At the launch of her book, Spies, Lies and Allies, Kavitha Rao trimmed the colourful lives of Roy and Chatto into an ...

Image Gurnah’s stoic prose isn’t always well suited to the tragic, even operatic events that unfold as Karim, Fauzia and Badar make their way in 1980s Tanzania; the author’s genteel ...

But the proposal to create the UK's first new national park in 15 years is at the centre of an "increasingly bitter" row ...

Child poverty remains a persistent and deeply rooted issue in the UK. In 2022/23 it was estimated that 4.3 million children live in relative poverty, and this number has risen in recent years. Among ...

"But I looked up and all I could see was a sea of rich people - mostly older, mostly white - standing and booing lustily, like some kind of genteel lynch mob. "I don't mean to use such ...

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In 2015, then-President Barack Obama committed the United States to achieving newly adopted U.N. global goals by 2030, including ending poverty, achieving gender equality and urgently tackling ...

Poverty in India is a complex and multifaceted issue influenced by a combination of historical, economic, social, and political factors. Several renowned economists and leaders have provided ...

India has witnessed a sharp reduction in poverty and inequality over the past decade, according to a new study by economists Surjit S Bhalla and Karan Bhasin. The study, based on government ...

High poverty rates, rising food prices, and food insecurity have plagued the U.S. for decades. A 2023 USDA Food Security Report found that food insecurity exists in about 18% of homes with children.

A commonly used definition of low income in the U.S. is the government-established federal poverty level. The Department of Health and Human Services calculates poverty guidelines, and they used ...