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‘Wake-up call for the world’: Global poverty rises for first time since 2010
Global poverty has risen for the first time since 2010, with 1.2 billion people now facing acute hardship, more than half of them children, the UN reports.
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Is the world getting poorer? A UN index has risen for the first time since 2010, with 1.2 billion people now living in acute poverty, more than half of them children.
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- October 12, 2026
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