Bill Gates

Tech News

The 50-year old computer code that started a tech 'revolution'

Microsoft founder Bill Gates reflects on the original source code that laid the foundations of one of the world's biggest tech companies five decades ago.

04/04/2025

USA

Who are the billionaires pumping millions into candidates' campaigns?

The decision time is nearing, and some Americans have more at stake in the Trump-Harris race than others. Much, much more.

01/11/2024

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

Earth 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.

04/05/2021

Ecotech

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