Footballer uses star power to shine light on Britain's young and poor

Footballer uses star power to shine light on Britain's young and poor

As a young boy,Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford never suffered from a lack of love. There was,though,not much food or money.

  • byBevan Shields

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Pandemic behind explosion of poverty across Asia and Pacific

Five million people will be pushed back below the poverty line as a result of lockdowns and the global recession.

  • byNicola Smith
The next pandemic is already here

The next pandemic is already here

As coronavirus creates financial hardship,healthy and nutritious food is getting out of reach for millions. In many countries obesity is on the rise.

  • byAgnieszka de Sousa
G20 delays debt freeze decision amid pandemic pain

G20 delays debt freeze decision amid pandemic pain

Finance officials also vowed to resolve major differences over taxing big tech companies and reach a broad,consensus-based solution on international taxation this year.

  • byAndrea Shalal andDavide Barbuscia
The Melbourne charity king with Lady Gaga,Rihanna and Hugh Jackman on speed dial

The Melbourne charity king with Lady Gaga,Rihanna and Hugh Jackman on speed dial

At 14,Melburnian schoolboy Hugh Evans set himself a mission to end global poverty. Some 20 years later,his Global Citizen charity is attracting millions of people – including celebrities and politicians – to the cause.

  • byAmanda Hooton
Heartbreaking Kenya trip an eye-opener for Eagles superstar

Heartbreaking Kenya trip an eye-opener for Eagles superstar

West Coast ruckman Nic Naitanui has opened up about the heartbreak he felt during his recent trip to Kenya,saying it helped change him.

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'Many of us are fearful':South Africa to reopen places of worship

'Many of us are fearful':South Africa to reopen places of worship

The past few weeks of lockdown,one of the strictest in Africa,have been catastrophic for the country's poorest,many of whom live hand-to-mouth in crowded slums.

Ebola,measles and now coronavirus:tackling multiple plagues in the Congo

Ebola,measles and now coronavirus:tackling multiple plagues in the Congo

There has been no quick fix for the Ebola crisis in DR Congo. But we can learn much in Australia from those who have learned to take outbreaks seriously.

  • byKate Learmonth
Thailand's poverty rate is on the rise after decades in decline

Thailand's poverty rate is on the rise after decades in decline

Nearly a third of Thailand's workforce is in the agricultural sector,which sells commodities such as rice,natural rubber and sugar to global markets but earns little.

  • byPatpicha Tanakasempipat
Thomas Piketty and the roots of global inequality

Thomas Piketty and the roots of global inequality

The man who wrote the most popular general economics history for decades is back with another piercing analysis of the state of the world.

  • byAndrew Leigh
Kakenya's dream:She traded parts of her body for an education

Kakenya's dream:She traded parts of her body for an education

130 million girls do not attend school,and this year about 12 million will likely be pulled out of school before puberty to enter an early marriage.

  • byJulie Power