[ad_1] WASHINGTON — A U.S. Department of Agriculture official testified Thursday that some of the agency’s food programs are being overburdened in the push to feed needy families. The acknowledgment came Thursday morning as Republicans on the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee repeatedly hammered the USDA over a dramatic rise in its spending to update a nutrition program known as the Thrifty Food Plan. “We are making changes to the federal nutrition programs to ensure…
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[ad_1] There is an increasing need for cooperation between Beijing and Berlin amid “times of change and turmoil”, Chinese President Xi Jinping said in a meeting with Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Scholz is the first G7 leader to visit China since the pandemic began. Scholz’s one-day visit will test the waters between China and the West after years of mounting tensions, analysts say, with talks expected to touch on Russia’s war on Ukraine, climate change and…
"China and Germany should scale up partnership amid ‘times of turmoil’, Xi tells Scholz"