Since 19 89, you've been able to walk into a state subsidized bakery in egypt and buy 20 loaves of baladi bread. The price hasn't increased in more than 30 years. About one third of egyptians live below the official poverty line,. which is 857 pounds a month.
Joe Biden, among others, has called Vladimir Putin “a war criminal.” International tribunals have tried and convicted war criminals from Rwanda and Serbia: will Russia’s president suffer the same fate? The war in Ukraine will disrupt the world’s wheat market, with potentially grave political consequences in the Middle East. And three public-works projects in Mexico are stirring controversy.
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