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UN index finds poverty rising for first time since 2010

The number of people living in acute multidimensional poverty has gone up for the first time since the United Nations launched its global index in 2010. The 2026 update counts 1.2 billion people, 51.5 million more than in the 2025…

UN warns fuel subsidies could top $1 trillion amid Iran war

Governments are running out of room to protect consumers from the energy price shock caused by the Iran war, according to a United Nations Development Programme report released Friday. The report says global fuel subsidies could cost more than $1…

UNDP: Mideast conflict pushing fossil fuel subsidies toward $1 trillion

The United Nations Development Programme warned on Sunday that the economic fallout from military escalation in the Middle East is forcing developing countries to divert hundreds of billions of dollars toward fossil fuel subsidies, money that would otherwise fund schools,…