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Nur Janti (The Jakarta Post) PREMIUM Jakarta   ● Thu, June 23, 2022 The Group of 20 nations are finalizing a financial intermediary funding (FIF) initiative intended to ensure that the world is better prepared for future pandemics, and they expect it to come into effect in June, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani has said. The group has provisionally agreed to establish a multibillion dollar fund that health officials say will help finance pandemic surveillance, research and improved access to vaccination for lower-to-middle-income countries, among other measures. According to Sri Mulyani, a G20 finance and health ministers' meeting on Tuesday discussed ways to close the pandemic resource gap between high- and low-income countries. to Read Full Story SUBSCRIBE NOW Starting from IDR 55,500/month Unlimited access to our web and app content e-Post daily digital newspaper No advertisements, no interruptions Privileged access to our events and programs … [Read more...] about G20 pandemic fund set to launch this month: Sri Mulyani

Sri Lanka is struggling to secure fresh fuel supplies, a top government minister said on Sunday, as the crisis-hit country of 22 million people is down to just 15,000 tons of petrol and diesel to keep essential services running in the coming days. The island is wilting under its worst financial crisis in seven decades with foreign exchange reserves at record lows leaving it scrambling to pay for essential imports including fuel, food and medicine. "We are struggling to find suppliers. They are reluctant to accept letters of credit from our banks. There are over $700 million in overdue payments so now suppliers want advance payments," Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera told reporters. In the past two months Sri Lanka largely recieved fuel via a $500 million Indian credit line, which ran out in mid-June. A petrol shipment due last Thursday failed to arrive and no fresh shipments are yet scheduled, Wijesekera said. "We have about 9,000 … [Read more...] about Sri Lanka struggling to secure fresh fuel supplies, minister says

Colombo, Sri Lanka Sri Lanka will shut schools and only allow fuel supplies to services deemed essential like health, trains and buses for two weeks starting Tuesday, a minister said, in a desperate attempt to deal with a severe shortage . The country is suffering its worst economic crisis, with foreign exchange reserves at a record low and the island of 22 million struggling to pay for essential imports of food, medicine and, most critically, fuel. Industries like garments, a big dollar earner in the Indian Ocean nation, are left with fuel for only about a week to 10 days. Current stocks of the country will exhaust in just under a week based on regular demand, Reuters calculations show. People protest against rising living costs, amid Sri Lanka's economic crisis, in Colombo on June 27. Sri Lanka will issue fuel only to trains and buses, medical services and vehicles that transport food starting Tuesday until July 10, Bandula … [Read more...] about Sri Lanka stops fuel supply to non-essential services as crisis worsens

COLOMBO - Sri Lanka will shut schools and only allow fuel supplies to services deemed essential like health, trains and buses for two weeks starting Tuesday, a minister said, in a desperate attempt to deal with a severe shortage. Sri Lanka is suffering its worst economic crisis, with foreign exchange reserves at a record low and the island of 22 million struggling to pay for essential imports of food, medicine and, most critically, fuel. Industries like garments, a big dollar earner in the Indian Ocean nation, are left with fuel for only about a week to 10 days. Current stocks of the country will exhaust in just under a week based on regular demand, Reuters calculations show. Sri Lanka will issue fuel only to trains and buses, medical services and vehicles that transport food starting Tuesday until July 10, Bandula Gunewardena, the spokesman for the government cabinet, told reporters. Schools in urban areas will be shut and everyone is urged to work from home, he said. … [Read more...] about Sri Lanka stops fuel supply to private vehicles as crisis worsens

Three-wheeler drivers wait in a queue to buy petrol due to fuel shortage, amid the country’s economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka June 17, 2022. REUTERS COLOMBO — Troops in Sri Lanka handed tokens on Monday to people queueing for petrol amid a severe fuel shortage in the nation battling its worst economic crisis in seven decades, while schools shut in Colombo and public employees were asked to work from home. With its foreign exchange reserves at a record low, the island of 22 million is struggling to pay for essential imports of food, medicine and most critically, fuel. “I have been in line for four days, I haven’t slept or eaten properly during this time,” said autorickshaw driver W.D. Shelton, 67, one of those who received a token meant to hold his place in the queue for when fuel becomes available. “We can’t earn, we can’t feed our families,” added Shelton, who was 24th in line at a fuel station in the centre of Colombo, but set to stay there as he had no petrol for the … [Read more...] about Crisis-hit Sri Lanka shuts schools, urges work from home to save fuel

