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Billionaires' Wealth Has Shot Up 81% in 5 Years
Billionaires' Wealth Has
Shot Up 81% in 5 Years
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Jan 20, 2026 6:05 AM CST

Billionaires' Wealth Has Shot Up 81% in 5 Years

Fortunes grew 16% last year alone, according to Oxfam charity report

(Newser) - Billionaires are entering 2026 wealthier and more numerous than ever, even as global poverty progress stalls, according to a new Oxfam report timed to the World Economic Forum in Davos. The charity says billionaire wealth hit a record $18.3 trillion last year, climbing 16% or $2.5 trillion, with...

How US Aid Cuts Endanger Pregnant Refugees in Kenya

Women face malnutrition, dangerous births after US aid freeze

(Newser) - A maternity ward in one of the world's biggest refugee camps is where US foreign aid cuts are showing up most clearly on the scale. Reporting from Kakuma, a camp in northwest Kenya that houses close to 310,000 people, ProPublica describes how the Trump administration's decision to...

Rare Declaration of Famine Is Announced for Sudan

Conflict leaves millions without food, water, or medical care

(Newser) - International authorities have formally declared famine in war-ravaged regions of Sudan, marking a rare and severe escalation in the country's humanitarian crisis. The declaration comes from the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, the world's main authority on hunger crises, NPR reports. The IPC and its partners warn that,...

Greta Thunberg Describes Her Detainment in Israel

Activist says detainees lacked water and medicine; Israel disputes claims

(Newser) - Greta Thunberg says she and other activists were "kidnapped and tortured" by the Israeli military after she and 478 others who were part of a Gaza aid flotilla were detained and held in Israeli custody before some were expelled from Israel Monday. At a Stockholm press conference Tuesday,...

After Afghan Quake, Male Rescuers Helped the Men

Not so much women and teen girls, due to Taliban's strict customs on interactions, physical contact

(Newser) - In the aftermath of a powerful earthquake in eastern Afghanistan, the country's strict gender rules left many women and teen girls without help as male rescue teams focused largely on men and younger children. Survivors in hard-hit villages described how, due to Taliban-enforced customs prohibiting contact between unrelated...

UN Warns Myanmar Is Nearing 'Full-Blown Disaster'

Rakhine becomes increasingly desperate for food

(Newser) - With starvation fears intensifying in Myanmar's Rakhine state, the UN's World Food Program is warning of a looming "full-blown disaster." Years of conflict, especially since the 2021 military coup, have cratered the economy and left humanitarian agencies scrambling to keep up with surging needs. But...

Can a Sprawling Refugee Camp Morph Into a City?

Kenya's Kakuma will try

(Newser) - In the remote lands of northwest Kenya, a refugee camp that sits eight hours away from the nearest city is on a journey to become a city itself. The first tents went up in Kakuma in 1992 as the "Lost Boys of Sudan" arrived ; refugees from places like...

In North Carolina, Aid Arrives the Old-Fashioned Way

Use of mules 'an unprecedented response' to 'an unprecedented storm,' says Gov. Roy Cooper

(Newser) - Helicopters, military planes, semi-trucks, and mules are helping bring much needed aid to North Carolina in the wake of Hurricane Helene. Vehicles are carrying the heavy loads, but mules are able to reach areas not accessible by vehicle, including some hard-hit mountainous areas, Axios reports. "This has been an...

In Flint, Michigan, an Ambitious Program for New Moms

City where 70% of children live in poverty will pay out $7.5K to women with newborns

(Newser) - A $500 payment each month might not sound like a lot. But for Hailey Toporek, it's life-changing. The 19-year-old learned she was pregnant just 10 days before delivering a baby boy. Two days after giving birth, she arrived at pediatrician Mona Hanna-Attisha's office for a checkup and learned...

Johnson on Border Deal: 'Dead on Arrival'

House speaker pushes back on Senate legislation on immigration, border, Ukraine aid

(Newser) - House Speaker Mike Johnson took a strong stand Friday against a bipartisan Senate deal to pair border enforcement measures with Ukraine aid , sending a letter to colleagues that aligns him with hard-line conservatives determined to sink the compromise on border and immigration policy. Johnson said the legislation would've been...

