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Venezuela Dismisses Trump's Threat of New Sanctions

Venezuela's foreign minister said Tuesday the country is moving forward with plans to elect members of a constitutional assembly despite threats of new sanctions by the United States, and plans to review its relations with Washington.

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Good Rains Bring Some Hope For War-Torn Syrians

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Each month, WFP provides food assistance to four million people...

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IFC And WFP Collaborate To Finance Smallholder Farmers In Rwanda And Tanzania

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP) are launching smallholder farmer financing programs with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to improve food security among vulnerable...

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Children paying a disproportionate price as famine looms across Somalia, South Sudan, north-east Nigeria and Yemen

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Nyajak Thuok, 20, feeds her one-year-old son Pal Juneng a sachet of ready-to-use therapeutic food (...

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