Oxfam to shut offices, axe staff in virus fallout

International charity Oxfam is to close 18 of its offices around the world, cutting nearly a third of its workforce, because of financial pressures caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The anti-poverty group said in a statement late Wednesday that the crisis had forced it to bring forward plans to restructure its international operations that began in 2018. Lockdown restrictions in a number of countries have seen the non-profit shut shops and…