Live

POVERTY

Latest Headlines

REPORTS

Canada hosts World Cup amid rising poverty

The FIFA World Cup continues this week, shadowed by criticism over the high cost of holding the tournament in North American cities that are facing rising poverty and soaring living costs.

More Stories

SOCIETY

Three million UK children living below poverty line: Study

A record 9.3 million people, including three million children, are facing hunger and hardship in the UK, a study said Wednesday, with the new Labour government under pressure to do more to tackle child poverty.

REPORTS

South Africa marks Mandela day amid struggle to end poverty

South Africans have marked International Nelson Mandela Day to remember their iconic anti-apartheid leader.

PALESTINE

Gaza rebuilding to take 80 years, damage unseen since WWII: UN

A UN official says the destruction caused by Israel’s Gaza war is unseen since World War II, estimating that the reconstruction process will cost up to $40 billion.

Gaza

INFOCLIPS

Poverty rate in US increased by over 12% in 2022

A new report shows the number of Americans living in poverty has jumped.

IN-DEPTH

Ukrainian rent-a-womb

War stricken women from poor backgrounds with their men fighting on the front lines are being lured by the surrogate baby industry, a booming business in Ukraine.

Ukraine Baby Farm

SPOTLIGHT

UK Homelessness

A new research by a cross-party group has found that one in 50 Londoners are now homeless as living costs and rents soar.

SOCIETY

Strike-torn UK

The worst inflation in 40 years has made one in five Brits be impoverished.

Top News