As the United Nations food agency meets in Rome to discuss ways to combat global hunger, Brazil's President Luiz Inacia Lula da Silva ...
Study: Alabama taxes income of working poor more than any other state A national study released Wednesday showed Alabama makes families living in ...
Britain and France said Saturday they would mobilise four billion dollars for poor countries by giving up part of a recent IMF allocation of an international reserve asset. "With this initiative, Britain and France show the necessary solidarity between nations.... I hope ...
South Africa has reduced poverty but remains the world's most unequal society, a report said Friday, with analysts warning the yawning gap between whites and blacks threatens social stability. The Development Indicators report showed that the income of South Africa's poorest 10 ...
South Africa has reduced poverty but remains the world's most unequal society, a report said Friday, with analysts warning the yawning gap between whites and blacks threatens social stability. The Development Indicators report showed that the income of South Africa's poorest 10 ...
Oxfam International activists, including one posing as French President Nicolas Sarkozy, stage a mock football game in Pittsburgh Steelers colors to draw attention to global poverty issues in Pittsburgh, Thursday Sept. 24, 2009. World leaders are expected in Pittsburgh Thursday for the ...
Millions of impoverished Bangladeshis are barely sustaining a hand-to-mouth existence that would be wrenched from their grasp by any fresh "economic shock," according to the UN food aid agency. World Food Programme (WFP) country head John Aylieff said two million children aged ...
Millions of impoverished Bangladeshis are barely sustaining a hand-to-mouth existence that would be wrenched from their grasp by any fresh "economic shock," according to the UN food aid agency. World Food Programme (WFP) country head John Aylieff said two million children aged ...
International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn on Thursday called for stepped-up aid to poor countries to help them recover from the global economic crisis. "We must make sure that any global recovery also lifts the low-income countries. These countries desperately need additional ...
Two emblematic Russian firms on Thursday revealed plans to cut over 16,000 jobs this year, the latest black news for the Russian labour market which remains entangled in the economic crisis. The announcements from flag carrier Aeroflot and car giant GAZ after ...
Two emblematic Russian firms on Thursday revealed plans to cut over 16,000 jobs this year, the latest black news for the Russian labour market which remains entangled in the economic crisis. The announcements from flag carrier Aeroflot and car giant GAZ after ...
The World Bank Wednesday urged the Group of 20 nations to step up aid to the poorest countries, saying they lack 11.6 billion dollars for critical spending to weather the global economic crisis. World Bank president Robert Zoellick warned that though G20 ...
