Refugees in Kenya impacted by food aid cuts; WFP rolls out new system | Humanitarian Crises News
The WFP says aid is being cut by 60 percent for the most vulnerable groups, including pregnant women and disabled people.The World Food Programme (WFP)…
Ghana’s waste pickers brave mountains of plastic – and big industry | Environment News
‘It's important work’ Back at the waste yard, business has died down for the day. Bamfo and her youngest children, Nkunim, 10, and Josephine, 6,…
Desperate Zimbabweans get in debt to pay for lifesaving blood transfusions | Health News
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe – When Lloyd Muzamba was critically injured in a car accident on the Harare–Bulawayo highway in 2023, he needed an urgent blood transfusion…
The night divers seeking sea cucumbers and profits off West Africa’s coast | Environment
Banana Islands, Sierra Leone - As the sun dips below the horizon, Emmanuel Pratt tugs a worn cord and the outboard engine sputters to life. His…
Israeli fire mows down starving Palestinians in Gaza as hunger deaths surge | Child Rights News
Israeli forces killed at least 115 Palestinians across Gaza on Sunday, most as they waited for desperately needed food aid in one of the deadliest…
Cuban minister resigns after suggesting beggars are pretending | Inequality News
Labour Minister Marta Elena Feito Cabrera’s comments dismissing poverty in the Caribbean island nation trigger angry backlash.Cuban Labour and Social Security Minister Marta Elena Feito…
Trump didn’t start the war on the poor – but he’s taking it to new extremes | Donald Trump
“A budget is a moral document,” as numerous human rights activists have said over the decades. If that is true, then the so‑called “One Big,…
When will Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ take effect? Here’s what comes next | Donald Trump News
On July 3, the United States House of Representatives passed President Donald Trump’s signature tax cut and spending package, which he has called the “One Big…
‘Village of one kidney’: India-Bangladesh organ traffickers rob poor donors | Poverty and Development
Joypurhat/Dhaka, Bangladesh, and New Delhi/Kolkata, India – Under the mild afternoon sun, 45-year-old Safiruddin sits outside his incomplete brick-walled house in Baiguni village of Kalai…
Will Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ help grow the US economy? | Politics
Donald Trump says his sweeping tax cuts will grow the economy. But, critics say the bill will increase national debt.Dubbed the “One Big Beautiful Bill…
Who wins, who loses if Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ passes? | Donald Trump News
The United States Senate is debating President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill“, which promises sweeping tax breaks, as Republicans hope to pass it before…
‘Coming back with nothing’: Inside the reverse migration away from the US | Migration News
The reversal has been stark. Last year alone, more than 302,200 people attempted to travel northwards from South America, according to the United Nations. However,…
Once-in-a-decade UN conference on development aid kicks off in Spain | Poverty and Development News
At least 50 world leaders gather in Seville to address global concerns, including hunger, climate change and healthcare.The United Nations Conference on Financing Development has…
Israel kills 72 in Gaza, including hungry Palestinians waiting for food | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip have killed dozens of Palestinians, including people seeking food at aid distribution hubs, as the already catastrophic humanitarian situation…
UN cuts global aid plan as funding plummets | Humanitarian Crises News
‘Brutal funding cuts leave brutal choices,’ says aid chief, as humanitarian appeal slashes and priorities refocused.The United Nations has announced sweeping cuts to its global…
World Bank slashes global economic outlook as trade tensions continue | World Bank
The World Bank has slashed its 2025 global growth forecast, citing trade tensions and policy uncertainty as the United States imposed wide-ranging tariffs that weigh…
Money not infertility, UN report says: Why birth rates are plummeting | Demographics News
Millions of people around the world are unable to have the number of children they desire, and financial constraints, lack of quality healthcare and gender…
Gaza aid sites branded ‘human slaughterhouses’ under deadly Israeli fire | Israel-Palestine conflict News
At least 13 Palestinians have been killed and more than 150 injured after Israeli troops and American security contractors opened fire on crowds waiting for…
‘We do this to survive’: Harvesting opium poppies in Myanmar’s Shan State | Drugs News
Southern Shan State, Myanmar – Tian Win Nang squats on the hard-packed earth, balancing a kilogramme (2.2 pounds) of chocolate-coloured raw opium in each hand…
‘Tidal wave’: How 75 nations face Chinese debt crisis in 2025 | Business and Economy News
Many of the world’s poorest countries are due to make record debt repayments to China in 2025 on loans extended a decade ago, at the…