Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Bill Gates

Gates Foundation pledges $7 billion for Africa as Ukraine war diverts donor cash

The Bill Melinda Gates Foundation said on Thursday it was committing $7 billion to Africa over the next four years, as Bill Gates warned that the Ukraine crisis was reducing the amount of aid flowing to the continent.

Reuters

Jeff Bezos steps up 'flashy' giving while ex-wife quietly donates billions

Jeff Bezos' $100 million award to Dolly Parton is something of a puzzle to Phil Buchanan, president of the Center for Effective Philanthropy.

Tribune News Service

The Case for Space Billionaires

What critics of the private space race get wrong

Reason

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Jeff Bezos is taking a page out of the Bill Gates playbook with vow to give away most of his billions

The Amazon founder said he’ll give away the fortune that made him the world’s richest man for years. He was pretty vague about how.

Fortune

Arizona county quick to bat down election misinformation

Officials in Arizona’s most populous county have become adept at batting down slanted, false or nearly false claims about how they ran last week’s election and are counting ballots

The Independent UK

In Arizona, election fraud conspiracy theories rage on as the vote count continues

PHOENIX — Republican Kari Lake could still catch up to Democrat Katie Hobbs in Arizona’s contentious race for governor.

Los Angeles Times

What’s more cringey than a Matt Hancock bushtucker trial? The Tory MPs voting for it

These MPs have found their imaginary backbones only when he is washed up, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Guardian - UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Arizona Senate race still undecided as election officials release more ballots

Three states are left to decide the balance of power in the U.S. Senate. Here's what's happening in Arizona.

WEKU

Paul Allen's Art Collection Tops $1 bn at Christie's

Paintings and sculptures from the collection of late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen were auctioned off for a historic $1 billion Wednesday, Christie's auction house said, with records set for works by Van Gogh, Cezanne, Gauguin, Seurat and Klimt. At the end of the night Wednesday, five paintings entered the exclusive…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Paul Allen's art collection tops $1bn at Christie's

NEW YORK: Paintings and sculptures from the collection of late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen were auctioned off for a historic US$1 billion on Wednesday, Christie's auction house said, with records set for works by Van Gogh, Cezanne, Gauguin, Seurat and Klimt.

Bangkok Post

Officials counting all ballots after voting snag in Arizona

Election officials assured voters that every ballot would be counted after a printing malfunction at about one-quarter of the polling places across Arizona’s most populous county slowed down voting

The Independent UK

Glitch, website attack in two states fuel election misinformation - Roll Call

Election officials in Arizona and Mississippi said glitches in their systems didn't prevent people from voting despite allegations otherwise.

Roll Call

Tucker Carlson falsely claims Arizona voting machines didn’t allow people to vote. Here’s what actually happened

Election officials reported problems with voting tabulation machines – not voting machines – which did not prevent anyone casting votes

The Independent UK

Trump stokes Arizona election conspiracy

Right-wing media amplified false claims of voter fraud after Maricopa County tabulation machines malfunction

Salon

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

WEKU

Arizona's Maricopa County says it's identified a solution for voting equipment issues

The issues with the tabulators were quickly used by right-leaning influencers to fuel claims of fraud.

The Independent UK

Voting machine malfunctions reported in 23 polling centres in Maricopa County, Arizona

Voters can still cast ballots at centres with defective counters, though they will be counted later in the evening

The Guardian - US

US far-right group sparks legal firestorm over drive to monitor drop-box voting

Melody Jennings of Clean Elections USA teamed up with True the Vote for project that echos Trump’s false claims about 2020

The Guardian - UK

Microsoft co-founder’s collection poised to raise $1bn in ‘largest art auction in history’

Proceeds from sale of 150 works owned by the late billionaire Paul Allen will go to charity

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Just one case of polio is a global threat

Few Americans remember when polio-stricken children relied on seven-foot-long iron cylinders to breathe. At its peak in early 1950s, polio caused more than 15,000 cases of paralysis a year and over 3,000 deaths in the U.S. alone. In the decades that followed, a massive vaccination campaign nearly eradicated the disease…

The Independent UK

Elon Musk’s worst tweets: From freelance diplomacy to personal insults

The world’s richest man and CEO of multiple companies always finds time for a good Twitter troll

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer meets Bill Gates in Parliament

The Microsoft co-founder and billionaire met Sir Keir on Wednesday, with the pair discussing climate change and global health.

WEKU

Monitors at Arizona ballot drop boxes draw complaints of voter intimidation

Arizona's secretary of state has referred at least six potential voter intimidation complaints near ballot drop boxes to law enforcement.

The Independent UK

Arizona sheriff steps up security around ballot drop boxes

The sheriff in metropolitan Phoenix says he’s stepped up security around ballot drop boxes after a series of incidents involving people keeping watch on the boxes and taking video of voters after they were apparently inspired by lies about the 2020 election

Benzinga

Bill Gates Vs. Elon Musk: Starlink Competitor Funded By Gates Shares Criticism Of SpaceX CEO

The world’s richest man is helping a war-torn country with satellite communications. That helpfulness has led to controversy and now has a rival company backed by another billionaire speaking out.

Axios

Election officials say armed "vigilantes" watching over ballot drop box in Mesa, Arizona

Two voters have filed complaints of voter intimidation to the Arizona state secretary in the past few days.

1 … 48 49 50 51

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.