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Helping poor countries develop is really, really hard. The history of foreign aid, from governments and the World Bank and NGOs alike, contains some real success stories,... FULL STORY >>
Resources: www.vox.com
MUMBAI, JUNE 20: Ability of Disability — A Night of Melody, an event that will showcase performances by singers and artistes who are physically challenged, is being ... FULL STORY >>
Resources: TheHinduBusinessLine
BBC News : The options for Brexit "are narrowing", Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said, after MPs voted to seize control of the parliamentary timetable. The P... FULL STORY >>
BBC News : The UK has objected to Gibraltar being described as a "colony" in European Union legislation allowing UK nationals to travel to the EU after Brexit. The EU proposed allowing visa-free travel for Britons in... FULL STORY >>
BBC Media Action was paid to deliver key parts of the EU’s political strategy in countries on the fringes of Europe The BBC is at the centre of a new row over bias in its coverage of Europe after it emerged that the broa... FULL STORY >>
Resources: telegraph.co.uk
BBC News : US President Donald Trump and North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un have begun their high-profile second summit in Vietnam's capital, Hanoi. They shook hands for the media before holding talks and having dinner... FULL STORY >>
Brooke Shields has added a new title to actress, model and author: jewelry designer. She along with gem-expert and high jewelry designer Robert Procop have partnered on a new high jewelry collection called “Legacy Brooke.... FULL STORY >>
Resources: www.forbes.com
The UK is targeting the likes of Google and Facebook by introducing a digital services tax that aims to raise £400m (€450m) a year for the government. Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond unveiled the measure in ... FULL STORY >>
BBC News : A rare Amur tiger has died in a fight with two other tigers at Longleat Safari and Adventure Park. Thirteen-year-old female Shouri, who died on Monday, had lived at the park since 2006. Longleat said she... FULL STORY >>
In Africa, as elsewhere, “traditional” giving has taken something of a bashing since the launch of the effective altruism, a.k.a. strategic giving, movement—what Kayode Samuel calls “strategic philanthropy that delive... FULL STORY >>
Resources: Washington Post
