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The United Nations World Food Program said on August 11 that dire predictions of escalating hunger in Sudan have become reality, with 20.3 million people suffering from severe acute hunger due to food insecurity caused by the conflict. Of these, 6.3 million people (13 percent of Sudan’s population) are in a state of acute hunger, falling under Stage 4 of the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), one step away from famine. And the conflict continues to hinder access to humanitarian aid and force millions of people to flee their homes. Note: On April 15, the Sudanese Rapid Support Forces led by Mohammad Hamdan Dagalo clashed with the regular army, which has continued to this day.

(Article source: Financial Associated Press)

Article source: Financial Associated Press

More than 20 million people in Sudan are suffering from severe hunger, UN:

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2023-08-12 06:42:14

According to the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs answered a reporter’s question on the temporary ceasefire agreement between the Colombian government and the anti-government armed forces.

Q: Recently, the Colombian government and the “National Liberation Army of Colombia” announced a 180-day temporary ceasefire agreement across the country. What is China’s comment?

A: Achieving comprehensive peace is the common aspiration of the Colombian people and is also conducive to the stability and development of the Latin American region. It has received extensive support from the international community.

China firmly supports the Colombian peace process and appreciates the efforts made by all parties to promote peace. It is hoped that all parties will continue to build consensus on peace and play a positive role in the early realization of lasting peace, stability and sustainable development in Colombia.

(Article source: Jiemian News)

Article source: Interface News

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2023-08-05 08:01:44

According to data released by the Philippine National Bureau of Statistics on the 4th local time, the country’s inflation rate fell to 4.7% in July, slowing down for the sixth consecutive month.

Data show that the inflation rate in the Philippines in July narrowed by 1.7 percentage points compared with the same period last year, and fell by 0.7 percentage points month-on-month, which is the lowest value recorded since March 2022. Among them, the inflation rate in the National Capital Region was flat at 5.6% month-on-month, while the inflation rate outside the National Capital Region fell to 4.4% from 5.3% in June. In the first seven months of 2023, the average inflation rate in the Philippines will be 6.8%.

According to Mapa, an official from the Philippine National Bureau of Statistics, the main factors for the continued decline in the inflation rate in July include the slowdown in the price increases of housing rents, water, electricity, and liquefied petroleum gas.

Inflation in the Philippines fell back in the range of 4.1% to 4.9% previously forecast by the country’s central bank in July. However, the Central Bank of the Philippines assessed that factors such as continued tightness in the supply of major food products, the El Niño phenomenon, and an increase in transportation fees may pose upside risks to the future inflation outlook. The central bank will adjust monetary policy if necessary to prevent further expansion of price pressures.

Arsenio Balisakan, director of the Philippine National Economic and Development Bureau, said on the same day that although the inflation rate continues to decline, the government is still actively monitoring the supply and demand of major commodities in an effort to achieve a inflation rate of 2% to 4% by the end of this year. inflation target. He also pointed out that although the Philippines has recently encountered extreme weather such as typhoons, the government has taken measures to allocate resources to the affected areas, which is not expected to have a sustained impact on inflation and the economy in the second half of the year.

Balisakan pointed out that the newly established Inter-Agency Committee on Inflation and Market Outlook in the Philippines held a joint meeting on July 20 to discuss proposed policy adjustments to ensure a more stable supply of agricultural products and fully meet the daily needs of the people.

(Article source: China News Network)

Article source: China News Network

Philippine inflation falls to 4.7% in July, slowing for sixth straight month

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2023-08-04 07:12:19

Since the beginning of summer this year, many places in the western United States have been hit by heat waves, with temperatures hitting record highs. This not only brought troubles to the daily life of the local people, but also gave birth to serious crop diseases and insect pests, resulting in extensive losses of crops.

Since June, Mormon crickets have invaded several major agricultural states in the western United States. The infestation began in western Nevada, then spread to northern Utah and southern Wyoming, and then into Idaho, Oregon, Washington state, Colorado and other places. Initial estimates will kill millions of acres (1 Acre equals approximately 0.405 hectares) of farmland was damaged.

