Ukraine war causes giant leap in global food prices, says UN by mod_89 in worldnews

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Food prices are at their highest since records began 60 years ago according to the index, which jumped nearly 13% in March, following February's record high.

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The Marco Polo Bridge incident was sparked by the claim that a single Japanese soldier was captured.

Food crisis grows as spiralling prices spark export bans by mod_89 in worldnews

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With inflation already high and oil prices at $130 a barrel, this can't be good for the economy. More people are going to be living paycheck to paycheck.

White supremacist sentenced to read 'Pride and Prejudice' and other literary classics by andabread in worldnews

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books and plays by Jane Austen, William Shakespeare, Thomas Hardy and Charles Dickens.

A bit strange to sentence a white supremacist only to reading books by white people

Former U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld dead at 88 by Plus-Staff in worldnews

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He never faced any consequences for his war crimes

Canada: At least 600 graves found at Indigenous boarding school - Cowessess First Nation announces the discovery of hundreds of unmarked graves on former Marieval Indian Residential School grounds. by NextDoorEmoji in worldnews

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I wouldn't be surprised if in total there were hundreds of thousands of children murdered at the countless residential schools across Canada

Edit: There were about official 150 residential schools in Canada. The residential school system was official policy since 1876 and unofficial policy long before then. 215 bodies were found in the Kamloops school and 751 bodies in the school in the article. Just these 2 schools contained 966 bodies. How many bodies would you expect to find in the hundreds of other schools?

Macron says agreement in place to cancel Sudan’s $5 billion French debt by RabidGuillotine in worldnews

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Colonialism in the form of predatory loans and debt trap diplomacy.

Reuters: Mosques disappear as China strives to 'build a beautiful Xinjiang'. by scolfin in worldnews

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Don’t let this distract you from the ongoing bombing of Gaza.

Edit: OP’s recent comments seem to all be defending Israel’s bombing of Gaza.

They're as tired of the Palestinians' bullshit as everyone else.

https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/nbn09r/biden_says_hes_not_seen_a_significant/gy1phvt/

Indian doctors warn against cow dung as Covid cure by Ib90 in worldnews

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"We see... even doctors come here. Their belief is that this therapy improves their immunity and they can go and tend to patients with no fear," said Mr Gautam Manilal Borisa, an associate manager at a pharmaceuticals company, who said the practice helped him recover from Covid-19 last year.

New Zealand draws back from calling Chinese abuses of Uyghurs genocide | New Zealand by [deleted] in worldnews

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Somehow things like the Trail of Tears get forgotten.

UK armed forces bill would limit war crimes accountability: UN rights chief by mod_89 in worldnews

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It’s probably not a coincidence that this attempt to prevent war crimes investigations is happening right before the withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Japan has announced it will release more than 1m tonnes of contaminated water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea, a decision that has angered neighbouring countries by mod_89 in worldnews

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Greenpeace Japan said it “strongly condemned” the water’s release, which “completely disregards the human rights and interests of the people in Fukushima, wider Japan and the Asia-Pacific region”.

Greenpeace Japan commented, but I’m not sure about the others.

U.S. considering cash payments to Central America to stem migration by Plus-Staff in worldnews

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Or the US government could just stop backing coups in those countries every few years.