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Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates departs after a closed-door interview with the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on June 10, 2026. (Kent NISHIMURA / AFP)
June 11, 2026, 1:05 am
Testifying before US Congress on Epstein, Bill Gates says he ‘never victimized anyone’
In prepared remarks to lawmakers, Microsoft co-founder says he ‘never witnessed’ any criminal conduct and did not visit Epstein’s ‘island, his ranch, or his Florida home’
By Frankie TAGGART
Bill Gates attends a dinner with US President Donald Trump in the State Dining Room of the White House, September 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP/Alex Brandon)
February 25, 2026, 6:47 pm
Bill Gates admits affairs with two Russian women, denies involvement in Epstein’s crimes
Major philanthropist and tech mogul insists ‘I did nothing illicit. I saw nothing illicit’ during the three years or so when he associated with the convicted sex offender
By AFP
This undated photo released by the US Justice Department on January 30, 2026, as part of the Jeffrey Epstein files shows the disgraced financier, left, with now-US President Donald Trump in an unidentified location. (HANDOUT / US Department of Justice / AFP)
February 6, 2026, 9:58 am
New release sheds light on Epstein’s ties to presidents, business titans and royals
Among prominent figures included in millions of documents published by US Justice Department are Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, Bill Gates and Elon Musk
By Reuters
This undated photo from the personal collection of Jeffrey Epstein provided by the Democrats on the House Oversight Committee on December 12, 2025, shows US President Donald Trump (L), flanked by Epstein (C), talking to an unknown woman. (HANDOUT/House Oversight Democrats/AFP)
December 12, 2025, 10:18 pm
Democrats release new cache of Epstein photos featuring Trump, Clinton, Gates
Pictures from estate of convicted sex offender also show him with Steve Bannon, Larry Summers, Woody Allen, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, Alan Dershowitz and Richard Branson
By Agencies
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, US President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson chat as they attend an evening reception to mark the opening day of the COP26 UN Climate Summit, in Glasgow, Scotland, on Monday, November 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, Pool)
November 7, 2021, 2:09 pm
With a convert’s zeal, PM takes a precarious perch among global elite in Glasgow
Bennett may feel his trip to the climate conference was an unmitigated success, but there are potential dangers in getting too chummy with the rich and famous
By Lazar Berman
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (right) meets with Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates on the sidelines of the COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow, on November 2, 2021. (Haim Zach/GPO)
November 2, 2021, 10:04 pm
Israel to establish climate change working group with Bill Gates foundation
Premier meets Microsoft co-founder at COP26 environmental summit; Gates says Israel known for innovation but ‘not so much in the climate space’
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition in Washington, March 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
November 27, 2020, 8:09 am
Elon Musk now world’s 2nd wealthiest person
Pandemic has allowed the ultra-rich to amass even more wealth as technology companies have gobbled up more market share of the economy
By AFP
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and then-US vice president Joe Biden, in Jerusalem on March 9, 2010. (Emil Salman/Pool/Flash90)
July 16, 2020, 3:20 am
Twitter accounts of Netanyahu, Biden, Obama, others hacked in Bitcoin scam
Fake tweets from prominent politicians, tech personalities solicit deposits to anonymous cryptocurrency account; feeds of Apple, Kanye West, Jeff Bezos, Mike Bloomberg also hacked
By Agencies
Bill Gates gestures as he speaks to the audience during the Global Fund to Fight AIDS event at the Lyon's congress hall, central France, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019 (Ludovic Marin/Pool Photo via AP)
July 12, 2020, 6:50 am
Bill Gates ‘optimistic’ about coronavirus battle
Microsoft founder cites progress on vaccines, treatments and diagnostics tools; calls for medicine to be given to those who need it most, rather than ‘highest bidders’
By AFP
Illustrative: A woman wearing a mask works in the office on a laptop (eternalcreative; iStock by Getty Images)
July 1, 2020, 8:37 pm
Disinformation on coronavirus ‘massive,’ new European report says
From quack cures to conspiracy theories and false claims about the origins of the virus, fake news on pandemic has ballooned in Europe in recent months
By AFP
Philanthropist Bill Gates speaks at the closing of the Fifth Replenishment Conference of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in Montreal, Quebec, September 17, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / Geoff Robins)
May 15, 2020, 6:51 am
New US Jewish donation pledge takes a page from Gates and Buffett initiative
Jewish Future Pledge calls for wealthy donors to earmark at least 50% of charitable giving in their estate to community causes
By Marcy Oster
A man receives a shot in the first-stage safety study clinical trial of a potential vaccine for COVID-19, March 16, 2020, at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
April 29, 2020, 12:30 pm
Anti-vaxxer groups sow doubt about coronavirus vaccine before one even exists
Activists peddle conspiracy theories, then alter them as scope of pandemic changes; Bill Gates falsely accused of wanting to inject microchips into people
By David Klepper and Beatrice Dupuy
US President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the Rose Garden of the White House, April 14, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
April 15, 2020, 1:38 pm
Global condemnation of Trump’s decision to suspend WHO funding during pandemic
EU policy chief ‘deeply regrets’ move; China ‘seriously concerned’; US is the biggest funder of World Health Organization, providing $400 million last year
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Founder of Alibaba group Jack Ma arrives at the Tech for Good summit in Paris, May 15, 2019. (AP/Thibault Camus, File)
March 20, 2020, 9:20 am
World tech leaders step into coronavirus fray with donations, digital tools
Alibaba head Jack Ma vows to donate vast supplies of medical equipment to US, every country in Africa; Zuckerberg says Facebook to provide users with ‘authoritative information’
By Luke Tress and Agencies
In this file photo US Microsoft founder, co-chairman of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, poses for a picture on October 9, 2019, in Lyon, central eastern France, during the funding conference of Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. (JEFF PACHOUD / AFP)
March 14, 2020, 8:50 am
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates leaves board to focus on philanthropy
The billionaire transitioned out of a day-to-day role in Microsoft in 2008 and served as chairman of the board until 2014
By Agencies and ToI Staff
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