"The attacks came amid denials by Russian President Vladimir Putin that the global food shortage was brought on by the Russia-Ukraine conflict."

>"Investors fear a global economic shock, with rising fuel bills causing more pain for households."

>"The International Monetary Fund said it would bring Ukraine's request for $1.4 billion in emergency financing to its executive board as early as next week, the IMF said Saturday."

>"If Israel acts against Iran's proxy, Hezbollah, America will have to decide whether or how to get involved."

"Afghanistan has vast mineral resources that have long attracted interest from outside countries, but a lack of infrastructure and political instability means they’re unlikely to aid its economy now."

"If investors walk away, Afghanistan faces economic collapse without the billions of dollars it gets in aid money."

"Unconscionable suppression of civil and democratic rights continues unabated. Indiscriminate arrests and harassment of all sections of our people, including government employees, on different pretexts _...Read More_

"The creative class was supposed to foster progressive values and economic growth. Instead we got resentment, alienation, and endless political dysfunction."

"The capitalist mode of production is based on wage labour, the private ownership or control of the means of production, imperialism, unwaged work, patriarchal gender relations and a state and legal system that guarantees the reproduction _...Read More_

>"UN, EU, and World Bank report estimates cost of damage to Gaza Strip after 11-day May offensive between $290m and $380m."

>"Israel bans more than 1,000 ‘dual-usage’ construction materials leaving Palestinians to repurpose rubble for rebuilding."

"The development strategy based on foreign investment in natural resources projects has not delivered economic growth or security. What's needed is an inclusive vision based on local realities."

"In Morocco, the COVID-19 pandemic has burdened women with more housework and duties at home, and violence against them has risen."

>"Heavy Israeli bombardment caused $40m in damage to factories in the Gaza Strip, the Hamas media office estimates."