Marcus Rashford keeps pressure on U.K. government to feed kids
Soccer star Marcus Rashford's campaign to feed poor students has sparked a partisan political battle that makes scoring goals for Manchester United seem trivial by comparison. The 22-year-old England international successfully lobbied British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government in June to extend free school meals ...
Vaccine storage issues could leave 3 billion people without access
Low income people around the world who were among the hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic are also likely to be the last to recover from it.
Media join the debate over the economics of a universal basic income
Could the introduction of such a welfare model lead to economic inequality?
Storms and pandemic raise fear of worst North Korea famine since 1990s
Three destructive typhoons, U.S.-backed sanctions and the global pandemic are fueling concern that North Korea’s 26 million people could slip back into the devastating food shortages the country faced during the rule of Kim Jong Un’s father in the 1990s. Kim said the country is ...
How poor regions lose out because of U.S. census undercounts
Low population tallies can rob areas of badly needed federal dollars to address affordable housing, child care and other key issues.
'I have failed': North Korea's Kim shows tearful side in confronting hardships
North Korea watchers say Kim has also sought to portray himself as a more traditional political leader than his eccentric father, Kim Jong Il.
World Food Programme's Nobel win reflects 'hunger for international cooperation'
At a time when the COVID-19 pandemic has fractured global alliances and go-it-alone has turned ugly, some world leaders say Friday's awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to the U.N. World Food Programme was a commitment to the belief that only a concerted effort ...
WHO and partners roll out faster COVID-19 tests for poorer nations
It is hoped the cheaper, quicker tests will enable workers to respond better to outbreaks in hard-to-reach places.
Some of Hong Kong's poor finally feel at home in prefabricated 'modules'
When Lau Kai Fai, his wife and teenage son moved into a new Hong Kong flat last month, he thought the 290 square feet (27 square meters) of space in his "module home" felt like "winning the lottery." Among the first Hong Kongers to move ...
Celebrating 75 years of the United Nations
The U.N. and the belief in global solidarity that it embodies have never been more essential as the world finds itself in turmoil amid a virus pandemic and a recession.
Japanese fashionista aims to put Filipino kids on runway to success
She has continued to hold shows annually in Manila, and twice in 2016, with the help of clothing companies supporting her socially responsible efforts.
Rich nations representing a fraction of the global population have already bought up over half the promised COVID-19 vaccine stocks, a study showed, as U.S. President Donald Trump pledged to begin inoculating Americans within weeks. Big Pharma is racing to produce an effective vaccine to ...
