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Seattle — Investments Through 2030 to Catalyze Innovation in Maternal, Menstrual, Gynecological, and Sexual Health for Women Globally The Gates Foundation today announced a $2.5 billion commitment through 2030 to accelerate research and development (R&D) focused exclusively on women’s health. It will support the advancement of more than 40 innovations in five critical, chronically underfunded areas—particularly those affecting women in low- and middle-income countries. “For too long, women have suffered from health conditions that are misunderstood, misdiagnosed, or ignored,” said Dr. Anita Zaidi, president of the Gates Foundation’s Gender Equality Division. “We want this investment to spark a new era…

In 1967, British philosopher Philippa Foot unwittingly created one of the internet’s most regurgitated memes. A runaway train is hurtling towards five people tied to the tracks. You can pull a lever to divert the train to a different track to which only one person is tied. Do you intervene to kill the one and spare the five?What if one of the tracks twisted into a really cool loop-the-loop? Or the trolley was replaced by a bloodthirsty Thomas the Tank Engine? Or the whole dilemma was clumsily altered to comment on the political controversy of the day? Originally formulated as…

Nine people, including an Irish missionary and a three-year-old child, were kidnapped from an orphanage near Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince on Sunday, officials have said.Gena Heraty, the facility’s director, was among those taken from the privately-run Sainte-Hélène orphanage in Kenscoff during the early hours of the morning, according to Mayor Massillon Jean.Seven employees and a child were also taken from the orphanage, which cares for more than 240 children, some with disabilities. Attackers broke into the orphanage at about 15:30 local time (07:30 GMT) “without opening fire,” Jean said, describing it as a “planned act”.The attackers had broken through a wall…

Halsey has been making the transition from musician to movie star in recent years — including with a breakout role in 2024’s MaXXXine — but the first major project she shot is just now making its way to theaters. Americana — a modern western from writer-director Tony Tost which follows several people as their lives violently intertwine while fighting over an expensive Native American ghost shirt— was shot in 2022, premiered at SXSW in 2023 and is finally heading to this big screen this month. “I’d been waiting a really long time, I’d been really cautiously picky about what I was…

Moscow already helped by Pyongyang; Zelenskyy says fighters from China, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and African also on board.Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed that his country’s troops in the northeast are battling foreign “mercenaries” recruited by Russia from various countries, vowing to “respond”.The Ukrainian president visited front-line troops in the Kharkiv region on Monday, hearing reports from his “warriors” that fighters from China, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, and African countries were on board with Russia.Russia is already known to have been assisted by thousands of North Korean troops in the defence of its Kursk region, and Ukraine had already accused Moscow of…

55 The Government of Ghana has approved a major increase in the producer price of cocoa, raising it from US$3,100 to US$5,040 per tonne for the upcoming 2025/2026 season. This is the highest price cocoa farmers in the country have received in years and represents a 62.58% increase from the previous season. The announcement was made by Finance Minister, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, in a post shared on his official social media pages on Monday, August 4. The new price was approved after a meeting of the Producer Price Review Committee (PPRC), which the minister chairs. According to Dr Forson,…

Thousands of US workers hit the picket line at three plants in Illinois and Missouri.Thousands of workers at Boeing plants across the United States that develop military aircraft and weapons have gone on strike.The strike began Monday at Boeing facilities in St Louis and St Charles, Missouri, as well as Mascoutah, Illinois, after failed negotiations over wage increases and other provisions of a new contract.About 3,200 local members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers voted Sunday to reject a modified four-year labour agreement, the union said.“IAM District 837 members build the aircraft and defense systems that keep…

Adam RittenbergAug 4, 2025, 12:45 PM ETCloseCollege football reporter; joined ESPN in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University.College football fans have several unmistakable traits. Patience is not one of them.Fans and other stakeholders around every program want results without the wait. Their reasoning varies — from long-term history and status, to recent investments, to increased postseason access with a larger College Football Playoff field. Is there a degree of entitlement that triggers impatience in the sport? Absolutely. But college football teams aren’t created equal, and the factors that drive success are pretty clear to those who care the most.The goal here…

Kampala — The Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) has launched a new electronic imports portal (e-Portal), aimed at streamlining import inspections and reducing clearance times. This should in turn address inefficiencies, which, according to a 2022 World Bank report on African trade logistics, cost Ugandan importers up to 15 percent in operational losses through customs delays. The advanced imports electronic portal is a web-based system integrated with Asycuda World. The switch means that now the issuance of certificates and the management of fees is automated, which enhances transparency and efficiency. The new E-portal can be accessed via the UNBS…

Actor Kevin Costner will be honored with the Eva Monley Award from the Location Managers Guild International (LMGI) at the 12th Annual LMGI Awards gala. The gala will take place on Aug. 23 at the Eli and Edythe Broad Stage. With performances in projects such as “Dances with Wolves,” “The Bodyguard,” “Field of Dreams,” “Yellowstone,” and most recently, “Horizon: An American Saga,” Costner has been recognized with various accolades, including two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award. “Kevin Costner has long understood that locations are more than scenery—they are storytelling tools that shape the emotional…