Integrity issues emerge after billion-dollar Jewish Communal Fund bars donations to Jewish group
A donor-advised fund is a philanthropic innovation that provides donors with significant tax advantages relative to their charitable contributions. By giving to a donor-advised fund, someone can immediately write off the entire amount of their donation, even while the money sits in the fund. When the donor has identified an organisation they wish to support, the donor directs the fund to transfer the money, much as one would with a bank account.
Putin shocks world with landslide win in Russia poll West says was not free and fair
First official results indicated the polls were accurate. The United States, Germany, the United Kingdom and other nations have said the vote was neither free nor fair due to the imprisonment of political opponents and censorship.
Looming Armageddon: Putin warns America and allies Russia is ‘technically ready’ for nuclear war
Putin’s nuclear warning came alongside another offer for talks on Ukraine as part of a new post-Cold War demarcation of European security. The US says Putin is not ready for serious talks over Ukraine.
Biden-versus-Trump rematch on the cards after they clinched party nominations setting off bruising campaign
The last repeat presidential matchup took place in 1956, when Republican President Dwight Eisenhower defeated former Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson, a Democrat, for the second time. This year, voters have expressed little enthusiasm for a repeat of the bitter 2020 election, with Reuters/Ipsos public polls showing both Biden and Trump are unpopular with the majority of voters.
Kenya halts deployment of police to Haiti in the absence of legal authority in the Caribbean nation
Under the plan, the UN-backed multinational police led by Kenyan officers was to help quell gang violence that has long plagued Haiti. But violence escalated sharply since February 29, with gunmen burning police stations, closing the main international airports and raiding the country’s two biggest prisons, releasing more than 4,000 inmates.
PM Henry’s resignation after Jamaica talks throws deployment of Kenyan police to Haiti into disarray
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday the United States would contribute an additional $100 million to this force and $33 million in humanitarian aid, bringing the United States’ total pledge to the force to $300 million.
Biden’s $7.3 trillion budget is campaign pitch for spending, tax goals but may not draw in votes
Biden’s budget for the 2025 fiscal year, which starts this October, includes raising the corporate income tax rate to 28 per cent from 21 per cent, forcing those with wealth of $100 million to pay at least 25 per cent of their income in taxes, and letting the government negotiate to bring more drug costs down.
US intelligence agencies warn in new report that America faces ‘increasingly fragile world order’
FBI Director Christopher Wray expressed concern about the “terrorism implications from potential targeting of vulnerabilities at the border,” noting rising threats from Americans inspired by Islamist groups and other foreign militants since Hamas’ attack on Israel on October 7.
Rise in White supremacism proves headache to Biden who’s struggling to retain Black voters
Opinion polls show the November 5 election shaping up to be a close match between Biden and Trump, making turnout among Black Americans – who comprise sizeable populations in key battleground states like Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania – a crucial aspect of Biden’s path to victory.
Anarchy: US forces fly in to bolster security at embassy in Haiti, evacuate nonessential staff
Caribbean leaders have called for an emergency meeting on Monday in Jamaica on what they called Haiti’s “dire” situation. They have invited the United States, France, Canada, the United Nations and Brazil to the meeting.
