ATLANTA (February 19, 2020) - The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation today unveiled CARE’s PowerUp program as one of the highest-scoring proposals, designated as the Top 100, in its 100&Change competition for a single $100 million grant to help solve one of the world’s most critical social challenges. Progress toward gender equality remains painfully slow.
Month: February 2020
After a solo trip to Las Vegas, I needed some time away from bright lights and late nights. On a friend’s recommendation, I headed into Utah, to the Red Mountain Resort near St. George, about a two-hour drive northeast of Sin City. And I learned there’s a lot to do in Utah than go skiing.
Guest Contributor Rebecca Hopkins takes a look at Unicorn Hospitality’s new luxury hotel, Villa De Pranakorn which is set within a historic part of Bangkok, close to the metropolitan centre. Bangkok’s historic neighbourhood of Sam Yot has become home to the next venture of the luxury Thai hotel group, Unicorn Hospitality. Villa De Pranakorn, a
Bringing an extensive range of experience to the development of a brand new state-of-the-art marina, the Cala del Forte is a mere 15 minutes away from the Principality of Monaco in Ventimiglia, Italy. Owned by Monaco Ports, the latest multi-million euro facility features over 178 berths, accommodating superyachts as megalithic as 6.5 to 70 meters.
In celebration of Black History Month, Terrence Patterson is bringing to life the real stories recounted by his beloved grandmother that painted a vivid account of the Harlem Renaissance. As President & CEO at Paragon Multimedia LLC, Terrence has dedicated his profession to retelling captivating memories and experiences through the eyes of his grandmother during
It’s time to bring in the big guns. HBO has dropped an epic new Westworld Season 3 trailer, and it teases a fight to the death for two beloved characters. The new villain, played by Vincent Cassel starts pulling strings, and pits Dolores and Maeve against each other in what looks like a battle to
Ultra Music Festival revealed the main stage artists lineup earlier this week, and now is back today with the full lineup for its Carl Cox Megastructure and it’s techno and house heaven. This year at the megastructure, apart from the don Carl Cox himself, you’ll be able to bear witness to the likes of… Adam
Tourists take photos at the Overseas Passenger Terminal as the Norwegian Jewel cruise ship is in lock down while health authorities test a man for Coronavirus on February 14, 2020 in Sydney, Australia. Lisa Maree Williams | Getty Images Norwegian Cruise Line has canceled its voyages in Asia through the third quarter of 2020 and expects
Goldman Sachs had plenty of chances to make an offer for discount brokerage E-Trade before rival Morgan Stanley made its $13 billion move, but the bank didn’t throw its hat in the ring, according to people with knowledge of the situation. Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman acted as his bank’s dealmaker-in-chief when he approached E-Trade
The Kitchens restaurants have launched The Edition Afternoon Tea menus across their four London restaurants in Mayfair, Leicester Square, Monmouth and Bloomsbury Street. The Edition Afternoon Tea menus expand their unique shared dining and dual-menu concept by offering a selection of traditional favourites with influences from the cuisines served across The Kitchens collection; from Peruvian
Raising the quality of life in a conducive environment, alongside social spaces and wellness cluster, these vacation homes in Johor are the hallmark of an enriched lifestyle where livingand learning, working and playing are perfectly balanced. Health park located at Southern Marina Residences, Johor, Malaysia The overall residential market in Johor has shown a slight
A worker at a factory in Nanjing sorting face masks being produced to satisfy increased demand during China’s COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, in China’s Jiangsu province. Stringer | AFP | Getty Images This is a live blog. Please check back for updates. All times below are in Beijing time. 7:58 am: Hubei reports an additional 108
Exclusive Getty “Good Times” star Ja’Net DuBois appeared in good spirits — and more importantly, healthy — just a couple weeks before suddenly dying. We got this photo of Ja’Net posing with “Good Times” costars Jimmie Walker, Johnny Brown, Bern Nadette Stanis and Ralph Carter — all 5 of whom showed up together on Feb.
