Health

Gates calls world to prepare for next Ebola

Visiting Berlin on Tuesday, billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates said the world must use the lessons from battling Ebola to prepare for any future "war" against a global killer disease with the help of new technology.

Tech

Bill Gates backs Berlin science start-up

Microsoft co-founder turned philanthropist Bill Gates on Tuesday joined backers of a German social network aimed at promoting scientific breakthroughs such as life-saving medicines.

wealth

SAP billionaire defies Bill Gates over donation

It was like King Kong versus Godzilla - two of the world's richest men have got into a billionaire brawl over whether Bill Gates tried to dupe SAP founder Hasso Plattner into giving away half his fortune.

wealth

SAP founder Plattner joins billionaire giveaway

One of Germany's wealthiest men, SAP founder Hasso Plattner, has promised to give away half of his €5-billion fortune to good causes. The pledge makes him the first German to join a initiative started by Warren Buffett and Bill Gates.

Taxes

Bill Gates: Finance tax should aid world's poor

Bill Gates was the star attraction at a German Social Democratic Party (SPD) meeting in Potsdam on Monday, calling for world hunger to be fought with taxes raised on financial transactions.