and amounted to 12.057 million, data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) showed.
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Law enforcement agencies in India have arrested a group of scammers who created a fake cricket league and accepted bets on the outcome of fake matches, reports India Today.
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The Interdepartmental Commission (MVK) to prevent the spread of coronavirus infection in Kazakhstan has decided to lift the ban on the operation of 12 automobile checkpoints across the state border with Russia and Uzbekistan, the Interdepartmental Commission reported.
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The ban on the export of gasoline, diesel fuel and other types of petroleum products by road, which expired in May, was reintroduced in Kazakhstan for six months (until January 2023), follows from a joint order of the Minister of Energy of Kazakhstan and other departments on the export of petroleum products. The ban comes into effect on July 12, 2022.
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The exchange price for aviation kerosene has updated another historical maximum, according to the data of the St. Petersburg International Mercantile Exchange (SPIMEX). As a result of the outgoing trading week, the cost of jet fuel increased by 0.54%: from 67.922 thousand rubles/t on July 4 to 68.291 thousand rubles/t. This is a historical record: it has never cost so much.
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The Netherlands will provide Ukraine with €200 million for payments to teachers, doctors and pensioners, Prime Minister of this country Mark Rutte said in Kyiv, where he met with Volodymyr Zelensky.
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Navalny announced the creation of an international anti-corruption organization — Anti-Corruption Foundation International. Its supervisory board will include former Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt, historian Anne Applebaum and philosopher Francis Fukuyama, and will be headed by Yulia Navalnaya. The first contribution to the fund is the Sakharov Prize (€50,000), awarded to Navalny by the European Parliament.
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The first 8 foreign vessels arrived in Ukrainian ports to load grain
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The ban on holding public events in Moscow will not be lifted until the announcement by the World Health Organization (WHO) of the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is how the Moscow Department of Regional Security and Anti-Corruption responded to the head of the Yabloko faction in the Moscow City Duma, Maxim Kruglov.
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Switzerland blocked the assets of Russia for $6.8 billion, — the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO. Also frozen 15 properties.
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In the US, 14 companies have received the right to receive oil from the strategic reserve, the US Department of Energy said. Chevron, ExxonMobil and Shell will be among the companies that will receive oil from August 16 to September 30, the agency said in a press release.
The sale of oil from the strategic reserve is part of a program announced by President Joe Biden in March that provides for the release of 1 million barrels of oil per day for six months. This measure is aimed at implementing the efforts of the US administration to minimize supply disruptions and rising fuel prices.
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Tokyo will encourage the G20 countries that take a neutral position towards Russia to impose anti-Russian sanctions, said Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi.
“To expand the effectiveness of sanctions, Japan intends to continue to develop the necessary measures together with the world community, primarily with the G7 countries. Within the framework of the G20 format, we intend to try to encourage countries that are now neutral (to impose sanctions),” Mr. Hayashi said during a press conference.
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The Russian Embassy confirmed the visit of the leader of Myanmar to Russia. Myanmar leader Min Aung Hlain is in Russia on a private trip to take part in the opening of the country’s cultural center, the Russian embassy in the republic said.
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The winner of many world film awards, director and local opposition leader Jafar Panahi was arrested in Tehran. He was detained in the building of the Iranian prosecutor’s office, where he came to testify in the case of another director, previously arrested Mohammad Rasoulof. Panahi became the third Iranian filmmaker arrested in less than a week.
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The launch vehicle developed by SpaceX to launch the Starship spacecraft exploded on the launch pad as tests began.
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In the European Union, the prices of long-term contracts for the purchase of green electricity have almost doubled. The cost of renewable energy generation reaches record levels of €100 per 1 MWh, which is three times higher than the cost of building green generation
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A court in Lefortovo found journalist Yuri Dudya (recognized as a foreign agent in Russia) guilty under the second part of article 6.21 of the Code of Administrative Offenses “Propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations among minors” and fined 120,000 rubles. How exactly he promoted these relations, the court did not specify.
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The value of the shares of the gold mining company Petropavlovsk on the Moscow Exchange fell by more than 37%, reaching an all-time low after the suspension of trading in securities on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) at the request of the company.
The company also published a notice of filing an application for the appointment of external management, which actually means the launch of the procedure for declaring the company insolvent.
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The Council of Ministers of the EU countries has agreed to provide Ukraine with a new €1 billion loan from a package of macro-financial support, said Valdis Dombrovskis, Executive Vice President of the European Commission.
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The Danish manufacturer of Lego constructors completely stops working in Russia and breaks off relations with the Inventive Retail Group, which operates the brand’s stores in the country.
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Ukraine has received a $1.7 billion grant from the United States as part of the state budget financing package, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has announced.
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German BASF SE, the world’s largest chemical company, increased revenue in the second quarter of 2022 by 16% in annual terms
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