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THE chips are down for spud lovers — with farmers warning that Britain is becoming too hot and dry to grow potatoes. The news piles yet more pressure on fish and chip shops, already battered by rocketing costs. 2 Farmers are warning the hot weather is making it too hot…

Minister of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly speaks at a news conference as she meets with her counterparts from the Baltic region in Quebec City on June 2.Jacques Boissinot/The Canadian Press Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said she would welcome an investigation into whether Ottawa knew before Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine…

First cargo of grain to leave a Ukrainian port since war started is bound for Lebanon, where food inflation is highest in the world; ‘I’m in survival mode’Updated Aug. 4, 2022 10:20 am ET The first shipment of grain to leave Ukraine’s key Black Sea ports since the Russian invasion…

WASHINGTON — The Senate passed a resolution Wednesday ratifying Finland's and Sweden's applications to join NATO as the Western military alliance seeks to strengthen its resolve against the threat posed by Russia. The measure was approved in a 95-1 vote that required support from at least two-thirds of senators present.…

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. nuclear chief warned that Europe’s largest nuclear power plant in Ukraine “is completely out of control” and issued an urgent plea to Russia and Ukraine to quickly allow experts to visit the sprawling complex to stabilize the situation and avoid a nuclear accident. Rafael…

Brits in Ukraine to stand trial in Russian proxy court accused of being 'mercenaries'Three British men in Ukraine are to stand trial in a Russian proxy court after being accused of being "mercenaries", a report has claimed. The news comes shortly after the court sentenced two other Brits, Shaun Pinner…

A ship carrying grain left Ukraine's port of Odesa on the Black Sea on Monday. Why it matters: The Sierra Leone-flagged cargo ship the Razoni is the first vessel to leave a Ukrainian port under an agreement between Ukraine and Russia, which was brokered by the United Nations with the…

Lebanon, where the Razoni is headed, has been plagued by years of economic and political turmoil. On Sunday, a part of its grain silos damaged in the 2020 Beirut Port explosion collapsed, just days shy of the two-year anniversary of the devastating blast. Before heading to Tripoli, the ship will…

As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 158th day, we take a look at the main developments. A Ukrainian soldier sits atop an armoured vehicle as it drives to the front line on the outskirts of Bakhmut, eastern Ukraine Published On 31 Jul 202231 Jul 2022 Here are the key events…

Image source, Nibulon Image caption, Oleksiy Vadatursky was worth $450m (£369m), according to a 2020 estimate by Forbes One of Ukraine's richest businessmen has been killed with his wife in "massive" Russian shelling of the southern city of Mykolaiv. Oleksiy Vadatursky, 74, and his wife Raisa died when a missile…