David Quill, 78, living with motor neurone disease (MND) for 14 years, has turned his workshop into a fundraising initiative. He creates and sells handmade items, with donations going towards MND research and awareness.
Chinese AI lab DeepSeek reportedly secured $7.4 billion in its maiden fundraise with a unique condition: investors must pledge not to poach its AI talent. The Hangzhou-based company, now valued over $50 billion, faces intense competition for engineers from tech giants like Tencent, ByteDance, and Alibaba.
Filipino domestic workers in Hong Kong are holding a month-long fundraiser to support families impacted by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake in the Philippines. The campaign aims to raise HK$20,000 for urgent needs like food, water, and medicine in affected regions, particularly Mindanao.
Protesters clashed with supporters of Pauline Hanson outside a One Nation fundraiser in Melbourne on Friday. One man was given a move on notice by police. The event was relocated due to safety concerns over planned counter-protests.
Victorian opposition leader Jess Wilson stated Pauline Hanson has not approached her, following Hanson's declaration to work with the Coalition to remove Labor. Wilson emphasized the preferential voting system and deferred preference discussions closer to the election.
One Nation has relocated a fundraising event in Melbourne to an undisclosed location after the original venue, Giorgio Casa, withdrew due to planned protest activity. Police stated they were unaware of specific threats, attributing the decision to the venue.
One Nation's Melbourne fundraiser, featuring Pauline Hanson and Barnaby Joyce, was relocated due to planned protests, with Victoria Police noting concerns but no specific threats.
An 85-year-old AMC theater worker in Tennessee, Mary Ellen Eron, received over $146,000 from a viral GoFundMe campaign launched by a stranger who was inspired by her dedication to her job. The fundraiser, initiated by Brooklyn Green, garnered over 7,500 donations in 48 hours, aiming to help Eron enjoy a deserved retirement.
Blackstone has successfully raised $13.1 billion for its latest Asia private equity fund, surpassing its $10 billion target and marking its largest PE fundraise in the region. The fund will focus on high-conviction investment themes in the fast-growing Asia Pacific market.
Alumni of Prefectural Kokura High School have launched a support group and crowdfunding campaign for HK Sports Boxing Gym in Kitakyushu, aiming to help boxer Kyosuke Okamoto and foster world champions from the region.
Aditya Birla Capital will use Rs 3,500 crore from its Rs 4,000 crore preferential issue for business expansion, with Rs 500 crore for corporate needs. Grasim Industries will invest Rs 2,880 crore and IFC Rs 920 crore.
81-year-old Twitch streamer Sue Jacquot, known as GrammaCrackers, was swatted during a 15-day Minecraft livestream fundraiser for her grandson's cancer treatment. Police responded to a fake emergency call, but Jacquot remained positive, even finding the experience "kinda fun."
GoFundMe reports a record number of rent-related fundraisers in the UK, with donations up 60% since 2022. Individuals are turning to crowdfunding to cover rent, household bills, and avoid eviction as housing costs and application refusals for discretionary housing payments rise.
The Green Party leader tells the BBC he hosted fundraisers for the charity but had not used the right word when describing his role.
It was the perfect split-screen for the race to succeed Donald Trump – so long as your name is Marco Rubio and not J.D. Vance. In a packed White House briefing room, journalists shouted over each other in a bid to get a question from the US secretary of state. At the same time Vice-President Vance – Rubio’s most likely rival for the 2028 Republican presidential nomination – was hundreds of kilometres away from the action at a political fundraiser in Oklahoma. “Guys, this is chaos,” said Rubio as...
Green leader said he hosted fundraisers for the Red Cross but accepts he should not have described himself as a spokesperson for itGood morning. Zack Polanski was largely unknown until he became the Green party leader in September last year and since then, as his party has soared in the polls, there has been intense scrutiny of his pre-politics career. The best-known embarrassing revelation about his past is the fact that he once told a woman he could enlarge her breasts if she listened to his hypnotherapy spiel. Nigel Farage, who also leads a dispruption party enjoying spectacular success, has scandals in his past too, and Polanski’s allies would argue that they are worse. Farage took a £5m donation from a political supporter which he did not declare, he still has not provided as good explanation as to how his partner was able to afford to buy a home in Farage’s Clacton constituency and arguably he told 30 million women that he could enlarge the size of their bank balances if they listened to his spiel on Brexit. Guardian readers can decide for themselves who is more dodgy.But, as we tell our children, life isn’t fair. And it certainly isn’t fair for leftwing politicians campaigning in an environment where the rightwing media have considerable influence. Polanski discovered that again last night when the Times printed a story with various claims about him, of which the main one related to an allegation about his embellishing his CV. Here is our version by Jessica Elgot.I hosted various fundraisers for the British Red Cross, and indeed I would go on stage and speak for them about the amazing work they do tackling humanitarian crises, on the climate crisis and indeed for refugees all around the world.I used the wrong word and I accept that.It feels some of these stories feel like scraping the barrel to go back 10, 15 years.I’ve had so many friends – I’m literally talking maybe 20 or 30 in the last few weeks – who have phoned me and said a Times journalist has been phoning and they’ve been desperately trying to find things about your past. They asked me lots of questions and seem disappointed that I didn’t have some juicy, dirty gossip. Continue reading...
The theme for 2026 Met Gala fundraiser is "Costume Art", exploring fashion as an embodied art form.
The theme for 2026 Met Gala fundraiser is "Costume Art", exploring fashion as an embodied art form.
The theme for 2026 Met Gala fundraiser is "Costume Art", exploring fashion as an embodied art form.
The theme for 2026 Met Gala fundraiser is "Costume Art", exploring fashion as an embodied art form.
Anna Wintour brought the glam, Beyoncé brought the fam, and Heidi Klum was... statuesque at this year's fundraiser.
The theme for 2026 Met Gala fundraiser is "Costume Art", exploring fashion as an embodied art form.
Extravagantly dressed celebrities and designers made their way up the famous Met staircase Monday evening. The fundraiser is one of the fashion industry's biggest nights.
