Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from the Economist.

In New York, I'm John Fassman.

And in London, I'm Jason Palmer.

Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

The war in Ukraine has affected food security far beyond the country's borders, but it's

also put food security far into the future under threat.

The fighting has endangered the country's extensive and unique bank of potential crop

seeds.

And our language columnists joins us to discuss why many languages have different words

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Next up though.

Pakistan, like much of the world, has been coping with rising food and fuel prices, stemming

largely from Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Its inflation rate is also soaring to almost 14% last month.

That comes to top and economy already reeling from decades of mismanagement.

But unlike the rest of the world, price hikes hit shortly after the outsting of a populist

prime minister, sparking street protests.

Imran Khan was removed in a controversial vote of no confidence on April 10th, but he

remains wildly popular.

In the last few months, Pakistan has seen a lot of political turmoil.

Ben Farmer covers Pakistan and Afghanistan for the economist.

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