Deraa residents seek a new Syria amid optimism and poverty | Newsfeed
In Deraa, the birthplace of Syria’s uprising, scars of war remain, but hope grows. Locals celebrate political change and the end of the security state,…
A year into Javier Milei’s presidency, Argentina’s poverty hits a new high | Poverty and Development News
The soup kitchen is run by the Union of Informal Economy Workers (UTEP), an organisation that represents employees without contracts or in unregulated industries. Those…
World Bank announces record $100bn support for world’s poorest countries | Poverty and Development
International development organisation says sum will be deployed to support 78 countries that ‘need it most’.The World Bank has announced that it has raised close…
Fire destroys hundreds of shanty homes in Manila port slum | Poverty and Development
NewsFeedA huge fire has destroyed hundreds of shanty homes at a port in the Philippines, leaving thousands of impoverished residents homeless according to the Manila…
Winter fuel cut to put 50,000 pensioners into relative poverty
An additional 50,000 pensioners will be living in relative poverty next year as a result of cuts to the winter fuel allowance, the government's own…
Levi’s heir Daniel Lurie wins San Francisco mayor’s race
SAN FRANCISCO — Philanthropist and Levi’s heir Daniel Lurie has won the hard-fought race for San Francisco mayor, ushering in a new era of leadership for…
How Trump tariffs could plunge Mexico into recession, boost migration
MEXICO CITY — If former President Trump is reelected and follows through with his promise to slap new tariffs on all imports to the U.S., experts…
‘We’ll never forget’: Town grieves after deadly Nigeria fuel tanker blast | Poverty and Development News
Majia, Nigeria – Days after a fuel tanker explosion killed 170 mostly young people in Majia, a farming town in northern Nigeria’s Jigawa State, the…
How did so many people die in the Nigeria tanker explosion? | Poverty and Development
NewsFeedVictims of a fuel tanker explosion in Nigeria have been buried in a mass grave, after the deaths of more than 150 people on Wednesday.Published…
UN report says 1.1 billion people living in acute poverty | Poverty and Development News
Index shows that 83.2 percent of the world’s poorest people live in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.More than one billion people live in acute poverty,…
Poorest countries in worst financial shape since 2006, World Bank says | Poverty and Development
Low-income countries still poorer than they were before the COVID-19 pandemic, report finds.The world’s 26 poorest countries are deeper in debt than at any time…
Soul singer Frankie Beverly’s legacy of healing
When Frankie Beverly, lead singer of the soul band Maze, passed away this week, I thought of the audience on his recordings from one November…
Column: Democrats to blame for California’s problems? GOP is MIA
You know what the problem is with California?Democrats—or so I’m told.If I write about broken sidewalks in Los Angeles, readers write to say it’s the…
China’s Xi promises one million jobs for Africa | Poverty and Development
Xi pledges $51bn in new financing for African countries at Forum on China-Africa Cooperation.Chinese President Xi Jinping has pledged to create “at least” one million…
Opinion: The ideas in Project 2025? Reagan tried them, and the nation suffered
Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation’s conservative playbook that would overhaul much of the federal government under a second Trump administration, has sparked fear and concern…