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GoFundMe raises $250m for LA fires victims, more than for all other disasters last year | California wildfires newsthirst.

Just over a month since devastating wildfires broke out across southern California, the fundraising platform GoFundMe has raised more money for victims of the fires than for all other natural disasters worldwide last year. To date, more than a million donors in all 50 states and 160 countries have donated more than $250m to support…

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Sponsors drop San Francisco Pride as festival decries ‘rights backtracking’ | San Francisco newsthirst.

San Francisco Pride, one of the largest LGBTQ+ celebrations in the world, has lost significant funding as major corporate sponsors – some who supported the festivities for years – have pulled out of the event. Several companies, including Comcast, Diageo, Benefit Cosmetics and Anheuser-Busch,, and provide about $300,000 in funding, told the organization that they…

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German business leaders tell new government: It’s time to deliver newsthirst.

TEGERNSEE, GERMANY — Top German business leaders, economists and politicians descended onto a small, picturesque Bavarian town situated next to the iconic Tegernsee lake last week to share their hopes and discuss what’s at stake for the new government. Buoyed by recent positive market sentiment for Europe’s largest economy, attendees at the summit were united…

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