poverty
Unwilling to wait, poorer countries seek their own vaccines
World
February 6, 2021
Unwilling to wait, poorer countries seek their own vaccines
NEW DELHI (AP) — With coronavirus cases still climbing, Honduras got tired of waiting to get vaccines through a United…
Crime, conflict, chaos crushing Afghan hopes for tomorrow
Middle East
February 4, 2021
Crime, conflict, chaos crushing Afghan hopes for tomorrow
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Every morning when Khan Wali Kamran left for work, he was afraid his children might be…
Tripoli, Lebanon’s poorest city, on edge after curfew, protests
Middle East
February 3, 2021
Tripoli, Lebanon’s poorest city, on edge after curfew, protests
TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) – Lebanon’s poorest city, Tripoli, was again racked by violent protests last week, and some politicians and…
Syria floats new bank note amid soaring inflation
Middle East
January 25, 2021
Syria floats new bank note amid soaring inflation
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A new, 5,000 Syrian Lira bank note goes into circulation Sunday, the largest denomination in the…
Egypt’s Social Solidarity Ministry, EU, and UNDP sign €6 mn agreement to boost social safety nets amid pandemic
Egypt
January 22, 2021
Egypt’s Social Solidarity Ministry, EU, and UNDP sign €6 mn agreement to boost social safety nets amid pandemic
Egypt’s Ministry of Social Solidarity (MoSS) signed on Thursday an agreement with the European Union (EU) and the UN Development…
Egyptian parents arrested after offering daughter for sale on Facebook
Egypt
January 21, 2021
Egyptian parents arrested after offering daughter for sale on Facebook
Egyptian security services have arrested two people in Cairo for offering their infant daughter for sale on Facebook. The Department…
Lebanon’s downhill spiral hits the weakest
Middle East
January 19, 2021
Lebanon’s downhill spiral hits the weakest
“With each passing day, the lives of Lebanon’s citizens, migrants and refugees is becoming more unbearable; the poverty rate has…
World Bank approves cash assistance to crisis-struck Lebanon
Middle East
January 13, 2021
World Bank approves cash assistance to crisis-struck Lebanon
BEIRUT (AP) — The World Bank approved a $246 million loan to Lebanon to provide emergency cash assistance to nearly…
Virus, other problems threaten to throw off homeless census
World
December 27, 2020
Virus, other problems threaten to throw off homeless census
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The swanky, billion-dollar casinos of Las Vegas are bedecked with shining towers, neon signs and eye-popping…
Pandemic exposes the vulnerability of Italy’s ‘new poor’
World
December 20, 2020
Pandemic exposes the vulnerability of Italy’s ‘new poor’
MILAN (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic did not produce Elena Simone’s first budgetary rough patch. The 49-year-old single mother found…