In poorer countries, the growing fear -- and already present danger -- is what the World Food Program is calling a looming "hunger catastrophe." But the economic reverberations of the twin crises -- the pandemic and the Ukraine war -- are sending shockwaves across the entire planet. Gas prices are skyrocketing across the globe, and so are food prices . Efforts by the World Food Program to supply food to the poor demand increased international backing. And that, in the face of an approaching economic hurricane, could make an already-difficult situation even more perilous.

Source: CNN June 03, 2022 18:13 UTC