SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse Fashion Show showcased its last runway of the season on Saturday. ‘The Underground Show’ had a gamer and cosplay theme that took place at the Elite Gaming Parlor in Downtown Syracuse. The fashion show partnered with the Food Bank of Central New York. A percentage of the ticket proceeds was donated…
The head of Hong Kong’s oldest university has said he hopes any funding cut by the government in the coming budget will be “moderate”, stressing the institution’s reserves of HK$41.5 billion (US$5.3 billion) had designated purposes. University of Hong Kong president Xiang Zhang also said on Friday all new undergraduates would be required to take…
Hong Kong is on track to record its lowest number of heart transplants since 2011, prompting doctors from the city’s only transplant team to urge residents to sign up for organ donation. The latest data from the Hospital Authority showed only three hearts had been donated this year as of the end of September, with…
Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, son-in-law and daughter of President-Elect Donald Trump, expressed deep sorrow over the murder of Rabbi Zvi Kogan, a Chabad emissary to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), in a statement shared on social media on Monday. Kushner called Kogan’s death a “senseless murder” aimed at halting his efforts to foster…
Warren Buffett is marking the holiday season by donating $1.1 billion in stock to charities on Monday while he also made updates to his will. Buffett’s Donations Buffett, the 94-year-old investing titan and chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, announced on Monday he will renew his Thanksgiving tradition of giving by donating $1.1 billion worth of Berkshire…
Jeff Bezos and his fiancée, Lauren Sánchez, have donated $110.5 million to help fight homelessness. On Thursday, the Amazon founder — whose estimated net worth, according to Forbes, is $214.6 billion — and the former news anchor announced that the money will go to 40 different organizations that focus on family homelessness. “With homelessness on…
Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez announced the Bezos Earth Fund is donating $60 million to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. National Fish & Wildlife Foundationâs 40th Anniversary Gala Lauren Sánchez flies helicopters, but she also loves the plains. Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos and his fiancée, Sánchez, announced that the Bezos Earth Fund was donating…
MIAMI — As rescues and recovery continue across Florida following the devastation left behind by Hurricane Milton, South Florida is stepping up to help their Gulf Coast and Central neighbors who desperately need relief. Hurricane Milton made landfall near Siesta Key on Wednesday night as a Category 3 storm and barreled across the Florida peninsula…
The next generation of Buffetts—Howard, Susie, and Peter—is poised to become one of the most powerful forces in philanthropy when their 94-year-old father, the legendary businessman and leader of Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett, eventually passes away. But it wasn’t always going to be that way. Buffett announced in June that he’d donate his fortune,…