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UNITED NATIONS, May 06 (APP): After hitting a record high in March, food prices around the world eased slightly in April, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), a Rome-based UN agency, said Friday. The FAO Food Price Index averaged 158.2 points in April, down […]

Kyiv, Ukraine, May 6 (AFP/APP): Fifty Ukrainians were evacuated from the Azovstal steel plant in the battered city of Mariupol Friday, officials in Kyiv said. “Today we were able to evacuate from Azovstal 50 women, children and elderly people,” Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said […]

The Hague, May 6 (AFP/APP): Two people were shot dead and two wounded on Friday at a “care farm” in the Netherlands for people with mental or social issues, police and local media said. Dutch police said they arrested a man and recovered a firearm […]

Helsinki, May 2 (AFP/APP): Finnish-led consortium Fennovoima said on Monday it has terminated a contract with Russian group Rosatom to build Finland’s third nuclear power plant, citing risks linked to the Ukraine war. “The war in Ukraine has worsened the risks for the project,” Fennovoima […]