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Business
Chinese billionaire battling to save debt-mired Evergrande
BEIJING: From rural poverty to real estate billions, the fortunes of Xu Jiayin tracked China’s runaway growth for much of…
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World
Lebanon crisis plunges women into period poverty
BEIRUT: With prices soaring in crisis-hit Lebanon, Sherine can no longer afford sanitary pads. So instead each month, she is…
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World
UN: Pandemic plunges 100m more into poverty
GENEVA: The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed more than 100 million more workers into poverty, the UN said yesterday, after working…
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Business
Coup, virus driving half of Myanmar into poverty: UN
YANGON: Half of Myanmar’s population could be living in poverty next year, driven by the combination of the pandemic and…
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Business
Lebanon civil war survivors say today’s crisis even worse
BEIRUT: During the civil war that ended over 30 years ago Abla Barotta survived shelling and clashes, but she now…
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World
Poverty road in China drives some to riches, leaves others behind
BEIJING: At his village along a “poverty alleviation road” in Hunan province, farmer Liu Qingyou shares a booklet detailing how…
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Business
Oil-rich Libya in poverty after decade of conflict
TRIPOLI: Libya has Africa’s largest proven oil reserves and only seven million people, but a decade of bloody conflict has…
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Egypt’s GDP grows despite COVID, but so does poverty
CAIRO: This file picture shows an elevated view of the “King Salman overpass”, currently under construction in the Omraniya district…
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Subcontinent
Educating Hima: Doyne on battling poverty in Nepal
KATHMANDU: In this photograph taken on September 10, 2019, American philanthropist Maggie Doyne (center) poses for pictures along with children…
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Europe
Fear and poverty in Turkey as pandemic hits Erdogan’s base
ISTANBUL: People shop at the Spice Market also known as the Egyptian Bazaar as the outbreak of the coronavirus disease…
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Business
World Bank warns extreme poverty could surge by 100m
MANILA: Men queue up to receive food aid in Manila after the Philippines economy plunged into recession. – AFP WASHINGTON:…
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