Is humanity doomed? Five ways the world is actually doing better – in data
If you think the world is doomed and everything is going downhill, you are wrong, but you are not alone.
Poverty Sport News
Queues return to Greek soup kitchens as inflation takes its toll
And again: I am back in Greece.
Afghanistan under Taliban rule: Families face desperate choices to survive poverty
Also this week, climate change was so critical in Australia's election that the poll was dubbed the "climate election". There was a surge in support for candidates wanting urgent action on climate, like Greens and independents. In the end, the Labor Party of Anthony Albanese won, ending nine years of conservative rule.
Under one roof: the project providing integrated health and social care services
Surprisingly many people living in cities struggle to get access to health care and social services
The scandal of child poverty in Europe - are governments doing enough?
One in four children growing up in Europe is at risk of poverty and social exclusion. It's a shocking statistic and the lifelong implications are huge. Growing up in poverty means a child is more likely to drop out of school and less likely to be able to find a decent job, with their children in turn at risk of growing up in poverty.
Famine in Afghanistan: Will crisis force reset of relations with the Taliban?
It's winter and the United Nations estimates that more than half the population doesn't have enough to eat. With famine and shuttered health care facilities come disease and a spike in epidemics like pneumonia. Are the Taliban fit to govern? Those who have fled or are in hiding argue not. But what happened during the two decades when they were out of power?
Turning up the heat on Europe's fuel poverty crisis
With millions of Europeans having to make the desperately tough choice between eating and heating this winter, Real Economy travels to Bulgaria to see how EU funding is helping support families with a hot meal so they can direct their savings towards their other vital needs.