US diplomats banned from Ice Bucket ChallengeIt is the charity stunt that has got everyone from billionaires to pop stars and even former US presidents drenched by buckets of freezing water
Developer makes Australia's biggest charity donation A wealthy property developer on Wednesday pledged Aus$50.1 million to the Queensland Institute of Medical Research in what is believed to be the largest single charitable donation by an Australian.
07 August 2013
Wales votes for 'presumed consent' organ donation Wales will become the first country in the United Kingdom to adopt an organ and tissue donation scheme based on presumed consent after assembly members voted in favour of a bill.
Football: Messi funds hometown sports centre rebuild Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi has donated one million pesos (152,000 euros) to finance the refurbishment of a sports centre in a rundown area of his hometown, Rosario.
20 January 2013
New York billionaire gives famed park $100 million New York's famed Central Park saw a different kind of green Tuesday when a hedge fund billionaire made a $100 million donation, said to be the largest gift to a park of all time.