NATO allies offer security assurances for Ukraine on path to membership
By Andrew Gray, John Irish, Steve Holland and Sabine Siebold VILNIUS (Reuters) -The United States, Britain and global allies prepared
2023-07-12 19:58
Czech-French writer Milan Kundera dies at 94
Czech-French writer Milan Kundera, author of "The Unbearable Lightness of Being", has died aged 94, the Milan...
2023-07-12 19:57
Kenyans protest again over rising cost of living, with some targeting a recently built expressway
One person has been killed as some Kenyans angered by the rising cost of living are back on the streets Wednesday in the latest of a series of protests
2023-07-12 19:55
Farmers Insurance pulls out of Florida, affecting 100,000 policyholders
Farmers Insurance will stop offering its policies in Florida, which includes home, auto and umbrella, in a change that will affect 100,000 people.
2023-07-12 19:54
Finnish finance minister apologizes for racist and violent comments made online in 2008
Finnish finance minister Riikka Purra has apologized after she made racist comments in 2008 that were recently discovered online.
2023-07-12 19:52
Unprecedented heat in Florida's waters could trigger one of the state's worst coral bleaching events
A sudden marine heat wave off the coast of Florida has surprised scientists and sent water temperatures soaring to unprecedented highs, threatening one of the most severe coral bleaching events the state has ever seen.
2023-07-12 19:51
Sarah Silverman sues OpenAI and Meta
The US comedian joins two other authors who claim their copyright was infringed to train AI systems.
2023-07-12 19:51
Kosovo to partially withdraw special police officers from northern Serb-majority municipalities
Kosovo’s government has decided to reduce by one-fourth the number of special police officers and also hold new mayoral elections in four Serb-majority municipalities
2023-07-12 19:51
Emily Blunt reveals she is taking a break from acting
Emily Blunt has revealed she is taking a break from acting this year to spend more time with her family.
2023-07-12 19:50
George Michael's 13 most generous acts of charity
Singing, songwriting legend George Michael passed away on Christmas Day 2016 at the age of 53, and the world continues to mourn his death. His legacy in the band Wham, along with his childhood friend Andrew Ridgeley has been immortalised in a new Netflix documentary about the 80s pop sensations. The film charts their humble beginnings as struggling musicians before making their breakthrough on Top of the Pops and writing landmark songs such as 'Last Christmas' and 'Wake Me Up Before You Go Go' before their eventual break-up in 1986. Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Michael, whose real name was Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou, died from a heart attack on December 25th 2016. In the wake of his untimely death many British charities, celebrities and individuals have revealed the secret donations, said to be in the total of millions, he made to various organisations and people in need, often anonymously. Here are 13 of his most giving moments: 1. George Michael gave a woman on Deal or No Deal £15k for IVF treatment. 2. George Michael once gave a stranger £25k to pay for her debts, after he overheard her crying in a café. 3. George Michael worked in a homeless shelter, anonymously, for years. 4. George Michael set up a Trust giving grants to support rights of disabled children and adults. 5. George Michael sent free tickets to hospital workers after they treated him for pneumonia 6. George Michael played a free Christmas concert for NHS nurses in memory of the support his mother got when she was suffering from cancer. 7. George Michael let David Baddiel use Faith for “almost nothing” in The Infidel. 8. George Michael donated all the royalties from Wham! Last Christmas/Everything She Wants to Ethiopian famine relief 9. George Michael purchased John Lennon’s 'Imagine' piano in 2000, for £1.67m so people could see it, and then handed it over to the Beatles Story museum. 10. George Michael gave the proceeds from Don’t Let the Sun Go Down On Me to children and Aids charities. 11. George Michael once tipped a barmaid £5k because she was a student nurse in debt. 12. George Michael gave Sports Relief £50,000 after comedian David Walliams swam the channel. 13. George Michael supported 28 charities, including a number of children's charities, including Barnardo’s and War Child. Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.
2023-07-12 19:50
An Indian culinary must-have is off the menu as prices jump 400%
From butter chicken to paneer makhani, Indian cuisine is unthinkable without the ubiquitous tomato.
2023-07-12 19:46
Brazil's JBS reboots plans to list shares in New York
By Ana Mano and Roberto Samora SAO PAULO (Reuters) -JBS SA, the world's largest meatpacker, on Wednesday proposed listing its
2023-07-12 19:29
