Balwant Singh calls for regulatory intervention after Halima Begum was forced out as chief executive An Oxfam trustee has resigned from the charity’s board over claims of governance failures and ...

Billionaires' wealth reached a record high of $18.3 trillion in 2025, according to the international charity Oxfam. At the same time, poverty reduction has slowed, Oxfam said. Billionaires have an ...

International aid organisation Oxfam has released its annual report on rising inequality, expressing concern that billionaires are not only wealthier than ever but are also cementing their control ...

The super-rich are undermining democracy, including in the Netherlands, aid and human rights organisation Oxfam Novib warned in an inventory of the accumulated wealth of billionaires across the world.

It takes an Irish billionaire less than a normal work shift — around 7.3 hours — to earn what the average person here earns in a year, according to a new report. Oxfam’s Resisting the Rule of the Rich ...

Oxfam and partners restore limited water access for 156,000 amid near-total water and sanitation infrastructure collapse. 100 days into the ceasefire announcement, in a week that has seen more severe ...

The richest people on the planet are far more likely to be in power politically than everyone else, Oxfam’s annual inequality report found. Some 74 of the world’s 2,027 billionaires held either ...

Jan 19 (Reuters) - Billionaire wealth surged at three times its recent pace last year to reach its highest level on record, deepening economic and political divides that threaten democratic stability, ...

In a report highlighting widening inequality globally, ahead of the start of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Monday, Oxfam Ireland said that 11 Irish billionaires saw their combined ...

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Elon Musk (left) is the world's richest person. In Australia, mining magnate Gina Rinehart (centre) and property developer Harry Triguboff (right) are among the wealthiest individuals, alongside the ...