Poverty

No recovery in global jobs market forecast until 2023 due to Covid

At least 220 million people expected to remain unemployed globally this year, well above 187 million recorded in 2019, a new report by International Labour Organization says.

Explained: The times Israel has invaded Gaza

Israeli army and Hamas have faced each other on many occasions since the Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip in 2005. Here is a quick look at some of the major battles.

Protests rage: why are Colombians so angry?

Bogota’s tax proposal has triggered anger as ordinary people feel the government has burdened them, and not the rich, with fixing the pandemic-hit economy.

Asian-American business leaders launch $250M effort to combat hate

Asian American Foundation says it will invest its largest-ever philanthropic effort to support the community in anti-hate programmes, education, and data and research.

What’s happening in Mozambique as Daesh claims deadly attacks?

Militants have briefly seized a strategic port city on the eastern African coast, pushing foreign contractors to flee and creating chaos unseen for a long time.

35 percent of Iranians are on the brink of malnutrition

Iranian parliamentary officials announced 35 percent of the country’s population live under the poverty line and most of them face the risk of malnutrition.

Study: Blacks in Uruguay still suffering under systemic racism

A study by the World Bank shows Afro-Uruguayans are victims of racism, are being excluded and earn much less than the rest of the country.

Desperation and anger grow in Lebanon as majority now live in poverty

Many Lebanese hold the country’s political class responsible for the corruption and mismanagement that has wrecked the country’s economy.

World Bank: Covid-19 will push up to 100M people into extreme poverty

World Bank President David Malpass says poor countries will not be in a better position to deal with the debt payments even if advanced economies suspend them.

How the pandemic exposed deep cracks in the German welfare system

With homelessness on the rise and an economic crisis looming, Germany faces a reckoning.

Virus could push 14 million into hunger in Latin America - UN

Signs of mounting hunger are already being felt around the region, where desperate citizens are violating quarantines to go out in search of money and food and hanging red and white flags from their homes in a cry for aid.

UN appeals for $6.7 billion to fight virus in poor countries

The $6.7 billion will fund the UN’s humanitarian response plan to help the world’s most vulnerable people deal with the pandemic now and in the coming months as food supplies falling and prices soaring, and children missing vaccinations and meals.