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The link between poor health care and maternal health and poverty has been well-established for decades. We need to provide women with a sustainable way to not fall into poverty and provide those in poverty a means by which they can get out. The optimal combination of skills, entrepreneurship and emotional well-being support—rather than just handouts—is key. At a global level, you are more likely to be poor if you are a woman, for a variety of reasons....

It wasn't the only concussion the former Dallas Cowboy and Hall of Famer would sustain. It just might have been the worst. STEELE: NFL, worth billions, loses little in concussions settlement | Gruesome injuries Still, he'd do it all again, he told Sporting News' Rayven Tirado after watching his tale and many others on the PBS documentary, "League of Denial." "I would," Aikman said of playing in the NFL. "The answer for that is because I haven't had any symptoms since retiring from the game....

Camara, the Confederation of African Football’s (CAF) second vice president, and Ghana Football Association president Nyantakyi will complete a seven-member African delegation at an Oct. 13-14 gathering of the FIFA Council in Zurich, chaired by President Gianni Infantino. The meeting will include discussions to expand the 2026 World Cup to 40 teams. Camara and Nyantakyi were voted in at an extraordinary general meeting of CAF in Cairo that was attended by Infantino....

South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa said in a speech that vaccines are “the greatest defense” against the dangers of the pandemic and decried the vaccine inequity between the world’s wealthier and poorer countries. “It is an indictment on humanity that more than 82 percent of the world’s vaccine doses have been acquired by wealthy countries, while less than 1 percent has gone to low-income countries,” he said. Ramaphosa called on the U....

Experienced forward Asamoah Gyan grabbed the only goal of the game to become his country’s leading all-time scorer in the continental championship with an eighth career strike across six tournaments. Egypt needed a goal two minutes from time by substitute Abdallah El Said to beat Uganda 1-0, a result that ensured the East African side would be the first team eliminated from the tournament. Ghana lead the pool with six points from two games, followed by Egypt with four, Mali one and Uganda zero....

Liberian official Musa Bility denounced CAF President Ahmad in a letter resigning from two senior positions within the confederation, citing concerns the organization risks becoming the “subject of ridicule around the world.” Attacking the Madagascan’s leadership style since his 2017 election, Bility claimed Ahmad has told him, “I’m the president and I do as I want.” “I believe we are worse than we were two years ago,” Bility wrote in the letter to Ahmad and fellow members of the executive committee which was obtained on Saturday by The Associated Press....

When he got the news of the second plane hitting, Attorney General John Ashcroft was in a small government Cessna jet on his way to Milwaukee, where he was going to participate in the President’s child literacy program by reading to a group of schoolchildren. Ashcroft immediately ordered the plane to turn around, only to be told that there wasn’t enough fuel to get back to Washington. After refueling in Milwaukee, he had still more trouble making it back to the center of action....

“Yeah. If you assault a woman, if you do something against her will, sexually, that’s criminal,” de Blasio told CBS News’ David Begnaud. “And the Albany district attorney is looking at that and I think he should be charged.” On Tuesday morning, New York Attorney General Letitia James released the findings of an inquiry conducted by her office, which concluded that Cuomo harassed 11 women, retaliated against a former employee who came forward with her story, and, in doing so, violated other state and federal laws....

DMX, whose birth name was Earl Simmons, was hospitalized on April 2 after he suffered a heart attack at his home in White Plains, New York. He remained on life support in a hospital intensive care unit until his death, his family announced Friday. “Earl was a warrior who fought till the very end. He loved his family with all of his heart, and we cherish the times we spent with him,” his family said, adding that his music “inspired countless fans across the world, and his iconic legacy will live on forever....

“Are we surprised we’re here in the hospital again? Did we doubt, because of the rhetoric we’re hearing, the anti-police rhetoric that’s storming our streets, are we surprised that we got this call? I’m not,” said Patrick Lynch, who heads the New York City Police Benevolent Association (NYC PBA), in reference to an altercation between three city police officers and a civilian in Brooklyn late Wednesday. According to a statement to Newsweek from New York City Police Department (NYPD) Commissioner Dermot Shea, the officers were assigned to patrol a Brooklyn neighborhood for potential looting when a man stabbed one in the neck and shot two others....

“We’ll probably never get over it,” the Saints coach said of his team Sunday, in a bleak press conference following an NFC championship game that, realistically, was stolen from them by a blatantly missed call. The Raiders, all things considered, never got over the Tuck Rule Game 17 years and one day earlier. A decade and a half from now, there might be a nickname for the atrocity the Saints experienced that will become a part of the game’s lore and will haunt them indefinitely....

“Standing against any political action. I am a fashion designer refusing this association,” Louis Vuitton artistic director Nicolas Ghesquière wrote in an Instagram post a few days after the Trumps visited. Ghesquière included the hashtag #trumpisajoke, indicating he did not want to associate with the first family, and #homophobia, calling out the president’s seeming reluctance to vouch for the LGBT community. The image on Ghesquière’s post was of the 1984 song “High Energy” by Evelyn Thomas, with lyrics including, “High energy, your love is lifting me....

While Ginobili announced more than a week ago he would return for his 15th NBA season, the specifics of the veteran shooting guard’s new contract were just revealed Thursday evening: a one-year, $14 million deal to stay in a Spurs uniform, according to The Vertical. MORE: Where have the top free agents landed? It may sound like a no-brainer for Ginobili to remain in San Antonio, but a lucrative offer from the Sixers forced the Spurs to significantly raise their final figure....

The Ecuador international turned 31 last August, as he prepared to take in an eighth season at Old Trafford. Jones: Utd don’t need Ibra to win He has been a model of consistency throughout his time with the Red Devils, and prior to that with Wigan Athletic. Valencia has now spent over 10 years in the Premier League, during which time he has made over 250 appearances in the English top-flight....

Released in 2002, Age of Mythology substitutes Age of Empire’s historically grounded factions with armies and gods of Greek, Norse, and Egyptian legends. Despite releasing almost 20 years ago, Age of Mythology is still a popular strategy game on Steam. Unlike most strategy games from the 1990s and early 2000s, Microsoft has not abandoned Age of Mythology, as the company re-released the game on Steam in 2014, and later released a full expansion, Age of the Dragon, in 2016....

Reportedly, Activision Blizzard’s attempt to reach a settlement with the EEOC could lead to evidence related to the DFEH’s case against the company being sealed or effectively destroyed. The DFEH apparently filed its objection to try and stop this from causing “irreparable harm” to its case, but the EEOC appears to have turned the tables with a new revelation that places the DFEH’s ethical conduct in jeopardy. RELATED: Overwatch League Sponsors Quietly Return After Blizzard Lawsuit Controversy...

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During an appearance on Fox News Sunday, host Chris Wallace asked Scott, “Did Joe Biden win this election fair and square?” Scott replied, “Absolutely.” “Absolutely Joe Biden is the president,” Scott said. “We went through the constitutional process. Joe Biden won the election.” Scott, who is the chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, then implied that unsubstantiated allegations of widespread voter fraud should be taken seriously, saying “are there people that believe we’ve got to focus on making sure people feel comfortable their elections are fair?...

Ahead of the rally, College Pulse, a survey data and analytics company, polled students from across the country to gather their opinions on the economy. Of the 1,500 students surveyed, 50 percent rated the economy as “fair” or “poor.” One of Trump’s biggest platforms has been the economy. He’s championed his policies for boosting job growth and lowering unemployment rates, and has taken credit for creating the “greatest economy in the history of our country....