4.5 Million Cash-Strapped Americans Turning to Second Jobs to Supplement Their Incomes

More Americans are turning to second jobs as the holidays approach and inflation rates continue to soar, making many pinch pennies.

Germans Turning to Wood to Heat Their Homes

There's a run on wood these days in Germany, with suppliers across the country reporting a surge in sales as heating costs soar due to skyrocketing gas and electricity prices.

UN Warns 345 Million People Face Starvation Worldwide | Farsnews Agency

The United Nations food chief warned the world is facing “a global emergency of unprecedented magnitude” with up to 345 million people marching towards starvation – and 70 million pushed closer to starvation by the war in Ukraine.

Western Sanctions to Bring Third World ‘to Its Knees’, Not Russia - Sri Lankan PM

 

 Sri Lanka’s acting president, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Monday that Western sanctions introduced against Russia won’t bring it down to its knees, while third world countries will suffer.

La crisis económica en Sri Lanka fuerza a las familias a sacrificar comidas

 

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El ayuntamiento de Venecia planea limitar el turismo el próximo verano

 

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Desperate farm families in eastern Ukraine forced into ‘difficult choices’ to survive – (UN agency)

UN, 7 December 2015 – The absence of financial, physical, social and human resources has left some 700,000 farm households extremely vulnerable in conflict-torn eastern Ukraine, the results of a United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) household survey revealed today, and also warned of food insecurity among those families due to “skyrocketing” commodity prices.

EU, World Bank Could Act as Guarantors for Ukraine Gas Debt Payments(Alexander Novak, Russian EM)

The European Union and the World Bank could act as guarantors for the debt payments that Ukraine would be submitting to Russia under the plan proposed at the trilateral gas talks in Berlin Friday, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said.