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Armenia's Labor and Social Affairs Minister disagrees with former Karabakh minister on poor situation of residents
Armenia's Labor and Social Affairs Minister Narek Mkrtchyan disagreed with former Nagorno-Karabakh state minister Artak Beglaryan, who claims that most of the Karabakh refugees who fled their homes in September 2023 after a massive attack by Azerbaijan live in poverty.Armenia's poverty rate reached 23.7% by end of 2023
The poverty rate in Armenia, calculated on the average line, stood at 23.7% at the end of 2023, a decrease of 1.1 percentage points compared to the previous year, according to a report by the National Statistical Committee of Armenia.Wealth of five richest men doubles since 2020 as five billion people made poorer in "decade of division," says Oxfam
The world’s five richest men have more than doubled their fortunes from $405 billion to $869 billion since 2020 —at a rate of $14 million per hour— while nearly five billion people have been made poorer, reveals a new Oxfam report on inequality and global corporate power.UN secretary general: 36 countries depend on Russia and Ukraine for more than half of their wheat imports
“As many as 1.7 billion people — one third of whom are already living in poverty — are now highly exposed to disruptions in food, energy and finance systems that are triggering increases in poverty and hunger,” UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres told reporters on Wednesday, according to TASS.WHO: more than half a billion people pushed or pushed further into extreme poverty due to health care costs
New evidence compiled by the World Health Organization and the World Bank shows that the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to halt two decades of global progress towards Universal Health Coverage.News 1 - 20 of 47
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