The Mormon cricket is not a cricket, but a katydid in the order Orthoptera. This kind of insect cannot fly, but by jumping and crawling, it can move up to 2 kilometers per day, and it has a strong vitality.

Experts pointed out that this year’s abnormal climate in the western United States, with a lot of rain in winter and spring, and sudden high temperature in summer, led to a surge in the number of Mormon crickets, and finally evolved into “the worst Mormon cricket disaster in memory.” These insects form swarms of thousands and then sweep across western wheat, sunflower and alfalfa fields in waves. Mormon crickets crushed by vehicles can even form kilometers of dark red stripes along highways.

Local farmers have used equipment such as leaf blowers, snowplows and even forklifts to keep swarms of Mormon crickets away from their fields, and have called on the federal government to spray pesticides from the air into the pest’s path to protect crops, with limited success. In Idaho, where the disaster was not too severe, the local agricultural department said in early July that they had received about 62% more applications from farmers for help killing Mormon crickets than in the same period last year.

At present, the total damage caused by the insect infestation to crops has yet to be assessed. In Utah alone, the 2001 and 2003 Mormon cricket infestation caused as much as $25 million in crop damage, according to the USA Today website.

Meanwhile, the corn earworm infestation is also becoming apparent in the western agricultural regions as the harvest season begins in August. According to local media reports, 30% to 40% of the sweet corn crop in a major agricultural area in Colorado has been damaged by the disease and insect pest.

Corn earworm is a kind of agricultural pest, which is very destructive to cereal crops, especially corn. Corn earworms also attack tomatoes, peas, cabbage, lettuce, okra, peppers, spinach, squash and sweet potatoes, among others. Colorado farmers are now seeking government support to deal with the sudden disaster, warning corn growers farther north to prepare.

Melissa Schreiner, an entomologist at Colorado State University in the United States, told the Colorado Sun that one of the factors that contributed to this year’s widespread corn earworm infestation is the high temperature of the past few weeks.

More experts and studies point to abnormal heat and drought as the main causes of Mormon cricket and corn earworm plagues in the western United States this year, but the bigger problem is that short-term extreme weather is behind long-term climate change, which will change some agriculture. The living habits of pests make them more difficult to control and cause greater losses.

In a 2021 report, researchers at the University of Zagreb in Croatia pointed out that the body temperature of insects depends on the ambient temperature, so temperature may be the most important environmental factor affecting insect behavior, distribution, development and reproduction. The increase in temperature may lead to the expansion of the geographical distribution of insects and the increase in the survival rate of overwintering.

North Carolina State University researchers warn that as the climate warms, some insect species that previously disappeared in winter may survive due to warmer soil temperatures. They published a paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States in 2022, saying that the researchers specifically studied the overwintering success rate of corn earworms, and predicted that by 2099, the range of corn earworms suitable for overwintering in the United States will expand a lot. A pest will be able to overwinter in the traditional U.S. corn belt, and the impact on global food production will be dire.

“Climate change exacerbates the pest problem,” the paper’s authors warn. “As a result of climate change, farmers are expected to face new and severe pest problems in the coming years.”

(Source of article: Xinhua News Agency)

Article source: Xinhua News Agency

Higher temperatures in the western U.S. have led to serious crop diseases and pests this summer

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2023-07-31 12:08:55

According to CNN and Reuters news on July 22, U.S. President Biden announced the promotion of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director William Burns to a cabinet member.

“Under his leadership, the CIA is taking a clear, long-term approach to addressing the major national security challenges facing our nation,” Biden said in a statement.

According to the “Washington Post” report, the appointment is mainly symbolic and will not give Burns any new powers, but “this highlights Burns’ influence in the government” and “reflects the senior diplomat’s central role in implementing the government’s foreign policy.”

(Article source: Jiemian News)

Article source: Interface News

Biden promotes CIA chief Burns to cabinet

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2023-07-22 00:10:40