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By KAY DERVISHI of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy Two biopharmaceutical companies will give $5 million and $500,000, respectively, to nonprofit organizations in the United States and abroad that are responding to the growing monkeypox outbreak. The pledges come as the early philanthropic response to the disease, which disproportionately affects LGBTQ people, has
Continue ReadingBy Zayn Nabbi and Anna Cooban, CNN Business More than two in five Black, brown and minority ethnic workers in the United Kingdom say they have faced racism on the job, according to a new study. 41% of those workers “faced racism at work in the last five years,” according to a report published Wednesday
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Google is preparing for a wave of misinformation surrounding the US midterm elections by elevating trustworthy information and displaying it more prominently across services including search and YouTube, the company said Thursday. As part of the effort, Google plans to launch a new tool in the coming weeks that highlights local
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza Reynosa, México (CNN) — El pastor Héctor Silva se conmueve al describir cómo recientemente tuvo que rechazar a madres, con bebés en brazos, de las puertas de su refugio para migrantes. “Es muy difícil”, dijo Silva con la voz entrecortada. “Pararse en la puerta y ver a una madre con un niño
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Biden administration is pivoting to a long-term strategy to assist Afghans who worked with or on behalf of the US government, according to a senior administration official. Last year, amid the evacuation out of Afghanistan, the administration stood up “Operation Allies Welcome,” a whole-of-government effort to resettle Afghans to the
Continue Reading DETROIT (AP) — Ford is recalling nearly 200,000 large SUVs because the heating and cooling fan motors can fail and catch fire. The recall covers Ford Expeditions and Lincoln Navigators from the 2015 through 2017 model years. The Dearborn, Michigan, company says in government documents that it has reports of 25 fires caused by the
Continue ReadingBy Mostafa Salem, CNN Authorities in Saudi Arabia have confiscated 47 million amphetamine pills which were hidden in a flour shipment, in an operation described as the biggest one-time drug smuggling attempt in terms of narcotics seized. The pills were confiscated at a warehouse after arriving through the dry port of the capital Riyadh, the
Continue Reading Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Nick Kyrgios se sintió frustrado por el olor a marihuana que provenía de las gradas en su victoria de segunda ronda en el US Open este miércoles. El australiano, que superó al francés Benjamin Bonzi por 7-6 (7-3), 6-4, 4-6 y 6-4, hizo sentir su voz durante el partido, incluso
Continue Reading DETROIT (AP) — An autonomous vehicle run by Cruise LLC got into a wreck while making a left turn, causing the company to update software and recall 80 vehicles. The San Francisco-based unit of General Motors says the crash happened June 3. The company says it filed recall paperwork at the request of federal safety
Continue ReadingBy Megan DeLaire Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — A spy for Canada is accused of smuggling a teenager into Syria in 2015, after she fled the United Kingdom to join the Islamic State group, according to BBC News. Shamima Begum, then 15, was one of three teenage girls reported
Continue ReadingBy Richard Madan and Alexandra Mae Jones Click here for updates on this story Washington, D.C. (CTV Network) — A late-night filing of legal briefs outlining previously unknown allegations about the FBI raid on former U.S. president Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort exposed gaping holes in his version of events, according to an expert. The U.S.
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By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A team from the U.N. nuclear agency has arrived at the site of Europe’s largest nuclear plant to inspect security conditions, the agency and Ukraine’s nuclear energy operator said Thursday, amid fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces that prompted the shutdown of one reactor. Enerhoatom said
Continue ReadingBy Anna Chernova, Frederik Pleitgen, Chris Liakos and Julia Horowitz, CNN Business The chairman of Russian oil and gas giant Lukoil has died after falling out of the window of a hospital in Moscow, according to Russian state media. “The man fell out of the sixth-floor window and died as a result of his injuries,”
Continue Reading SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A judge on Yemen’s Supreme Court was killed in the capital Sanaa this week, officials say. Gunmen abducted the judge, Mohamed Homran, from his car and killed him, according to the Interior Ministry run by Houthi rebels who control the capital and the north. The information minister for the U.N.-recognized government
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street was poised to open trading with more losses Thursday as investors braced for higher interest rates and inflation worries for the foreseeable future. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.3% as did futures for the S&P 500. Major U.S. indices have suffered four straight days of declines
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street was poised to open trading with more losses Thursday as investors braced for higher interest rates and inflation worries for the foreseeable future. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.3% as did futures for the S&P 500. Major U.S. indices have suffered four straight days of declines
Continue Reading By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge awaited arguments Thursday on whether to appoint an outside legal expert to review government records seized by the FBI last month in a search of former President Donald Trump’s Florida home. Lawyers for Trump say the appointment
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Prices for gasoline and public transport in Germany have surged as government subsidies expired, hurting commuters already struggling with energy costs. Germany’s biggest auto club said Thursday initial estimates indicated that the average price of one liter of E10 super was about 0.25 euros higher in the morning than the previous day.
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DETROIT (AP) — An autonomous vehicle run by Cruise LLC got into a wreck while making a left turn, causing the company to update software and recall 80 vehicles. The San Francisco-based unit of General Motors says the crash happened June 3. The company says it filed recall paperwork at the request of federal safety
Continue Reading By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s top politician says that the government will seek equivalent of $1.3 trillion in reparations from Germany for the Nazis’ World War II invasion and occupation of his country. Main ruling party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski said Thursday it is Poland’s “obligation” to do so. The leader
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