The New York Times — Thursday, July 20, 2023

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Russia Hits Grain Ports and Threatens Ships Headed to Ukraine

Hospital staff cleaning broken glass at the regional oncological dispensary hospital, following a Russian strike in Odesa on Wednesday. It was the second straight night of concentrated attacks on Odesa, Ukraine’s largest port, and other shipping centers.

Ukraine accused Moscow of specifically targeting the infrastructure for exporting food, after Russia pulled out of an agreement allowing ships carrying grain to sail past its Black Sea blockade.

China’s Xi Rebuffs Kerry’s Call for Faster Climate Action

China’s leader, Xi Jinping, visiting a coal yard of a company in northwestern China’s Shanxi Province last year.

John Kerry, President Biden’s climate envoy, emerges from talks in Beijing without a new agreement. But just talking is progress, he said.

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