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Here some key projects around the world that AP has confirmed have closed: 1. In Congo, aid group Action Against Hunger will stop treating tens of thousands of malnourished children from May. 2. In Ethiopia, food assistance stopped for more than 1 million people. 3. In Senegal, the biggest malaria project closed. 4. In South Sudan, the International Rescue Committee closed a project providing access to quality health care and nutrition services. 5. In Colombia, program shuttered by the Norwegian Refugee Council left 50,000 people without lifesaving support. 6. In war-torn Sudan, 90 communal kitchens closed in the capital Khartoum....

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The mayor of Kyiv, Ukraine's capital, is warning residents that they must prepare for the worst this winter if Russia keeps striking the country's energy infrastructure — and that means having no electricity, water or heat in the freezing cold cannot be ruled out.“We are doing everything to avoid this. But let’s be frank, our enemies are doing everything for the city to be without heat, without electricity, without water supply, in general, so we all die. And the future of the country and the future of each of us depends on how prepared we are...

U.S. President Joe Biden warned that global hunger could increase because of Russia’s suspension of a U.N.-brokered deal to allow safe passage for ships carrying Ukrainian grain. “It’s really outrageous,” said Biden speaking in Wilmington, Delaware, on Saturday. “There’s no merit to what they’re doing. The U.N. negotiated that deal and that should be the end of it.” Biden spoke hours after Russia announced it would immediately halt participation in the agreement, alleging that Ukraine staged a drone attack Saturday against Russia’s Black Sea Fleet ships off the coast of occupied Crimea. Ukraine has denied the attack.