Bill Gates

German strain of anti-vaccine sentiment proving highly resistant to change

Munich Letter: It’s unlikely the city’s protesting ‘walkers’ will disappear any time soon

Tech tycoon Mike Lynch signals intention to appeal HP ruling

Irish-born businessman faces threat of extradition to US over Autonomy deal

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation plans massive giving expansion

Annual spending at philanthropic organisation jumps to $6.7bn

A caveat for winter Olympians – beware of Chinese meat

Doping watchdog issues warning ‘only to eat at places given the all-clear by event organisers’

In a Word . . . Nigh

It’s the end of the world as we know it – but then, it always has been

Conor Pope: I told the world about my vaccine cert. It wasn’t long before the abuse started

Opinion: I am a liar, a fool and a sheep, said those who disapproved of my vaccine message

Teen Daze – Interior: Ambient music you can dance to

Canadian producer Jamison Isaak channels huge influence of French dance music

Helen McEntee and Sally Rooney had a good 2021. Eoghan Harris and Dolores Cahill did not

Who had a good year? Rachael Blackmore for one. Who didn’t? Stephen Donnelly, arguably

Edible transport tickets, @Metaverse and Time people of the year

Planet Business: Chocolate inequality and banishing Christmas stress the German way

Breda O’Brien: Being obscenely wealthy is not proof of genius

Oireachtas time is given to a lottery while our rotten system of inequality is ignored

Can Russell Crowe help clean up Bangkok’s terrible wiring?

A tweet from the actor has sparked a call to action by Thailand’s prime minister

Jeffrey Epstein’s shadow looms over start of Ghislaine Maxwell’s US trial

Maxwell is charged with alleged sex crimes, conspiracy and perjury related to Epstein

Cop26: A crowded blue zone, ‘big mistake’ no-shows and more net-zero pledges

Planet Business: Stay only as long as necessary

Retrofitting bill could come to average of €56,000 per home

Official estimate puts total cost of updating half a million homes at up to €28bn

Queen Elizabeth urged by doctors to rest at least two weeks

Queen to carry out ‘light, desk-based duties’ but avoid official events or ceremonies

Unvaccinated footballers are putting lives at risk. Is it time to stop picking them?

Maybe it’s time for sports governing bodies to come down harder on vaccine hesitancy

Sean Moncrieff: An act of kindness that proves it’s the messiness of the world that gives us hope

Twitter is a cesspool of hatred and delusion but acts of kindness are common

Jennifer O’Connell: final breath volte-faces of #covidiots serve as cautionary tales

Stories feed something ugly in our psyches, the idea that there are good and bad victims of the virus

Facebook enters the metaverse, and Olympics near the finish line

Planet Business: Dating apps rake in the dosh, and jabs become a job requirement

If the pandemic tells us how the world will deal with global warming, we’re in big trouble

Can world powers learn lessons from this event and apply them to global warming?

Bill Gates: The New York Times investigated the tech mogul’s behaviour. This is what it found

Melinda Gates concerned about Jeffrey Epstein meetings and handling of sexual-harassment claim

Microsoft investigated Gates over alleged involvement with female employee

Software giant reviewed matter with the help of an outside law firm

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