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A homeless with his little pet, bottom right, in front a store to rent for food, begs for alms while pedestrian walking past wearing face mask protection against the coronavirus, in Pamplona, northern Spain, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
Oxfam urges radical economic rejig for post-COVID world

By Pan Pylas Jan. 24, 2021 07:01 PM EST

FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2020, file photo, Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, attends a session on the first day of the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany. Georgieva said that the global economy has started on a long climb to stronger growth with prospects looking a little better than four months ago. Georgieva said Tuesday, Oct. 6 that global economic activity suffered an unprecedented fall in the spring when 85% of the global economy was in lockdown for several weeks but currently the situation is “less dire” with many countries seeing better-than-expected rebounds in recent weeks (AP Photo/Jens Meyer, File)
G-20 suspends poor nations' debt payments for 6 more months

By Martin Crutsinger And Aya Batrawy Oct. 14, 2020 12:04 PM EDT

This April 19, 2020 photo shows a large refugee camp on the Syrian side of the border with Turkey, near the town of Atma, in Idlib province, Syria. The rapid spread of the coronavirus has raised fears about the world’s refugees and internally displaced people, many of whom live in poor or war-ravaged countries that are ill-equipped to test for the virus or contain a possible outbreak. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
Oxfam: Pandemic pushing millions to brink of starvation

Jul. 08, 2020 08:02 PM EDT

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell addresses a meeting, Supporting the future of Syria and the Region, in videoconference format at the European Council building in Brussels, Tuesday, June 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, Pool)
Donors: $7.7 billion to tackle Syria humanitarian crisis

By Lorne Cook And Mike Corder Jun. 30, 2020 05:45 AM EDT

FILE - In this Sunday, March 21 2009 file photo, Sudanese refugees gather behind the Oxfam logo at the site of the looted compound of the expelled British aid group, Oxfam at Al Salam refugee camp, outside the Darfur town of al-Fasher, Sudan. Oxfam, one of the world’s leading aid agencies, is to severely curtail its work around the world because of the financial strain caused by the coronavirus pandemic, including the closure of operations in 18 countries at the potential cost of over 1,000 jobs. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser, File)
Shock and sadness as Oxfam plans exit from 18 countries

By Pan Pylas May. 21, 2020 06:50 AM EDT

A woman and her daughter wearing face masks to protect against coronavirus, sell fruit and vegetables at the taxi station in Lenasia, south of Johannesburg, South Africa, Wednesday, April 8, 2020. South Africa and more than half of Africa's 54 countries have imposed lockdowns, curfews, travel bans or other restrictions to try to contain the spread of the highly contagious COVID-19 coronavirus. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
Half billion more people face poverty due to virus - report

By Pan Pylas Apr. 09, 2020 07:21 AM EDT