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Nations are meeting to drum up trillions to combat poverty — but the US isn't going
The world’s nations are gathering in Spain for a high-level conference to tackle the growing gap between rich and poor ...
U.S. skips U.N. meeting aimed at raising trillions to combat poverty
Many countries face escalating debt burdens, declining investments, decreasing international aid and increasing trade ...
Malay Mail6d
UN chief slams US-led aid retreat as poverty, hunger, debt spiral in Global South
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged the world to “rev up the engine of development” at an aid conference in Spain ...
US skips global UN meeting in Spain aimed at raising trillions to combat poverty
Many countries face escalating debt burdens, declining investments, decreasing international aid and growing trade barriers.
The Bismarck Tribune2d
He pioneered the cellphone. It changed how people around the world talk to one another
The simple landlines once used to call friends or family evolved into omnipresent glossy screens that flood our brain with ...
The Print9h
Congress accuses centre of fudging World Bank report, says 28.1% Indians living in poverty
Congress MP Jairam Ramesh raised alarms over rising inequality in India, revealing that in 2023-24, the top 10% of earners ...
UK's watered down welfare reforms will push 150,000 into poverty, modelling shows
New British welfare reforms are still expected to push 150,000 people into poverty despite Prime Minister Keir Starmer's ...
World Bank6d
World Development Report 2022: FINANCE for an Equitable Recovery
World Development Report 2022: FINANCE for an Equitable RecoveryThe COVID-19 pandemic triggered the largest global economic crisis seen in more than a century, with especially severe impacts for ...