Adele's stage costumes are so tight she's contracted a fungal infection
Adele has been wowing audiences at her Las Vegas residency over the last few months - but her tight-fitting costumes have come back to haunt her. The 35-year-old singer explained sweating under the lights while performing has caused 'jock itch' (a form of ringworm) resulting in a rash. "Obviously when I do my shows I wear Spanx and keep it all in and make it all fit me", she told her crowd over the weekend. "I don't know why the f*** I just told you that!", she added. Thankfully, a cream should clear things up. Ouch. Sign up to our new free Indy100 weekly newsletter
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Exclusive-Kyiv in talks with Western weapons makers about setting up production in Ukraine -minister
By Joanna Plucinska and Valerie Insinna PARIS (Reuters) -Ukraine is in negotiations with Western arms manufacturers to boost production of
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Canada Is Betting on Immigration for an Economic Boost: Big Take Podcast
Listen to The Big Take podcast on iHeart, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Terminal. Despite declining birth rates and aging
1970-01-01 08:00
Powell Faces Tricky Task of Explaining Rate Pause in Congress
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will have an opportunity this week to clarify what many found a confusing
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Tottenham consider David Raya alternatives as Brentford talks stall
Tottenham have told David Raya they could walk away from negotiations with Brentford due to their £40m asking price. They are considering other targets such as Giorgi Mamardashvili and Robert Sanchez.
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Man Utd actively searching for new goalkeeper as David de Gea contract talks continue
Manchester United remain in contract talks with David de Gea, whose deal expires at the end of the month. However, they are also looking at the goalkeeper market, with Diogo Costa, David Raya and Andre Onana among their targets.
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Borussia Dortmund expected to beat West Ham to Edson Alvarez
Borussia Dortmund are hoping to finalise a club-record move for Ajax midfielder Edson Alvarez. West Ham had considered him as potential Declan Rice replacement, but he does not want to move to England at this point.
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Russia renews missile attacks on Ukrainian cities
A wave of attacks is reported on Kyiv and other cities but there are no reports of any injuries.
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Ex-China central bank deputy head arrested for suspected bribery
BEIJING (Reuters) -A former deputy governor of China's central bank, Fan Yifei, has been arrested for suspected bribery, China’s top
1970-01-01 08:00
Six Palestinians killed in Israeli military raid in Jenin
An Israeli attack helicopter fires missiles after militants target troop carriers with explosives.
1970-01-01 08:00
Regular napping could be good for brain health, research suggests
Regular daytime naps could be good for brain health, new research suggests. Daytime napping could slow the rate at which brains shrink as we age, the study led by researchers at UCL and the University of the Republic in Uruguay found. The researchers hope their findings into the health benefits of sleeping during the day will reduce any stigma that still exists around daytime napping. The study suggests the average difference in brain volume between people programmed to be habitual nappers and those who were not was equivalent to 2.6 to 6.5 years of ageing. Our findings suggest that, for some people, short daytime naps may be a part of the puzzle that could help preserve the health of the brain as we get older Dr Victoria Garfield, UCL Senior author Dr Victoria Garfield, MRC Unit for Lifelong Health & Ageing at UCL, said: “Our findings suggest that, for some people, short daytime naps may be a part of the puzzle that could help preserve the health of the brain as we get older.” The study, published in the journal Sleep Health, analysed data from people aged 40 to 69. Past research has suggested people who have had a short nap perform better in cognitive tests in the hours afterwards than those who did not nap. The new study looked at whether there was a causal relationship between daytime napping and brain health. Researchers looked at 97 snippets of DNA thought to determine people’s likelihood of habitual napping. They compared measures of brain health and cognition of people who are more genetically programmed to nap with people who did not have these changes in DNA, using data from 378,932 people from the UK Biobank study. They found that, overall, people predetermined to nap had a larger total brain volume. The genetic variants – DNA changes – influencing the likelihood of someone to nap were identified in an earlier study looking at data from 452,633 UK Biobank participants. But the researchers did not find a difference in how well those programmed to be habitual nappers performed on three other measures of brain health and cognitive function. Lead author and PhD candidate Valentina Paz, University of the Republic (Uruguay) and MRC Unit for Lifelong Health & Ageing at UCL, said: “This is the first study to attempt to untangle the causal relationship between habitual daytime napping and cognitive and structural brain outcomes. “By looking at genes set at birth, Mendelian randomisation avoids confounding factors occurring throughout life that may influence associations between napping and health outcomes. “Our study points to a causal link between habitual napping and larger total brain volume.” Garfield added: “I hope studies such as this one showing the health benefits of short naps can help to reduce any stigma that still exists around daytime napping.” Read More Charity boss speaks out over ‘traumatic’ encounter with royal aide Ukraine war’s heaviest fight rages in east - follow live Dramatic rise in the number of women freezing their eggs 9 glorious gardens to visit this summer How to keep flying insects out of your home
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Morocco country profile
Provides an overview of Morocco, including key dates and facts about this north African country.
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