Ukrainian yields had already fallen by as much as 60 percent. With the loss of the dam and reservoir, agricultural production will shrink further, affecting food security around the world.
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Read more...America is making a mess in trying to preserve its hegemony.
Read more...Turkiye is still playing hardball with NATO and Sweden.
Read more...The EU is exporting more than 10,000 tons of bee-killing neonicotinoid pesticides a year to megadiverse countries despite having banned these chemicals from its own farms to protect pollinators.
Read more...Brussels’ increasing attacks on the working class mirror decades-long Italian efforts that have caused a collapse in standard of living and trust in the EU.
Read more...The bloody war in Ukraine has reached the carnage phase, as least for Urkaine’s men and their backers.
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Read more...Michael Hudson gives a globe-spanning look at recent economic and geopolitical events.
Read more...Low wages and dirty energy make North Africa an attractive options for the EU to keep the “garden” green and profitable.
Read more...Low wages and dirty energy make the Balkans and North Africa attractive options for the EU to keep the “garden” green and profitable.
Read more...Is Russia moving towards the perceived necessity of subduing western Ukraine? And how might that work?
Read more...The West is trying to use the Ukraine grain deal to stymie Russia…..with ample support from the UN’s Guterres.
Read more...Those unhappy about the lack of drama in the Ukraine war of late have gotten what they wanted with the breach of the Kakhovka dam
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