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At last G20 is showing how to finance an assault on poverty

Brazilian president Lula’s proposals have the backing of the World Bank. Now we need action

The Guardian - UK

Instead of attacking him for eating fish, Tejashwi tells PM to speak up on poverty, unemployment, inflation

A viral video showing Tejashwi Yadav eating fish fry has created political turmoil and triggered a national debate, with BJP leaders accusing him of hurting Hindu sentiments.

The Hindu

Jermaine Jenas looks back: ‘Mum raised us alone with no money. It gave me incredible ambition’

The presenter and footballer on growing up in poverty, suddenly being rich and how injury ended his football career

The Guardian - UK

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‘Bullet in my head’: The Indian man who crawled to escape Russia’s Ukraine war

Prince Sebastian had not signed up to fight for Vladimir Putin’s army. All he wanted was to escape poverty at home.

Al Jazeera

World Bank Chief Advocates Internal Reforms At Spring Meetings

Learn about the World Bank's focus on internal reforms to enhance efficiency and effectiveness in reducing poverty and promoting sustainable development.

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Myanmar Faces Soaring Poverty Levels Amid Civil War Crisis

Myanmar's poverty crisis worsens due to civil war and economic instability, risking irreversible impacts without urgent intervention.

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‘I felt pains all over my body’: Argentina battles dengue outbreak as politicians pass up vaccine opportunity

Rising temperatures, dense urban populations and increasing poverty have contributed to more than a quarter of a million cases, and campaigners don’t think the government is doing enough about it

The Guardian - UK

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Europe votes: Does the Nordic model still work?

The Nordic model encompasses a strong welfare state, protection of workers through collective bargaining, good pension schemes and low levels of poverty. This system has gone hand-in-hand with a progressive approach to issues like gender equality and maternity or paternity leave. But the social model has come under pressure from…

France 24

Indian Americans are the least poor among Asians in the United States | Data

Only 6% of Indian Americans lived along or below the poverty line as of 2022 in the United States. Half of the Asian Americans who lived in poverty said that their ‘American dream’ was out of reach.

The Hindu

"Ek jhatke se hum Hindustan se gareebi ko mita denge...," Rahul Gandhi in Rajasthan

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday highlighted the promises made by the Congress party in its poll manifesto and said that they would remove the poverty from the country by transferring Rs 1 lakh into the account of one female from a poverty-stricken household, which comes out to Rs 8,500…

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Texas Attorney General Sues To Stop Houston Guaranteed Income Program

Legal battle ensues as Texas AG challenges Harris County's guaranteed income program, sparking political tensions over poverty relief initiatives.

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Two-child benefit cap 'pushes children into poverty' - campaigners urge government to scrap 'cruel policy' that impacts 1 in every 10 children

The controversial two-child benefit cap has met with strong opposition since its introduction in 2017

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At Visva-Bharati, Prabhat Patnaik to deliver lecture that was cancelled

Prof. Patnaik, who has taught at the JNU and is a Marxist, will deliver the second Ashok Rudra Memorial Lecture at the university, organised by its Department of Economics and Politics, and will speak on ‘Employment and Poverty Under Neo-Liberal Capitalism’.

The Hindu

Sub-Saharan Africa Growth Insufficient To Reduce Poverty: World Bank

Learn about the World Bank's report on economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa and the need for more inclusive policies to reduce poverty.

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'Incredible India': UNGA President Dennis Francis lauds digitalisation, infrastructure investment in India

UN General Assembly President Dennis Francis has lauded India’s use of digitalisation that has helped achieve financial inclusion and poverty reduction

The Guardian - UK

Labour urged to end two-child benefits cap as research reveals policy pushing families into poverty

New data shows families with disabled children, and single parents with offspring under the age of three facing financial hardship

International Business Times

What A $20 Minimum Wage Will Do To California's Fast Food Industry And Poverty Problem

A $20 minimum wage that went into effect this week will squeeze the California fast-food industry, but it won't solve the poverty problem of the country's most populous state.

The Hindu

Turning the spotlight on the urban poor

The dynamics of employment and wages in pockets of deep urban poverty, such as slums, need to be juxtaposed the findings of the India Employment Report 2024

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Fewer families living in extreme poverty in State: CM

IDUKKI Kerala's Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan discusses poverty reduction, political issues, and human-animal conflict in the state.

The Guardian - UK

Hunger, homelessness and gang grooming: just a normal week at one London academy

The Guardian spent time at Oasis Academy Hadley, where more than half of pupils are in poverty but ambitions are high

International Business Times UK

Amnesty International's Shocking Short Film Exposes How UK's Squalid Housing Kills Children

Temporary accommodation contributed to the deaths of more than 34 children since April 2019.

The Guardian - UK

Tackle poverty’s roots with a living income, put children first and tax the wealth of the 1%

Letters: Readers respond to Gordon Brown’s plan to get Britain out of a doom loop of poverty and despair

The Guardian - UK

£100,000 may not go far in Jeremy Hunt’s world – but child poverty is getting worse there too

Letters: Les Bright and Pete Stockwell on the chancellor’s suggestion that a salary of £100,000 ‘doesn’t go as far as you might think’, and Trevor Lyttleton on the state pension triple lock

WEKU

Florida adds abortion to November ballot; Iran blames Israel for embassy bombing

Florida voters will have the chance to enshrine abortion rights into their constitution. Iran blames Israel for an embassy bombing that killed a top military commander.

Evening Standard

Yrsa Daley-Ward talks food clubs, poverty and poems: 'poetry is a leveller'

The poet’s latest project takes inspiration from the stories of people using food clubs

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