Ugandan breastmilk donors give mothers hope as the once frowned upon act of godliness is embraced
ATTA Breastmilk Community was launched in 2021 in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, by a woman who had struggled like Ikendi without getting support. The registered nonprofit, backed by grants from organisations and individuals, is the only group outside a hospital setting in Uganda that conserves breast milk in substantial amounts.
Trump’s rich backers are destigmatising illegal behaviour with hefty gifts after conviction
Even donors who had previously said they were finished with Trump have returned. Last week, Schwarzman told Axios he would vote for Trump, after repeatedly calling on the GOP to find another candidate. A group associated with casino billionaire Miriam Adelson also said this week it would spend around $100 million on Trump’s campaign.
South Africa President Ramaphosa emerges as stumbling block in ANC talks with potential coalition partners
As South Africa heads for a series of complex talks to form a national coalition government for the first time and establish stability, ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula said Ramaphosa would remain as party leader and any demands from others that he resign for talks to go ahead was “a no-go area.”
How Madrid’s all-powerful president hoisted the Galacticos from the ashes to elite clubs in Europe
Winning this year’s Champions League will be worth around €80 million in UEFA prize money to Madrid, including €20 million for winning the final (beaten finalists get €15.5 million). Lifting the trophy six times in the past 11 seasons has brought almost €500 million in prize money, and hugely valuable visibility on the biggest stages for sponsors.
Real Madrid win 15th Champions League to signal start of new era of dominance in Europe
Off the pitch, Madrid topped Deloitte’s Football Money League 2024 with the highest revenues across the game over 2022-23. Another more recent study by data analytics company Football Benchmark puts their ‘enterprise value’ above all other clubs – and predicts they will soon have the most valuable squad in football.
Netanyahu rubbishes calls for permanent peace as mediators urge Israel and Hamas to finalise Biden’s Gaza peace plan
The US, Egypt and Qatar have been seeking for months to mediate an end to the war, but a deal has proven elusive. The proposal, Biden said, also “creates a better ‘day after’ in Gaza without Hamas in power”. He did not elaborate on how that might be achieved. The Iranian-backed Islamist group has given no indication it might step aside or disarm voluntarily.
Black leaders call out Trump’s criminal justice contradictions as he rails against guilty verdict
Some Black Americans found irony in Trump railing against the injustice of his own conviction, in a courthouse where five Black and Latino teenagers were wrongly convicted in a case Trump supported so vociferously. The Central Park Five case was Trump’s first foray into tough-on-crime politics that preluded his full-throated populist political persona. To many, Trump employed dog whistles as well as overtly racist rhetoric in both chapters of his public life.
