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Brain disease in dead NFL players ‘higher than previously shown’A new study says at least one in four ex-NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 had a degenerative brain disease but the true figure could be much higher.8 hrs agoAmerican Football
Dolly Parton: The life of a legendary country singerDolly Parton, the country singer from the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee, will be remembered for her songs that told beautiful stories so honestly, such as Coat of Many Colors, Jolene and I Will Always Love You.In a seven-decade career, Parton won 10 Grammy awards, sold more than 100 million records worldwide, and wrote in excess of 3,000 songs.Parton took her writing seriously, and considered herself a songwriter over everything else. “It’s my way of expressing myself,” she said. “It’s my therapy.”She was also a savvy businesswoman who wasn’t afraid to make tough…
Getty ImagesJohn Ratcliffe reportedly travelled to the Russian capital on board a military plane on TuesdayThe head of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has travelled to Moscow for unannounced talks, the BBC’s US news partner CBS has reported.John Ratcliffe reportedly arrived in the Russian capital earlier on Tuesday. Neither Washington or Moscow have confirmed the nature of the visit or who he was due to meet.In-person talks between high-level American and Russian officials are rare.Flight tracking data confirmed a large US military aircraft travelled to Russia from the US via Latvia on Tuesday. It departed later on Tuesday.Footage posted…
Watch: What are these sanctions and who will be affected?US President Donald Trump has said that the US Navy has removed or detonated all mines in the Strait of Hormuz – the vital waterway which Iran has largely closed since the beginning of the war in the Middle East.”Iran has been notified that any ship or boat placing new mines will be immediately and systematically destroyed,” Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform.There is no comment from Iran. Closure of the strait has caused wild fluctuations in the price of oil on world markets. Trump has often…
Watch: What are these sanctions and who will be affected?The US has said “the single greatest financial offensive ever” will help it and Israel end their ongoing war with Iran.However, Iran is no stranger to these tactics.The regime has faced near continuous US sanctions since the Islamic Revolution of 1979. In that time, it has developed deep trade ties with several countries which either have a history of ignoring US economic pressure themselves or cannot afford to stop trading with Iran.As a result, Iran says it is “fully prepared” for the new US sanctions and many economists argue the impact…
Getty ImagesKate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey pictured at the film’s premiere in 2003A sequel to How to Lose a Guy In 10 Days is in development, more than 20 years after the original hit rom-com was released, with original star Kate Hudson set to produce.Work on the film is in the “very early days”, with sources telling US media that both Hudson, 47, and Matthew McConaughey, 56, could reprise their roles from the first film.In the original, Hudson played a magazine journalist called Andie who researches an article about modern dating. She convinces her boss she can get a man,…
EPAIranians have been feeling the impact of the war day in, day outThe US says it has launched an “economic onslaught against Iran’s financial connections around the globe”. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said sanctions included digital assets, technology, gold, aviation and shipping. Any nation financially partnering with Iran would be isolated.However, Bessent’s announcement of what he termed an “economic D-Day” may have sounded more dramatic in Washington than in Tehran.Shortly after the announcement, Iran’s Economy Minister Ali Madanizadeh called it “the same old talk” and said Iran was ready for “every scenario”. He said Tehran had expected the measures and…
NurPhoto / Getty ImagesOnlyFans made $700m in profit last yearThe late owner of streaming platform OnlyFans was paid more than $700m (£513m) in dividends before his death from cancer earlier this year.Fenix International Ltd, the British company that owns OnlyFans, made $714m in profit before tax last year, it said in its annual report. This is an increase of 5% from 2024.The site hosts a range of subscription-based content from cooking to fitness videos, but it is best known for pornography and is credited with transforming online adult content by encouraging personal connection between sex workers and subscribers.Its owner Leonid…
Daniel LindsaySarah thought she knew what she was getting into when she attended a coroner’s court in May 2024 to discuss the death of her second cousin.Her day job as a murder detective meant she was used to courts, to judges, to legal argument. What she wasn’t prepared for was a coroner’s court. “I felt like I was on trial,” she recalls of her first hearing, in Woking, Surrey. “I remember just feeling completely railroaded… It [was] far more hostile than I had ever expected.”Her cousin, Daniel Lindsay, died in 2023, aged 41. He had lived at a home in…
Seraj AliMamta, from the Dalit (formerly untouchable) community, says access to water in her village becomes harder in the summersA couple of months ago, just after sunrise, 40-year-old Mamta began the first of as many as 10 journeys she would make that day.Carrying three empty plastic buckets, she walked a few hundred metres to the nearest handpump in her village in Jalaun district, in the drought-prone Bundelkhand region of northern India. Temperatures in parts of the region were soaring above 40C.The taps installed under a government drinking water scheme had been dry for two years, she said, leaving most of…