City limits: Pakistan’s poor return to villages as prices spiral
As Pakistan’s cost-of-living crisis deepens, some poor families leave cities to eke out cheaper existences in village homes. ZOFEEN T EBRAHIM and WAQAR MUSTAFA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, report…
Pets returned to shelters in Hungary as owners face rising costs
Budapest, Hungary Reuters Chelsy, a soft-eyed dog with an immune illness, has been returned to a Hungarian animal shelter two years after he was adopted as his owners can no longer afford the vet’s bills or his food, forced to sell their own home to make ends meet. Chelsy, four, is not alone. People turn […]
No end in sight: After fleeing war, Ukrainians struggle to settle around Europe
CORINA PONS and CATARINA DEMONY, of Reuters, report on the difficulties Ukrainian refugees in Europe are facing as the war drags on into its eighth month…
Yurts provide cheap escape for Hungarians fleeing cost of living crisis
Budakeszi, Hungary Reuters David Zih, who works in Hungary’s film industry, never thought he would end up living in a yurt to escape the surging costs of living. He was planning a house with a terrace and a view on his plot of land near Budapest. But mounting construction and energy prices have forced him […]
Cash-strapped Britons give up pets as living costs soar
London, UK Reuters Stood on her hind legs to greet any prospective owner who might approach her glass-doored kennel, Harriet is a black English cocker spaniel abandoned as a deepening cost-of-living crisis pushes growing numbers of Britons to part with their pets. She was found running along a busy road in London after witnesses saw […]
Cost-of-living crisis driving “breathtaking” surge in extreme poverty – UNDP
London, UK Reuters The global cost-of-living crisis is pushing an additional 71 million people in the world’s poorest countries into extreme poverty, a new report published by the UN Development Programme on Thursday has warned. Achim Steiner, UNDP administrator, said an analysis of 159 developing countries showed that the surge in key commodity prices this […]
More people are avoiding the news, and trusting it less, report says
Reuters A growing number of people are selectively avoiding important news stories such as the coronavirus pandemic, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the cost-of-living crisis, according to a report released on Tuesday. While the majority of people surveyed consume news regularly, 38 per cent said they often or sometimes avoid the news – up from […]