Housing crush: Hong Kong struggles to improve conditions in tiny, crowded homes
TYRONE SIU AND CLARE JIM, of Reuters, report on efforts to address Hong Kong’s cramped living conditions…
Blinken tells Israel it must show improvement in Gaza humanitarian crisis
Washington DC, US Reuters US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday told a senior Israeli official that the steps Israel has taken to better the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza must lead to actual improvement on the ground, the State Department said on Tuesday. Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin wrote to their Israeli […]
Empty beds, lost jobs: The price of India’s crackdown on NGO funds
Narendra Modi’s government cancelled FCRA licences for thousands of charities, halting foreign funds; critics say move costs jobs, services. KUNAL PUROHIT, of Context, reports…
Oxfam urges G7 to tap fraction of military spend for global hunger, debt
Reuters Charity Oxfam urged wealthy nations to boost spending on ending hunger ahead of a G7 annual summit set to kick off in Italy on Thursday, saying that just three per cent of G7 military spending could help solve the global food and debt crisis. The G7 – comprising the United States, Japan, Canada, Germany, […]
Essay: Six ways inequality holds back climate action
Against the backdrop of the World Economic Forum taking place this week, EMMA GARNETT and CHARLOTTE A KUKOWSKI explain, in an article first published on The Conversation, why inequality remains one of the biggest barriers to the net zero transition…
The richest one per cent own 43 per cent of global assets, Oxfam study says
London Thomson Reuters Foundation The world’s wealthiest one per cent of people own nearly 43 per cent of all global financial assets and emit as much carbon as two-thirds of the planet’s poorest, according to an Oxfam report published on Monday. Heads of state are joining chief executives, business leaders and other prominent figures this […]
Impacting the vulnerable: High power prices drive some patients in Spain into poverty
NACHO DOCE and HORACI GARCIA, of Reuters, report on the impacts higher power prices are having on some of the most vulnerable…
Biden urges G7 to stay together as leaders target Russian gold, oil price
Schloss Elmau, Germany Reuters US President Joe Biden told allies “we have to stay together” against Russia on Sunday as G7 leaders gathered for a summit dominated by war in Ukraine and its impact on food and energy supplies and the global economy. At the start of the meeting in the Bavarian Alps, four of […]
Governments need to take urgent action to combat inequality – Oxfam
London, UK Reuters Governments need to take urgent action to tackle rising inequality which emerged over the COVID-19 crisis with a surge in energy and food prices ramping up pressures on millions of people around the world, Oxfam said on Monday. The report, released by the Nairobi-based charity as top policy makers and industry chiefs […]
‘Pandora Papers’ bring renewed calls for tax haven scrutiny
Washington DC, US AP Calls grew Monday for an end to the financial secrecy that has allowed many of the world’s richest and most powerful people to hide their wealth from tax collectors. The outcry came after a report revealed the way that world leaders, billionaires and others have used shell companies and offshore accounts […]