Wealth of world's 10 richest men doubled in pandemic, Oxfam says

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According to Forbes figures cited by the charity, the world's 10 richest men are: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Bernard Arnault and family, Bill Gates, Larry Ellison, Larry Page, Sergey Brin, Mark Zuckerberg, Steve Ballmer and Warren Buffet.

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Lower incomes for the world's poorest contributed to the death of 21,000 people each day, its report claims. Oxfam's report, which was also based on data from the World Bank, said a lack of access to healthcare, hunger, gender-based violence and climate breakdown contributed to one death every four seconds. It said 160 million more people were living on less than $5.50 (£4.02) a day than would have been without the impact of the Covid pandemic. The World Bank uses $5.50 a day as a measure of poverty in upper-middle-income countries. The report also says: The pandemic is forcing developing countries to slash social spending as national debts rise Gender equality has been set back, with 13 million fewer women in work now than in 2019 and over 20 million girls at risk of never returning to school Ethnic minority groups have been hardest hit by Covid, including UK Bangladeshis and the US's black population