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International
12/1/2020 10:16:37 AM
One in 33 people will need aid to meet basic needs like food, water and sanitation in 2021, an increase of 40% from this year, the UN reported in its Global Humanitarian Overview 2021
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11/25/2020 7:32:18 PM
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development took place virtually where Dr Mahmoud El-khafif, Coordinator of UNCTAD’s Assistance to the Palestinian People Unit, discussed their recent report
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11/24/2020 10:11:57 PM
Stuart won the 50,000-pound ($66,000) literary award for ``Shuggie Bain,'' the powerful story of a boy coming of age with an alcoholic mother in poverty-scarred 1980s Glasgow
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11/9/2020 11:50:18 AM
The elections coincide with public discontent as Jordan grapples with its worst economic crisis in many years, with unemployment and poverty aggravated by the COVID-19 pandemic
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World
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International
10/25/2020 5:46:11 PM
Pediatricians are urging the British government to reverse course and provide free meals for poor children during school holidays as the COVID-19 pandemic pushes more families into poverty
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World
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International
10/19/2020 1:11:02 PM
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned concerted action was needed to prevent millions of people being pushed into poverty and hunger
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Business
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Economy
10/17/2020 2:25:18 PM
Over half of MENA’s people living in extreme poverty are below 15 years old and unemployment is worse among youth, stated the WB report
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Business
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Economy
10/14/2020 4:58:35 PM
Total lending commitments, as of the end of September, recorded SDR 196.65 billion (about $200 billion), including $16.5 billion allocated for countries as loans under the IMF’s SBA and RFI facilities
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10/10/2020 6:29:37 PM
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Business
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Economy
10/10/2020 12:14:50 PM
In Africa, family incomes are down by 12 percent, and up to 43 million people are at risk of extreme poverty, said Georgieva
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Business
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Economy
10/7/2020 10:11:25 PM
The report released amid the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank annual meetings will be officially launched on 12 October
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World
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Region
9/17/2020 1:01:51 PM
Lebanon's financial crunch has seen tens of thousands lose their jobs or part of their salaries, sparked sharp inflation and pushed poverty rates up to encompass more than half the population
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World
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8/31/2020 9:22:53 AM
Lebanon's financial crisis has sunk the currency by as much as 80% since October, locked savers out of their deposits in a paralysed banking system and fuelled poverty and unemployment
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Business
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Economy
8/24/2020 5:02:44 PM
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8/19/2020 7:02:13 PM
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World
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International
8/4/2020 10:39:33 AM
Coronavirus was initially slower to reach Latin America than much of the world. But health experts say it has been hard to control the virus due to the region's poverty and densely packed cities
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World
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Africa
7/27/2020 4:56:59 PM
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World
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7/13/2020 8:47:43 PM
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Life & Style
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City Lights
7/2/2020 4:41:30 PM
Teaming up with the Voluntary Work Ambassadors Foundation for Sustainable Development, African Dream will focus on marginalised and poor African communities in Egypt
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World
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6/25/2020 11:06:51 PM
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