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How to reset your wardrobe for September without spending a penny

SEPTEMBER RESET: As second-hand September gets underway, now is the perfect time to do a closet deep-dive. Helen Coffey asks the experts how hit refresh on your look by making the most of what you already have

The Independent UK

Does Shein’s market slide spell the end of fast fashion?

IN FOCUS: As the fast fashion magnate makes a disappointing stock market debut, Olivia Petter asks whether this marks a tidal shift in a part of the sector that has been increasingly damaging to the environment

The Independent UK

“The Water Used to Produce Britain’s Unworn Clothes Is Enough to Supply 1 Million People for a Lifetime”: Oxfam’s Latest State of Style Report Finds

To mark the start of Second Hand September, actor Richard E. Grant talks about Oxfam's alarming findings and why we all need to buy less

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The desperate race to contain Ebola in DR Congo as deadly outbreak reaches 100 days

IN FOCUS: The death toll has accelerated sharply, with roughly half of the more than 2,500 deaths recorded in the past 20 days – with the threat fuelled by a mix of conflict, misinformation and services strained by aid cuts. Liz Cookman reports

The Independent UK

Friday briefing: What does the mass closure of charity shops tell us about Britain?

In today’s newsletter: Charity retail’s crisis is about a sector caught between rising costs, falling donations and a booming online resale economy

The Guardian - UK

Oxfam ‘can’t guarantee future’ of charity shops as it also reviews warehouse business

Dwindling donations and stiff competition from secondhand sellers online prompt review but ‘no plans for closures yet’

The Guardian - UK

Scottish private jet tax 'could raise £400m by next election', analysis finds

A PRIVATE jet tax could raise almost £400 million for the public purse over the current parliament, according to new analysis ...

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UK Government to delay North Sea oil and gas decision over 'optics' concerns

ANDY Burnham is expected to delay the decision on two new North Sea oil and gas projects in Scotland due to concerns over the “optics” of…

The National (Scotland)

Palestine to receive another £500k in aid funding from Scottish Government

PEOPLE in Gaza and the West Bank are to be supported by a further £500,000 of Scottish Government funding to provide humanitarian assistance.

The National (Scotland)

The homelessness scourge in cities like London, Ont., exposes the evils of wealth inequality

Ask any resident of the southern Ontario city of London, and they’ll likely to tell you that the downtown core of the community, especially Dundas Street, is a “no-go zone” or “zombieland.” What they’re referring to is the daily unfolding of the human tragedies of homelessness and rampant drug addiction…

The Conversation

Raymond Briggs’s library goes on sale at his local Oxfam shop

Books belonging to the beloved creator of The Snowman and When the Wind Blows were donated by his estate after his death

The Guardian - UK

Patriotic Millionaires: The group behind the super rich demanding they pay more tax

Millionaires in the UK and US are asking to pay their share by taxing wealth to raise money

The Independent UK

Raymond Briggs’ personal library goes on sale at Oxfam

Over a thousand books from the author’s library are available at Oxfam in Hove and online.

Evening Standard

Cost of rebuilding Gaza 'will be seven times all previous rebuilds', report warns

MORE than £53 billion will be needed to rebuild “only part of what was destroyed” amid Israel’s genocide in Gaza, according to a new report…

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International Business Times

Palantir CEO Predicts AI Will Make Him $300B While Workers Get Left Behind

Palantir CEO Alex Karp warns AI will hyper-enrich tech owners with $300B fortunes, leaving middle-class workers with modest gains. Read his prediction.

International Business Times UK

Palantir CEO Alex Karp Predicts AI Will Give Him a $300BN Fortune While Workers Get Smaller Gains

Palantir CEO Alex Karp predicts AI will significantly enrich tech owners, potentially increasing his wealth to $300 billion, while offering modest financial gains for middle-class workers.

Fortune

With a $15 billion net worth, Palantir CEO Alex Karp predicts he will get 20x richer from AI—but that middle-class workers will get just modest raises

Palantir CEO Alex Karp expects his fortune to grow to $300 billion thanks to AI—he says the U.S “biggest problem” is wealth going to unrelatable tech bros.

The Independent UK

Signed first edition of Virginia Woolf book discovered by chance at a charity shop sells for £25,000

The rare volume of The Waves published in 1931 was found at an Oxfam in Bristol

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Billionaire Mark Cuban says it’s ‘embarrassing’ to not pay employees well—and a $20 minimum wage should be standard

Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban says he’s helped mint ‘at least a thousand millionaires’, and that more employers should share success with staffers.

The Independent UK

Rare first edition of The Hobbit found among ‘unremarkable’ books at Oxfam charity shop sells for £38,000 at auction

Ian Falkingham, Oxfam’s books expert, said the discovery was ‘incredibly exciting’

The Independent UK

Paul McCartney book worth almost £1,000 donated to charity shop

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Evening Standard

Signed Paul McCartney book donated to charity shop fetches nearly £1,000

The copy of Paul McCartney In His Own Words was donated to an Oxfam shop in Aberystwyth, Ceredigion.

The Independent UK

Paul McCartney book found at Oxfam charity shop sells for £1,000 at auction

The donation sat unnoticed in the shop for months before the valuable inscription was spotted

The Guardian - US

Doubt that Elon Musk ‘earned’ his trillion? Rightwing media says you’re in an ‘impotent envy cult’

The lovefest from Musk’s conservative fans completely overlooks the unscrupulous tactics behind his immense wealth

International Business Times UK

Richer Than 3.8 Billion People Combined: The Terrifying Reality of Elon Musk's Brief Run as a Trillionaire

Elon Musk made history as the world's first trillionaire following the SpaceX IPO, but market volatility quickly brought him back to Earth. Here is what the numbers really mean for wealth inequality.

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