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Ukraine braces for onslaught as Russia redeploys elite unit to double advance efforts | World | News

Ukraine braces for onslaught as Russia redeploys elite unit to double advance efforts | World | News

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Ukraine is bracing for an onslaught of fresh attacks after Russia redeployed one of its elite teams to boost its offensive across the east. Both Ukrainian and pro-Kremlin sources have claimed Moscow has moved its 76th and 7th airborne divisions away from the Robotyne area where they had been deployed last summer to strengthen the Russian offensive in other parts of the front. The insiders have been unable to clarify where the troops have been moved, with military analyst Kostyantyn Mashovets suggesting at least one battalion of the 76th division could have been moved to either Luhansk or Kramatorsk. A pro-Kremlin Telegram, however, suggested the battalion might have been sent over to Krynky in the Kherson region to relieve soldiers from the 104th VDV division who have been engaged in the area for months. Washington-based think tank the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said there was had been no visual confirmation of the redeployment but argued the reports “warrant closer study in the coming days.” The ISW echoed assessments shared shortly after Congress …

Geri Halliwell-Horner’s daughter Bluebell, 17, is her double in rare family photos

Geri Halliwell-Horner’s daughter Bluebell, 17, is her double in rare family photos

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Geri Halliwell-Horner, 51, and her husband F1 mogul husband Christian Horner, 50, are raising a blended family. The former Spice Girls star welcomed her eldest daughter Bluebell, 17, with her screenwriter ex Sacha Gervasi, before meeting and marrying Christian. He was already a father to a daughter called Olivia, ten, with his ex Beverley Allen, and the pair went on to welcome their son Montague, seven. Whilst Geri and Christian like to keep their blended family of five out of the public eye, they have made a handful of public outings with their kids and shared rare family photos on social media. And it doesn’t take more than a couple of glimpses to confirm that Geri’s daughter Bluebell is her doppelganger. Keep scrolling to see lookalike mother-daughter duo Geri and Bluebell… © Instagram Birthday girl In 2023, Geri marked her daughter’s 17th birthday by posting a tribute on Instagram that read: “Happy Birthday Bluebell, 17 today! We are so proud of you. We love you Blue!” The car selfie showed the teen with her mother’s blue …

Tottenham hit with double injury blow as Davies and Werner ruled out

Tottenham hit with double injury blow as Davies and Werner ruled out

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Tottenham Hotspur, who are already without defender Destiny Udogie, have been dealt a fresh blow as defender Ben Davies will also be out for the rest of the season with a calf injury, manager Ange Postecoglou said on Wednesday. Fifth-placed Spurs are still clinging on in the battle to finish in the top-four in the Premier League. They are on 60 points, seven behind Aston Villa, with two games in hand in the race for Champions League qualification. Forward Timo Werner has also been ruled out of Thursday’s trip to his former club Chelsea, who are ninth, 12 points behind Spurs. The 28-year-old German will miss the remaining games of the season after being injured against Arsenal on Sunday. “Timo (Werner) with his hamstring – he’s only got two-and-a-half weeks to go so he will miss the rest of the season,” the Australian manager told reporters. “Ben Davies got a calf injury from the (Arsenal) game and he’ll miss the rest of the season as well.” Werner has scored two goals and registered three assists …

Mother shows off hilarious double typo made on son’s homework assignment

Mother shows off hilarious double typo made on son’s homework assignment

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Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more A common occurrence with elementary school teachers is having to correct spelling mistakes. A mother recently took to Reddit to share a correction that was made on her son’s homework assignment. It appeared to be a grammar worksheet with multiple choice questions asking the children to select the correct spelling of a specific word. But there was one question that allowed them to write a “bonus sentence” using specific vocab words. “My son misspelled a word, so the teacher corrected him,” read the caption on the mother’s Reddit post. Her son’s sentence read: “Wy can’t it be night.” The teacher ended up making a correction, changing “wy” to “way” despite indications that the child meant to write “why.” After posting, many people ended up taking to the comments to express how funny they found the mistake to be. “That’s a tired …

‘Husband eaters’: the double loss of Bangladesh’s ostracised tiger widows | Global development

‘Husband eaters’: the double loss of Bangladesh’s ostracised tiger widows | Global development

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Nobody saw exactly what happened in the minutes leading up to Aziz Murad’s death. But when his friends got back to the boat where they had left him, they found only his severed hand in the fishing net he was untying. “We were only gone for about five minutes,” says Abu Sufyan, who was first to reach the boat. “When we got back, he was gone and there was blood everywhere.” Conflict between people and wildlife is intensifying across the planet as habitat loss, growing populations and the climate crisis fuel competition for fertile, habitable land. In the Sundarbans, on the southern coast of Bangladesh, an estimated 300 people and 46 tigers have been killed in human-tiger conflict since 2000. A female tiger in Bangladesh’s Sundarbans. The vast mangrove forest has the world’s largest single population of Bengal tigers. Photograph: Tim Laman/NPL Bangladesh’s Sundarbans is the world’s largest contiguous mangrove forest. The Unesco world heritage site – a maze of islands, winding creeks and mudflats – is home to a huge variety of plants and …

