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World - The Guardian
Carbon emissions of richest 1% increase hunger, poverty and deaths, says Oxfam
Consumption of world’s wealthiest people also making it increasingly difficult to limit global heating to 1.5C. The high carbon emissions of the world’s richest 1% are worsening hunger, poverty and ...10 hours ago -
Top stories - BBC News
Mother of British-Egyptian political prisoner goes on hunger strike
Alaa Abdel Fattah is a British-Egyptian national who has spent most of the last decade in jail.6 days ago -
World - The Guardian
Despair in Chad camps as violence and hunger in Sudan drive 25,000 across border in a week
Warning of ‘lost generation’ in Adré and Farchana camps as Sudan’s civil war drives huge numbers across border. What caused the civil war in Sudan and how has it become one of the world’s worst ...6 days ago -
World - The New York Times
In Northern Gaza, Hunger Looms Over Daily Existence
Families say they are rationing what little food they can find while living under the constant threat of Israeli bombardment.October 18 -
World - ABC News
Hunger experts say the risk of famine in Gaza remains high
The international authority on hunger crises says the Gaza Strip is still at risk of famine more than a year into the Israel-Hamas warOctober 17 -
World - The New York Times
Indian Doctors Go on Hunger Strike to Protest Killing of Colleague
Six were subsisting only on water and were admitted into the hospital after a multiday fast to demand justice for the brutal rape and killing of a medical resident.October 17 -
Sports - Yahoo Sports
New report reveals sobering data about Ohio children in poverty
Step Forward, a nonprofit in Cuyahoga County, is working to help low-income families obtain self-sufficiency. It operates Head Start and a variety of emergency assistance and development programs.October 16 -
World - ABC News
Southern Africa is enduring its worst hunger crisis in decades due to El Niño, the UN says
The United Nations' food agency says months of drought in southern Africa triggered by the El Niño weather phenomenon have had a devastating impact on more than 27 million people and caused the ...October 16 -
World - The Guardian
Wars, debt, climate crisis and Covid have halted anti-poverty fight – World Bank
Setbacks mean UN goal of ending extreme poverty by 2030 is impossible to hit, report finds. Wars, debt, the climate crisis and the pandemic have combined to halt progress in the fight against ...October 15