In its latest annual inequality report, “Takers Not Makers”, Oxfam explores how most billionaire wealth is taken, not earned. At least five trillionaires are now expected within a decade. Meanwhile, the number of people living in poverty has barely changed since 1990
IMF, Lebanon strike conditional deal on $3 bn aid
The IMF announced Thursday a conditional agreement to provide Lebanon with $3 billion in aid to help it emerge from a severe economic crisis, following months of negotiations. The deal is "a visa stamp for donor countries to begin co-operating with Lebanon and to put Lebanon back on the global...