Bjorn Lomborg Copenhagen   ● Tue, June 28, 2022 2022-06-28 01:41 0 e16ff64e7ecc29b41741491223313196 2 Academia food,crisis,Russia,Ukraine,war,nature,fertilizer,Sri-Lanka,agriculture,import,wheat,pesticides,organic-farming Free A global food crisis is looming, so policymakers everywhere need to think hard about how to make food cheaper and more plentiful. That requires making a commitment to producing more fertilizer and better seeds, maximizing the potential offered by genetic modification, and abandoning the rich world’s obsession with organics. Russia’s brutal war in Ukraine is making less food available because the two nations have been responsible for more than a quarter of global wheat exports and big quantities of barley, corn and vegetable oil. On top of punishing climate policies and the world emerging from the pandemic, prices of fertilizer, energy, and transport are soaring, and food prices have climbed 61 percent over the past two years. The … [Read more...] about How to produce more food, curb prices and save nature

Prince Charles and Camilla to commemorate Rwanda genocide Sign up for FREE royal alerts SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall are carrying out a full day of engagements in Rwanda. It comes as part of Charles and Camilla's trip to the country for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (Chogm). Related articles Charles issued warning over Royal Family's future after Rwanda row Royal Family 'will be cut to just eight active members' under Charles Charles was left deeply moved after viewing horrific displays at the Nyamata Church Genocide Memorial. In 1994, hundreds of thousands of members of the Tutsi community were slaughtered in Rwanda by ethnic … [Read more...] about Prince Charles and Camilla mourn on day one of Royal visit to Rwanda

Love Island’s Jay Younger has shared the true meaning behind his arm tattoo after fans spotted the beautiful artwork on display on the ITV2 dating show. Fans of the Scottish hunk were left confused after they spotted some script tattooed on his bicep in Tamil, but it turns out the design means a huge amount of importance to the 28-year-old investment analyst. His loving siblings – who are running his account while he’s in the villa – explained how the tattoo was in tribute for the Islander’s close friend, Danny Priyadharshan, who sadly passed away. READ MORE: Love Island bosses accused of 'letting rules slip' by former winner Kem Cetinay They explained his inking links to Danny’s Sri Lankan routes as a means of keeping a small piece of his late friend with him at all times. Want all the last villa gossip straight to your inbox? Sign up for our daily Love Island newsletter HERE . On Wednesday (June 22), the star’s siblings made a short video … [Read more...] about Love Island’s Jay shares true meaning behind tattoo with sweet tribute to late pal

WHEN Melinda Messenger posed in a double-glazing ad for a local firm, displayed in her home town, she could have no idea what would happen next. In the space of six months she became a household name, after appearing as a Sun Page 3 girl in 1997. The posters for Glevum Windows featured Melinda — then 25 and working as a customer service manager for a marketing firm — showing off her cleavage in sexy undies. They proved so popular in Swindon that fans kept pinching them from bus stops. She told The Sun in 1998: “People talk about the real deciding moments of their lives. "For me, it came in one phone call from The Sun. It was like a thunderbolt. They had seen me, Little Miss Nobody from Swindon, posing in white lingerie on a poster for a double-glazing firm. “The man on the telephone offered me the chance to become a Page 3 Girl. I remember saying, ‘But I’m due in at the office’, before the full enormity of what he was saying hit me. Instead of driving my little … [Read more...] about I gave up a very surprising job to be a topless model – now my boobs have been famous for 25yrs, says Melinda Messenger

JULY 1 Andy Murray exited Wimbledon at the semi-final stage for the third year in a row as he lost 5-7 6-2 6-2 6-4 to Rafael Nadal. England lost by 69 runs to Sri Lanka at Headingley as Mahela Jayawardene made a one-day best of 144 off 150 balls. England goalkeeper Scott Carson left West Brom to join Turkish club Bursaspor for an undisclosed sum. JULY 2 Czech eighth seed Petra Kvitova beat Russian fifth seed Maria Sharapova 6-3 6-4 to win the Wimbledon women's singles title. Belgium's Philippe Gilbert seized the Tour de France race leader's yellow jersey with an opening-stage victory in Les Herbiers. JULY 3 Novak Djokovic secured his first Wimbledon title as he beat top seed Rafael Nadal 6-4 6-1 1-6 6-3 on Centre Court to win the men's singles. A century from skipper Alastair Cook was not enough for England as they lost the third one-day international against Sri Lanka at Lord's. A ton from Dinesh Chandimal secured the tourists' win which put them 2-1 up in … [Read more...] about The Year in Sport: July 2011