The scheme was launched to reduce poverty, but experts never anticipated the remarkable effects it would have on the ...

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican's charity voiced outrage Monday at what it called the “reckless” and “unhuman” U.S. plans to gut USAID, with Pope Francis’ point-man on development aid insisting that the ...

New government figures show TB reported cases jumped by 13 per cent last year, their fourth consecutive yearly rise ...

Social Security is helping more than just older adults as more children start to live with their grandparents.

Even as incomes rose in 2023, the number of Americans living in poverty went up. More and more people are struggling to ...

One in four citizens report going without basic necessities on a frequent basis. Key findings Large numbers of Africans continue to struggle to meet their most basic needs. Majorities report going ...

Elon Musk is undoubtedly the most famous of them, but there are many super-rich people in the world - and the number is ...

The figures mean that there are approximately 600,000 people living in poverty across the North East of the country, which encompasses the 12 local authorities including the five councils across ...

The economic conditions that have tightened household budgets for many Americans have hit older adults especially hard, with the number of people in that age category who are living in poverty in New ...

Australia is one of the wealthiest countries in the world, so it’s almost unfathomable to think that one in six children are ...

A new World Bank report has revealed a sobering outlook for poverty eradication, projecting that 622 million people will still live in extreme poverty by 2030 despite decades of global efforts to end ...

SYDNEY -- Australia's homelessness services have reported a major surge in demand for assistance amid the country's housing ...