Poverty
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More than 100 million people displaced worldwide, UN refugee agency says
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said in its annual update that the increase had come as millions of Ukrainians were driven from…
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Welcome, strangers: Queen’s Birthday Honour for asylum seeker advocate
She saw that with help from the community, they could not just survive but thrive. Carolyn Webb The Age It’s…
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Investors cash in on food commodities as the poor go hungry
The trend could be pushing prices up even further, with live-or-die consequences for the world’s poor. Kristie Pladson Deutsche Welle…
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Millionaires join Davos protests, demanding ‘tax us now’
A group of millionaires have joined protests against the World Economic Forum gathering of the business and political elite in Davos,…
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‘If you have any heart at all.’ UN official warns Putin millions will die if Ukraine’s ports remain blocked
“Millions of people around the world will die because these ports are being blocked,” Beasley told CNN during a conference…
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Kenya’s drought hits children the hardest
The drought in Kenya threatens the survival of Turkana communities Kossivi Tiassou Deutsche Welle Many children suffer from malnutrition and…
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“Terrifying prospect” of over a quarter of a billion more people crashing into extreme levels of poverty and suffering this year
Over a quarter of a billion more people could crash into extreme levels of poverty in 2022 because of COVID-19,…
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‘To get out is an absolute struggle’: landmark study sheds light on Australians sleeping rough
Leigh Jorey was pretty successful in his mid-30s. Stephanie Convery The Guardian A panel beater by trade, he’d completed an…
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Ethiopia: Tigray on brink of humanitarian disaster, UN says
The Tigray region of northern Ethiopia stands on the edge of a humanitarian disaster, the UN has said, as fighting escalates and…
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North Korea Plots a Course of “Heavy Agony” for 2022
With the pandemic not yet tamed and other uncertainty on the international scene, Pyongyang may continue refraining from major provocations…
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Qandi’s father sold her for $1300 to feed the family. Her mother is fighting to buy her back
Aziz Gul’s husband sold the 10-year-old girl into marriage without telling his wife, taking a down-payment so he could feed…
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‘I was squatting’: why asylum seekers so often struggle to find secure housing
It took Mariah* six months to find her first rental in western Sydney. Stephanie Convery The Guardian An asylum seeker…
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Afghan mothers forced to sell their children to survive as starvation threatens millions
Fatima is facing a torturous decision no mother should ever have to face: selling her toddler to prevent her other children…
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In middle Australia, rosy wealth data can hide a world of pain
The latest Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (Hilda) survey, released on Tuesday, shows that while incomes received a…
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TikTok videos humanise Colombia’s cocaine workers
Viral social media videos in Colombia reveal how the people on the lowest rung of the cocaine industry work and…
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Tesla boss Musk challenges UN official
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, challenged a United Nations official’s claim that just a small percentage of his wealth…
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