Posts Tagged ‘Families’
Turning Tragedy into Hope: How The Zachary Cole Foundation Empowers Families Battling Cancer
When Michael J. Herman established The Zachary Cole Foundation two years ago, he was fueled by grief, but also by purpose. After losing his athletic son to a rare form of leukemia, Herman vowed to assist families facing similar heartbreak. “The families get little to no support when parents are caring for children with cancer,”…
Read MoreGoldman Sachs targets richest families in Australia expansion
[MELBOURNE] Goldman Sachs plans to expand its private wealth management team in Australia to capture a boom in self-made multi-millionaires and family wealth looking for global investments. “We are absolutely looking to grow,” Jean-Paul Churchouse, the firm’s head of private wealth management for South-east Asia and Australia, said. “We are looking to hire, but it’s…
Read MoreFamilies Mourn 40 Years Since Deadly Japan Airlines Crash
Family members of victims in the world’s deadliest single-aircraft accident hiked Tuesday to the mountainous site in Japan where the plane went down, as the country marked 40 years since the tragedy that killed 520 people. On August 12, 1985, the doomed Boeing 747 was around 40 minutes into an hour-long flight from Tokyo to…
Read MoreFamilies Forever Scarred 4 Years On From Kabul Plane Deaths
The day after the Taliban stormed into the Afghan capital in August 2021, Afghans desperate to evacuate clung to the fuselage of a departing American plane at Kabul airport — only to fall to their deaths. Four years later, their families still relive those desperate acts and endure wounds they say will never heal. The…
Read MoreUS Envoy Meets Israeli Hostage Families In Tel Aviv
US envoy Steve Witkoff on Saturday met the anguished families of Israeli hostages still held in Gaza, as fears for the captives’ survival mounted almost 22 months into the war sparked by Hamas’s October 2023 attack. Witkoff was greeted with some applause and pleas for assistance from hundreds of protesters gathered in Tel Aviv, before…
Read MoreJeju Air crash families denounce report blaming pilot error
[SEOUL] The families of victims of South Korea’s deadliest plane crash on home soil have denounced a government report which blamed the disaster on pilot error, a representative told AFP on Tuesday. The Boeing 737-800 was flying from Thailand to South Korea’s south-west on Dec 29 last year but ended up belly-landing at Muan airport…
Read MoreIraqis Face Difficult Return From Syria Camp For IS Families
After years in a Syrian detention camp, Ibrahim Darwish was relieved to be allowed to return home to Iraq, but his joy was quickly punctured by the harsh reality that he had to disown his sons accused of being jihadists. “All I wanted was to return to Iraq,” the 64-year-old said of his time in…
Read MoreUS Readies New Tariffs While July 4 Costs Surge For Families And Firms
As Americans fire up their grills and gather for fireworks this Independence Day, a new economic flashpoint looms: a fresh wave of tariffs that could take effect in less than a month. With official notifications expected to go out as early as July 5, concerns are mounting over how the rising cost of imports may…
Read MoreBoeing and Justice Department seek judge’s approval for deal opposed by crash victims’ families
BOEING and the Justice Department on Wednesday asked a US judge to approve an agreement that allows the company to avoid prosecution despite objections from relatives of some of the 346 people killed in two 737 MAX crashes in 2018 and 2019. The deal enables Boeing to avoid being branded a convicted felon and to…
Read MoreNetanyahu Eyes Hostage Breakthrough As Gaza Families Mourn Victims
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country’s recent war with Iran had created “opportunities” for freeing hostages held by Hamas militants in Gaza, where witnesses and rescuers reported more than 30 people killed Sunday. His comments lifted hope for a new ceasefire in the devastating conflict in the Palestinian territory, after US President Donald…
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