World's 26 richest own same as poorest half of humanity: Oxfam

'The presence of affluent people is necessary for a society to develop.'

Pay disclosures the British broadcaster was forced to make last July showed that two thirds of the highest earners on air were men.

Income inequality is already high or rising rapidly, with the problem most acute in Indonesia and China.

Poverty and extreme inequality are not destiny. They can be challenged and eliminated.

City kids have computers and TVs in their schools, but some countryside students are even short of fresh water. 

The cost of implementation has been estimated at $3 trillion a year.

'Extreme heat will drive up violent crime.'

Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City are among the world’s most expensive places to break your fast.

Local or imported products for New Year: you decide.

The wealth of the world's poorest 3.6 billion people is the equivalent to the combined net worth of eight businessmen.

Inequality is a key foe of ending poverty.

A global commitment to combat extreme poverty and inequality agreed in a blaze of publicity last year needs to be put into action before too late.

The country supports U.N.'s notion on gender balance within the peacekeeping forces.