The deputy finance minister suggests removing obstacles to agricultural trade, amid global food shortages Russia wants its main agricultural lender Rosselkhozbank to be reconnected to the SWIFT financial network, in order to free up Russian grain and fertilizer exports, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin said on Saturday.

The Taipei government has said Beijing’s air and naval drills are “getting out of hand” Taiwan’s defense minister has pointed to a spike in Chinese military activity in the airspace and waters around the island, after local officials reported dozens of fighter jet and bomber flights in recent weeks.

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