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The figure, going from 52.8 million poor in 2016 to 54.9 million in 2017, means 26.5 percent of the country was below the poverty line
World
31.07.2024
Number of poor in Brazil grows by two million
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has had a surprisingly smooth relationship with the US administration despite its criticism of the United Nations
World
31.07.2024
Guterres still a 'believer' in the UN despite US swipe
The United Nations children fund UNICEF has launched a "national immunisation campaign" in Libya
World
31.07.2024
Libya to launch vaccine campaign after shortages
This handout picture provided by the Moroccan Royal Palace on December 3, 2018 shows Morocco's King Mohamed VI (L) visiting Gabon's President Ali Bongo at the military hospital in the capital Rabat.
World
31.07.2024
Gabon president leaves Morocco hospital
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The victim was a 66-year-old Irishman who taught English
World 31.07.2024
Pakistani held as teacher stabbed to death at French university
"I hope that we will never have to use our army, but at this moment it is one of the options on the table," Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic said
World 31.07.2024
Serbia 'hopes' it won't need to use army against Kosovo: PM
Yellow Vests protesters clash with riot police forces during a demonstration against rising oil prices and living costs in Bordeaux, southwestern France, on December 1, 2018
World 31.07.2024
French back 'yellow vest' protests despite govt U-turn: poll
Togo has been rocked in the last year by a wave of protests calling for the resignation of President Faure Gnassingbe, seen in January 2018, whose family has been in power since 1968
World 31.07.2024
Togo church leaders demand election postponement
The way seems clear for Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel, pictured November 2018, to head to a UN conference in Marrakesh to endorse the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, but he risks losing his parliamentary majority
World 31.07.2024
Belgian PM wins backing for UN migration pact
Lev Ponomaryov (L), seen in 2007 with other opposition leaders, said after his December 2018 arrest, that Russia "is gradually inching towards mass political repressions," he said, referring to the peak of Stalin-era purges
World 31.07.2024
Russia jails elderly activist for protest call
The UK parliament's select media committee published more than 200 pages of internal Facebook emails it has acquired while probing how the giant was being used to manipulate major election results
World 31.07.2024
Facebook accused of giving access to users' data
A meeting on disinformation at the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels on December 5, 2018
World 31.07.2024
EU steps up fake news fight ahead of elections
The murder of a US tourist has dealt a fresh blow to Costa Rica's image as a tourist destination
World 31.07.2024
US-Venezuelan tourist killed in Costa Rica: police
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