5 h. ago Bill Gates hits out at Elon Musk for ‘killing children’ through budget cuts

Bill Gates will close the foundation on December 31, 2045, earlier than previously planned

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6 h. ago Bill Gates says his Foundation will close in 2045 and decries Musk for USAID cuts

Microsoft co-founder accuses Trump ally of ‘killing the world’s poorest children’ by slashing US aid fundingBill Gates announced plans on Thursday to shutter the Gates Foundation in 2045 and also strongly criticized Elon Musk for slashing funding to the US Agency for International Development (USAID), accusing the Tesla CEO of “killing the world’s poorest children” in new interviews.In an interview with the Financial Times published on Thursday, Gates condemned the sudden funding cuts to USAID by Musk’s so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge), saying the cuts had led to life-saving food and medicines expiring in warehouses, and could result in the resurgence of diseases such as measles, HIV and polio. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Bill Gates accuses Elon Musk of ‘killing’ children with USAID cuts

Billionaire reopens feud with Tesla chief as he unveils plan to spend $200bn on philanthropy and close foundation in 2045

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19 h. ago Investigators reveal disturbing new detail from Hudson River helicopter crash that killed six in NYC

Haunting new details have emerged of the last moment of a helicopter before it crashed into New York's Hudson River - killing a family of five and the pilot. 

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30 h. ago Police issue update on death of 'loving' boy, 14, who was killed in fire at derelict warehouse after 16 children arrested in manslaughter probe were released on bail

Police investigating the death of 14-year-old boy in a fire at an industrial estate in Gateshead have released 16 boys and girls on bail following their arrest for suspected manslaughter.

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36 h. ago Israeli strikes across Gaza kill more than 40 people as Israel prepares to ramp up its offensive

Hospital officials say Israeli strikes across Gaza killed at least 48 people, including women and children

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38 h. ago India Pakistan war fears: Live updates amid huge tensions between nuclear

At least 26 people - including young children - have been killed after India fired missiles at nine sites across Pakistan, notably infrastructure used by militants

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38 h. ago India Pakistan LIVE: Nuclear powers on brink of 'all out war' as missiles fired

At least 26 people - including young children - have been killed after India fired missiles at nine sites across Pakistan, notably infrastructure used by militants

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66 h. ago Three people killed and seven missing after boat capsizes off San Diego coast

Two children believed to be among missing as search continues for people believed to be migrantsThree people were killed and seven others, including two children, were missing after a small boat capsized in choppy waters off the coast of San Diego, California, on Monday.The fatal disaster appeared to be an apparent migrant smuggling attempt, officials said. Four other people were rescued after the “panga”-style open fishing vessel washed ashore near Torrey Pines state beach were transported to hospital, according to US Coast Guard officials. Continue reading...

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68 h. ago Three people killed and nine missing after boat capsizes off San Diego coast

Small boat overturned by high surf near California, with four rescued and hospitalized, says US Coast GuardThree people were killed and nine others, including two children, were missing after a small boat capsized in choppy waters off the coast of San Diego, California, on Monday.The fatal disaster appeared to be an apparent migrant smuggling attempt, officials said. Four other people were rescued after the “panga”-style open fishing vessel washed ashore near Torrey Pines State Beach were transported to hospital, according to US Coast Guard officials. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Tributes pour in for boy, 14, killed in fire at derelict warehouse

Devastated relatives of a 14-year-old boy killed in a fire at a derelict industrial site - leading to the arrest of 14 children - told how they had been left 'numb' by the tragedy.

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7 d. ago How a small drop in vaccinations could see measles becoming endemic again – new study

Measles is one of the most contagious diseases known, and it is far from harmless, hospitalising one in five infected children and killing up to three in every 1,000 children who catch it

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7 d. ago 10 killed in Philippines after passenger bus slams into vehicles at a toll booth

Police in the Philippines say a speeding passenger bus slammed into a row of vehicles lined up at a highway toll booth killing 10 people, including children

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7 d. ago Court refuses to halt execution of Gulf War veteran who killed girlfriend and three children

Hutchinson's lawyers said he suffers from Gulf War Illness as well as post-traumatic stress disorder

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7 d. ago Army veteran convicted of killing girlfriend and her 3 children set to be executed in Florida

An Army combat veteran whose Gulf War experience triggered severe mental problems is facing scheduled execution in Florida this week for the shotgun slayings of his girlfriend and her three young children in 1998

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8 d. ago Middle East latest: At least 12 killed overnight by Israeli strikes in Gaza

At least 12 people including children were killed overnight in Gaza by Israeli strikes, hospital workers said Wednesday

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8 d. ago Hotel fire horror kills at least 15 tourists including two children, as witnesses say inferno turned building into a 'gas chamber' with people seen jumping out of windows

Several people were rescued from rooms and roof of the budget hotel, Kolkata police chief Manoj Verma said, after the fire broke out on Tuesday evening.

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8 d. ago Morgan Stanley boss who died in the Bayesian yacht tragedy left £6.6million fortune to his beloved wife

Jonathan Bloomer, 70, and his wife Judy, 71, from Kent, were among the seven people who died when the 56 meter sailing boat sank off the coast of Sicily last August.

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9 d. ago Morgan Stanley boss who was killed in the Bayesian yacht tragedy left £6.6million fortune to his beloved wife

Jonathan Bloomer, 70, and his wife Judy, 71, from Kent, were among the seven people who died when the 56 meter sailing boat sank off the coast of Sicily last August.

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9 d. ago Four children killed after car crashes through Illinois building, say police

Several injured after vehicle hit three people during after-school program and one more before exiting other sideFour children were killed and several more were injured when a car smashed through a building during an after-school program on Monday afternoon in a town outside of Springfield, Illinois, police said.Officers responded at about 3.20pm to calls about a vehicle hitting three people outside, ramming through the building and then hitting one more person before exiting the other side, Chatham police department deputy chief Scott Tarter said. Continue reading...

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