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- Norwegian asks students in poor healthcare countries like USA to return https://www.complex.com/life/2020/03/norwegian-university-coronavirus-message-to-students 56 comments
- China: Is it burdening poor countries with unsustainable debt? https://www.bbc.com/news/59585507 9 comments china
- Worst virus fears are realized in poor or war-torn countries https://apnews.com/911c9cdb10a0319fb5f36dc5ddff9d40 4 comments worldnews
- In Scramble for Coronavirus Supplies, Rich Countries Push Poor Aside https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/world/coronavirus-equipment-rich-poor.html?action=click&module=top%20stories&pgtype=homepage 3 comments worldnews
- Only 0.2 Percent of COVID Vaccines Have Gone to Poor Countries https://truthout.org/articles/only-0-2-percent-of-covid-vaccines-have-gone-to-poor-countries/ 6 comments nottheonion
- The US imposes its highest tariffs on Bangladesh and other poor countries https://qz.com/1246556/the-highest-us-tariffs-arent-on-china-theyre-on-its-poor-neighbors/ 40 comments politics
- Tucker Carlson suggests California is turning into a third world country because of poor Latin American immigrants http://www.businessinsider.com/tucker-carlson-california-third-world-country-latin-american-immigrants-2018-3 276 comments politics
- Protectionism Makes Great Countries Poor Again https://fee.org/articles/protectionism-makes-great-countries-poor-again/ 4 comments politics
- Top 15 Countries with Highest Alcohol Consumption -- US Makes a Poor Showing http://economist.com/daily/chartgallery/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9325487 141 comments reddit.com
- If Poor Countries Go Unvaccinated, a Study Says, Rich Ones Will Pay https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/23/business/coronavirus-vaccines-global-economy.html?referringsource=articleshare 16 comments politics
- US joins countries with poor human rights records to denounce 'right' to abortion https://edition.cnn.com/2020/10/23/politics/us-international-anti-abortion-declaration/index.html 5 comments politics
- US joins countries with poor human rights records to denounce 'right' to abortion https://edition.cnn.com/2020/10/23/politics/us-international-anti-abortion-declaration/index.html 5310 comments nottheonion
- Just a little PSA for everyone. "Third world country" does not mean somewhere poor. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_World 4 comments reddit.com
- The richest 1 percent of Americans aren’t paying $163,000,000,000 they owe in taxes each year. The real freeloaders in this country are the rich, not the poor. https://twitter.com/RBReich/status/1436386091997675525 226 comments economy
- A thread on how this regime with its marvellous planning has abandoned the poor and marginalized of the country and left them to starve. https://www.reddit.com/r/india/comments/fpx36l/a_thread_on_how_this_regime_with_its_marvellous/ 5 comments india
- Ethnic favoritism is a global phenomenon not restricted to Africa, poor countries, or autocracies. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/s0304387817301190 8 comments science
- Snapchat CEO "This app is only for rich people,". "I don't want to expand into poor countries like India and Spain." http://www.businessinsider.com/snapchat-unseals-anthony-pompliano-lawsuit-over-user-growth-metrics-2017-4/ 15 comments worldnews
- Why One of the Richest Countries on Earth Is So Poor: The Facts that Drive the Sanders Revolt http://www.huffingtonpost.com/les-leopold/why-the-richest-country-o_b_8316102.html?utm_hp_ref=politics&ir=politics 13 comments politics
- Mitt Romney: "It is my firm belief that the choice of what a country does with its money lies with those who own the money, not with the poor." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/31/mitt-romney-interview-transcript_n_1177598.html 95 comments politics
- Rich Countries Should Give Poor Countries Money out of Sheer Self-Interest: Climate justice is moral. But it’s also practical. https://newrepublic.com/article/166375/rich-countries-give-poor-countries-money-sheer-self-interest 10 comments climate
- How China’s fishing fleet is devastating ecosystems, harming poor countries and contributing to conflict. https://hongkongfp.com/2022/03/12/how-chinas-fishing-fleet-is-devastating-ecosystems-harming-poor-countries-and-contributing-to-conflict/ 7 comments environment
- Wealthy countries still haven’t met their $100 billion pledge to help poor countries face climate change, and the risks are rising https://theconversation.com/wealthy-countries-still-havent-met-their-100-billion-pledge-to-help-poor-countries-face-climate-change-and-the-risks-are-rising-173229 5 comments environment
- Low Covid-19 fatality rates in countries with poor hygiene, low-quality water: study https://indianexpress.com/article/india/low-covid-19-fatality-rates-in-countries-with-poor-hygiene-low-quality-water-study-6904519/ 11 comments worldnews
- Almost 75% of all children are subjected to violence each year, research finds | Leaders urged to break the silence around the issue as report reveals every year 1.7 billion children across rich and poor countries experience abuse https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/sep/26/almost-75-of-all-children-are-subjected-to-violence-each-year-research-finds 42 comments worldnews
