International Affairs
April 26, 2016 at 9:34 am
The Centre for Sustainable Philanthropy at Plymouth University has changed its name after receiving a $1 million donation to expand its work. The center has become the Hartsook Centre for Sustainable Philanthropy after receiving the donation from the U.S.-based fundraising consultancy Hartsook. The center said in a statement that it planned to use the funds…
April 15, 2016 at 9:52 am
Lionel Messi is one of the world's best-known sports figures and one of the most famous people on the planet. So when the soccer star donated his cleats to an Arab television station, to later be auctioned for charity, it seemed like a nice gesture. Autographed Messi gear fetches big bucks online, so it's reasonable to assume it'd do the same for charity. Little did Messi know, his gift would cause an international incident...
February 2, 2016 at 11:28 am
International donors have failed to deliver $1.9 billion in promised funds to help West African countries recover from the Ebola epidemic that killed more than 11,000 people and decimated already weak health care systems, the U.K.-based charity Oxfam said Sunday. The remaining $3.9 billion pledged has been difficult to track because of "scant information" and…
January 26, 2016 at 10:34 am
Just days after Microsoft announced it would donate $1 billion in cloud-computing resources to 70,000 nonprofits worldwide, founder Bill Gates is in the crosshairs for his philanthropy. In a 54-page report released last week, a social advocacy group slammed the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for using its enormous giving-power to influence global health policies in the foundation's own interests, and for prioritizing corporations over the poor...
December 1, 2015 at 9:48 am
The Texas health and human services commissioner said the International Rescue Committee (IRC) in Dallas is ignoring a directive to relocate Syrians somewhere other than Texas. The state wanted assurances Monday from the agency that it will not accept Syrian refugees and threatened legal action if Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s orders are defied. The IRC,…
November 23, 2015 at 9:45 am
As of 4 p.m. Friday, several Houston organizations complied with Gov. Greg Abbott's deadline order to stop providing help to Syrian refugees. It comes in response to the deadly terror attacks in Paris on Nov. 13. A letter from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission went out to several local nonprofits last week asking…
October 23, 2015 at 8:54 am
The Monuments Men Foundation, created to honor and further the work of the World War II art experts who saved cultural treasures looted by the Nazis, will probably cease ongoing operations this month, its creator said Wednesday. Robert M. Edsel, who founded the Dallas-based organization in 2007, said the foundation is closing for lack of…
October 12, 2015 at 10:18 am
A U.N. office said it is rejecting the remainder of a $15 million offer from a foundation now under scrutiny after its leader, vetted and approved by the office earlier this year, was arrested and accused in an alleged bribery scheme. The director of the U.N. Office for South-South Cooperation told The Association Press in an…
October 8, 2015 at 10:55 am
Tired of waiting for NASA to get its Apollo-era mojo back and start putting spacecraft on the lunar surface again? Then you’ll be happy to know that Israel—with some help from Google—is about to show the moon a little love. At a 12:45 p.m. press conference in Jerusalem Wednesday (5:45 a.m. ET), Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, along with…
October 6, 2015 at 10:09 am
The situation in the war-torn Afghan city of Kunduz became more precarious for residents caught between government troops and Taliban militants after the withdrawal Sunday of an aid group that was one of the last providers of medical services there. The aid organization, Doctors Without Borders, said it was leaving Kunduz, in northern Afghanistan, after…
