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How much more have billionaires amassed in the last 10 years?

Oxfam’s report showed an astronomical rise in the wealth of the richest top 1% over the last decade. Collected, it would be enough to end global poverty more than 20 times over, although the report found an alarming lack of funding for projects to tackle inequality.

Euronews

Amount stolen from India by colonial Britain revealed in new report

THE British Empire has reportedly drained India of $64.82 trillion and significantly stifled the country’s industrial growth leading to poverty,…

The National (Scotland)

Billionaires’ wealth grew by £1.6 trillion last year, Oxfam says

Billionaire wealth has grown faster last year, and now the world can expect at least 5 trillionaires within a decade, even as the number of people in poverty has barely budged since 1990

The Independent UK

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Oxfam Predicts Trillionaire Within Decade Amidst Growing Global Inequalities

Oxfam warns that the world could have its first trillionaire within a decade, highlighting growing inequalities exacerbated by the pandemic.

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The world could get its first trillionaire within 10 years, anti-poverty group Oxfam says

The anti-poverty organization Oxfam International says the world could have its first trillionaire within a decade

The Independent UK

As the billionaires gather at Davos, it's worth examining what's become of their dreams

Gathering for their annual World Economic Forum at Davos in Switzerland this week, the world’s business and political elite will be digesting some unpleasant reading courtesy of the aid agency Oxfam International.

The Conversation

So far it's a grand decade for billionaires, says new report. As for the masses ...

As the World Economic Forum kicks off in Davos, the charity Oxfam has issued its annual report on wealth, poverty and inequality. It makes some bold assertions. But there are skeptics.

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World's richest 1 percent emit as much carbon as two-thirds of humanity: report

As the world grapples with the dual crises of inequality and climate change, a new report has found the richest 1 percent of the global population is generating the same amount of carbon emissions as the five billion people who make up the poorest two-thirds.

Radio France Internationale

Watchdog considers action over Oxfam cartoon of anti-trans ‘hate groups’

Oxfam International apologised and re-edited cartoon alleged to include racial stereotyping and JK Rowling attack

The Guardian - UK

Oxfam denies depicting JK Rowling as red-eyed ‘Terf’ in its new Pride video

Charity said there was ‘no intention by Oxfam or the film-maker… to have portrayed any particular person or people’

The Independent UK

Oxfam denies depicting JK Rowling as hateful woman wearing ‘Terf’ badge in Pride video

Charity said there was ‘no intention by Oxfam or the film-maker… to have portrayed any particular person or people’

The Independent UK

Woman wearing ‘terf’ badge in Pride video not JK Rowling – Oxfam International

The organisation said there was ‘no intention by Oxfam or the film-makers … to have portrayed any particular person or people’.

The Independent UK

As Davos opens, Oxfam urges windfall tax on food companies

Anti-poverty group Oxfam says companies making big profits as inflation surges should face windfall taxes to help cut global inequality

The Independent UK

South Korea improving on inequality, Hong Kong slipping: Oxfam

UK-based charity says rich and poor countries alike exacerbated rising economic inequality during the pandemic.

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WFP: 345 Million Face Acute Hunger - Half Are Children

The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) estimates that the global food crisis has pushed an additional 23 million under-18s into acute food insecurity since the start of the year, taking the total of children now affected to 153 million. This represents nearly half of the 345 million people facing…

The Conversation

Food giants reap enormous profits during times of crisis

A recent report by Oxfam International has found that 62 new “food billionaires” were created during the pandemic. The report, released ahead of this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, highlights the record profits made by industry titans.

The Independent UK

Sadiq Khan calls on leading vaccine manufacturers to share Covid jab blueprints with world

Exclusive: Sadiq Khan, alongside mayors of New York and Johannesburg, urged companies ‘to do all you can’ to promote vaccine equity and ‘help stop the unnecessary loss of life’

The Independent UK

East Africa's hunger crisis needs global action, says Oxfam

The aid agency Oxfam International warns that widespread hunger across East Africa could become “a catastrophe” without an injection of funds to the region’s most vulnerable communities

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