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  "id": 13889477,
  "title": "‘Wake-up call for the world’: Global poverty rises for first time since 2010",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/wake-up-call-for-the-world-global-poverty-rises-for-first-time-since",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-12T05:52:00.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/business/economy/2026-10-12-wake-up-call-for-the-world-global-poverty-rises-for-first-time-since-2010/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Is the world getting poorer? A UN index has risen for the first time since 2010, with 1.2 billion people now living in acute poverty, more than half of them children.",
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        "title": "Global poverty index rises for first time since 2010",
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        "published": "2026-10-12T04:19:00.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Global poverty index rises for first time since its 2010 creation",
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        "published": "2026-10-12T04:23:12.000Z"
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        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Global poverty index rises for first time since its 2010 creation",
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        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Global poverty index rises for first time since its 2010 creation",
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        "published": "2026-10-12T06:25:56.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Ajel English",
        "title": "Global poverty index rises for first time since 2010, reaching 1.2 billion",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/global-poverty-index-rises-for-first-time-since-2010-reaching-1-2",
        "published": "2026-10-12T08:23:02.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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