After a fire in a refugee camp in Ukhia in the southeastern district of Cox’s Bazar on March 24, 2021, children are seen eating food provided by NGOs and social organizations. Yousuf Tushar | LightRakete | Getty Images LONDON – According to a new Oxfam report released on Friday, the number of people who died…

CNBC’s Jim Cramer came out swinging on Thursday, blaming the market sell-off on world governments and slamming leaders for failing to get a grip on the spread of a Covid-19 variant. Major U.S. stock averages all plunged almost 1% during the session, dropping the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite indexes from record highs. Health concerns…

Live Nation Entertainment CEO Michael Rapino told CNBC on Thursday its U.S. concert business is “fully open” now, as it brings back its packed summer lineup after more than a year of pandemic-related disruptions. It comes as public-health officials are growing more concerned about the highly transmissible delta Covid variant and urging people to get vaccinated…

People sleep in a cooling shelter set up during an unprecedented heat wave in Portland, Oregon, the United States, June 27, 2021. Maranie Staab | Reuters SANTA MONICA, California – The deadly heat wave that hit triple-digit temperatures in the Pacific Northwest and Western Canada, killing hundreds of people, was virtually impossible without man-made climate…

Attorney Michael Avenatti arrives at the U.S. courthouse in New York on October 8, 2019. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Michael Avenatti, the cheeky lawyer who became a major enemy of then-President Donald Trump, faces a criminal conviction on Thursday afternoon in New York for a cheeky botched plan to blackmail sportswear giant Nike for up…

A man wearing a face mask stands behind the Olympic symbols of the five intertwined rings, pictured near the National Stadium in Tokyo. James Matsumoto, SOPA Pictures | LightRakete | Getty Images The organizers of the Olympic Games are banning all spectators from the Games this year after Japan declared a state of emergency designed…

Covid-19 vaccinations without prior registration being done at Sector 30 district hospital on June 22, 2021 in Noida, India. Sunil Ghosh | Hindustan Times | Getty Images New outbreaks of Covid-19 remain one of the top risks to a global economic recovery, the OECD’s secretary-general has warned, calling for developed nations to support less-developed nations…

PeopleImages | E + | Getty Images LONDON – When the coronavirus pandemic first hit in early 2020, governments quickly released information about what symptoms to look out for, unaware that much of the transmission was asymptomatic. The public was asked to watch out for a high temperature and a new persistent cough with loss…

A worker wearing a protective suit and carrying an umbrella walks past the graves of Covid-19 victims at the Nossa Senhora Aparecida cemetery, in Manaus, Brazil, on February 25, 2021. Michael Dantas | AFP | Getty Images The global death toll from Covid-19 exceeded 4 million late Wednesday as infections worldwide crossed 185 million, according…

Trade Desk has launched a new ad trading platform to limit the number of ads presented to consumers on free streaming services, CEO Jeff Green told CNBC on Wednesday. The digital ad buying platform Solimar had previously announced a way for marketers to optimize digital advertising campaigns on the Internet. Green, who appeared on Mad…