Singer Misia explores the language of music
Singer Misia possesses an astonishing vocal range of five octaves but equally impressive is her humanitarian work abroad. The artist, who asks to go by her stage name, has been working tirelessly on a wide range of humanitarian causes on the African continent since the ...
Fund pledges $14 billion to fight AIDS, TB and malaria epidemics
Governments, philanthropists and private firms pledged just over $14 billion Thursday for a plan to save 16 million lives, in a boost for the global fight against AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. The money was promised at a replenishment meeting in Lyon, France, of the Global ...
Cancer survivor completes 12,000-km cycle from U.K. to Japan for Rugby World Cup
On the rain-soaked shores of Lake Kawaguchi in Yamanashi Prefecture, Patrick McIntosh, 63, looks relaxed, unperturbed by the inclement weather. In the context of his recent accomplishment, it's a very minor inconvenience. McIntosh is propped up on his bicycle, a carbon-fiber Jamis Renegade that he ...
Mother seeks donations to build evacuation shelter in Hokkaido for people with disabilities
The mother of a man with an intellectual disability has launched a crowdfunding campaign to build an evacuation center where people with disabilities can feel safe. She started her efforts following a powerful earthquake that hit Hokkaido in September last year. Akiko Aoki, 51, a ...
Japanese government mulls tax breaks for donations to arson-hit Kyoto Animation
The government is considering providing tax breaks for donations to arson-hit Kyoto Animation Co., industry minister Hiroshige Seko confirmed Thursday, in a bid to encourage companies and individuals to support the anime firm as it rebuilds its business. The government is planning to allow donations ...
Tokyo comic fair exhibitors sell works to raise funds for arson-hit Kyoto Animation
Attendees at Comic Market, the nation's largest fair for self-published manga, showed support for the arson-hit Kyoto Animation Co. on Friday in Tokyo by raising funds for the studio through sales of exhibitors' creations. The organizers of the four-day fair, which opened Friday and is ...
Florida strip club plans golf tourney at Trump resort, offers 'caddy' girls
President Donald Trump's golf resort near Miami is hosting a tournament where strippers will serve as caddies. The Shadow All Star Tournament is organized by a Hialeah strip club, Shadow Cabaret. The club is advertising on Facebook and its website that the event will be ...
Forty-four migrants, including women and children, plucked from their stricken vessel in the Mediterranean arrived in Malta Tuesday after charity boat Alan Kurdi handed the shipwreck victims over to the Maltese coast guard on the high-seas. Malta agreed to take in those rescued by the ...
Ethiopian crash kin criticize Boeing donation plan, say they were kept in dark
The families of victims of an Ethiopian air disaster on Thursday criticized Boeing's plan to donate $100 million to unspecified charities and communities affected by two crashes, saying it was too vague and that families should have been consulted first. Some of the families said ...
A sailboat belonging to Italian charity Mediterranea has rescued 54 people including pregnant women and children in distress off the Libyan coast, the charity said on Thursday. "All 54 survivors have been rescued and are now aboard," Mediterranea, which is made up of left-wing activists, ...
At least six dead, 50 children wounded in Taliban car bomb attack on Kabul
At least six people were killed and dozens, including 50 children, wounded Monday when the Taliban detonated a powerful car bomb in Kabul, officials said — the latest deadly attack in one of the most dangerous countries in the world to be a child. Save ...
Critics need to understand that very few people in need care about the color of the skin of those who are helping them or where they're from.
