World News: 22 July 2022

Ukraine, Russia set to sign deal to reopen grain export ports
The proposal marks the first major agreement between the two warring sides and has boosted hopes that a worsening food security crisis can now be eased.

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Former Minneapolis police officer jailed for 2 & half years in George Floyd case
Lane and fellow rookie, J. Alexander Kueng, helped restrain Floyd while Chauvin, who is white and was the most senior officer on the scene, killed Floyd by kneeling on his neck for nearly 9½ minutes, despite the handcuffed Black man's fading pleas that he couldn't breathe.

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Japan regulators approve release of Fukushima water into sea
The plan has already been adopted by the government and endorsed by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), but plant operator TEPCO must still win over local communities before going ahead.

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Europe's heatwave reaches Poland, Greece as it moves eastwards, brings wildfires
The extreme heatwave is part of a global pattern of rising temperatures, widely attributed by scientists and climatologists to climate change caused by human activity. It is forecast to dump searing heat on much of China into late August.

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Argentina to raise public transport fares by 40% in Buenos Aires
Starting in August, the minimum bus ticket in Buenos Aires will cost 25.20 pesos ($0.19), up from the current 18 pesos ($ 0.14). Train and subway fares will also be adjusted.

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USAID to give Kenya $255 mln for drought: administrator
Margaret Kobia, a Kenyan minister responsible for public service, gender, senior citizens affairs and special programmes, said the government had so far spent 12.6 billion shillings ($106.28 million) to help people affected by drought but had a shortfall of 15 billion shillings.

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