Action urged on export banEars of wheat are seen in a field near the village of Hrebeni in the Kyiv region, Ukraine. According to Trade Negotiations Department director-general Auramon Supthaweethum, many countries have imposed restrictions on food and agricultural product exports that have adversely affected net food importers. They are asking the WTO, which has 164 members, to help tackle export bans on food, particularly those related to the UN World Food Programme. The meeting will consider the restriction and reduction of agricultural subsidies as well as solutions for the agricultural export bans, she said. Russia and Ukraine together account for 45% and 25% of global sunflower and wheat product exports, respectively.

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Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said perseverance was key in the match with the team never letting up. “Just when everyone thought the match was all but over, there was a small detail and a good play that was enough for Rodrygo to score and from there, with just a bit left, we gave our all,” Ancelotti told a post-match news conference. Ancelotti said two late goals by Rodrygo meant Real went into extra time with the psychological advantage.

Southern Ukraine shows signs Russia has come to stayRussian forces took control of Berdyansk, a port city on the Sea of Azov, in the first days of Moscow's military campaign in Ukraine. BERDYANSK, Ukraine: A Russian military plane was flying in the skies over Berdyansk, a city in southern Ukraine, but no one took much notice. In the weeks since, it has been cut off from other parts of the country, as Moscow's troops and pro-Russian separatists battle to seize swathes of eastern and southern Ukraine. He said other cities in Ukraine, like the southern regional capital Zaporizhzhia or Kharkiv in the northeast, "should become Russian". Melitopol's mayor Ivan Fedorov was famously detained and held for several days by Russian forces in March, and eventually left the city.

The committee aims to conduct surprise visits to find the truth. If any problems are discovered, they must be solved immediately. The department has had external agencies inspect inmates’ food on a regular basis. Prisons had been instructed to follow the guidelines, from procurement of ingredients, inspection and preparing food nutritionally to hygiene. If an inmate gets sick or even dies from eating prison food, the warden and head chef of that facility will be responsible while the committee investigates the case.

He said 566,000 tonnes, or 30 per cent of the fruits, will be sold in the country with help from the Department of Internal Trade in their distribution. Jurin said the department would tap 18 proactive wholesale markets to distribute 244,000 tonnes of fruits and it has also arrange cold storage to freeze some 120,000 tonnes of fruits. The department will also open 10,092 retail outlets nationwide to distribute 145,000 tonnes of fruits.

The source said the next increase would be inevitable as global oil prices are still rising. As of May 3, the Oil Fuel Fund was still subsidising diesel oil price at THB10.21 per litre, the source said. “Next week, diesel price may rise by THB1 or THB2 per litre,” the source said. The fund is using about THB20 billion for the diesel price subsidy. Although the government has borrowed THB20 billion to top up the fund, it will be used up within a month,” the source said.

Worst drought in decades devastates Ethiopia's nomads'Forced to choose between their children and their livestock': Herder Abdullahi Gorane tends to his malnourished son in Gode General Hospital. Herds provide the nomadic or semi-nomadic populations of this arid and hostile region with food and income as well as their savings. "Before this catastrophic drought, we used to survive difficult times thanks to the grasses from earlier rains," the herder said. "Several prolonged droughts have occurred predominantly within the arid and semi-arid parts of the region over the past three decades." Herders trying to recover from a drought are being "hit by a second drought", said Save the Children's Mohamed.

SEC, Fetco sound alarm on investment scamsThe Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Federation of Thai Capital Market Organizations (Fetco) warn the public to be wary of investment scams and suggest checking the list of authorised persons on the SEC Check First application. For safety, both the SEC and Fetco advise checking the list of people with licensed businesses and securities on the SEC Check First application. She stressed that investment advisers of securities firms and business operators must have a registration number approved by the SEC. Paiboon Nalinthrangkun, board chairman of Fetco, said all investment decisions must be supported by trustworthy information and operators checked for verification. The list of authorised people, business operators and securities can be found on the SEC Check First application and the SEC website (www.sec.or.th) on the SEC Check First page.

Cops to erase files of cleared suspectsThe Royal Thai Police (RTP) is deleting criminal investigation records of anyone who has faced legal charges but later been cleared of the offences, according to Pol Lt Gen Surachate Hakparn, assistant chief of the national police. Despite the case being closed, the records of investigations remain in the Criminal Records Division's (CRD) filing system. Pol Lt Gen Surachate, however, said the police would now remove them voluntarily. State agencies and most private companies run a background check on job seekers that includes criminal investigation or criminal records before deciding whether to hire them. The latest update of the RTP's database on April 28 revealed 12.4 million people were currently on file in investigation and criminal records.

“This year, the DITP will hold promotion activities to ensure recognition of Thai products with T Mark certificate so that they will be widely known in Asia and Oceania, especially in the Chinese and Indian markets,” Phusit said. He said China and India topped the list of five countries that imported products with T Mark. Among the planned activities, the DITP will hold an event in Kunming in China this year to promote the T Mark sign and it will also select some products with T Mark certificate to be displayed in leading department stores in India, Phusit added.

Living with his three children in a small house in the capital, New Delhi, the 45-year-old can no longer afford private school fees for his 10-year-old son. He moved his older son into a state school in early 2021. Khan told Reuters he had no option, adding that rising education costs had come on top of a nearly 25% jump in household expenses including transport, food and clothing in the last two years. Khan is among millions of Indian parents who have moved children from private to state education since 2020, or from elite private schools to cheaper ones. In 2021, four million children switched from private to state according to government estimates, more than 4% of the total of around 90 million in private schools.

Those who have received the third shot reduce their risk of dying by 31 times. According to government figures, 81 per cent of the population has received their first shot, 73.8 per cent their second shot, but only 37.4 per cent have received their third jab. He also bemoaned the fact that only 41.5 per cent of the elderly population, who are most at risk, have received their third shot. The doctor also advised parents to have their children aged five to 11 vaccinated against Covid-19 before schools reopen later this month. Chakkarat presented the facts at the last Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) meeting, which set the goal of declaring Covid-19 endemic by July.

Firefighters have struggled to extinguish the blaze that broke out on Tuesday (April 26) at the Bhalswa landfill site. Dense plumes of smoke have been rising from the site causing difficulties to the people living nearby.

Loan extension under the Bank of Thailand's soft loan and recovery loan schemes for businesses affected by the pandemic has reached 300 billion baht since the launch of the programme in April 2020. For the overall banking sector, loan growth was sluggish in the first quarter as a result of the impact of the Omicron variant. The bank later adjusted the soft loan scheme to recovery loans to better serve borrowers. According to central bank data, as of April 18 this year the total loan approvals under its soft loan and recovery loan schemes amounted to 305 billion baht, extended to 128,572 business operators. Retail loan growth is expected to stand at 4%, with swelling household debt a key factor pressuring the segment, said the research house.