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Broadening definition of poverty reveals true numbers of people living in poverty and accelerates need to tackle crisis

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva opened a G20 summit in Rio by launching an alliance to curb world hunger, which he called a "scourge that shames humanity."

G20 leaders gather in Brazil on Monday to discuss fighting poverty, boosting climate financing and other multilateral initiatives that could yet be upended by Donald Trump's impending return to the White House.

Region’s mayor to launch measures to cut unemployment, reduce cost of travel and help children in hardship

Simona and David Pappalardo’s lives were turned upside down when David was diagnosed with brain cancer and given six months to live

King Charles III inaugurates food hubs on 76th birthday to address food poverty and waste, with traditional military celebrations.

For decades, white students have performed significantly better than Black and Hispanic students on tests of academic achievement. Explanations for these achievement gaps include poverty and systems that result in discrimination. Others cite struggles to learn English. And some folks believe that some groups simply don’t value education.

The United States on Tuesday banned all civilian flights to Haiti for a month, a day after a jetliner was shot at on approach to the capital and as a new prime minister took the reins of a nation ravaged by poverty and gang violence.

Couple buys mortgage-free, 3-bedroom house and makes two kids share one room. A friend says it's a "sign of poverty," but the woman disagrees. The post Friend Calls Lady Poor As She Has 2 Kids Sharing A Big Room In Mortgage-Free House, Folks Disagree first appeared on Bored Panda.

Thousands of migrants - including some who were encouraged to come to fill skills shortages - are living in poverty as they can’t access benefits

It’s two years since Kenyan president William Ruto, in what seemed like a political gamble, rolled out a government-run microcredit scheme popularised as the Hustler Fund. Worth 50 billion shillings (US$409 million) a year over a five-year period, the low-interest loans were touted as the “magic formula” to start or…