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

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

The executive director of Oxfam International believes that the current economic system consolidates the growing level of ...

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

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

Three under–the–radar stories from the Americas highlight Haiti’s election struggles, Chile’s new biodiversity park, and ...

Prince Karim Al-Husseini passed away in Lisbon, the AKDN says; PM Shehbaz notes he "championed the cause of the marginalised" ...