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News about the co-founder of Microsoft and world-leading philanthropist, focusing on global health, climate change and technological innovation

Jay Y Lee, Samsung Electronics' vice chairman and the group's heir, while addressing a news conference in Seoul on Wednesday. AP

Samsung heir vows to end family rule after apology over bribery scandal

TechnologyMay 08, 2020

Mr Musk's remarks on a Tesla earnings call overshadowed an otherwise successful quarter that took many investors by surprise. Photo: Reuters

Billionaires: Tech titans split over US coronavirus lockdowns

MoneyMay 02, 2020

Germany has made wearing face masks obligatory. EPA

Coronavirus: Alternative and far-right media spreading conspiracy theories

EuropeApril 27, 2020

Officials believe the worst of Covid-19 appears to be over in China, though there are concerns of another wave of infections as the government attempts to reboot the world's second largest economy. Getty

China takes steps to become first cashless society after Covid-19

BankingApril 27, 2020

Secretary of Sate Mike Pompeo, center, and other foreign ministers and foreign officials pose for a family photo at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019, for the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS Small Group Ministerial meeting. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Anti-ISIS global coalition is a model for the coronavirus fightback, say think tank heads

EuropeApril 23, 2020

Jack Dorsey, founder of Twitter and Square, said on April 7 that he would donate more than a quarter of his wealth for Covid-19 relief efforts. Photo: AFP

Billionaires: Twitter's Jack Dorsey pledges $1bn of his Square stake for virus relief

MoneyApril 18, 2020

Health officials have called on people to be vigilant about identifying false information and avoid forwarding messages that could contain inaccurate medical advice. Reuters

Forwarding that 'advice' might do more harm than good

April 01, 2020

Ali Khawaja is a senior instructor with American University Sharjah and the founder of www.expatprepper.org. Ali Khawaja

'Stay calm' says self-confessed 'prepper’ in the wake of Covid-19

LifestyleMarch 16, 2020

Bill and Melinda Gates said that climate change and gender equality would become important areas for The Gates Foundation to address in the organisation's 20th anniversary letter. Global health will continue to be its 'core focus', Mr Gates wrote. AFP

Climate change and gender equality become key issues for Gates Foundation

EconomyFebruary 11, 2020

Jennifer Gates and Nayel Nassar have celebrated their engagement with a Florida party. Instagram / jenniferkgates

Jennifer Gates and Nayel Nassar's Florida engagement party

LifestyleFebruary 11, 2020

Jennifer Gates and Egyptian showjumper Nayel Nassar got engaged during a skiing holiday in January. Instagram / Jennifer Gates

Bill and Melinda Gates's daughter engaged to Egyptian show jumper

LifestyleFebruary 11, 2020

Bill Gates has not commissioned the world’s first hydrogen-powered superyacht according to Sinot yacht architecture and design.

$645 million hydrogen-powered superyacht not bought by Gates

February 10, 2020

The green kerosene being created is derived from water and pulls carbon dioxide out of the air during creation, but it requires lots of electricity to produce. The electricity is being generated from renewable resources. Getty

Germany plans to create jet fuel from water

AviationFebruary 06, 2020

Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Alphabet, urged the US and EU to coordinate regulatory approaches on artificial intelligence, calling their alignment “critical”. Bloomberg

Google CEO calls for aligned AI regulation as US and EU plans diverge

TechnologyJanuary 21, 2020

Akon speaking at the Sharjah Entrepreneurship Festival in November Antonie Robertson / The National

Sweets-seller, inmate, and hip-hop star: Akon is a man reinvented

MusicJanuary 09, 2020

The Gates Foundation had paid out $50.1bn in grants as of the end of 2018. REUTERS

Bill Gates wants fellow billionaires to pay higher taxes

EconomyJanuary 03, 2020

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