- Your Child Left Behind For years, poor performance by students in America relative to those in other countries has been explained away as a consequence of our nationwide diversity. http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/12/your-child-left-behind/8310/ 3 comments reddit.com
- So why doesn't the USA just buy the Afghan poppy harvest, process it into painkilling meds, and distribute them to poor countries? http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/12/easier-said-t-1.html#more 168 comments politics
- Europe’s Hunger for Gas Leaves Poor Countries High and Dry https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/02/01/europe-energy-natural-gas-lng-russia-africa-global-south-climate/ 17 comments geopolitics
- Poor sad #BunkerBoy: Now Trump wants to edit real life, like an episode of "The Apprentice" | While the country melts down, Trump tries to reshoot reality so we won't know he's total chickens**t "Bunker Boy" https://www.salon.com/2020/06/04/poor-sad-bunkerboy-now-trump-wants-to-edit-real-life-like-an-episode-of-the-apprentice/ 104 comments politics
- My country, Belize, just reached its highest ranking in Fifa History. This is how the poorly Funded players take Ice baths. https://scontent-atl1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/16995_10204669000429520_8089091086561653375_n.jpg?oh=ff6e36f328f01c6d0356b0df815cf7da&oe=56579577 48 comments sports
- 1) Rich people are happier than poor people; 2) Rich countries are happier than poor countries; 3) As countries get richer, they tend to get happier. http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/16/the-economics-of-happiness-part-1-reassessing-the-easterlin-paradox/ 6 comments reddit.com
- Stop Exporting Asbestos! A Plea to Canadians to stop exporting asbestos to countries where it is handled by poor workers under dangerous conditions and is creating a public health tragedy. http://intercontinentalcry.org/stop-exporting-asbestos-a-plea-to-canadians/ 32 comments worldnews
- Is this policy disaster in making ? Passing the buck to state governments for 50% procurement, without any uniform pricing making it difficult for poor states and poor people ? No other country has ever tried this model for any pandemic for universal vaccination. https://scroll.in/article/992763/indias-plan-to-fragment-the-vaccine-market-across-the-states-is-mind-bogglingly-bad-economics 10 comments india
- As climate change hits crops, debate heats up over use of plant gene data | Rich and poor countries are at heads over how to share benefits from genetic plant data that could help breed crops better able to withstand climate change, as negotiations to revise a global treaty are set to resume Monday https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-crops-ip-analysis-trfn-iduskbn1xi0p1 3 comments worldnews
- Japanese minor opposition party head suggests 'wiping out races that have babies like idiots' and questions educational support to poor countries on the reasoning that 'it's impossible to teach dogs'. https://japantoday.com/category/politics/anti-nhk-party-head-suggests-genocide-to-solve-overpopulation 779 comments worldnews
- Investments in poor communities in Madagascar reduced both deforestation and forest fires in the past decade compared to communities that did not receive help. The effect was strongest following political instability in the country. http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0190119#pone-0190119-t002 5 comments science
- India ranked 143 among 188 countries in health study: India’s poor performance on hygiene, air pollution mortality are among factors that place it lower than countries like Bhutan, Botswana, Syria and Sri Lanka http://www.livemint.com/politics/ogib73qcvgarbieby1n5un/india-ranked-143-among-188-countries-in-health-study.html 75 comments india
- Health divide widens between Europe's rich and poor "The recession has widened the health divide between Europe's rich and poor, a major review has revealed. The impact of recession is clear in countries with the most severe economic problems." http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn24489-health-divide-widens-between-europes-rich-and-poor.html#.uneih40clwq 5 comments europe
- German cities suffer from poor immigrant influx "German cities have been complaining that immigrants from poor EU countries are taking advantage of the nation's welfare system. The EU says Germany profits from immigration and has nothing to whine about." http://www.dw.de/german-cities-suffer-from-poor-immigrant-influx/a-17145328?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf 73 comments europe
- Brazil, the country that wised up and literally GAVE its poorest citizens money to spend just became a bigger more robust economy than the "conservative" Thatcher remnant economy of Great Britain which gave its millionaires money and took from the poor. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17272716?r=345 42 comments economy
- Poor Japan, all they want to do is kill and eat one of the only sentient creatures on this planet. Why won't the mean other countries leave them alone? http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/aleqm5hdipq425hexlzisagfg0hevkzn9g 14 comments reddit.com
