Billionaire Wealth Soared in 2024. So Did Child Hunger.
An analysis published Monday by the humanitarian group Save the Children estimates that roughly 35 kids across the globe were born into hunger every minute in 2024 — a year in which the world’s billionaires saw their combined wealth surge to a record high. At least 18.2 million children were born into hunger this year, according to the new analysis, as war and climate-fueled extreme weather…