World hunger climbs for third year, as many hungry now as in 2010

Some 821 million people—1 in 9 of the world’s population—suffer from hunger, said a UN report on Tuesday, the third year in a row that hunger increased globally. The upturn jeopardizes the UN goal of eradicating hunger by 2030. Hunger was on the decline for years, dropping below 784 million in 2014 before starting to creep… » Read More

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