President of George Soros’s Foundation Leaves After Son Takes Helm

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The president of George Soros’s $25 billion nonprofit is stepping down, the latest change since the legendary investor and philanthropist’s son took over the foundation.

The Open Society Foundations said Monday that Binaifer Nowrojee will be its next president when Mark Malloch-Brown steps down from the role in June. Nowrojee has led the organization’s work in parts of Africa and Asia.

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George Soros' Open Society Foundations name new president after years of layoffs and transition

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NEW YORK (AP) — George Soros' Open Society Foundations announced a leadership change Monday with its president Mark Malloch-Brown stepping down in June, set to be replaced by a senior leader, Binaifer Nowrojee. She will be the first woman from the global south to lead OSF.

Soros, the billionaire investor, said in a statement that when he started the foundations decades ago, he hoped its work would be global in scope.

“At the outset, that was merely an aspiration. But now I feel that this ambition has been fulfilled" with Nowrojee's appointment as president, Soros said.

Most recently, Nowrojee, who is Kenyan from an Indian family, was OSF's vice president of programs and part of a small senior leadership team overseeing a large transition that kicked off last summer when the foundations announced that Alex Soros, one of George Soros' sons, had taken over as chair of its board in December 2022.

Along with that generational change in leadership, OSF said it would layoff as much as 40% of its staff worldwide and move to a new operating model. During the transition, OSF said it was limiting new grantmaking for at least six months, until February 2024. OSF reported more than $25 billion in assets and made $1.3 billion in charitable donations in 2022.

At the time, Alex Soros told The Wall Street Journal that he was “more political” than his father and that he intended to fund political issues in the U.S. An OSF spokesperson said Alex Soros was speaking in his personal capacity and not about the direction of the foundation.

Can't get away with fake news anymore

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13184039/Kate-photoshopped-image-release-original-photo-Palace-faces-calls-share-unedited-Mothers-Day-snap.html

"Sky News said an examination of the photo's metadata revealed it was saved in Adobe Photoshop twice on an Apple Mac on Friday and Saturday and the picture was taken on a Canon 5D mark IV, which retails at £2,929.99 and used a Canon 50mm lens, priced at £1,629.99.

The first save was made at 9.54pm on Friday night and the second was at 9.39am on Saturday morning. it's not clear if the two saves were on the same device. The Palace has not offered any further clarification about the edits."

>almost like they learned investigative skills from us

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Kate Middleton Receives First Dose of COVID Vaccine: 'I'm Hugely Grateful'

The Duchess of Cambridge received her first shot on Friday, after returning home from Scotland

Published on May 29, 2021

>William, who contracted COVID-19 last year, also got his first dose of the vaccine there earlier this month.

HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge to resign, says affordable housing is 'an American issue'

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WASHINGTON ‒ Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge will step down from her top post in the Biden administration this month, she announced Monday, saying that after decades of public service, she’s retiring and returning to Ohio.

“It's time to go home,’’ Fudge told USA TODAY in an exclusive interview. “I do believe strongly that I have done just about everything I could do at HUD for this administration as we go into this crazy, silly season of an election.”

Fudge has served as a Cabinet secretary for three years, steering the federal agency through housing crises in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. She is the second Black woman to head the agency.

Fudge, 71, said after nearly five decades in public service, including more than a decade in Congress, she’s retiring from public life.

Fudge’s last day is March 22. Her resignation comes as the campaign season heats up and President Joe Biden, the likely Democratic nominee, is expected to face off again against Republican former President Donald Trump.

Fudge said affordable housing should be a focus for both Republicans and Democrats.

‘‘It is not a red or blue issue,’’ she said. “Everybody knows that it is an issue so it’s not a one-sided issue. It’s an American issue.’’

Fudge said under her tenure at the agency she worked to improve its role in supporting families with housing needs, helping people experiencing homelessness and boosting economic development in communities.