Nancy Pelosi: This Is 'Absurdly Unconstitutional'
Nancy Pelosi: This Is
'Absurdly Unconstitutional'
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Aug 9, 2020 2:45 PM CDT

Nancy Pelosi: This Is 'Absurdly Unconstitutional'

The fight is on over Trump's executive orders

(Newser) - Trump's executive actions are a done deal, right? Well, maybe not. Democrats and White House officials say they're still open to negotiating as questions swirl around the constitutionality of Trump's dramatic move Saturday—signing four actions to provide coronavirus relief amid stalled congressional talks, the Hill reports....

Lawmakers Are Locked in COVID-19 Aid Talks

'It was more productive than the other meetings': Sen. Chuck Schumer

(Newser) - Lawmakers participating in rare weekend talks on a huge coronavirus relief measure reported progress on Saturday, as political pressure mounts to restore a newly expired $600-per-week supplemental unemployment benefit and send funding to help schools reopen, the AP reports. "This was the longest meeting we had and it was...

Thanks to 'Double Game,' Pakistan Loses US Aid

(Newser) - President Trump, who slammed Pakistan in his first tweet of the year , has now made good on his threat to cut off aid. The administration says it's suspending all security assistance to the country until it takes "decisive action" against Taliban and Haqqani militants on its territory targeting...

Trump Sides With Democrats on Harvey Relief, Debt Ceiling

President overrules lawmakers from the GOP

(Newser) - President Trump overruled congressional Republicans and his own treasury secretary Wednesday and cut a deal with Democrats to fund the government and raise the federal borrowing limit for three months, all part of an agreement to speed money to Harvey relief. In the course of a relatively brief negotiating session...

Abbott: Texas Will Need Up to $180 Billion in Harvey Recovery

The governor said damage is on the scale of Katrina

(Newser) - Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Sunday called on Congress to combine a $7.9 billion disaster relief package for Harvey with a contentious increase in the nation's debt limit, saying it was time to "put politics aside" so storm victims in Texas can get the help they need....

$140K of Ebola Supplies Sit Unused in Sierra Leone

Party politics may be preventing access to shipment

(Newser) - A shipping container full of much-needed supplies to fight Ebola arrived in Sierra Leone almost two months ago—and it's still sitting on the docks, the New York Times reports. In a period that has seen hundreds die, some $140,000 worth of protective gear, mattresses, and stretchers has...

Gazans Blame Hamas for Economic Woes

Party shares blame with Israel for sky-high unemployment

(Newser) - As joblessness mounts in the beleaguered Gaza Strip, more and more residents are blaming the ruling Hamas party for their woes, GlobalPost reports. Although Gaza has one of the fastest population growth rates on earth, 45% of people have no job and 85% depend on aid to get by. And...

Thawing Relations: South Korea Sending Aid to North

5,000 tons of rice, cement to be shipped

(Newser) - South Korea will send $8.5 million in aid to flood-ravaged North Korea in a sign of warming relations, NPR reports. The 5,000-ton shipment of rice and cement represents the South’s first major aid shipment to its neighbor after an alleged torpedo attack from the North in March...

Officials May Have Smuggled US Aid Out of Afghanistan

More than $3 billion flown out of Kabul Airport

(Newser) - US investigators suspect that high-ranking Afghan officials are smuggling US aid money out of the country and putting it in financial safe havens abroad. More than $3 billion in cash has been flown out of Kabul International Airport in the past three years, the Wall Street Journal reports, and though...

New Game Lets You 'Hurl Berl' Into the Air

It's harder than it looks

(Newser) - From his dalliances with women to his "tan" Obama jokes , Silvio Berlusconi has done a lot of things that might make you want to throw him far, far away. But Bono (yep, that Bono) is most angry at Italy's poor record on delivering pledged aid to Africa—and he...

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