In 2025, donation platform Flipcause collapsed owing 3,200 nonprofits $29 million
Times of India •

In 2025, donation platform Flipcause collapsed owing 3,200 nonprofits $29 million

Flipcause, an Oakland-based donation platform, filed for bankruptcy in December 2025 after owing nearly $29 million to more than 3,200 nonprofits. Bankruptcy records showed the company paid $3.8 million to executives, relatives and related firms in the year before filing. Nonprofits later questioned Flipcause leadership over delayed donations and how company funds were managed.

Europe’s payment sovereignty problem is not what we think

Euronews •

Europe's payment sovereignty problem is not what we think, writes Joachim Wuermeling, a former regulator at the European Central Bank (ECB). The real exposure is not the card in your pocket, but the currency behind it. Europe must strengthen the euro’s international role.

First lady Peng Liyuan’s English takes the spotlight in exchange with Melania Trump

First lady Peng Liyuan’s English takes the spotlight in exchange with Melania Trump

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China’s first lady Peng Liyuan has sparked online buzz over her English-language exchanges with the US first lady without an interpreter during her visit to Washington with President Xi Jinping this week. On Wednesday, US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump greeted Xi and Peng at Joint Base Andrews in a rare diplomatic move. After Xi and Peng stepped off the plane, the two couples ...

Flash sale: AO snaps up camera seller Jessops from Dragons’ Den star Peter Jones

Flash sale: AO snaps up camera seller Jessops from Dragons’ Den star Peter Jones

The Guardian •

Online electricals retailer says latest purchase continues to broaden its appeal beyond white goods, phones and TVBusiness live – latest updatesThe troubled camera retailer Jessops has changed hands after AO World acquired the business from the Dragons’ Den star Peter Jones.The online electrical retailer said on Thursday it had completed the acquisition of Jessops. Continue reading...

What a 2-month trade-truce extension between China and the US reveals as rifts persist

What a 2-month trade-truce extension between China and the US reveals as rifts persist

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An extension of the US-China trade truce, agreed upon at an unscheduled meeting between the two countries’ top economic officials, underscores a willingness to contain trade tensions, according to analysts who deemed it a positive signal for this week’s presidential summit. While the rollover extends the truce by only two months, the analysts said it provided businesses with a measure of short-ter...

Florida businessman’s 4 beach lots to become public after a decade and multiple lawsuits

Florida businessman’s 4 beach lots to become public after a decade and multiple lawsuits

Times of India •

Michael Holderness bought four beachfront lots on Florida’s Siesta Key in 2016 and 2017, leading to years of disputes with Sarasota County over public access and development. Under a settlement, the county will receive the four lots and make them public beach property, while Holderness gets a nearby parcel valued at nearly $2.8 million, $500,000 and permission to build a 5,000-square-foot home.

Backlash as Indian oil heir made professor of sustainability by Newcastle University

Backlash as Indian oil heir made professor of sustainability by Newcastle University

The Guardian •

Role for Anant Ambani, son of India’s richest person, who also runs a controversial mega-zoo, met with incredulityNewcastle University is facing a backlash from conservationists over the appointment of the heir to an Indian oil and gas fortune who runs a controversial mega-zoo as a professor of sustainability.The university announced that Anant Ambani had been given a professorship of practice for...

Indian oil and gas heir made professor of sustainability at Newcastle University

Indian oil and gas heir made professor of sustainability at Newcastle University

The Guardian •

Incredulity over role for Anant Ambani, son of India’s richest person, who also runs a controversial mega-zooNewcastle University is facing a backlash from conservationists over the appointment of the heir to an Indian oil and gas fortune who runs a controversial mega-zoo as a professor of sustainability.The university announced that Anant Ambani had been given a professorship of practice for “his...

A pub trip with another man: court views CCTV footage of Jesse Baird found on Beau Lamarre-Condon’s devices

A pub trip with another man: court views CCTV footage of Jesse Baird found on Beau Lamarre-Condon’s devices

The Guardian •

Former NSW police officer has pleaded not guilty to murdering Jesse Baird and Luke Davies before concealing bodies in bags bought from sports storeFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastBeau Lamarre-Condon was seen sizing up a surfboard bag used to dispose of a victim days before the police officer murdered two men, prosecto...

Hong Kong authorities won’t appeal court halt to 12,000-flat project on golf course

Hong Kong authorities won’t appeal court halt to 12,000-flat project on golf course

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Plans to build 12,000 public flats on part of Hong Kong’s oldest golf course have been thrown into serious doubt after the government chose not to appeal a court’s decision to uphold a ruling revoking the project’s environmental approval. Authorities said on Thursday that they had decided against appealing after “holistically” considering legal advice following the Court of Appeal’s decision to up...