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close Video Russian journalist: 'There is strong opposition against the war in Ukraine' Journalist Anna Zafesova discusses anti-war sentiments in Yekaterinburg, Russia with Fox News' Amy Kellogg. NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! A food supply expert warns that the world faces a global crisis in just 10 weeks, echoing a warning from Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. "Russia has blocked almost all ports and all, so to speak, maritime opportunities to export food – our grain, barley, sunflower and more. A lot of things," Zelenskyy said Saturday. "There will be a crisis in the world. The second crisis after the energy one, which was provoked by Russia." "Now it will create a food crisis if we do not unblock the routes for Ukraine, do not help the countries of Africa, Europe, Asia, which need these food products," he added. next Image 1 of 3 In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press … [Read more...] about Zelenskyy’s global food crisis prediction may be 10 weeks away, UN official says: ‘Seismic’

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 5 Beijing extended orders for workers and students to stay home and ordered additional mass testing Monday as cases of COVID-19 again rose in the city. Numerous residential compounds in the Chinese capital have restricted movement in and out, although conditions remain far less severe than in Shanghai, where millions of citizens have been under varying degrees of lockdown for two months. Beijing on Monday reported an uptick in cases to 99, rising from a previous daily average of around 50. In total, China reported 802 new cases Monday, marking a steady decline interrupted only by small-scale localized outbreaks. Despite that, the government has hewed to strict quarantine, lockdown and testing measures under its “zero-COVID” approach, even while the outside world is opening up. … [Read more...] about Beijing extends work-from-home order as COVID-19 cases rise

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 6 SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A large number of North Koreans including leader Kim Jong Un attended a funeral for a top official, state media reported Monday, as the country maintained the much-disputed claim that its suspected coronavirus outbreak is subsiding. Since admitting earlier this month to an outbreak of the omicron variant, North Korea has only stated how many people have fevers daily, and has only identified a few of the cases as COVID-19. Its state media said Monday that 2.8 million people have fallen ill due to an unidentified fever but only 68 of them died since late April, an extremely low fatality rate if the illness is COVID-19 as suspected. North Korea has limited testing capability for that many sick people, but some experts say it is also likely underreporting mortalities to protect Kim from political damage. The official Korean Central News … [Read more...] about Kim, other N. Koreans attend large funeral amid COVID worry

Shares are mixed in Asia in cautious trading after Wall Street rumbled to the edge of a bear market on Friday. Tokyo and Sydney were higher Monday while Hong Kong and Shanghai declined. Investors were awaiting minutes from the latest policy setting meeting of the Federal Reserve and updates on consumer prices, due later this week. On Friday the S&P 500 dipped more than 20% below its peak set early this year before buying late in the day gave it a tiny gain. It finished 18.7% below its record. That capped a seventh straight losing week, the longest since 2001, when the dot-com bubble was deflating. Inflation and rising interest rates, the war in Ukraine, and China’s slowing economy are all punishing stocks and raising fears about a possible U.S. recession. The Nikkei 225 in Tokyo gained 0.5% to 26,868.02. President Joe Biden's visit to Japan and South Korea was due to result in the launching of a U.S. initiative on economic cooperation and security. Called the … [Read more...] about Asian shares mixed after Wall St barely misses bear market

0 Schools See the latest announcement from Western Kentucky University. Press Release Desk , News Partner Posted Reply Press release from Western Kentucky University: May 18, 2022 "In support of the Stop Asian Hate movement, my friends and I founded WKU's first-ever Asian American Student Association (AASA). We created the AASA to represent the interests of Asian students at WKU," said Grace Meiser, a WKU senior from Wilder, Ky. Asian American Student Associations exist on college campuses across the United States, and in the fall of 2021, Noah Lyles and a group of his close friends started the student organization at Western Kentucky University. In addition to Lyles and Meiser, other WKU student founders included Emily Finchem, Langley Williams, Zihuan Sanderson, and Kohen Chang, and they had a several commonalities that brought them together. "Most of the founding members of AASA are Asian American adoptees. We … [Read more...] about Western Kentucky University: Meiser And Asian American Student Association Connect Students