Long Before Divorce, Bill Gates Had Reputation for Questionable Behavior
Melinda French Gates voiced concerns about her husband’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and a harassment claim against his money manager.
A spokeswoman for Bill Gates said claims that he mistreated employees were false.Credit.Elaine Thompson/Associated Press
May 16, 2021, 3:17 p.m. ET
By the time Melinda French Gates decided to end her 27-year marriage, her husband was known globally as a software pioneer, a billionaire and a leading philanthropist.
But in some circles, Bill Gates had also developed a reputation for questionable conduct in work-related settings. That is attracting new scrutiny amid the breakup of one of the world’s richest, most powerful couples.
Covid-19: U.S. Is Under Pressure to Export More Vaccine Supplies Amid Indiaâs Deadly Surge
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Indiaâs crisis could halt the vaccination campaign in Africa, which has 17 percent of the worldâs people and relies on vaccines produced in India.
Hereâs what you need to know:
The body of a Covid-19 victim being carried at a crematorium in New Delhi on Friday.Credit.Atul Loke for The New York Times
Biden administration officials are coming under increasing pressure to lift restrictions on exports of supplies that vaccine makers in India say they need to expand production amid a devastating surge in Covid-19 deaths there and falling demand in the United States.
Covid-19 Live Updates: Indiaâs Crisis Could Bring Africaâs Vaccination Campaigns to a Halt
A continent with 17 percent of the worldâs population relies on vaccines produced in India, but that country has restricted vaccine exports as it deals with crushing infection levels. In the U.S., cases are ebbing in the Upper Midwest.
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People waited to register for a Covid-19 vaccine in Nairobi, Kenya, on Wednesday.Credit.Yasuyoshi Chiba/Agence France-Presse â Getty Images
NAIROBI, Kenya â The rapidly escalating coronavirus crisis in India is not only forcing hospitals to ration oxygen and sending families scrambling to find open beds for infected loved ones. It is also wreaking havoc on the global vaccination effort.
Stopping killer cops: Do US police reforms go far enough?
20 Apr, 2021 10:46 PM
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A demonstrator at a protest following the death of Daunte Wright, an unarmed black man killed by police, in Brooklyn Centre, Minneapolis. Photo / Victor J Blue / The New York Times
A demonstrator at a protest following the death of Daunte Wright, an unarmed black man killed by police, in Brooklyn Centre, Minneapolis. Photo / Victor J Blue / The New York Times
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By: Steve Eder, Michael H. Keller and Blacki Migliozzi In February, Illinois enacted a law that rewrote many of the state s rules of policing and mandated that officers wear body cameras. In March, New York City moved to make it easier for citizens to
What Jeffrey Epstein did to earn $218 million from Leon Black
27 Jan, 2021 04:25 AM
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Leon Black was Jeffrey Epstein s main benefactor in his later years. Photo / Rebecca Smeyne, The New York Times
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By: Matthew Goldstein and Steve Eder
Jeffrey Epstein specialised in aggressively pitching ways to minimise paying taxes. And not just to Leon Black, the private equity chief executive who was his main benefactor in his later years. He styled himself as a math whiz and financial doctor to the rich even though he was a college dropout who had only a brief tenure at a traditional Wall Street firm. It was said his services were available only to billionaires, whose affairs he handled mostly from a tropical island hideaway.