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G20 billionaires could end world poverty in one year's earnings: Oxfam

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20-11-2025 15:05 HKT
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Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO / AFP Workers and volunteers hand out food to people in line at La Colaborativa's food pantry in Chelsea, Massachusetts, on November 15, 2025.
Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO / AFP Workers and volunteers hand out food to people in line at La Colaborativa's food pantry in Chelsea, Massachusetts, on November 15, 2025.
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