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Poverty

October 23, 2026
Sri Lanka Guardian Essays

The World Has the Wealth to End Poverty. It Chooses Not To.

The world is on course to miss its 2030 target for ending extreme poverty, with 826 million people already affected. Experts warn that widening inequality, war, declining aid and political inaction are

Diplomacy/Editor's Choice/Geopolitics

Global Hunger Worsens as Deforestation Remains Far Off Track for 2030

Global efforts to reduce hunger and halt deforestation are falling short of international targets, with new reports documenting worsening food insecurity in dozens of countries and continued destruction of millions of hectares of forest each year. The World Hunger Index

October 14, 2026

Sri Lankan Socialist Party Figure Claims Two-Thirds of Population Is Poor

Human Rights/Sri Lanka

A senior figure in Sri Lanka’s Frontline Socialist Party has claimed that two-thirds of the country’s population has fallen into poverty under the current

UK Slashes Foreign Aid, Sparking Global Alarm

United Kingdom/World

The UK government has announced a drastic reduction in aid spending to some of the world’s poorest nations, cutting funding by 40% over the

The World Has the Wealth to End Poverty. It Chooses Not To.

October 23, 2026
Sri Lanka Guardian Essays

The world is on course to miss its 2030 target for ending extreme poverty, with 826 million people already affected. Experts warn that widening inequality, war, declining aid and political inaction are

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Global Hunger Worsens as Deforestation Remains Far Off Track for 2030

October 14, 2026
Diplomacy/Editor's Choice/Geopolitics

Global efforts to reduce hunger and halt deforestation are falling short of international targets, with new reports documenting worsening food insecurity in dozens of countries and continued destruction of millions of hectares

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Sri Lankan Socialist Party Figure Claims Two-Thirds of Population Is Poor

October 2, 2026
Human Rights/Sri Lanka

A senior figure in Sri Lanka’s Frontline Socialist Party has claimed that two-thirds of the country’s population has fallen into poverty under the current administration, while 21% of children under the age

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UK Slashes Foreign Aid, Sparking Global Alarm

March 20, 2026
United Kingdom/World

The UK government has announced a drastic reduction in aid spending to some of the world’s poorest nations, cutting funding by 40% over the next year. Under plans unveiled by Foreign Secretary

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The War on Drugs or the War on the Poor?

February 14, 2026
Columns/Geopolitics

The constant insistence of the US discourse on the war on drugs seems to reflect a moral crusade by successive US administrations to rid their country of drug use. However, the truth

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Billionaires’ Wealth Hits Record $18.3 Trillion as Davos Draws Elite

January 19, 2026
Editor's Choice/Geopolitics/Human Rights

The world’s billionaires amassed a record-breaking fortune in 2025, Oxfam reported Monday, just days before the World Economic Forum gathers in Davos. The charity’s annual wealth analysis paints a stark picture of

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Nearly One in Four Sri Lankans Lives in Poverty, New Report Warns

January 11, 2026
News/Sri Lanka

Nearly 25 percent of Sri Lanka’s population is currently living in poverty, according to surveys highlighted in a new report released by the Poverty Analysis Center in collaboration with ODI Global. Experts

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When 56,000 People Own the World

December 15, 2025
Diplomacy/Editorials

Editorial The World Inequality Report 2026 does not merely describe a malfunctioning global economy; it indicts it. What emerges from its data is not an unfortunate imbalance or a temporary distortion, but

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India: Kerala Proves Poverty Isn’t Destiny

December 12, 2025
Sri Lanka Guardian Essays

On 1 November 2025, the south-western Indian state of Kerala – home to 34 million people – was declared free from extreme poverty by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. Kerala is one of the few

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The Scapegoating of Peasants for Pollution Crisis

November 29, 2025
Sri Lanka Guardian Essays

It is that time of year again when India’s national capital Delhi’s air quality turned acutely hazardous. Official Indian air quality indicators hit their maximum adverse readings of 500, while indices based

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Kerala Declares Victory Over Extreme Poverty

November 27, 2025
Human Rights/News

Kerala’s left-wing administration has claimed a historic triumph in eradicating extreme poverty, a declaration made by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan during a special assembly session on November 1, the state’s founding anniversary.

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Asia’s richest 10% capture 77% of all income as debt squeezes public services, Oxfam warns

October 29, 2025
Geopolitics/Human Rights

An alarming new Oxfam report warns of an ever-deepening divide between Asia’s rich and poor. The wealthiest 10% capture 77% of the region’s income, while over half a billion people survive on

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The Monsters of the Global Crisis Interregnum

August 15, 2025
Columns/Geopolitics

The famous quote by Italian Marxist philosopher Antonio Gramsci seems to have been written for the moment humanity is currently experiencing: “The old is dying, and the new cannot be born. In

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Adani Quietly Builds $1.5 Billion Real Estate Empire, Anchored by High-Stakes Dharavi Project

July 22, 2025
Business

Billionaire Gautam Adani, best known for his sprawling ports-to-power empire, is rapidly transforming India’s real estate landscape through a quieter but equally ambitious push into property development, Bloomberg reports. Adani Realty, the

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World Bank Warns of Alarming Rise in Poverty and Hunger in Conflict-Affected Economies

June 30, 2025
World

Conflict and instability are plunging 39 vulnerable economies deeper into poverty and hunger, posing a growing threat to global development efforts, according to a sweeping new report from the World Bank. The

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