Zimbabweans boil used nappies to get high

Zimbabweans boil used nappies to get high

Poverty-stricken drug users in the African country have turned to a cheaper narcotic.

  • byPeta Thornycroft andWill Brown

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Fears for children caught on the front line of Ukraine conflict

Fears for children caught on the front line of Ukraine conflict

More than half of the children living along and near the “contact line” - where fighting is most intense – are living in poverty.

  • byAnthony Galloway
Some say low interest rates cause inequality. What if it’s the reverse?

Some say low interest rates cause inequality. What if it’s the reverse?

New evidence suggests high inequality is the cause,not the result,of the low interest rates and high asset prices evident in recent years.

  • byNeil Irwin
The world is struggling,and tech can’t fix it
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The world is struggling,and tech can’t fix it

I’ve been having a crisis of confidence in technology. Not because of the harm that people and companies do with technology,but because tech may not matter very much when it comes to solving the world’s problems.

  • byShira Ovide
The developing world is a tinderbox as COVID-19 has gutted economies

The developing world is a tinderbox as COVID-19 has gutted economies

Things are urgent. The coronavirus has reversed decades of progress on global development,putting the world on the brink. To pull back it needs help from those on more solid ground.

  • byFarhad Manjoo
The rich made $6.5 trillion in the pandemic. The UN chief wants them to give some back

The rich made $6.5 trillion in the pandemic. The UN chief wants them to give some back

The pandemic has caused 3 million deaths,the worst global recession in 90 years,some 120 million people falling back into extreme poverty,and the equivalent of 255 million full-time jobs lost.

  • byEdith Lederer
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‘We’ve never done this before’:How do you vaccinate the world?

‘We’ve never done this before’:How do you vaccinate the world?

The world is rolling out one of the biggest logistical feats in history:vaccinating almost 8 billion people against COVID-19. How is it going? And when will life get back to normal?

  • bySherryn Groch
COVID-19 measures reduced rough sleeping but will the change be permanent?
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COVID-19 measures reduced rough sleeping but will the change be permanent?

Across NSW 1131 people are sleeping rough,a decline of 14 per cent in a year after a push to house people during the height of the coronavirus pandemic.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
UN chief blasts ‘disappointing’ Yemen pledge by rich countries as children starve

UN chief blasts ‘disappointing’ Yemen pledge by rich countries as children starve

“The shortfall ... will be measured in lives lost,” said a fundraising participant,after a global conference raised half of its aid target.

  • bySamy Magdy
‘We have no time to lose’:why Bill Gates is on a planetary crusade

‘We have no time to lose’:why Bill Gates is on a planetary crusade

Having grappled with malaria,HIV and Ebola,the Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist has set his sights on solving another intractable global problem:climate change.

  • byGreg Callaghan
Gap between rich and poor grows as dollars flood into Venezuela

Gap between rich and poor grows as dollars flood into Venezuela

The coronavirus pandemic is swelling the gap between rich and poor in Venezuela,where there may be no starker case of inequality.

  • byPatricia Laya andAlex Vasquez