Bill Gates

Culture news

A-listers flock to India for prenuptials thrown by Asia’s richest man

Rihanna, Mark Zuckerberg, Ivanka Trump and Shah Rukh Khan were among the 1,200 VIP guests at Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s son’s prenuptials over the weekend.

04/03/2024

Green News

Bill Gates calls out the hidden climate impacts of meat

The climate impact of meat is hidden, Bill Gates has warned - but the billionaire believes that plant-based meat is the ‘future’.

01/09/2023

Health news

WHO launches bid to boost childhood vaccination disrupted by COVID

The initiative will boost vaccination in countries like Indonesia, Nigeria, Pakistan and the Philippines where millions missed their jabs in 2021.

28/04/2023

Health news

The next big threat to humanity is bioterrorism, says Bill Gates

Bill Gates, who already warned us about the pandemic and climate change, says bioterrorism is the next big threat we're not worrying about enough.

14/02/2023

Climate

‘I’m part of the solution’: How Bill Gates justifies his private jets

Taking about his climate innovation, Bill Gates addresses a glaring contradiction.

09/02/2023

Health news

Why does WHO rely so much on Bill Gates’ money?

Critics complain about the major role the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation plays in funding WHO, but who else can the agency turn to?

03/02/2023

Tech News

Bill Gates voices concerns over Elon Musk’s future Twitter plans

The billionaire says he has reservations about Musk’s motive for buying Twitter, due to social media platforms' role in spreading misinformation.

05/05/2022

World News

Bill and Melinda Gates announce end to 27-year marriage

Bill and Melinda Gates have announced that they will end their marriage after 27 years. They said they would continue to work together at their foundation.

03/05/2021

Eco-Innovation

Can a huge balloon dropping chalk from sky help slow climate change?

Scientists at Harvard University say the chalk would reflect sunlight and, in turn, slow down global warming.

23/03/2021

World

Bill Gates says getting to zero emissions will be 'best thing we've ever done'

"It should be a cause that humanity can come together on. It'll be hard, but if we achieve it, it'll be the best thing we've ever done," says Bill Gates, Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Founder of Breakthrough Energy.

15/02/2021

United Kingdom

Global Vaccine Summit seeks to coordinate COVID-19 inoculation drive

A global summit aims to raise $7.4 billion for vaccine programmes for the years to come - with a focus on organising a future coronavirus vaccine

04/06/2020

World News

Euroviews. Malaria devastates lives and economies like COVID-19. We should fight it in the same way ǀ View

A small investment in malaria prevention and treatment could reap huge rewards. The prevalence of the disease actively holds back many countries - particularly in west Africa - whose young populations could and should be driving dynamic economies.

22/05/2020

World News

Euroviews. COVID-19 is the catalyst we need to fight nationalism – by uniting us all to solve the crisis ǀ View

As a global problem encompassing oceans and continents, the idea that a pandemic is considered to be a country-specific problem is one of the most short-sighted considerations that world leaders have drawn.

21/04/2020

Switzerland

Bill Gates talks global health at World Economic Forum in Davos

Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates spoke about funding for global healthcare at the World Economic Forum.

22/01/2019

World

Your vote: Name this year's best Raw Moment in politics

Which Raw Moment in politics is your favourite? Vote for this year's best.

11/12/2018

USA

Bezos tops Forbes rich list

Bezos is estimated to be worth €90 billion up almost €32 billion from last year

07/03/2018

USA

Forbes Rich List: Trump tumbles 92 places

18/10/2017

USA

Bill Gates 'regrets' this keyboard shortcut

What could billionaire Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates possibly regret? Well, a keyboard shortcut, it turns out.

21/09/2017

USA

Amazon's Bezos world's richest man

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is now the world's richest man after a surge in the company's shares pushed his fortune to 77.5 billion euros.

27/07/2017

World News

Oxfam report shows widening disparity between rich and poor

Released on the eve of the World Economic Forum, the damning document states that eight of the world's richest people together possess as much wealth as the 3.6 billion poorest combined.

16/01/2017