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Quarter of UK women hit by period poverty, poll claims

Many girls have skipped school because they couldn’t afford pads or tampons, survey finds

The Independent UK

India’s urban population to stand at 675 million in 2035, behind China’s 1 billion: U.N.

By 2035, the percentage of population in India at mid-year residing in urban area will be 43.2%, the U.N. said in a report

The Hindu

Ahmedabad: For some poor councillors, getting elected meant losing below poverty line benefits

AHMEDABAD: There is a general belief that once a politician gets elected and comes to power his or her financial worries are things of the past. However, there are some elected public representatives whose financial status was below poverty line (BPL) and were eligible for government benefits for BPL. Once…

The Times of India

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Afghan survivor: If another quake doesn’t kill us, poverty might

More than 1,000 people have been killed and some 2,000 injured in Afghanistan’s worst earthquake in 20 years.

Al Jazeera

The Guardian view on the Social Mobility Commission: a string of broken promises

Editorial: Under Katharine Birbalsingh, the body has moved as far as possible away from its initial remit of child poverty

The Guardian - UK

Del Vecchio rose from poverty to billions by adding style to spectacles

Businessman Leonardo del Vecchio, who has died aged 87, created the glasses company that owns brands including Ray-Ban and used his billions to become one of the most influential figures in Italian finance.

Reuters

Why does the UK still have such a shameful attitude to poverty and benefits?

Study after study explodes the myth of the benefit ‘scrounger’. Sympathy is growing – but apparently not among Tories, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

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Period poverty is worst in Brighton and Hove - as nearly half can't afford sanitary items

Overall, a quarter of the female population find it more difficult now to afford basic sanitary protection - due to the rising cost of living and effects of the pandemic

Wales Online

'Scared' strikers struggling to pay bills 'can't afford not to strike'

"Everybody is hurting. There are people over there now who are experiencing real poverty"

Liverpool Echo

Dundee campaigners rally for end to fuel poverty as council declares emergency

Activtsts gathered in City Square less than two weeks after the council became the first in Scotland to declare a "cost-of-living emergency".

Daily Record

Wakefield's new Labour MP Simon Lightwood grew up 'in poverty' in South Shields

The former King George V Comp pupil took the 'red wall' seat of Wakefield from the Conservatives and pledged to stand up for people in poverty

Chronicle Live

Helping Afghanistan after earthquake will be hard: 3 questions answered

Afghanistan’s deadliest earthquake in more than two decades took place on June 22, 2022, killing more than 1,000 people and injuring at least 1,600. The disaster struck a remote mountainous region and came at a time when millions of Afghans are experiencing severe poverty and hunger. Since the Taliban, which…

The Conversation

D.C. march calls out "politics of greed"

Revived crusade founded by Dr. King focuses on new rise of union organizing at Amazon, Starbucks and elsewhere

Salon

Ex-US Vice President Mike Pence Denounces Iran's ‘Brutality’

Former US Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday denounced the Iranian regime for "brutality" and urged the Biden administration not to renew a nuclear deal with Tehran, saying it would embolden Iran's leadership. Pence flew 5,000 miles (8,000 kilometers) from his home in Indiana to Albania to visit the Ashraf-3…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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The Independent UK

UN officials: Afghan quake adds to emergencies in country

Senior UN officials say the earthquake in Afghanistan has added another emergency facing the country, which is also confronting its worst drought in 30 years and massive poverty

Daily Record

Alexandro Bernabei's incredible Celtic journey from poverty, hunting pigeons and the one person who fuels his desire

The full-back is on the brink of signing a deal at Parkhead and previously shared his remarkable backstory in an interview in his homeland.

Al Jazeera

Russian veto on Syria border aid could spell disaster for Idlib

Idlib residents are worried that more poverty – and hunger – is on its way if a vital border crossing is closed.

WEKU

Survivors dig by hand after Afghanistan quake killing 1,000

The disaster inflicted by the quake heaps more misery on a country where millions face increasing hunger and poverty and the health system has been crumbling since the Taliban retook power last year.

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Salon

Is it safe to use homemade tampons?

In light of the tampon shortage, doctors don't advise turning to this dangerous internet trend

Miami Herald

Bigger than Mariel: 140,000 Cubans have arrived at US borders since October

MIAMI — The number of Cubans fleeing poverty and oppression on the island surpassed the Mariel exodus of 1980, as U.S. government data reveals that more than 140,000 Cubans have been detained at U.S. borders between October last year and May.

The Guardian - AU

On jobseeker, I often just had one meal a day. Now I am worried I’ll need to get used to that again

Poverty is a political choice. The new Labor government must raise jobseeker payments to protect our most vulnerable

The Guardian - UK

Where is Labour’s plan to tackle poverty?

Letter: Prof Mike Stein agrees with Gordon Brown that this government has plunged many into extreme poverty – but says Labour should spell out what it would do to reverse this

Evening Standard

Sun Poverty: Celebrities back campaign for disadvantaged children to get free sun cream

Celebrities have backed a scheme that will see disadvantaged primary school children get free bottles of high factor sun cream for the second year in-a-row.

The Independent UK

Bruce Kent: Priest and anti-nuclear peace activist

Catholic priest who held various positions with the pressure group and remained convinced that war was the biggest cause of poverty on the planet

Asharq Al-Awsat

Sources: Lebanon Central Bank Forensic Audit to Begin June 27

A team from US-based auditor Alvarez and Marsal (A&M) will arrive in Lebanon on June 27 and begin a long-delayed forensic audit of the country's central bank, two Lebanese official sources told Reuters. The forensic audit, to examine the bank's past financial transactions to boost transparency, has been a key…

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