Oxfam takes a closer look at USAID, an agency that provides critical help to the world, and the impact of Trump’s aid freeze.

Why would Oxfam, a once-respected charity, publish a careless and ill thought-out piece of propaganda such as its latest ...

Billionaire wealth surged in 2024, as the world’s richest people increasingly benefited from inheritance and powerful connections, Oxfam said in its annual inequality report.

But nothing all that golden is minting these new wealthy individuals.“Most billionaire wealth is taken, not earned, 60% comes from either inheritance, cronyism and corruption or ...

The Trump administration’s freeze on foreign aid and move to dismantle USAID is already “having deadly consequences,” according to one humanitarian organization.

The world's richest accumulated massive wealth in 2024, which some speculate could reach even greater heights in the next few ...

Oxfam, an independent non-governmental organisation, has revaleed that the wealth of four Nigerian billionaires can cover the whole of Lagos in 500 notes ...

At current trends the charity Oxfam predicts up to five trillionaires are expected to emerge within the next decade.

Oxfam International, in its latest assessment of global inequality timed to the opening of the World Economic Forum meeting, also predicts at least five trillionaires will crop up over the next ...

Billionaires’ wealth globally grew three times faster in 2024 than the year before, global advocacy group Oxfam International says, as some of the world’s political and financial elite prepare ...

Billionaire wealth in Ireland increased by €35.6 million per day, Oxfam Ireland said upon the January 20 publication of Oxfam ...

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