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In July, Moscow and Kyiv agreed to a grain corridor to allow Ukraine to resume its exports of grain. But a variety of issues continue to hinder the process. Meanwhile, the price of bread is rising around the world.

Henri Lusaka was sentenced to life in prison for strangling Jennifer Downes to death before placing coins on her eyes and sending a photograph of her body to her father.

The Brave Commander will take grain purchased by the World Food Program from Ukraine to the Horn of Africa.

It is the first ship hired to carry the grain to countries badly affected by food shortages since a deal between Ukraine and Russia allowed shipments to resume.

Lee Shin-hwa says improving human rights in North Korea is a matter of 'survival' for those living under the Kim regime 

South Korea’s newly appointed human rights envoy for North Korea called upon the international community to cooperate with Seoul to improve the human rights of those living under the Kim Jong Un regime. Lee Shin-hwa, a political science professor at Korea University in Seoul, said she believes such an effort is necessary for the “survival”…

Russia took over the Zaporizhzhia plant in southern Ukraine, one of the 10 largest nuclear plants in the world, shortly after invading the country.

Moscow will not give Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant back to Ukraine despite the G7 demand, Russian officials have said. Kyiv urged the UN and the Red Cross to visit Russian POW camps. Follow DW for the latest.

A ship approached Ukraine on Friday to pick up wheat for hungry people in Ethiopia, in the first food delivery to Africa under a U.N.-brokered plan to unblock grain trapped by Russia’s war and bring relief to some of the millions worldwide on the brink of starvation.

As the war in Ukraine rages on, the U.N. has chartered a ship to deliver Ukrainian grain to Ethiopia’s silos. Experts hope this is a first step toward helping to ease the effects of drought-stricken East Africa.