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China declares victory over absolute poverty nationwide, lifting 99 MILLION people from penury since 2012

Posted on November 24, 2020November 24, 2020By Editor

The last nine impoverished counties in China’s southwestern province of Guizhou were removed from the country’s poverty list on Monday. The nation has thus ended absolute poverty one month before its self-imposed deadline. … Read More >China declares victory over absolute poverty nationwide, lifting 99 MILLION people from penury since 2012

Business

Pandemic could push 130 MILLION into extreme poverty, UN warns

Posted on November 23, 2020November 23, 2020By Editor

The global economy will contract by a staggering 4.3 percent this year, according to a report by the UN Conference for Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The agency expects global recovery of 4.1 percent in 2021. … Read More >Pandemic could push 130 MILLION into extreme poverty, UN warns

Shows

Lord Griffiths on free school meals crisis: Boris Johnson doesn’t understand poverty!

Posted on November 5, 2020November 5, 2020By Editor

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Lord Griffiths of Burry Port about why the UK government has not extended free school meals across school holidays, despite the economic crisis caused by Covid-19, meaning 1 million children could go hungry. He discusses why old Etonians such as Boris Johnson don’t understand poverty … Read More >Lord Griffiths on free school meals crisis: Boris Johnson doesn’t understand poverty!

USA

Instability, Poverty and Nuclear Weapons

Posted on October 26, 2020October 26, 2020By Editor

The President of the United States has the power to fire off thousands of nuclear weapons and destroy the world. As succinctly explained by William Perry and Tom Collina in the New York Times, “Mr. Trump has the absolute authority to start a nuclear war. … Read More >Instability, Poverty and Nuclear Weapons

Business

Covid-19 will push as many as 150 MILLION people into extreme poverty by 2021 – World Bank

Posted on October 11, 2020October 11, 2020By Editor

Extreme global poverty is expected to rise in 2020 for the first time in over 20 years due to the disruption caused by the “extraordinary” coronavirus crisis, the World Bank has warned. … Read More >Covid-19 will push as many as 150 MILLION people into extreme poverty by 2021 – World Bank

Russia

Three decades after Soviet collapse, Russia tells UN it’s eliminated ‘extreme’ poverty, but millions still require govt help

Posted on June 28, 2020June 28, 2020By Editor

The disastrous 1990s are now a generation ago, but the scars still remain. Only now has Russia eradicated extreme poverty, and 18.1 million people still live below the subsistence minimum. However, things are slowly improving. … Read More >Three decades after Soviet collapse, Russia tells UN it’s eliminated ‘extreme’ poverty, but millions still require govt help

Documentary

How poor people survive in the USA | DW Documentary

Posted on December 22, 2019December 22, 2019By Editor

Homelessness, hunger and shame: poverty is rampant in the richest country in the world. Over 40 million people in the United States live below the poverty line, twice as many as it was fifty years ago. It can happen very quickly. … Read More >How poor people survive in the USA | DW Documentary

World

Indian PM Modi is winning his biggest war, and it’s not against Pakistan

Posted on October 22, 2019October 22, 2019By Editor

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has engaged in his country’s most significant war – the war against extreme poverty. Based on personal experience, he has transformed India on several parameters beyond belief. … Read More >Indian PM Modi is winning his biggest war, and it’s not against Pakistan

Business

India halved its poverty rate since 1990s – World Bank

Posted on October 16, 2019October 16, 2019By Editor

India, the second-most populous country in the world, has achieved annual growth exceeding 7 percent over the last 15 years and continues to pull millions of people out of poverty … Read More >India halved its poverty rate since 1990s – World Bank

Freezing to death: Unheated homes killed over 16,000 people across UK last winter, govt watchdog finds

Posted on October 6, 2019October 22, 2019By Editor

Staggering energy prices are taking a toll on those unable to pay their bills, a UK regulator has admitted, confirming that thousands of people may have died because of fuel poverty and lack of heating during winter. … Read More >Freezing to death: Unheated homes killed over 16,000 people across UK last winter, govt watchdog finds