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Why Brazil Chose One Of Its Poorer Cities For UN Climate Talks
When world leaders, diplomats, business leaders, scientists and activists go to Brazil in November for the United Nations' annual climate negotiations, poverty, deforestation and much of the world's troubles will be right in their faces - by design.
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Argentina's Soaring Poverty And What President Javier Milei Is Doing About It
Argentina, a nation once ranked among the wealthiest in the world, has found itself grappling with severe economic challenges over 25 years. Then, one year ago, provocative libertarian economist Javier Milei was inaugurated as its new president.
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Indian-Americans Have Lowest Poverty Rate Among Asian Americans: Research
Indian-Americans are doing better than any other Asian-American group, according to a study by the Pew Research Center.
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"Expelled By Violence, Poverty": Thousands Of Migrants March To Reach US
The caravan of migrants from Central America grew to roughly 5,000 on Sunday, a massive group that stretched across this city's main highway for more than a half-mile.
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Dire Poverty In US To Worsen Under Trump, Threatening Democracy, Says Top UN Official
Poverty and inequality rates in the United States are alarming, poised to worsen under President Donald Trump and threatening the nation's democracy, a top United Nations official said on Friday.
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Thousands Of Central American Children Seek To Enter United States: United Nations
Thousands of children trying to escape gang violence and poverty in Central America have made their way to the United States this year - and there is no sign that the flow is letting up, the UN children's agency said in a report released late Monday.
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America Does Not Feel 'Great' To Millions Of Americans: Donald Trump
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump today said America does not feel "great" to the millions of Americans living in poverty and despair, rebutting President Barack Obama's criticism of him that the country was "already great".
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Brazil's New Middle Class Faces Plunge Back to Poverty
Brazilian Monica de Oliveira thought she'd forever left behind those days of worrying about getting her daughter new clothes.
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Come Together to Generate Prosperity, Meet Challenges: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday called upon South American countries to come together "to seek faster growth and newer avenues of generating prosperity, find solutions to the challenge of poverty and preserve our environment, and use our resources well".
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Honduras President, US Lawmakers Discuss Migrant Crisis
Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez told visiting US lawmakers Sunday that poverty and misinformation was fueling the flow of minors from Central America seeking to enter the United States illegally.
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Mumbai teenager beats odds, leaves red-light zone for US degree
A young Indian woman who grew up in Mumbai's red-light district facing poverty and sexual abuse has overcome the odds to win a scholarship to study in New York.
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India, China on path to overtake the globe's wealthiest nations: UN
The developing world's rapid growth has sharply cut extreme poverty, created a new middle class and put the economies of Brazil, China and India on a path to overtake the globe's wealthiest nations, the UN said on Thursday.
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1 in 7 Americans live in poverty: US Census
The Census Bureau in America has reported that the number of Americans living in poverty jumped to 14.3 percent in 2009, with the ranks of working-age poor reaching the highest since at least 1965.About 43.6 million people, or 1 in 7, were in poverty. That is up from 39.8 million, or 13.2 percent, in 2008.The number of people lacking health insuran...
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Why Brazil Chose One Of Its Poorer Cities For UN Climate Talks
When world leaders, diplomats, business leaders, scientists and activists go to Brazil in November for the United Nations' annual climate negotiations, poverty, deforestation and much of the world's troubles will be right in their faces - by design.
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Argentina's Soaring Poverty And What President Javier Milei Is Doing About It
Argentina, a nation once ranked among the wealthiest in the world, has found itself grappling with severe economic challenges over 25 years. Then, one year ago, provocative libertarian economist Javier Milei was inaugurated as its new president.
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Indian-Americans Have Lowest Poverty Rate Among Asian Americans: Research
Indian-Americans are doing better than any other Asian-American group, according to a study by the Pew Research Center.
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"Expelled By Violence, Poverty": Thousands Of Migrants March To Reach US
The caravan of migrants from Central America grew to roughly 5,000 on Sunday, a massive group that stretched across this city's main highway for more than a half-mile.
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Dire Poverty In US To Worsen Under Trump, Threatening Democracy, Says Top UN Official
Poverty and inequality rates in the United States are alarming, poised to worsen under President Donald Trump and threatening the nation's democracy, a top United Nations official said on Friday.
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Thousands Of Central American Children Seek To Enter United States: United Nations
Thousands of children trying to escape gang violence and poverty in Central America have made their way to the United States this year - and there is no sign that the flow is letting up, the UN children's agency said in a report released late Monday.
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America Does Not Feel 'Great' To Millions Of Americans: Donald Trump
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump today said America does not feel "great" to the millions of Americans living in poverty and despair, rebutting President Barack Obama's criticism of him that the country was "already great".
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Brazil's New Middle Class Faces Plunge Back to Poverty
Brazilian Monica de Oliveira thought she'd forever left behind those days of worrying about getting her daughter new clothes.
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Come Together to Generate Prosperity, Meet Challenges: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday called upon South American countries to come together "to seek faster growth and newer avenues of generating prosperity, find solutions to the challenge of poverty and preserve our environment, and use our resources well".
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Honduras President, US Lawmakers Discuss Migrant Crisis
Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez told visiting US lawmakers Sunday that poverty and misinformation was fueling the flow of minors from Central America seeking to enter the United States illegally.
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Mumbai teenager beats odds, leaves red-light zone for US degree
A young Indian woman who grew up in Mumbai's red-light district facing poverty and sexual abuse has overcome the odds to win a scholarship to study in New York.
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India, China on path to overtake the globe's wealthiest nations: UN
The developing world's rapid growth has sharply cut extreme poverty, created a new middle class and put the economies of Brazil, China and India on a path to overtake the globe's wealthiest nations, the UN said on Thursday.
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1 in 7 Americans live in poverty: US Census
The Census Bureau in America has reported that the number of Americans living in poverty jumped to 14.3 percent in 2009, with the ranks of working-age poor reaching the highest since at least 1965.About 43.6 million people, or 1 in 7, were in poverty. That is up from 39.8 million, or 13.2 percent, in 2008.The number of people lacking health insuran...
