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Thursday May 8th, 2025 evening edition

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Bill Gates says he will donate 99% of his remaining tech fortune to the Gates Foundation.

SEATTLE -- SEATTLE (AP) — Bill Gates says he will donate 99% of his remaining tech fortune to the Gates Foundation, which will now close in 2045, earlier than previously planned.

Gates' donation will be delivered over time and allow the foundation to spend an additional $200 billion over the next 20 years.

The Gates Foundation has long been peerless among foundations — attracting supporters and detractors but also numerous unfounded conspiracy theories.

“The foundation work has been way more impactful than I expected,” Gates said, calling it his second and final career.

The Gates Foundation had planned to wind down two decades after Gates' death, meaning today’s announcement significantly moves up that timetable.

In 2021, Melinda French Gates and Bill Gates divorced, and Buffett resigned as the foundation’s trustee. »

India Shoots Down Barrage Of Pakistani Drones And Missiles, Destroys Lahore Air Defence System

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India Shoots Down Barrage Of Pakistani Drones And Missiles, Destroys Lahore Air Defence System.

India has thwarted Pakistan’s attempts to target military installations in the northern and western regions, the Ministry of Defence said on Thursday.

In response, the Indian armed forces targeted Air Defence radars and systems at a number of locations in Pakistan, including Lahore and Rawalpindi. »

Trump’s Border Czar Secretly Deported Two U.S. Citizen Children

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The father was sent to an ICE detention center then deported to Nuevo Laredo in Mexico, just across the border from Laredo, Texas.

Trump's "border czar" Tom Homan has defended removing children who are citizens while deporting their parents as "parental choice."

A 4-year-old U.S. citizen with metastatic cancer was deported to Honduras along with a 7-year-old citizen sibling. »

Over 60,000 passengers stranded in Russian airports due to drone attacks

Authored by pravda.com.ua

The closure of Russian airports following drone attacks on 6–7 May disrupted travel plans for at least 60,000 passengers and affected at least 350 flights.

Details: ATOR warned that "this delay will trigger further delays like a domino effect" and urged citizens to check the status of their flights.

Several Russian airlines cancelled dozens of flights on 7 May following drone strikes on Russia. »