2 h. ago Popular food now behind more deaths than FENTANYL, bombshell report warns

Researchers writing in the American Journal of Preventative Medicine have revealed the shocking number of Americans who could be dying from ultraprocessed foods every year.

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3 h. ago Scientists finally reveal true death toll from ultraprocessed foods... and it's worse than anyone feared

Researchers writing in the American Journal of Preventative Medicine have revealed the shocking number of Americans who could be dying from ultraprocessed foods every year.

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8 h. ago Death toll in Iran port explosion rises to at least 46 killed, with over 1,000 injured

The death toll from a huge explosion that rocked one of Iran’s main ports has risen to 46 people killed

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8 h. ago Our Yorkshire Farm's Amanda Owen takes drastic action as goat eats quadbike keys

Amanda Owen fears the worst when her goat eats her quad bike keys. Luckily one of her nine children has a bright idea to save the day, and it works!

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25 h. ago Vancouver festival crash latest: Death toll rises to 11 after car

Canadian police called the incident the ‘darkest day in Vancouver’s history’

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31 h. ago Vancouver police rule out terrorism after car ploughs into crowd killing nine Filipino festival

Death toll still unclear hours after ‘horrific incident’ during annual Lapu Lapu festival

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33 h. ago Vancouver police rule out terrorism after car ploughs into crowd killing Filipino festival

Death toll still unclear hours after ‘horrific incident’ during annual Lapu Lapu festival

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57 h. ago Deadly rattlesnake attack left panicked actress, 27, penning 'goodbye messages'

A famous actress was left fearing the worst after she was viciously attacked by a huge rattlesnake, leaving her drafting out goodbye messages for her family and friends

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3 d. ago Russia used North Korean missile in killer Kyiv strike, Zelensky says as he reveals death toll has climbed to 12 with more than 100 injured in blast

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has revealed that Vladimir Putin's forces used a North Korean missile in the deadly attack on Kyiv that has so far killed 12 and injured more than 100. 

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4 d. ago ‘Vladimir, stop!’: Trump criticises Putin as Starmer and von der Leyen warn over Russian energy ‘blackmail’ – Europe live

US president says he is ‘not happy’ over Kyiv attack as death toll rises to 12 with 90 people injuredWe understand that while the visit will be cut short after Zelenskyy’s meeting with Ramaphosa, their media activities will still proceed, meaning we should hear from the Ukrainian president in the next few hours.Rachel and I will keep an eye on this development to see if Zelenskyy takes part in a scheduled press conference in Pretoria in case he wants to say more about the attacks overnight. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago USPS workers sound alarm over Trump efforts to dismantle service: ‘The hounds are at the door

The United States Postal Service is now facing off with Trump and Elon Musk’s Doge over privatizationUS postal workers – and many who depend on them – may have sighed in relief when the Trump-appointed postmaster general, Louis DeJoy, resigned last month. Now, postal workers and others fear the worst is to come.Many feared DeJoy, a prolific Trump donor and trucking logistics executive who pushed a 10-year consolidation plan at the agency, would be the man who would finally dismantle the United States Postal Service (USPS). Now the service is facing off with an empowered Trump and Elon Musk, his billionaire backer and chainsaw-wielding leader of his government job-cutting “department of government efficiency” (Doge). Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Freddie Flintoff tells of heartbreaking 'biggest fear' after Top Gear crash as surgeon details 'worst injuries

The cricket star was a co-host on the BBC One motoring show and was filming when the crash unfolded

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5 d. ago Mystery of the 'Dial of Destiny' is SOLVED after 2,000 years: Scientists finally uncover the true use for the ancient device that inspired Indiana Jones

It served as the inspiration for the 'Dial of Destiny' in the final Indiana Jones movie. And now scientists believe they may have finally solved the mystery of the Antikythera Mechanism.

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5 d. ago Disputed Kashmir has witnessed worst attack on civilians in years, sparking fear of rising tensions

At least 26 people have been killed and 17 others wounded after gunmen opened fire on a group of tourists in Indian-controlled Kashmir, the worst assault in years targeting civilians in the restive region that has seen an anti-India rebellion for more than three decades

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6 d. ago Dow is heading for its worst April since the Great Depression as investors fear Trump’s tactics

Chief investment officer says it’s ‘impossible to commit capital to an economy that is unstable and unknowable because of policy structure’

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6 d. ago Ruud van Nistelrooy faces easy Leicester decision as Man Utd icon’s worst fears come true

Manchester United icon Ruud van Nistelrooy has led Leicester to an instant return to the Championship after their relegation from the Premier League was confirmed with defeat to Liverpool

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6 d. ago A friend killed, and inquiries shelved: life fighting the stigma of albinism in Malawi

People with albinism are often attacked and even killed for body parts. As elections approach, activist Tonney Mkwapatira fears the situation may get worseTonney Mkwapatira was making a rare visit back to his home village from the Malawian city of Blantyre when he saw his childhood friend for the last time. Just a week after Mkwapatira returned to Blantyre he heard that his friend, a security guard for a church, had been murdered.“His name was Chikumbutso Masina and we used to chat almost every day. We looked alike and it was painful when people missed him because they used to ask me questions like, “Oh we heard that you had died?” It really touched me and I will never forget,” he says. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Harvey Price's weight loss fight in full as distraught mum Katie fears the worst

Katie Price has admitted she is 'heartbroken' over her eldest child Harvey's weight, which she revealed has now, worryingly, gone up to almost to 30 stone

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9 d. ago Congo boat disaster death toll rises to 148, with more than 100 still missing

Fire broke out during onboard cooking before wooden vessel capsized with 500 passengers aboardThe death toll from a boat fire and capsizing in the Democratic Republic of Congo earlier this week has risen to 148 with more than 100 people still missing, officials said on Friday.About 500 passengers were on board the wooden boat when it capsized on Tuesday after catching fire on the Congo River in the country’s north-west. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago It’s complicated: Awkward marriage of Maresca and Chelsea provides great drama | Barney Ronay

Enzo Maresca loves controlled buildup play from the back. Chelsea fans tend to like forceful, direct football. Conflict of some kind always seemed inevitableThere was a new story this week about a team of a hundred scientists who have spent nine years analysing a single cubic millimetre of mouse brain. The one hundred scientists have finally published their results. And those results are basically: “Whoah, have you seen this stuff?”What they found inside the cubic millimetre of mouse brain was an eternity of wiring, just miles and miles of tiny wire to be untangled, pictured in the accompanying article clumped into a single mass, like a pan of mouse brain vermicelli left overnight in the sink. Continue reading...

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