98 m. ago 'Communist Coke' is the new hipster wellness trend: Popular Eastern European drink made from old bread hits UK supermarkets

Kvass, a beverage beloved in north eastern Europe dubbed 'alcohol free Soviet Guinness', is coming to the UK, with retailers hoping it will bring similar profits to kefir, kimchi and kombucha.

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4 h. ago Brit man shot in failed Costa Blanca car park assassination named

A gunman sprayed more than a dozen bullets at the man's vehicle in an underground garage in Orihuela Costa, north of Torrevieja.

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7 h. ago Graduates reunited: Chelsea’s former Manchester City talents return

Palmer and Delap are among five academy players who learnt their trade at City, as links between the clubs growChelsea’s visit to Manchester City on Sunday will be a homecoming for members of the travelling party. Five Chelsea players were nurtured at the academy that sits a few hundred yards from the Etihad Stadium, on the other side of a bridge.The London club’s recent recruitment has been heavily influenced by City’s teaching of players and coaches. Tosin Adarabioyo, Cole Palmer, Liam Delap, Jamie Gittens and Roméo Lavia were members of City’s youth ranks, most working there under Enzo Maresca. If one thread was unpicked this week when Maresca dramatically departed Chelsea, the link remains strong because Sunday’s caretaker, Calum McFarlane, was formerly the under-18s assistant manager at City. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago 'Most gruesome death of all time' as divers were 'boiled from inside out'

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT The horror of every bubble of nitrogen in your blood bursting open in one split second became a deadly reality for one group of divers in the North Sea

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7 h. ago 'Tranquil' village with magical waterfall and famous admirer

This village in the Yorkshire Dales is a hidden gem with stunning waterfalls and green landscapes that inspired a famous artist hundreds of years ago

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7 h. ago Five men 'boiled from inside out' in horror North Sea tragedy

Five men died instantly when a catastrophic decompression accident occurred on the Byford Dolphin oil rig in the North Sea, with nitrogen in their blood turning to bubbles

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7 h. ago Five men boil alive in seconds as organs explode in diving horror

Five men including two Brits were killed instantly 1,000 feet underwater when a diving bell failure caused catastrophic decompression in a 1983 North Sea incident known as one of the most gruesome deaths of all time.

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7 h. ago Finished Run Away on Netflix? Five other Harlan Coben dramas to binge watch

If you've already binge-watched Run Away on Netflix, here's some other Harlan Coben, north west-set thrillers to keep you going this January

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10 h. ago Marathon marches past Wausau West, New London defeats Wausau East

Marathon marches past Wausau West, New London defeats Wausau East  WSAW

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13 h. ago Saudi invites Yemen’s southern factions to ‘dialogue’ in Riyadh after surprise independence bid

Southern Transitional Council wants to form a breakaway state, which would split the Arabian Peninsula’s poorest state in twoSaudi Arabia’s foreign ministry has called for Yemen’s southern factions to attend a “dialogue” in Riyadh, after a surprise independence bid and the United Arab Emirates declaring it had withdrawn all troops from Yemen.In a statement on Saturday, the Saudi ministry urged “a comprehensive conference in Riyadh to bring together all southern factions to discuss just solutions to the southern cause”. Riyadh said the Yemeni government had issued the invitation for talks. Continue reading...

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15 h. ago Colorado man dies after falling hundreds of feet while climbing Citadel Peak

A rescue official called the man’s fall from a ridge a ‘tragic accident’

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16 h. ago Thomas Frank admits ‘it’s difficult to enjoy’ being Tottenham head coach

Frank likens challenges at Spurs to running a marathonTottenham booed off after goalless draw at BrentfordThomas Frank has admitted he is not enjoying his job at Tottenham. The head coach is dealing with numerous problems as he navigates what always stood to be a transitional season, the most insistent being his team’s lack of creativity.Spurs were booed off after Thursday’s 0-0 draw at Brentford by the travelling support, who also chanted “boring, boring Tottenham”. But Frank is confident he will come to look back on the first half of his debut campaign more fondly once – and not if – his squad emerges on the other side, stronger and wiser for the suffering. Tottenham are 12th in the Premier League – their next game is at home to Sunderland on Sunday and Frank leant into a marathon-running analogy when he was asked whether he was enjoying the challenge to which he has signed up. Continue reading...

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17 h. ago Hundreds forced to evacuate as Mexico struck by 6.5 magnitude earthquake

The quake’s epicentre was near the town of San Marcos in the southern state of Guerrero, according to authorities

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20 h. ago Immigrant seeking US asylum reportedly denied jackpot winnings at Chicago casino due to his status

The man claimed to have won the jackpot on a slot machine at Bally’s temporary casino in the River North area of the city, the payout for which usually takes just minutes

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21 h. ago FBI says it thwarted planned New Year’s Eve terrorist attack in North Carolina

FBI says teen was planning Islamic State-inspired hammer and knife attack on Jews, Christians and LGBTQ+ peopleThe FBI said on Friday that it thwarted an alleged plot to carry out a New Year’s Eve terrorist attack on a grocery store and restaurant in North Carolina in support of the Islamic State (IS).Christian Sturdivant, 18, of Mint Hill – a town outside Charlotte – was arrested on 31 December as he was being released from a special medical facility. He was charged with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization, the US attorney for the western district of North Carolina, Russ Ferguson, said at a press conference on Friday morning. Continue reading...

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21 h. ago FBI claims ‘lone wolf’ teen inspired by ISIS was planning knives and hammers attack at grocery store on New Year’s Eve

Christian Sturdivant, 18, was arrested and charged with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization

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21 h. ago FBI thwarts ISIS terror attack: Chilling details of teen's 'jihad' plot against Christians... and his fatal mistake

The FBI announced it had stopped a ISIS 'potential terrorist attack' for New Year's Eve in North Carolina.

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21 h. ago Yemeni separatists plan to hold independence vote within two years

Seven killed in strikes on south as Saudi-backed government moves to recapture key region from STCYemen’s southern separatists have announced plans to hold a referendum on independence from the north in two years, after their seizure of swathes of the country last month triggered a major feud between Gulf powers.The Southern Transitional Council leader, Aidarous al-Zubaidi, called on the international community to sponsor talks between concerned parties in the south and north on a path and mechanisms that “guarantee rights of the people of the south”. Continue reading...

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21 h. ago Donald Trump's unhinged start to 2026: his aspirin habit and wild McDonalds order

New year, same old Donald Trump - beefing with foreign leaders on social, chickening out on tariffs - only this time we know about his prodigious aspirin habit

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22 h. ago Mother, 35, went to bed on New Year's Eve with bad flu... then woke up days later to find all four of her limbs had been amputated

Cassandra Marshall, a mother of four from North Carolina, went into septic shock after contracting the flu and needed a quadruple amputation to save her life.

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