Image copyright Getty Images Ultra-processed foods lead people to eat more and put on weight, the first trial to assess their impact suggests. Volunteers had every morsel of food they ate monitored for a month. And when given ultra-processed food, they ate 500 calories a day more than when they were given unprocessed meals. The […]
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Madonna’s latest album, Madame X, comes out in June Madonna will perform during the final of the Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv, it has finally been confirmed. The singer will perform two songs: her 1989 hit Like A Prayer and new single Future, featuring US rapper Quavo. An
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Image copyright British Steel British Steel says it has raised fresh funds from its backers as it seeks a “permanent solution” to its financial troubles. It comes after the firm admitted on Tuesday it needed further financial support from the government to help it address “Brexit-related issues”. Reports have suggested the steelmaker needs up to
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Former Australian prime minister and Labor Party leader Bob Hawke, who dominated the country’s politics in the 1980s, has died at the age of 89. The charismatic politician, renowned for his love of beer and cricket, served from 1983 to 1991 and is credited with modernising the economy. He was the centre-left Labor Party’s longest-serving
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LONDON — For American tourists who find themselves in a bind in Austria and don’t know the German words for police (“polizei”), “help!” (“hilfe!”) or the European equivalent of 911 (112), any McDonald’s will do. Under a new partnership announced by the United States Embassy in Vienna, beginning on Wednesday, American citizens need only locate
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Huawei also got a stark demonstration of the power Washington wielded over it. The company has since stockpiled components “for uncertain times,” Guo Ping, a Huawei deputy chairman, told reporters in March. The firm has also worked to build up a geographically diverse network of suppliers, Mr. Guo said. “Huawei has made sustained and deep
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Brooks Koepka began his PGA Championship title defense with a record round that left Tiger Woods and everyone else in his wake. Without making birdie on the par 5s, Koepka still broke the course record Thursday on a rain-softened Bethpage Black with a 7-under 63 that made him the first player to post a 63
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WASHINGTON — Richard Land, a prominent evangelical Christian leader, said he could pinpoint the moment that Donald J. Trump secured his election. It was in the third presidential debate with Hillary Clinton, and the question was about abortion. “If you go with what Hillary is saying in the ninth month, you can take the baby
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Missouri’s Republican-led Senate has passed a wide-ranging bill to ban abortions at eight weeks of pregnancy, acting only hours after Alabama’s governor signed a near-total abortion ban into law. The Missouri bill needs another vote of approval in the GOP-led House before it can go to Republican Gov. Mike Parson, who voiced support for an
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Image copyright 1tv.ru Image caption Mikella Abramova got far more votes than any of the other contestants The result of a popular Russian TV talent show – The Voice Kids – has been cancelled after thousands of fraudulent votes were found to have handed victory to a millionaire’s young daughter. There were complaints after singer
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