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Yakuza battle Chinese gangs for control of Japan’s criminal underworld
Kabukicho: Tokyo's main red-light district, where Chinese gangs have been active in recent years. Sean Pavone via Shutterstock On the afternoon of October 16 last year a brawl erupted between two groups of gangsters in a restaurant on the 58th floor of the Sunshine 60 high-rise building in Ikebukuro, aContinue Reading
Power Slap League: a brutal ‘sport’ that may leave contestants with brain damage
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) president Dana White has created a new brutal sport: Power Slap League. In this “sport”, contestants (men and women) slap each other as hard as they can in the head. A winner is decided by judges after three rounds. This latest violent sport, licensed by theContinue Reading
Earwigs are the hero single mothers of the insect world – and good for your garden too
Macronatura.es/Shutterstock You lift a stone and staring up at you is a little insect with its tail curled and pincers ready to inflict who knows what. Then you see its attendants – tiny white insects, huddled underneath. Should you drop the stone and quash them, or leave them be? WhatContinue Reading
Long Covid has an ‘underappreciated’ role in labor shortage, study finds
Simpleimages | Moment | Getty Images Long Covid is keeping people out of work and may reduce on-the-job productivity for others, contributing to a labor shortage and weighing on the U.S. economy at large, according to a new study. Long Covid — also known as long-haul Covid, post-Covid or post-acuteContinue Reading
Eva Green ‘fell deeply in love’ with film project A Patriot, High Court hears
A ctress Eva Green has said she “fell deeply in love” with a shuttered film project at the centre of her High Court battle with a production company, and that abandoning it would have been like abandoning her “baby”. The Casino Royale star, 42, was due to play the leadContinue Reading
Building more inclusive pregnancy services for trans and non-binary people isn’t about a culture war
Many midwives want to be prepared in how to care for all patients. Lookslikephoto.com/Shutterstock It’s been reported that NHS England has paused plans to deliver a training programme to improve inclusion of gender diversity in pregnancy services. This is following a reported “revolt” by midwives. However, our recent research suggestsContinue Reading
Watch Man Utd target Osimhen net STUNNER vs Roma to send Napoli 13 points clear
MANCHESTER UNITED target Victor Osimhen wellied in a stunner to down Jose Mourinho’s Roma. And his super-strike also helped Napoli move 13 points clear in the Serie A title race. 2 Victor Osimhen smashed home a scorcher in Napoli’s 2-1 win over RomaCredit: Getty Victor Osimhen does it once again!Continue Reading
Ryan Reynolds delighted over ‘brilliant’ relationship with Wrexham locals
The Deadpool star, 46, who is co-chairman of Wrexham FC alongside fellow actor McElhenney, 45, attended his team’s FA cup match against Sheffield United on Sunday. Speaking to BBC Sport ahead of the match, pundit Gary Lineker asked Reynolds about his connection with Wrexham locals, to which he replied: “It’sContinue Reading
Nadhim Zahawi sacked: today’s Tory scandals are similar to 1990s sleaze stories in more than one way
The 1990s are everywhere right now. From the fashion trends making a comeback in 2023 (I’m told), to the hotly anticipated return of the flashback mystery-box thriller Yellowjackets, it’s starting to feel like the millennium never happened. And where pop culture leads, politics inevitably follows. Events swirling around prime ministerContinue Reading
Earwax removal no longer available at GP surgeries – leaving many struggling to hear
Anatoliy Karlyuk/Shutterstock Each year, more than 2 million people in the UK have troublesome earwax that needs to be removed. However, more people are finding that this service is no longer being provided at their GP surgery. In fact, 66% of people seeking these services have been told that earwaxContinue Reading