The COVID-19 pandemic caused a worsening of the world's hunger in 2020. Between 720 and 811 million people worldwide faced hunger — 161 million more than in 2019, according to a report released Monday ...

Prompted by a challenge from Tesla founder Elon Musk, the United Nations has released a plan for how it would spend nearly $7 billion to combat hunger around the world. The proposal comes three weeks ...

The director of the UN's World Food Programme said $6 billion would help save 42 million people who are "literally going to die if we don't reach them" Jason Hahn is a former Human Interest and Sports ...

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United Nations — The United Nations warned on Monday that there has been a "dramatic worsening" during the coronavirus pandemic of the hunger crisis facing the planet. Food shortages exacerbated by ...

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World hunger is a major global issue. Over 800 million people are going to bed hungry each night, and this year, 49 million people across 49 countries are experiencing an “’emergency phase‘ of food ...

Feeding the world's hungry and helping children in need were enormous tasks even before the pandemic. While the coronavirus has made those groups of people even more vulnerable, impoverished nations ...