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SINGAPORE - Dressed in brightly coloured sportswear and ponchos, 103 volunteers and participants braved Sundays (Jan 10) downpour in the finale of Ruck-on! Singapore!, a charity event where participants walked across Singapores central district. It was the last of five "rucking" events that took place over the past month, attracting about 380 participants in all. Rucking refers to walking with a rucksack loaded with weights to build strength. Supermarket chain FairPrice had pledged to donate o...

Last modified on Fri 8 Jan 2021 17.18 EST Douglas Alexander, the former chair of Unicef UK who stood down after accusations of bullying, has been cleared of wrongdoing in an independent review. The review, by the international law firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius UK, found claims of bullying and improper behaviour were unsubstantiated and there was no evidence. Claims by the former executive director of Unicef UK, Sacha Deshmukh, who quit his role in September alleging he had been bullied by Alexan...

This followed fury over the National Trust naming almost 100 properties in a report which it said were linked to slavery and colonailism including Churchill’s former home in Kent Chartwell. The charity, which is tasked with looking after British heritage, then allowed signs to be put up at some properties with health warnings on their historic links. There was also outrage at the Royal National Maritime Museum in Greenwich wanting to downgrade Nelson’s heroic status. Meanwhile, the children...

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Thank you in advance for helping the children this holiday season!

And we remember the first time they showed us their pens two years ago. you can see right here, boulder city, nevada, usa. this year, their pens are being used on the spacex missions to the international space station. >> hey, david. >> and tonight, the team showing us their newest pens called the first responder series. >> youve got red for firefighters, white for emts and ems medical. >> a portion of every sale going to help first responders through charities across america. some of the profit...

MacKenzie Scott, formerly Bezos, has reportedly donated over $6 billion from her divorce settlement with millions going to New Jersey organizations. Here's which ones have benefitted:

Weve got cotton dress socks and most importantly, it keeps jobs here in america. >> his father, grandfather and uncle all veterans and they donate a portion of every sock sale to veteran charities. and tonight in chicago, soap distillery, owner danielle martin hand pouring and mixing her holiday soaps. >> hey, david. >> her proud six workers. >> huge thanks comes from me and the soap distillery team. now, go get some of those holiday soaps. >> packing up and ready for christmas with three words ...

>> make no mistake, this was not an ordinary 17-year-old. this was a highly sophisticated attack and it could have destabilized financial markets both in america and around the globe. >> reporter: he and two other suspects are charged with 30 felony counts in connection with the hack targeting vice president biden, former president obama, bill gates, kim kardashian, and others. more than $100,000 was illegally raised using those twitter accounts to urge victims to send money to bogus charities. ...

We are all so proud of you. >> reporter: and bridger in his captain america uniform too, hearing from the other captain america, actor chris evans. >> this is a message for bridger. hey, bridger, captain america here. how are you doing, buddy? pal, youre a hero. what you did was so brave, so selfless. your sister is so lucky to have you as a big brother. your parents must be so proud of you. >> reporter: and tonight bridger and his family have a new message for the superheroes who reached out to...