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A DPK politician maintains the first lady's 'poverty porn' accusation and sends people to Cambodia
An opposition legislator who triggered a controversy over "poverty porn" charges surrounding first lady Kim Keon-visit hee's to a sick Cambodian kid claimed he dispatched someone to Cambodia to confirm Kim's photo with the youngster.
Rep. Jang Kyung-tae, a first-term D...
Racism Hindering the End of the HIV epidemic in the US
It has been forty years since HIV/AIDS was declared an epidemic and still, black women bear the highest burden of it among women.
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, black women represent 13 percent of the female population. Yet they account for more than 5...
UN: OVER 27 CRORE INDIANS LIFTED OUT OF MULTIDIMENSIONAL POVERTY IN A DECADE
Highlights
• In the years between 2005-06 and 2015-16, India was successful in lifting around 27.3 crore people out of multidimensional poverty
• Along with India, the countries of Armenia, Nicaragua and North Macedonia have brought down the multidimensional po...
CHINA’S 40% OF POPULATION STRUGGLES: PREMIER LI KEQIANG
Highlights:
- More than two-fifths of the population of China has made less than $140 a month.
- The amount is not enough to rent a home in the big city, academics, and to lead a good life.
- Netizens are raising questions on Beijing’s pled...
COVID – 19 PANDEMIC COULD PUSH AT LEAST 260 MILLION INDIANS INTO POVERTY: RESEARCH
Highlights
- Due to the nationwide lockdown, hundreds of millions of its citizens struggle to make out a living.
- As a result, Indians who are presently close to the poverty line are at risk of becoming the new poor.
According to the U...
68% OF CHICAGO'S COVID-19 DEATHS ARE FROM THE BLACK COMMUNITY
Highlights:
- The African American community has always lived a neglected poor life
- They have never had access to health care and jobs
- Underlying health problem and going out for jobs are two major factors that are killing this community dur...
THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC COULD FORCE ASIA BELOW THE POVERTY LINE
- East Asia and Pacific below poverty line in foreseeable future
- Nation plunges into a worrisome recession
The world on the brink of extinction may not be the case likely but a world that is on the verge of poverty is not exaggerated. According to a report relea...
Time for significant infiltration into child poverty
Another year, a new document. I'm tired of hearing hundreds of thousands of Kiwi kids about the shame of poverty.
The number of children doing it tough year after year remains about the same: this year, the Child Poverty Monitor says it's 13 million suffering from material pover...
If you are poor, you are more likely to have a heart condition.
The nation of the United Kingdom has experienced a huge rise in the number of heart disease cases in the past couple of years, and we think that this situation is getting out of hand as the people with this is an issue are rising in number. Now new research has found something more interesting, a...
800,000 More Children From Working-Class Households Growing Up in Poverty in the UK
800,000 more children from in working-class households growing up in poverty in the UK
The number of children growing up in poverty has increased by 800,000 in the last nine years. The Trade Union Congress (TUC) feels it is due to in-work benefit cuts, weak wage growth as well as growin...
Story 1: A picture is worth a thousand words
Pictures speak louder than words, the statement can be justified when a picture of a five-year old girl became the talk of the town in the southern city of Hyderabad.
Stirring emotions
The picture showed the five-year old Divya peeking into a classroom, while ...
The current growth slowdown is an ideal time to implement doable agricultural reforms
One of the world’s fastest-growing economies, India, is now facing sluggish growth, with the Reserve Bank of India sharply cutting GDP growth forecast to 6.1% for 2019-20, which is lowest in last six years; there has been a sharp decline in the performance of key sectors. Some economists fe...
Study highlights influence of poverty on youngsters brain functions
A new study from the University of East Anglia states that children born into poverty show significant alterations in primary brain functions.