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In late October 2019, ambulance crews in the United Kingdom were called to a scene of horror. On a quiet road in a nondescript industrial…
In late October 2019, ambulance crews in the United Kingdom were called to a scene of horror. On a quiet road in a nondescript industrial…
Güines, Mayabeque – “Capitalism must be uprooted, parasitism must be uprooted, the exploitation of man must be uprooted,” cried Fidel Castro in 1968 to rapturous…
Medan, Indonesia – Every night, the staff at the Mutiara Mulia orphanage go through the same ritual. They set up a tripod with a mobile…
These are the main developments as the Russian invasion of Ukraine enters its 511th day. Here is the situation on Wednesday, July 19, 2023. Fighting…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that no one has the right to destroy the food security of any nation and the world has an opportunity…
Almost half of humanity lives in countries that spend more servicing interest on debt than health or education, UN says. Approximately 3.3 billion people –…
Babarandage don Sarath Appuham, a 59-year-old fisherman, has worked at Negombo Lagoon since he was a teenager. Palpable differences in tide patterns and fish catches…
Recently, a good friend of mine took his perfectly healthy daughter to a private hospital in West Africa for a routine check-up. The paediatrician thought…
Islamabad, Pakistan – Two of Abid Kashmiri’s family members were on board the refugee-filed vessel that capsized off the coast of Greece last week. A…
What's your money worth? A series from the front line of the cost-of-living crisis, where people who have been hit hard share their monthly expenses.…
Lagos, Nigeria – Last Friday Nigeria’s new President Bola Tinubu suspended the country’s Central Bank Governor Godwin Emefiele. On Saturday, Nigeria’s secret police confirmed the…
The ‘plain-vanilla’ budget is unlikely to satisfy IMF, which could lead to the South Asian nation defaulting on debt. Pakistan’s government will target a budget…
The aid agency cites ‘a widespread and coordinated campaign’ to divert aid in Ethiopia, where 20 million people are in need. The United States aid…
Bhatial, Pakistan – It is 8am on a bright February morning, and Zubeida Begum is walking through the narrow lanes of Bhatial, a quiet rural…
Two-thirds of developing economies will see lower growth than in 2022, dealing a major setback to coronavirus pandemic recovery. The World Bank has raised its…
Video Duration 25 minutes 05 seconds 25:05 Gabriel Yorio González discusses Mexico’s struggle to deal with economic disparity. According to the World Bank, Mexico is…
Ajay Banga told employees his vision was ‘to create a world free from poverty on a livable planet’. The World Bank’s new president Ajay Banga…
Video Duration 25 minutes 30 seconds 25:30 The economy is recovering after a decade-long debt crisis, but are Greeks feeling the benefits? Nearly a decade…
Ilorin, Nigeria – On Monday, as Nigeria’s president-elect Bola Tinbu is sworn into office, Olusegun Badmus will be one of several million people watching. But…
Crisis is now passé in Pakistan. Admittedly, the current standoff between the authoritarian populist Imran Khan and the military has an element of novelty to it,…