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Today’s Premier League fixtures
Chelsea v Brighton
Leeds United v Brentford
Sunderland v Fulham
Manchester United v Ipswich Town
Continue reading...The cholesterol-busting drugs are more effective the earlier in life they are taken, 15-year research project indicates
Statins can lower the risk of dementia by 15%, and the earlier in life they are taken the higher the chances of avoiding the disease, a 15-year study suggests.
The number of people living with dementia globally is forecast to nearly triple to 153 million by 2050. But experts believe almost half of dementia cases could be prevented or delayed.
Continue reading...Protester Tess Asplund on the photo that made headlines, and why she sees it as a sign of the change in Sweden today
The striking photograph showed a lone Black woman, her fist raised, standing in the path of hundreds of uniformed neo-Nazis on parade in 2016, and it made headlines across the globe.
At the time, it was held up as a symbol of the resistance to the far right. But 10 years on, as Sweden gears up for elections in which the far right is expected to emerge as the second most-voted-for party, the woman in the photo sees it as a sign of the bewildering change that has gripped the Scandinavian country.
Continue reading...Striker talks life in Saudi Arabia, problems with the Azzurri and ‘special feeling’ of playing for Manchester City
Whenever the name Mario Balotelli is brought up, particularly in Italy, the conversation is almost inevitably laced with a sense of regret. There is that lingering “What if?”, a collective sigh over a player who possessed the raw, undeniable potential to be one of the best in the world, if only things had been different.
Yet being in front of him, with a smile on his face, it becomes clear the 36-year-old striker has reached an unexpected level of wisdom and maturity, traits that shine through in his lucid analysis of Italian football’s current struggles and the vanishing street culture of the sport. As Balotelli reflects on what he would tell his adolescent self, there is also a distinct feeling that he has finally made peace with his own turbulent narrative, that he isn’t chasing the ghosts of unfulfilled expectations.
Continue reading...It’s ‘plausible’, though more likely the Humberside resident was one of many immigrants to Viking-controlled Danelaw
One of the most consequential showdowns in the history of the British Isles, the Battle of Hastings is seen as the foundational event of the Anglo-Saxons’ conquest by their Norman enemy across the Channel.
But researchers who have put flesh on the bones of one man who lived through the turmoil of the era are learning more about the fighters who may have belonged to neither side.
Continue reading...As with its approach to Hormuz, the US has mistaken applying pressure for an actual strategy. But Tehran has chips of its own to play
Donald Trump has found a new way to promise victory over Iran. After months of war have failed to force Iran’s capitulation or collapse, his administration has unveiled what the US Treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, calls Operation Economic Outcast: an effort to cut it off from what remains of the global economy and threaten foreign governments, banks and companies with sanctions if they continue doing business with Tehran.
There is no question that Iran is vulnerable. Its economy has been battered by years of sanctions, war and a months-long US naval blockade. Iranian officials acknowledge that oil exports and access to foreign currency have been severely constrained. Ordinary Iranians are already enduring high inflation, currency depreciation and worsening living standards. Further economic strangulation will inflict significant additional hardship.
Sina Toossi is a senior non-resident fellow at the Center for International Policy, where his work focuses on US-Iran relations, US policy toward the Middle East and nuclear issues
Continue reading...Major police response after several people hit by gunfire in incident north of Zurich
One person has been killed and five others wounded in a shooting at a rave party in northern Switzerland, local police said on Sunday.
“The search for the perpetrators, whose identities are currently unknown, is under way,” they said on X, adding that the motives and exact circumstances were not yet known.
Continue reading...Bent u nou niet zo afgetraind als wij zijn? Denk dan: ja, maar ik steek tenminste geen mensen neer achter het Centraal Station in Amsterdam. Dat kunnen we dan weer niet zeggen over de spierbundel hierboven. Wat we over hem weten: hij heet Angelo Bryson, werkt als personal trainer en noemt zich 'superhuman', hij maakt een heleboel filmpjes waarin hij onder andere van Nederland naar Spanje loopt en daarna als enige van Spanje naar Marokko in plaats van andersom, zegt dat Ceuta van de Marokkanen is, bekeerde zich tot de islam en protesteert regelmatig met de Pallies. Gisteren stond hij te livestreamen achter Amsterdam Centraal en kreeg het aan de stok met zeven gasten. Er zou een knokpartij zijn ontstaan die leidde tot een steekpartij, waarbij drie gasten door Bryson het ziekenhuis in werden geprikt en hijzelf ook gewond raakte.
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sapphire_rouge has added a photo to the pool:
最近暑いのであんまり撮影に行けてないので、ストックから選んでみました。
彼女は写真家で宮下公園近くをGRで撮影されていました。
カメラがGRだったので、写真に理解のある人だと思い、声を掛けて撮影させてもらいました。
It’s been hot lately, so I haven’t been out shooting much; instead, I picked this one from my archives.
She is a photographer who was shooting near Miyashita Park with a GR camera.
Since she was using a GR, I figured she understood photography, so I struck up a conversation and asked if I could take her picture.
sapphire_rouge has added a photo to the pool:
タイパ、コスパ優先の今の若者は気の毒です。
I feel sorry for today's young people, who prioritize time-performance and cost-performance above all else.
KATHMANDU (ANP/RTR/AFP) - Het dodental door de overstromingsramp in Nepal en Tibet is gestegen naar 750. De Nepalese autoriteiten maken melding van 734 overleden slachtoffers; in China kwamen volgens staatsmedia zeker 16 personen om het leven.
Het dodental loopt mogelijk nog verder op, want ruim 3000 mensen worden nog vermist. Reddingsoperaties moesten de afgelopen dagen herhaaldelijk worden opgeschort vanwege slecht weer en zorgen over mogelijke nieuwe overstromingen.
In Nepal wordt onder meer geprobeerd om honderden mensen te bereiken die nog zouden vastzitten in tunnels. Zij raakten gestrand nadat een enorme stroom van puin, ijs, modder en rots grootschalige verwoestingen had aangericht.
Lichamen van slachtoffers zijn soms ver meegevoerd. Zo zijn in India de stoffelijke resten aangetroffen van zeven mensen die vermoedelijk ook zijn omgekomen bij de overstromingen.
AARAU (ANP) - Een schietincident heeft in het noorden van Zwitserland aan zeker een persoon het leven gekost. Ook raakten vijf personen gewond, meldt de politie. Sommige slachtoffers liepen ernstige verwondingen op.
Zwitserse media berichten dat er 's nachts is geschoten bij een paardenrenbaan in de stad Aarau waar een rave plaatsvond. Onduidelijk is nog wat precies is voorgevallen.
De politie zegt nog op zoek te zijn naar de onbekende schutter en heeft de omgeving afgezet. Mensen worden opgeroepen het gebied te mijden.