The Sympathizer’s Hoa Xuande Is Not Your Typical Double Agent

The Sympathizer’s Hoa Xuande Is Not Your Typical Double Agent

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On HBO’s The Sympathizer, Hoa Xuande has to wear a lot of different hats. Based on the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel of the same name by Viet Thanh Nguyen, Xuande stars as The Captain, a double agent spying for the Viet Cong while working for the South Vietnamese secret police during the Vietnam War. As the titular spy, the Australian Vietnamese actor plays against the 007 archetype and brings a certain charm and authenticity to a man forced to lead a double life. “They’ve got guns, they run around, they blow things up. They’re like the strong man and all that sort of stuff,” Xuande told VF’s Still Watching podcast. “To play this role, I actually thought it was more important to get to the heart of the character—what motivates him, what drives him, what his psychology was. I thought that was more interesting. I really sort of tried to dig down into the essence of a human being living in a period where it was tumultuous, in the middle of conflict, you know, having to …

A Chipotle Double Steak Bowl Is Now In California

A Chipotle Double Steak Bowl Is Now $39 In California

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By Mish Shedlock of MishTalk Food away from home has risen at least 0.3 percent for 34 out of the last 36 months CPI data from the BLS, California Fast Food Prices Gordon Haskett Sticker Shock in California Higher state minimum wage went into effect April 1; chains say burritos and burgers are getting more expensive in response. The Wall Street Journal reports California Fast-Food Chains Are Now Serving Sticker Shock Since September, when California moved to require large fast-food chains to bump up their minimum hourly pay to $20 in April, fast-food and fast-casual restaurants in California have increased prices by 10% overall, outpacing all other states, the firm found in an analysis of thousands of restaurants across 70 large chains. Prices at Chick-fil-A, Domino’s, McDonald’s (MCD) Burger King (BKC), Pizza Hut (YUM), Jack in the Box (JACK ) and other fast-food chains have increased since September, the firm found. Chipotle (CMG) said in an investor call Wednesday that prices at its nearly 500 California restaurants climbed 6% to 7% during the first week …

Princess Charlene’s rarely-seen Princess Gabriella is her double in candy pink leather jacket

Princess Charlene’s rarely-seen Princess Gabriella is her double in candy pink leather jacket

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Princess Charlene of Monaco’s unmistakable elegance seems to be rubbing off on her daughter, Princess Gabriella, who matched her mother’s sartorial prowess at the 2024 Monaco E-Prix at Circuit de Monaco on Saturday.  Princess Charlene, 46, was a timeless beauty wearing a head-to-toe Louis Vuitton ensemble. The South African-born royal stunned in the designer’s ‘Wetsuit Pull Tailored Jacket’, black cargo pants and the ‘Heartbreaker’ black leather pumps.  The wife of Prince Albert swept her platinum blonde pixie cut into a sweeping side parting, adding a soft smokey eye, fluttery faux corner lashes, a peachy-toned blush and deep pink lipstick to complete her ageless beauty glow.  © GettyPrincess Charlene of Monaco wore head-to-toe Louis Vuitton All eyes appeared to be on the Monegasque royal’s mini-me, however. Princess Gabriella, nine, looked so chic in white jeans, ballet pink suede loafers and a striking candy pink leather jacket.  Looking the image of her mother, the honey-blonde haired royal wore her tumbling locks in a plaited crown woven across her hair, letting her block fringe frame her delicate features.  …

Measles cases worldwide almost double in a year – as England faces measles ’emergency’ | World News

Measles cases worldwide almost double in a year – as England faces measles ’emergency’ | World News

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Measles cases nearly doubled globally between 2022 and 2023, researchers say.  There were 321,582 cases worldwide in 2023 – an 88% increase from the previous year, when 171,153 cases were recorded. Total cases for 2024 look on track to at least match last year’s numbers, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Some countries could now lose their “elimination status” when it is reviewed in September, the WHO’s Dr Patrick O’Connor warned at the ESCMID Global Congress in Barcelona on Saturday. The UK was declared measles-free by the WHO in 2017, but had this status stripped from it in 2019 after a surge in cases. Measures designed to stop the spread of COVID also interrupted measles transmission, and the UK regained its elimination status in 2021. But England is facing a measles emergency, with almost 900 cases recorded this year – a sharp increase from 368 cases in all of 2023. Health workers say the current outbreak, which started in the West Midlands last year, has now spread to every region of the country. The …

These common sleep habits could more than double your risk of developing dementia

These common sleep habits could more than double your risk of developing dementia

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Sleep problems and cognitive decline are related to demographics, such as age, sex, and education. (CREDIT: Creative Commons) According to a new study, how long people sleep and when they go to bed could influence their risk of dementia. Researchers from China, Sweden, and the United Kingdom found that sleep for more than eight hours increased dementia risk by 69%, while sleeping before 9 p.m. rather than 10 p.m. or later, increased dementia risk by two times. Furthermore, the study found that “cognitive function should be monitored in older adults who report prolonged time in bed and advanced sleep timing, especially in older males aged 60 to 74.” Multivariable-adjusted spline curves for associations of sleep characteristics with incident dementia (n = 1982). Solid lines represented hazard ratios of incident dementia, adjusting for age, sex, education, body mass index, alcohol consumption, smoking, hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, coronary heart disease, stroke, and APOE genotype. The shaded areas represented the 95%CI. The histogram represented the distribution of study participants. CI, confidence interval. (CREDIT: Associations of sleep timing and time …