World’s richest 1% pollute more than the poorest two-thirds, Oxfam says

The world’s richest 1 percent generated as much carbon emissions as the poorest two-thirds in 2019, according to a new Oxfam ... an average global temperature that was more than 2 degrees ... Read More

Global health fund says health, climate, conflict 'triple whammy' hits world's poorest

Climate change and conflict risk overshadowing efforts to improve people's health, when in reality the issues overlap, Peter Sands, head of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, ... Read More

World’s Top 1% Own More Wealth than 95% of Humanity, as “the Shadow of Global Oligarchy Hangs over UN General Assembly – Oxfam

The richest 1 percent have more wealth than the bottom 95 percent of the world’s population put together, new Oxfam analysis of UBS data reveals today ... Read More

'World's richest 1% get 82% of the wealth', says Oxfam

Some 82% of money generated last year went to the richest 1% of ... the world's poorest have received a massive pay rise leading to a more equal global income distribution." Oxfam's report is ... Read More

Richest 1% emit as much CO2 as poorest two thirds of planet, says Oxfam report

The richest 1% emit as much CO2 emissions as the poorest two-thirds of the population of the planet, according to a new report by Oxfam. In 2019, the carbon emissions of the richest 1% soared to 16% ... Read More

World's 26 richest own same as poorest half of humanity: Oxfam

The world's 26 richest ... poorest half of humanity pocketed just 12 cents on each dollar of global income growth, compared with the 27 cents captured by the top one percent, the report found ... Read More

Pope Travels From One of the World's Poorest Countries to One of the Richest: Singapore

Pope Travels From One of the World's Poorest Countries to One of the Richest: Singapore SINGAPORE ... to encourage it more than two decades after it secured independence as it struggles with ... Read More

Mark Zuckerberg Becomes World’s Third-Richest Person After Overtaking Jeff Bezos

Meta co-founder Mark Zuckerberg became the third richest person in the world Friday, taking the title from Amazon chairman Jeff Bezos after a strong week of trading for Meta shares, which are up more ... Read More

Wealth of world's 10 richest men doubled in pandemic, Oxfam says

Lower incomes for the world's poorest ... world's 10 richest men have more than doubled their collective fortunes since March 2020, Oxfam said. Oxfam typically releases a report on global ... Read More

World's richest 2,000 people hold more than poorest 4.6 billion combined: Oxfam

REUTERS/File Photos NAIROBI (Reuters) - The world’s richest 2,153 people controlled more money than the poorest ... to the global economy each year than the technology industry, Oxfam said ... Read More

Pope travels from one of the world’s poorest countries to one of the richest: Singapore

SINGAPORE — Pope Francis flew to Singapore on Wednesday for the final leg of his trip through Asia, arriving in one of the world’s richest countries from one of its poorest after a record ... Read More