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The number of people facing acute food insecurity and needing urgent life and livelihood-saving assistance has hit a five-year high in 2020 in countries beset by food crises, a report has said.
According to an annual joint report by the European Union (EU), the Food and Agriculture Organisations (FAO) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) titled “
2021 Global Report on Food Crises” launched Wednesday, conflict, or economic shocks that are often related to COVID-19 along with extreme weather, are continuing to push millions of people into acute food insecurity.
It said at least 155 million people experienced acute food insecurity at crisis or worse levels across 55 countries in 2020, an increase of around 20 million people from the previous year, and raises a stark warning about a worrisome trend, acute food insecurity has kept up its relentless rise since 2017.
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Thanks, but no thanks. The Weeknd still won’t submit music to the Grammys
Angie Orellana Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, (TNS)
The Grammys won’t be seeing any of the Weeknd’s music in the foreseeable future.
The global superstar reaffirmed his position Monday in an interview with Variety, despite the Recording Academy’s Friday move to get rid of the secret committees that have been blamed for shutting the “Starboy” singer out of any nominations for Grammys presented in March.
“I think the industry and public alike need to see the transparent system truly at play for the win to be celebrated, but it’s an important start,” the three-time Grammy winner said. “I remain uninterested in being a part of the Grammys, especially with their own admission of corruption for all these decades. I will not be submitting in the future.”