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    Ukraine: Poor countries are seeing their breadbasket being ‘bombed’, says UN chief

    15 Mar 2022

    Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said, "Russia and Ukraine represent more than half of the world’s supply of sunflower oil and about 30 per cent of the world’s wheat” and that "grain prices have already exceeded...”

    Lebanese parliament approves laws on World Bank loans to help poor

    13 Mar 2021

    The approval came as the local currency hit a new record low on the black market, trading 11,150 Lebanese pounds to the dollar. The new crash triggered immediate protests, mostly in the country's north.

    Debt-ridden parents, 4 children commit suicide in India

    28 Jun 2021

    "We are still ascertaining the veracity of allegations levelled by residents of Doranahalli village, who had accused that private financiers were harassing this family," said the police.

    UN chief urges vaccinations for all — not just the rich

    16 Jan 2021

    Guterres said the world’s leading economies have a special responsibility to support the World Health Organization’s COVAX program to buy and deliver coronavirus vaccines for the world’s poorest people.

    10 billionaires could pay for vaccine for all on earth, says report

    25 Jan 2021

    The collective wealth of the world's billionaires rose $3.9tr between March and December 2020 to reach $11.95tr, according to "The Inequality Virus" report, published as global leaders tune in for the World Economic Forum.

    UN appeals for record $51.5 billion to help 230 million on the brink in 2023

    01 Dec 2022

    Needs are "shockingly high,” the UN’s top emergency relief official, Martin Griffiths, said, warning that it was very likely that this year’s emergencies would continue into 2023.

    Tax the rich and subsidise the poor, IMF chief tells Pakistan

    20 Feb 2023

    "IMF has asked Pakistan to take steps to function as a country and not to get into a dangerous place where the country's debt needed to be restructured. I think this demand is the most suitable expectation," she said.

    Poverty-hit man ends life after hammering wife, three daughters to death

    02 Dec 2023

    In a letter Tahir wrote before committing the heinous crime, he said he was feeling cut off from the world after son’s death and due to his financial condition.

    Vaccines highlight glaring rich and poor chasm

    19 Jan 2021

    Vaccines are the shot in the arm we all need, literally and figuratively. The real danger is that even as vaccines bring hope to some, they become another brick in the wall of inequality between the worlds of haves and have-nots.

    Iraqis displaced by climate change fall into poverty

    24 Nov 2023

    In a country of 43 million people, nearly one Iraqi in five lives in an area suffering from water shortages. In April, a UN-issued report noted the risk of “social unrest” because of climate factors. “

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