## Elon Musk is responsible for “killing the world’s poorest children,” says Bill Gates

Authored by arstechnica.com

Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates ratcheted up his feud with Elon Musk, accusing the world’s richest man of “killing the world’s poorest children” through what he said were misguided cuts to US development assistance.

Gates, who is announcing a plan to accelerate his philanthropic giving over the next 20 years and close down the Gates Foundation altogether in 2045, said in an interview that the Tesla chief had acted through ignorance.

In February, Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) in effect shut down the US Agency for International Development, the main conduit for US aid, saying it was “time for it to die.”.

“The picture of the world’s richest man killing the world’s poorest children is not a pretty one,” he told the Financial Times.

Gates said Musk had canceled grants to a hospital in Gaza Province, Mozambique, that prevents women transmitting HIV to their babies, in the mistaken belief that the US was supplying condoms to Hamas in Gaza in the Middle East.

“I’d love for him to go in and meet the children that have now been infected with HIV because he cut that money,” he said.

The Gates Foundation will close its doors in 2045, decades earlier than previously envisaged. »

### Insurance denies man a life-saving lung transplant as he was preparing for procedure

Authored by abc7.la

A man battling stage 4 lung cancer was preparing to fly across the country for a life-changing double-lung transplant when his insurance company denied him coverage. »

### MAGA melts down over ‘WOKE MARXIST POPE’ who is a ‘Never Trumper liberal’

Authored by independent.co.uk

Within an hour of Schmitt’s warning shot, however, much of MAGA world was aghast over the choice of Leo XIV.

Naturally, some of the most prominent conservative voices quickly pounced on the new pope’s social media posts.

In a separate tweet, he went even further, calling him a “liberal piece of s***” and insisting that “we’re f***ed.” »

### Bill Gates: Elon Musk’s cuts will kill a million children

Authored by thetimes.com

Bill Gates said: “The image of the world’s richest man taking steps that over time will kill over a million children?

Elon Musk, who has overseen massive cuts to the US overseas aid budget, “has not been out to see kids dying”, Gates added.

Five million children die every year in the developing world before their fifth birthday. »

### Two arrested after neighbors try to stop ICE agents from detaining Worcester mother

Authored by boston.com

Local News Two arrested after neighbors try to stop ICE agents from detaining Worcester mother Worcester police arrested a teen girl after her mother was detained by ICE.

Two people, including a candidate for Worcester School Committee, were arrested after dozens of residents surrounded federal agents who were detaining a mother in Worcester, advocates and officials said.

The father was detained by ICE on Wednesday, and agents returned to their home Thursday and arrested the mother “without a warrant,” LUCE Immigrant Justice Network of Massachusetts said. »

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