Exclusive Getty Pop Smoke‘s death wasn’t a robbery gone wrong … it was a targeted hit … and that conclusion is supported by surveillance video. People who have seen the surveillance footage from outside the Hollywood Hills home where Pop was killed Wednesday morning tell us … you see 4 men approach the home at
Milan Fashion Week is here and the Italian design houses are doing what they do best: extravagance. Gucci presented a Lazy Susan runway show that presented backstage chaos as centerstage fodder, while Alberta Ferretti closed their show with Bella Hadid strutting in tiered gown. We rounded up our favorite looks from the fall-winter 2020 season,
One of the few problems with the introduction of so many great characters over the years is that real estate on the screen becomes more and more crowded, leaving some characters to smaller roles in subsequent films. By having an all-female cast, the movie could clear some room for less prominent female characters to get
Nice moves, Justin Bieber! The singer joined James Corden for a new and super adorable edition of ‘Toddlerography,’ when the ‘Yummy’ singer blew bubbles and did cartwheels with toddlers. While it may not be as viral as “Carpool Karaoke” or as shocking as “Spill Your Guts or Fill Your Guts,” The Late Late Show’s “Toddlerography”
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Charities are set to receive £500m more in legacy income over the next five years than was previously estimated. Legacy Foresight, which provides insights into the UK legacy market, updated its five-year market forecast yesterday to include the latest economic data and revised death predictions, which are the two main drivers of legacy income. The
CHICAGO (Feb. 20, 2020) – CARE and Mars Wrigley are building on the success and learnings of their Village Savings and Loans Association (VSLA) initiative, building women’s social and economic empowerment in cocoa-growing communities in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana. Through an additional US$10 million investment from Mars, CARE will expand the VSLA program beyond the
Feb. 19th, 2020 Spain’s Costa Brava runs from just north of Barcelona to the border of France. Along the coast are beautiful beaches, coves and seaside towns with their own distinct personality. In the sleepy sea town of S’Garo, on a peninsula that juts into the turquoise waters of the Mediterranean Sea, is where you’ll
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) speaks during a campaign event on February 17, 2020 in Richmond, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Justin Sullivan When Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., proposed legislation last year to tax stock trades, he decried the “recklessness of Wall Street billionaires” and cited a goal of building an economy
Gender inequality affects people and places the world over, from the corridors of power in London to the cocoa farms of developing countries, where women involved in the production of cocoa normally receive a lower-income than men, with many earning less than the minimum wage. According to the World Economic Forum, it will take 202
(Photos: Getty Images) Rihanna changed the makeup world as we know it by releasing her now-iconic beauty brand, Fenty Beauty, in September 2017. Complete with 40 shades of foundation—and an impressive selection of highlighters and multisticks—the brand instantly disrupted the industry and challenged its compliance when it came to lacklustre shade ranges. With Fenty Beauty,
Arca has shared a new 62-minute single called “@@@@@.” It’s her first official new music since 2017’s self-titled LP. In a statement about “@@@@@,” which premiered via her NTS Radio collaboration DIVA EXPERIMENTAL FM, Arca said: “@@@@@” is a transmission broadcasted into this world from a speculative fictional universe in which the fundamentally analogue format
The PlayStation fans who were expecting to play The Last of Us Part II at PAX East will be disappointed to learn that Sony is pulling out of the event, due to increasing concerns about the novel coronavirus. Sony has announced that it’s skipping E3 2020, but the company was planning to have a booth at PAX East with
Canadian rock legend Neil Young has penned an open letter to U.S. President Donald Trump, calling him a “disgrace to my country.” The Heart of Gold rocker wasn’t referring to Canada, either. Nope, only a month after being naturalized as an official U.S. citizen, Young, 74, went on a scathing rant defending his country against its Republican
Two Oxfam aid workers were today killed in an attack at 2pm local time in Daraa Governorate in southern Syria, between Nawa and Al-Yadudah, the charity has said in a statement. Wissam Hazim, an Oxfam Southern Hub staff safety officer, and Adel Al-Halabi, a driver, were both killed when their vehicle was attacked by an
Week eight of my crazy 52 countries in 52 weeks adventure took me to the Middle Eastern gem of Jordan, the cheapest flight out of Budapest. Now don’t get me wrong, I love European cities, but after two months straight of churches, castles and old towns I was SO excited to be heading somewhere completely
Rafael Henrique | SOPA Images | Getty Images Chipmaker Analog Devices on Wednesday forecast second-quarter revenue that fell short of analysts’ estimates, as the company accounted for a $70 million hit related to the coronavirus outbreak. Analog Devices joins Apple and a host of other companies expecting potential damages from the rapidly spreading virus, which
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