The Gates Foundation will spend $2.5 billion by 2030 on women’s health, it said on Monday, with founder Bill Gates saying the area, including conditions from preeclampsia to menopause, had been neglected for too long. The investment is among its first big commitments since Gates announced earlier this year that he would give away his $200 billion fortune by 2045. …
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Investments Through 2030 to Catalyze Innovation in Maternal, Menstrual, Gynecological, and Sexual Health for Women Globally SEATTLE (August 4, 2025) – 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 …
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Mimi Rhodes, you wizard. Tip your cap. On Sunday, whether it was designed or not, the young Ladies European Tour golfer masterfully played the par-3, 214-yard Hole 3 during the 2025 AIG Women’s British Open at Royal Porthcawl in Porthcawl, Wales, for a hole-in-one. Advertisement Rhodes’ ace, however, didn’t come without some help, as it ricocheted off Stephanie Kyriacou’s ball …
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PORTHCAWL, Wales – For Miyu Yamashita, Sunday evening signalled it was finally time to celebrate. The Japanese golfer and LPGA rookie had just won her first major, the AIG Women’s Open at Royal Porthcawl, one day after turning 24. Yamashita looked unflappable ever since she grabbed hold of the lead on Friday and never let go. She made her first …
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CHATEL, France — French rider Pauline Ferrand-Prévôt won the women’s Tour de France at her first attempt on Sunday, launching an attack to clinch the final stage and increase her overnight lead. It gave Ferrand-Prévôt a resounding victory. She finished 3 minutes, 42 seconds ahead of 2023 champion Demi Vollering of the Netherlands and 4:09 clear of defending champion Kasia …
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Yamashita assumed control of the tournament with a seven-under-par round of 65 on Friday morning and led from that moment on. She briefly shared top spot with playing partner A Lim Kim early in her final round, but the South Korean’s birdie at the second was quickly followed by consecutive bogeys. Hull, who propelled herself into contention with a six-under …
Read More »The U.S. Ekes Out Medal Table Victory After Women’s Medley Relay World Record SwimSwam U.S. women set 4×100 medley relay WR at worlds ESPN Americans set relay world record to camp comeback at swimming world championships NBC News Americans set a relay world record in swim worlds in Singapore and Ledecky wins again AP News US women set world record in relay at swim …
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A challenging week for the United States swimming team ended with one of the most electric races at the world championships. The U.S. women’s 4×100-meter medley relay team on Sunday let out all the frustration from a meet hampered by a stomach illness, setting a world record to beat the Australians and clinch the gold-medal title in the final race …
Read More »The United States women saved their best for last, setting a world record in the 400 medley relay in the final race of the 2025 World Aquatics Championships. Regan Smith, Kate Douglass, Gretchen Walsh and Torri Huske clocked a world record 3:49.34 to end the meet. The victory gave the United States its ninth gold medal, edging Australia’s eight for …
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Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted associate of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, has been moved from a Florida prison to a new minimum-security facility in Texas, authorities have confirmed. The move comes as Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking, has pressed the Supreme Court to overturn her conviction while also seeking a pardon from President Donald Trump. Earlier …
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