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The European Commission’s decision on Ireland’s sweetheart tax deal with Apple shows that some tax practises can be terribly damaging. In times where poverty in Europe has been rising, governments must not churn the chance to raise billions in corporate tax income for the benefit of their citizens.

Oxfam, Save the Children and the Norwegian Refugee Council criticized the deeply disappointing outcome of today’s international pledging conference for resettlement of refugees fleeing the ongoing crisis in Syria. The meeting in Geneva offered to resettle only a tiny fraction of the most vulnerable people with a less ambitious timeline. Governments have shown a shocking lack of political and moral leadership, said the agencies.

Today, EU member states have proposed a spending increase of 10 percent in 2019 for the EU’s external policies compared to this year’s budget. However, governments are focusing on the wrong issues, Oxfam, Save the Children, DSW and IPPF EN say. The organizations argue a strong focus on human development is needed to counter increasing inequalities and make sure no one is left behind.

Bolivia will be battered on five fronts by climate change, according to a new report published by Oxfam International today. The report underlines what is at stake at UN climate talks in Barcelona and an EU-US Summit in Washington today.

In July 2020 Oxfam warned that by the end of this year more people could die from hunger related to the COVID-19 pandemic than from the disease itself. But the response of the  international community to global food insecurity has been dangerously inadequate.

Oxfam says it is shameful that the United States has once again used the veto to block consensus on a life-saving ceasefire

The Integrated Phase Classification (IPC) has today issued an alert saying that the worst-case scenario of famine in Gaza is already unfolding.

The Israeli Knesset has passed a bill mandating the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of murdering Israelis. Shaista Aziz, Oxfam’s Campaign Engagement Lead, has responded: "This Bill is another horrifying act of violence which proves the system of institutionalised discrimination and systematic oppression of the Palestinian people. The Israeli government has granted itself another means to dehumanise, suppress, and kill Palestinians. Israel is violating international law.  

Today, the world’s natural resources are under increasing pressure and are often the object of important power struggles between corporations, states and communities. National go

For families living in Nepal’s remote highland regions, chronic food insecurity and hunger are part of daily life.