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Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates met Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday during his first-ever visit to Pakistan.

The year 2021 saw the largest charitable donations in more than a decade, as billionaires opened their wallets to aid a world ravaged by pandemic.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation said millions of courses of Merck & Co.s promising pill for Covid-19 could begin to reach lower-income nations early next year as the charity kicks in as much as $120 million to widen global access to the therapy.

Bill Gates raised more than $1 billion in corporate funding for Breakthrough Energy Catalyst, drawing on BlackRocks Larry Fink and Microsofts Satya Nadella to rally support for some of the worlds most demanding clean-energy projects.

"We face the very real risk that in the future, wealthy countries and communities will begin treating COVID-19 as yet another disease of poverty. We cant put the pandemic behind us until everyone, regardless of where they live, has access to vaccines," Bill Gates said.

Bill Gates will take control of the Four Seasons hotel chain after his investment firm agreed to acquire a stake from Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talals Kingdom Holding Co., in a bet that luxury travel will rebound from a pandemic-induced slump.

SEATTLE - Bill and Melinda Gates, who run one of the worlds largest philanthropies, are divorcing after 27 years of marriage. They both announced the divorce on Twitter in posts at the same time.

NEW YORK -- Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has applauded China's determination to prioritize the climate and its contributions to carbon reduction, saying the world benefits from the country's efforts to make green energy more affordable.

Breakthrough Energy Ventures, the clean-tech venture capital fund led by Bill Gates, has raised $1 billion for a second round of investments after backing 45 start-ups with its first billion.

Billionaire Bill Gates's foundation will focus all of its resources on fighting the coronavirus, according to the Financial Times.

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates criticized President Donald Trump's decision to suspend funding to the World Health Organization as "dangerous," saying the payments should continue particularly during the global coronavirus pandemic.