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Bill Gates is donating US$20 billion to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation this month as the philanthropic behemoth plans to speed up its pace of giving. “I hope by giving more, we can mitigate some of the suffering people are facing right now and help fulfil the foundation’s vision to give every person the chance to live a healthy and productive life,” Gates said in a statement on Wednesday. “As I look to the future, I plan to give virtually all of my wealth to the foundation. I will move down and eventually off of the list of the...