Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

How USAID funded over 6,200 journalists in global media network

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According to WikiLeaks, USAID supported media outlets in more than 30 countries. “A since-deleted fact sheet from the agency revealed that starting as early as 2003, USAID funded training and resources for approximately 6,200 journalists, supported 707 non-state news organisations, and backed 279 civil society groups, exposing the vast extent of direct US influence in … Read more

Billionaire Bill Gates Was Asked What’s Left On His Bucket List – He Reveals There’s Only One Thing: ‘Don’t Die’

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What’s left on the bucket list of a billionaire who has seemingly done it all? For Bill Gates, the answer is unexpectedly simple: “Don’t die.” The quip came during a 2013 Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything), where Gates, then the cochair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, fielded questions about everything from eradicating polio … Read more