Trump didn’t start the war on the poor – but he’s taking it to new extremes
His Big, Beautiful Bill is the latest attempt to finish off America’s already fragile welfare system.
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Calls for ceasefire grow as US and Israeli leaders discuss potential truce amid escalating violence in Gaza.
Labour MPs force concessions on disability reforms, applying changes only to new claimants amid mounting criticism.
Human rights lawyer warns GHF staff may face war crimes charges over deadly incidents at Gaza’s aid distribution sites.
‘Brutal funding cuts leave brutal choices,’ says aid chief, as humanitarian appeal slashes and priorities refocused.
No amount of foreign aid can fix what bad governance and political impunity continue to destroy.
Experts say financial illiteracy, lax regulations, greed, economic hardship make people susceptible to scam companies.
The bank warned that without a swift course correction, the harm to living standards could be ‘deep’.
‘Lack of choice, not desire’ is reason for global fertility crisis, UN says in a global report.
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UN rapporteur Francesca Albanese brands US-backed Gaza aid system ‘humanitarian camouflage’, ‘tactic of this genocide’.
![Palestinians mourn over the body of Ahmed Abu Hilal, who was killed while on his way to an aid hub in Gaza, during his funeral at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Sunday, June 8, 2025. [Abdel Kareem Hana/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/AP25159513055391-1749393552.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Poppy cultivation and methamphetamine production has surged in Myanmar amid the country’s grinding civil war.
![Women shield themselves from the sun with scarves and straw hats as they harvest opium poppies in southern Shan State [Fabio Polese/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/007_Myanmar_Drugs_Polese-1749263549.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)