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Sweden will donate two radar surveillance and command aircraft to Ukraine to boost its defences in the war with Russia, the Swedish government said on Wednesday, as part of its largest aid package to Ukraine so far worth about 13.3 billion Swedish crowns ($1.3 billion). The Saab Airborne Surveillance and Control (ASC) 890 aircraft allows easier long-range target identification and will help Ukraine with the planned introduction of F-16 fighter jets donated by other Western countries, Sweden said. «They will complement and reinforce the F-16 systems,» Defence Minister Pal Jonson told a press briefing in Stockholm.

Ripple announced a second $25m donation to the crypto super Political Action Committee (PAC) Fairshake on Wednesday. This contribution supplements the $25m it provided to Fairshake last year.

Melinda French Gates says she will be donating $1 billion over the next two years to individuals and organisations working on behalf of women and families globally, including on reproductive rights in the US. French Gates earlier this month announced she would step down from the women and families. French Gates, one of the biggest philanthropic supporters of gender equity in the US, said Tuesday in a guest essay for The New York Times that she's been frustrated over the years by people who say it's not the right time to talk about gender equality. «Decades of research on economics, well-being and governance make it clear that investing in women and girls benefits everyone,» she wrote.

Melinda French Gates says she will be donating $1 billion over the next two years to individuals and organizations working on behalf of women and families globally, including on reproductive rights in the United States

Financial authorities in South Korea are prohibiting universities from opening corporate accounts for coin transactions. This is resulting in their inability to convert cryptocurrency donations provided by certain crypto businesses into cash.

"Blessed is the wealth that is spent in charity for greater good. Fortunate is the intellect that is immersed in virtue," says Ram Mohan Pandey, quoting a couplet from a poem composed by Hindu saint Tulsidas, in explaining his commitment to charity. Pandey, an 86-year-old retired Banaras Hindu University (BHU) professor with a doctorate in Hindi, donates 6-10% of his investment corpus to charity every year, in keeping with the spiritual ethos of Banaras.

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Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman will support Donald Trump as the former U.S. president seeks to return to the White House, Axios reported on Friday.

Maldives matters: India’s moving to foil Chinese designsMinister of Economic Development and Trade Mohamed Saeed said, "Addressing the dollar issue and reinforcing the MVR is a top priority for the current administration".In August 2022, the then President of Maldives Ibrahim Mohamed Solih said, “The two leaders welcomed the ongoing work to operationalize the usage of Rupay Cards in Maldives and agreed to consider further measures to boost bilateral travel and tourism and economic inter-linkages".Maldives says its pilots cannot fly aircraft donated by IndiaOn Wednesday, Maldives said that both India and China have agreed to cooperate in efforts to pay for imports in their respective countries’ currency instead of the US dollar. Saeed said he met with the Indian High Commissioner Munu Mahawar two weeks ago, who in turn, said that New Delhi would support and cooperate in arranging for the settlement of import payments in Indian Rupee.'True gesture of goodwill': Maldives thanks India for extending budget supportSaeed said the move is likely to help Male save almost 50% of the annual $1.5 million import bill from the two countries.In July 2023, the Government of India declared that Maldives was among the 22 countries that were permitted by the Reserve Bank of India to open Special Rupee Vostro Accounts (SRVAs) as part of efforts to promote bilateral trade in local currencies.Over the last few years, multiple banks and payment companies from across various countries have partnered with NPCI International Payments Ltd (NIPL), the international arm of NPCI, to accept UPI and RuPay in one form or the other.

U.S. prosecutors are pushing for a 5 – 7 year sentence for former FTX executive Ryan Salame on charges stemming from his time at Sam Bankman-Fried’s (SBF) doomed crypto exchange, according to a sentencing memorandum filed late Tuesday.

Red Nose Day has raised $370 million since 2015 to fund anti-poverty efforts

injured in a firing by terrorists at Pahalgam in Anantnag district on May 18."My husband and I had gone to Kashmir on May 13...On May 18...when we reached our hotel...we were shot at. My son was afraid. When I ran to protect my child, I got shot at...Later, I saw my husband; his eyes were bleeding, and my shoulder was bleeding," Farha told the news agency ANI.She further informed that, "We were taken to the general ward of a hospital, we got wound dressing done...they tried to stop the bleeding but were unsuccessful...we were then taken to the army force.

Sunita Kejriwal will join active politics, the Delhi chief minister said, “When I was arrested, she worked like a bridge between me and the people of Delhi... that was a temporary thing. She has no interest in participating in active politics.

US Elections 2024: Donald Trump pledges to roll back Joe Biden's gun regulations“Having said that, I stand by what I said in my suspension speech," Haley added. "Trump would be smart to reach out to the millions of people who voted for me and continue to support me and not assume that they're just going to be with him.

Customized products and experiences are popular these days. Even in the case of stock investments, it’s now possible for investors to “customize” and personalize their own stock portfolios. This is known as direct indexing. 

President Joe Biden’s election campaign team is calling for financial aid to keep up with his Republican, competition, who he says is backed by the wealthy crypto industry.

A climate philanthropy organization, Giving Green, received a $10 million anonymous donation in April and thinks that the same donor may have given even more

Donald Trump’s presidential campaign will begin accepting donations in cryptocurrency, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee’s campaign says

electoral bond scheme for political donations as unconstitutional. This has meant serious ramifications for corporate houses that made contributions to political parties based on this scheme and the three statutes which were amended to facilitate it. If transactions done before the ruling are not preserved by the SC, it is going to cause donor companies a lot of hardship.

The world’s top-selling pizza chain is betting big on the generosity of its customers

Donald Trump's presidential campaign on Tuesday announced that it will start accepting donations through cryptocurrency, a digital asset that can be traded over the internet without relying on the global banking system. Trump campaign has already introduced a fundraising page that enables "any federally permissible donor" to contribute to its political committees using any crypto asset supported by the Coinbase cryptocurrency exchange, AP reported. Currently, Trump's campaign is accepting various popular cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin, Ether US Dollar Coin, and the low-value coins that tend to be popular with Internet personalities like Shiba Inu Coin, and Dogecoin.