World's richest 2,000 people hold more than poorest 4.6 bln combined - Oxfam

The world's richest 2,153 people controlled more money than the poorest 4.6 billion combined in 2019, while unpaid or underpaid work by women and girls adds three times more to the global economy each year than the technology industry

No sex, no babies: S.Korea's emerging feminists reject marriage

'With the wage gap, women feel they can't support themselves when they get old, which is why they naturally want to find a man who they can live with and depend on'


Millions go hungry in wealthy Canada - and some die young as a result

Infectious diseases, unintentional injuries and suicide are twice as likely to kill those who face severe problems finding enough food as those who do not


India's Dalits protest against plan to develop common land

A government plan to use common land for industrial development in the Punjab could deny land rights to Dalits, say activists


Door-knocking neighbors help avert home seizures in Detroit

Detroit has been ravaged by property tax foreclosures, now a group of people are warning homeowners in their communities whose properties are at risk


Climate change pushes investors to take their temperature

A vanguard of insurers and pension funds, many of whom will be at the World Economic Forum this week, are testing a new "temperature score" that gives a snapshot of how their investments are contributing to climate change


75 years on, Holocaust survivors struggle to recover property in Poland

Evron is one of thousands of Jews whose families' property was seized by Poland's Nazi occupiers and then kept by its postwar communist rulers


After fire, dust and hail play havoc on Australian summer

Dust storms threaten to drift over more heavily populated cities including Sydney, bringing a new element to this summer's extreme weather


Sports need to do more to combat climate change - lobby group

While sports organisations are adapting to extreme weather with new policies to deal with severe heat, they need to address the causes of climate change including looking at their sponsors, says Australian Conservation Foundation


Opinion

OPINION: Why emerging markets businesses should support LGBT+ rights

Companies are worried that open support for LGBT+ inclusion could trigger a backlash from emerging markets consumers - but evidence shows otherwise



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