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Homeless Numbers Fall Slightly to 17,447 in May

Campaigners say the drop hides larger year‑on‑year rises and that rough sleepers and people in other non‑Department settings are not counted

El Paso County Homeless Count Falls 19% to 1,413

Odisha Expands Reservation in Technical and Professional Courses

Germany Weighs Small Surcharge as Care Insurance Faces Multi‑billion Shortfall

England’s Free Bus Passes Move With Rising State Pension Age

Social Court Cases Surge Across Germany

CDU Proposes Deutschlandticket in Place of Bürgergeld Mobility Cash

Wellington Dias Rebukes Luciano Huck and Defends Bolsa Família With New Data

Tebet Rebukes Huck and Stakes Out Two-Candidate Senate Plan in São Paulo

Pentecost Monday Functions as France’s Annual Solidarity Workday

Councils Step Up Action as Blue Badge Issuance and Misuse Rise

Joschka Fischer Backs Merz on Pension Reform and Calls for Longer Working Lives

German Nursing‑Home Residents Face Average €3,245 Monthly Shortfall as Reform Would Delay Relief

NRW Rollout of Asylum Payment Card Stalls as Most Municipalities Decline to Join

Mendoza City Seeks National Action as Street Homelessness Reported to Have Doubled

Two Years On, Germany’s Asylum Payment Card Draws Fresh AWO Critique

Japan Welfare Applications Fell 5.4% in February, Marking a Second Straight Decline

EU Court Strikes Down Italy’s 10-Year Residency Rule for Citizenship Income Access by Protected Migrants

Flint’s Rx Kids Cash Program Linked to 32% Drop in Infant Maltreatment Investigations

Mexico City Enshrines Right to Care in Local Constitution