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Getty Images”Is it just me or am I the ugliest person alive?” a woman in her early 30s asks the camera on TikTok, accompanied by the caption “POV: Girls in their luteal phase.”The video has 2.4 million views and hundreds of comments.”This is literally me,” one woman writes. “I’m angry at how accurate this is,” another says.There are thousands of videos like this one on social media, lamenting the “luteal uglies” – the changes in appearance and mood that women say appear during the luteal phase of their menstrual cycle.According to Dr Louise Newson, a GP and women’s hormones specialist,…
LIVEUkraine hits ‘Russian Amazon’ warehouse in latest infrastructure strike away from frontlinesSince mid-July, Ukraine has carried out a series of attacks on Wildberries sites, saying they are used to help supply Russia’s military.
Getty ImagesTwo store employees were killed after a blast tore through the earthquake-hit Aeon Mall in KumamotoTwo workers who died in a shopping mall explosion that followed a powerful earthquake in Japan last week were asked by a boss to re-enter the building to secure cash.Their employer, general goods store Habita, has apologised for the “loss of two precious lives”.The two were among 38 people who died in the magnitude 6.8 earthquake in Kumamoto prefecture on 28 July. Seven of the fatalities were from Aeon Mall.”The instructions given at the time were inappropriate, and I truly regret them,” Habita sales…
Uefa threatens Fifa with legal action as English FA set to withdraw support from InfantinoUefa threatens legal action over Gianni Infantino’s scrapped plans to sell off stakes in Fifa competitions to private investors.58 mins agoFootball
Myanmar Military Information CommitteeSuu Kyi’s son has mounted an international campaign demanding proof of life for the democracy iconDetained Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been allowed to meet a delegation from the International Federation of the Red Cross, the first confirmed outside contact with her since a letter to her son two and a half years ago.In photographs of the meeting released by the military government Suu Kyi appeared to be healthy.She was detained shortly after the armed forces deposed her government in 2021, and sentenced to 33 years in jail on what are widely viewed as trumped-up…
Maisie SavageBaby Theo was operated on while still in Maisie Savage’s wombDoctors have used ground-breaking surgery on an unborn baby to successfully correct a birth defect while he was still inside the womb.His mother, Maisie Savage, from London, was operated on by doctors in the US while she was 26 weeks pregnant.Baby Theo, who is now five months old and thriving, had gastroschisis, where the belly button does not develop properly, causing the intestines to grow externally.Doctors partially exposed his mother’s womb and then gently pushed his organs back inside his abdomen using keyhole surgery.Meet Theo: Baby who underwent pioneering…
Watch: Singapore bans Massive Attack over Palestine displayMassive Attack have said they were “surprised and disappointed” by their treatment by Singaporean authorities after expressing pro-Palestine sentiments during a performance in the city-state.The group wrote on Instagram on Sunday that its members were “detained by the police, isolated and separately questioned”, with some subject to hotel room searches and temporary passport confiscation.The band’s two members held up a Palestinian flag during its 29 July show there and shouted “free Palestine” alongside members of the audience.Singapore, which has stringent rules on public speech and assembly, subsequently said it had indefinitely banned Massive…
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has accelerated its expansion across Europe, the Middle East, Eurasia and Africa, signing 25 hotels and opening 13 properties during the first half of 2026.The additions have taken Wyndham’s regional network to more than 750 hotels and over 99,000 rooms. The scale reinforces EMEA’s position as an important growth market for the world’s largest hotel franchising company by property count.Expansion has been driven by demand for experience-led holidays, branded accommodation and destinations beyond established tourism gateways. Wyndham is targeting secondary cities, pilgrimage centres, infrastructure corridors and markets where international hotel brands remain underrepresented.Türkiye, India, Central Asia…
Emirates NBD has agreed to acquire HSBC Egypt’s entire retail banking business, significantly expanding the Dubai-based lender’s customer franchise in one of its main regional growth markets.The transaction will transfer HSBC Egypt’s retail loans, deposits and accounts to Emirates NBD Egypt, along with the associated branches, automated teller machines and employees supporting the business. Completion is expected during the second half of 2027, subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions.Financial terms were not disclosed. HSBC expects to record a pre-tax gain of about $300 million, largely when the transaction is completed. The sale is expected to have only a…
Watch: Moment before helicopters collide while tackling Greece wildfiresTwo crew members have been killed after two helicopters collided mid-air in Greece while battling wildfires.The fatalities were a Danish pilot and a Greek fire service liaison officer. A British pilot and another Greek co-ordinator on the second helicopter survived.Video of the incident some 65 km (42 miles) west of the capital Athens shows one of the two Bell helicopters hitting the rotors of the other, which bursts into flames and crashes in a ravine. The other aircraft made an emergency landing. Wildfires have broken out in Greece this week, prompting mass…