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A man sits across flare stacks burning off excess gas at the Nahr Bin Omar oilfield in Iraq's southern province of Basra on Oct 25, 2021. – AFP n

Poverty fuels despair in south Iraq
Evergrande Group chairman Xu Jiayin gestures during a press conference in this file photon

Chinese billionaire battling to save debt-mired Evergrande
BEIRUT: Employee Izdihar prepares sanitary pads from diapers at a charity store on June 23, 2021. - AFP n

Lebanon crisis plunges women into period poverty
WASHINGTON: Activists take part in a protest outside of the Old Ebbitt Grill to call for a full minimum wage with tips for restaurant workers on May 26, 2021. – AFP n

UN: Pandemic plunges 100m more into poverty
Volunteers attending to displaced Thai residents at Mae Hong Son province, who fled their area near the Thailand-Myanmar border due to the fighting between Myanmar government troops and Karen National Union rebels. - AFPn

Coup, virus driving half of Myanmar into poverty: UN
LA MATANZA, Argentina: Women serve food at a soup kitchen in the Puerta de Hierro neighborhood in La Matanza municipality on April 12, 2021. - AFP n

In Buenos Aires shantytowns, COVID sends poverty soaring
BEIRUT: Civil war survivor Victor Abu Kheir, 77, is pictured in his barbershop in the capital's Hamra neighborhood on April 6, 2021. - AFP n

Lebanon civil war survivors say today's crisis even worse
LAGOS: A tuc tuc taxi passes a giant advertising screen showing US dollar, British pound and euro foreign currency exchange rates on a road in Lagos, Nigeria. - AFPnn

Africa set for growth with rising poverty, debt in 2021: Forecast
BAOJING, China: This picture shows farmer Liu Qingyou at his orange orchard in Baojing County, in central China's Hunan province.-AFP n

Poverty road in China drives some to riches, leaves others behind
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Sharp decline in marriages between Kuwaiti men and non-Kuwaiti women raises debate
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BEIJING: Lei Jun, co-founder and CEO of Xiaomi, speaks during the launch of the Xiaomi YU7 SUV car in Beijing on May 22, 2025. -- AFP
Xiaomi launches new advanced in-house mobile chip
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Teacher Lakshmi Kumari Patel teaches students inside the classroom of a government primary school at Nichla Fala village in India's Rajasthan state. -- AFP
India’s mother tongue teaching spells reading success
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ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia: People sing during a protest calling for the resignation of Mongolia's Prime Minister Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene at Sukhbaatar Square in Ulaanbaatar on May 21, 2025. -- AFP
Young Mongolians demand PM resign over corruption claims
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Indian army soldiers patrol near the Line of Control (LoC) between Pakistan and India, in Poonch sector of India's Jammu region, on May 20, 2025. -- AFP
Sifting through the rubble of Indo-Pak conflict