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In a handout image, at Jeffrey Epstein’s Manhattan mansion in 2011, from left: James E. Staley, a senior JPMorgan executive; former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers; Epstein; Bill Gates; and Boris Nikolic, the Gates Foundation’s science adviser. Beginning in 2011, Gates met with Epstein on numerous occasions, according to interviews with more than a dozen people familiar with the relationship. Gates said he regrets the “error in judgement.” (Handout via The New York Times) — NO SALES; FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY WITH NYT STORY EPSTEIN-GATES BY FLITTER AND STEWART FOR OCT. 12, 2019. ALL OTHER USE PROHIBITED. — XNYT84 XNYT84

A relationship with Jeffrey Epstein that Bill Gates now ‘regrets’

Bill Gates has minimized his ties to Jeffery Epstein. But a New York Times investigation reveals they had a closer relationship than previously known.

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Gerald Erebon and his sister, Lina Ben, hold photos of them and their mother, Sabina Losirkale, who passed away in 2012 after a long illness and depression, in the Isiolo area of the Archers Post settlement in Kenya on Sunday, June 30, 2019. When Lina was 14, she asked her mother why Gerald didn’t look like her other children, and why his friends often referred to him as “mtoto was padre” _ “child of the priest.” Her mother initially pushed her away, but eventually told her that “Dad to Gerald is a priest called Father Mario and he is not here.” (AP Photo/Brian Inganga) NY840 NY840
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Kenyan man’s search for his father runs into church cover-up  VIEW

In this photo taken on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019, stone expert Jean-Didier Mertz, displays a fragment of burnt stone from Notre Dame cathedral in a warehouse at Champs-sur-Marne, west of Paris. Scientists at the French government’s Historical Monuments Research Laboratory are using these objects as clues in an urgent and vital task, working out how to safely restore the beloved Paris cathedral and identify what perils remain inside in a race against the clock. (AP Photo/Francois Mori) XFM110 XFM110
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Broken angels: Inside the lab working to restore Notre Dame  VIEW

In this Oct. 5, 2019, photo released by the Department of National Parks, two elephants are seen stuck on the edge of the Haew Narok Waterfall in Khao Yai National Park, Nakhon Nayok, central Thailand. A herd of wild elephants was swept away by raging waters in Thailand’s national park, drowning six, while rangers helped steer two animals out of a deep ravine. (Department of National Parks via AP) BKWS302 BKWS302
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5 more dead elephants found at Thailand waterfall, bringing toll to 11

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Vehicles do their best to cross the intersection of Camino Pablo and Brookwood Road during a power outage in Orinda, Calif., on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019. Business continue to be closed due to the recent Pacific Gas and Electric shutdown. The utility company began restoring power to Bay Area residents Thursday, taking the first steps in what could be a days-long process to end an outage that left many homes and businesses in the dark. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/East Bay Times via AP) CACCT409 CACCT409

California outages ease after wind, fire danger move south  VIEW

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U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX) speaks to members of the media as he arrives for a Republican conference meeting June 7, 2018 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images/TNS) 1450734 1450734

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The hands of fisherman Edward Alexander Barrios are covered in oil as he organizes bass, known as “robalo,” that he caught in Lake Maracaibo as he returns home by boat in Cabimas, Venezuela, May 17, 2019. The oily water, petroleum fumes and daily diet of contaminated seafood expose the local villages to a host of potential health problems such as respiratory illnesses, skin lesions and even cancer, according to Cornelis Elferink, a professor of pharmacology and toxicology at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) ABD311 ABD311

Fishermen live in stain of Venezuela’s broken oil industry  VIEW

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In this undated handout photo provided by Carlsberg, the new paper bottle is seen in Denmark. Danish brewer Carlsberg says it is developing a paper beer bottle made from sustainably sourced wood fibers. The Copenhagen-based company unveiled Friday, Oct. 11, 2019 two new prototypes that are “fully recyclable and have an inner barrier to allow the bottles to contain beer.” (Thomas Rockall Muus/Carlsberg via AP) LLT808 LLT808

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