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Prince Harry is sharing his best advice. The royal, 40, attended the 2025 NEXUS Global Summit on Friday, where he and Rachel Gerrol, the co-founder and CEO of the company, spoke to next-gen philanthropists and investors. In a chat called “Building Tomorrow: A Conversation on Service, Impact & Collective Action with Prince Harry,” the Duke of Sussex detailed founding the Archewell Foundation with the Duchess of Sussex. Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex speaks onstage during a forum about digital responsibility at EAN University in 2024. Getty Images Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Evan Agostini/Invision/AP Prince Harry told the audience that “as the…
CNN — When customers at Silicon Valley Bank rushed to withdraw billions of dollars last month, venture capitalist Arlan Hamilton stepped in to help some of the founders of color who panicked about losing access to payroll funds. As a Black woman with nearly 10 years of business experience, Hamilton knew the options for those startup founders were limited. SVB had a reputation for servicing people from underrepresented communities like hers. Its failure has reignited concerns from industry experts about lending discrimination in the banking industry and the resulting disparities in capital for people of color. Hamilton, the 43-year-old founder…
Bernd Debusmann JrBBC News, at the White HouseGetty ImagesDonald Trump’s week began with an on-air expletive as he lost his cool over his mounting frustrations with Iran and Israel’s shaky ceasefire.It ended with a beaming US president holding court at the White House – not once, but twice – as he celebrated a series of significant political victories at home and abroad.Trump was in a triumphant mood, answering questions for more than an hour at a news conference that turned into a checklist of his accomplishments.Here’s a look at four big wins from this week, as well as a reminder…
CNN — This is it. The media defamation trial of the century is on the precipice of kicking off in Wilmington, Delaware, in just days. Jury selection in Dominion Voting Systems’ monster $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit took place all of Thursday, with 300 potential jurors being summoned to court. Good progress was made and the presiding judge noted that there were “more than enough jurors” to start the trial as scheduled on Monday. It is there, in Courtroom 7E, where the biggest figures in Murdoch Media, accompanied by a throng of high-powered lawyers, will attempt to mount their defense after…
Tens of thousands have gathered for the Budapest Pride march, defying Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s legal threats against LGBTQ rights activists.Organisers of the march hope for a record attendance, despite mounting pressure from nationalist conservative politicians and police to stop any display of pro-LGBTQ material.The police issued a ban in line with a new “child protection” law restricting gatherings considered to be promoting homosexuality. One woman said she was attending because she wants a country of “diversity” for her children.Orban downplayed the possibility of violent clashes between police and participants, but warned of potential legal repercussions for attendees.”Of course,…
The Senate Judiciary Committee’s grilling of four social media executives produced some notable moments. Here are a few: Zuckerberg, Spiegel personally apologize to families: Meta CEO Zuckerberg stood to apologize to the families in the hearing room. “I’m sorry for everything you have all been through,” he said. “No one should go through the things that your families have suffered and this is why we invest so much and we are going to continue doing industry-wide efforts to make sure no one has to go through the things your families have had to suffer.” Snap CEO Evan Spiegel also apologized…
Days after the Trump Organization announced plans to launch a US-made smartphone, a reference to its American production has vanished from its website.A “Made in the USA” tagline featured in promotional material for the Trump T1 phone when it launched on 16 June, was no longer displayed on its site as of Wednesday, reporters found.But the Trump Mobile organisation says the phone will still be made in America.”Speculation to the contrary is simply inaccurate,” a spokesperson told the BBC.”We’re excited to launch the phones later this year, but in the meantime, anyone can switch to Trump Mobile now with their…
Editor’s Note: This story is part of ‘Systems Error’, a series by CNN As Equals, investigating how your gender shapes your life online. For information about how CNN As Equals is funded and more, check out our FAQs. CNN — Catfishing is when a person uses false information and images to create a fake identity online with the intention to trick, harass, or scam another person. It is often on social media or dating apps and websites as a common tactic used to form online relationships under false pretenses, sometimes to lure people into financial scams. The person doing the pretending,…
MaryLou CostaTechnology ReporterReporting fromVilnius, LithuaniaEnergesmanFly larvae are excellent at converting food waste into proteinMost people are inclined to shoo flies away from food, and the thought of maggots in your bins is enough to make anyone’s stomach turn.But a handful of city councils have embraced maggots – more formally known as fly larvae – and their taste for rotting food.In Vilnius, capital of the Baltic state of Lithuania, fly larvae have officially been given the job of processing the 2,700 tonnes of food waste the city’s 607,000 residents put out for collection each year, alongside that of the six neighbouring…
The Senate Judiciary Committee’s grilling of four social media executives produced some notable moments. Here are a few:Zuckerberg, Spiegel personally apologize to families: Meta CEO Zuckerberg stood to apologize to the families in the hearing room. “I’m sorry for everything you have all been through,” he said. “No one should go through the things that your families have suffered and this is why we invest so much and we are going to continue doing industry-wide efforts to make sure no one has to go through the things your families have had to suffer.”Mark Zuckerberg spoke to victims and their family…