Billionaires ‘are thriving as Covid divide widens’

LONDON: Billionaires, including Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and Tesla founder Elon Musk, have seen their wealth soar during the Covid-19 pandemic while the world’s poor face years of hardship, charity Oxfam said yesterday as it demanded steps to tackle inequality. Nations have a “shrinking window of opportunity” to build a fair, green recovery, according to “The Inequality Virus” report, published as global leaders tune in for the World...