Tag: rich
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Hannah Husain becomes first Pakistani to debute at Le Bal des Débutantes, wears diamond necklace worth USD 2.5 million
Hannah Husain has become the first ever Pakistani woman to debut at the coveted Le Bal des Debutantes ball in Paris, attended by eligible single ladies from around the world. The ball was organised by Ophélie Renouard to raise funds for the cardiology research unit ARCFA of Neck-Enfants Malades Hospital and for the World Central…
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Climate crises drove 27 million children into hunger in 2022
Extreme weather events in countries vulnerable to climate change drove more than 27 million children into hunger last year, Save the Children said on Tuesday. The figure represented a sharp 135 percent increase over 2021, the UK-based charity said in an analysis ahead of the COP28 climate summit opening in Dubai on Thursday. It said…
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Extreme Rainfall Increases Exponentially With Global Warming: Study
State-of-the-art climate models drastically underestimate how much extreme rainfall increases under global warming, according to a study published Monday that signals a future of more frequent catastrophic floods unless humanity curbs greenhouse emissions. It comes as countries prepare to meet at the COP28 summit in Dubai beginning later this week, amid fears it could soon…
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Pakistan’s climate problems partially due to world’s richest one per cent: Report
Oxfam has released a new report, “Climate Equality: A Planet for the 99%”, revealing that “The richest one per cent of the world’s population produced as much carbon pollution in 2019 as the five billion people who made up the poorest two-thirds of humanity.” While fighting the climate crisis is a shared challenge, not everyone…
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Latest gas price hike will hit the rich, not the poor: Petroleum Minister
Minister of State for Petroleum Dr Musadik Malik stated that the latest hike in gas tariff was implemented without imposing a burden on the low-income segment. In a media briefing, he added that the government separated the poor and rich segments to protect low-income individuals from its impact. However, Malik admitted that the low-income segment…
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Police arrest beggar who owns five buildings, has over $190,000 in bank accounts
Police in Egypt have arrested a 57-year-old beggar who owns five buildings and has nearly 3 million Egyptian pounds ($191,164) in bank accounts, local media reported. The woman had feigned a leg amputation and used a wheelchair while begging in several provinces of the country, private newspaper Al Masry Al Youm reported. Police investigations revealed…