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2022-11-02 01:50:14 Study reveals link between sleep problems and glaucoma

People with unhealthy sleep patterns have increased risk of developing eye diseaseSleeping too little or too much, snoring, daytime sleepiness and insomnia may all increase the risk of glaucoma, a common eye condition that affects millions of people and can lead to blindness, according to a decade-long study.It is well known that leeping badly can affect judgment, mood, ability to learn and retain information, and may increase the risk of serious accidents and injury. Continue reading...

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/nov/01/study-reveals-link-between-sleep-problems-and-glaucoma

#Blindness_and_visual_impairment #Health #Sleep_apnoea #Disability #UK_news Open / Comment

2022-11-02 01:30:20 Salah and Núñez strike to get Liverpool back to winning ways against Napoli

Mohamed Salah equalled Steven Gerrard’s record of 41 European goals for Liverpool as Jürgen Klopp’s team wrapped up their Champions League group campaign with a morale-lifting victory over Napoli. It was the Serie A leaders first defeat in any competition in 18 matches this season and a little slice of revenge for Liverpool’s mauling in Naples at the beginning of a transformed European campaign.Salah struck five minutes from time after substitute Darwin Núñez’s header had been saved on the line by Alex Meret. Luciano Spalletti’s side finished top of Group A courtesy of their 4-1 home win over Liverpool but for Klopp, taking charge of the Anfield club for the 400th time, victory number 249 was one to embrace given the doubts and the questions circling over his team’s form this season. Núñez added a second deep into injury time after a VAR review overturned the initial decision to disallow his tap-in for offside. Continue reading...

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/nov/01/liverpool-napoli-champions-league-match-report

#Champions_League #Liverpool #Napoli #European_club_football #Football Open / Comment

2022-11-02 01:30:15 Lenglet and Højbjerg complete Spurs comeback at Marseille to win group

It was wild, it was intense and it rested on the edge of a knife. Tottenham did that thing they have done too readily of late and failed to show up in the first half. When they trailed at the break to Chancel Mbemba’s header, it was the least that Marseille deserved. The French club were in line for a first qualification to the Champions League knockout phase since 2011-12.It had been billed as a psychological test for Spurs; the din inside this caldron was relentless. Now it became something even greater. Starring at elimination, Spurs had to dig deep into the depths of their resolve, to show their personality. During a second half that will live long in the memories of the travelling fans, they did so. Continue reading...

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/nov/01/marseille-tottenham-hotspur-champions-league-match-report

#Champions_League #Marseille #Tottenham_Hotspur #European_club_football #Football Open / Comment

2022-11-02 00:50:18 Suspect in Paul Pelosi attack appears in court and pleads not guilty to charges

David DePape, 42, is charged with assault with a deadly weapon, burglary, elder abuse and threatening a public officialThe man accused of breaking into Nancy Pelosi’s home and attacking her husband with a hammer made his first courtroom appearance on Tuesday, where he plead not guilty to charges including attempted murder.David DePape was arraigned in San Francisco, where he is also charged with assault with a deadly weapon, burglary, elder abuse and threatening a public official. The fringe activist is accused of breaking into the Democratic leader’s San Francisco home on Friday as part of his plot to kidnap the House speaker days ahead of the midterm elections. Police said DePape beat Paul Pelosi with a hammer in an attack the San Francisco district attorney, Brooke Jenkins, described as “politically motivated”. Continue reading...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/01/paul-pelosi-attack-david-depape-court-pleads-not-guilty

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2022-11-02 00:50:13 Government tests energy blackout emergency plans as supply fears grow

Exclusive: Whitehall officials have ‘war gamed’ Programme Yarrow, a blueprint for coping with outages for up to a weekThe government has “war gamed” emergency plans to cope with energy blackouts lasting up to seven days in the event of a national power outage amid growing fears over security of supply this winter.The Guardian has seen documents, marked “official sensitive”, which warn that in a “reasonable worst-case scenario” all sectors including transport, food and water supply, communications and energy could be “severely disrupted” for up to a week. Continue reading...

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/nov/01/government-tests-energy-blackout-emergency-plans-as-supply-fears-grow

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2022-11-01 23:50:21 American woman who led Islamic State battalion in Syria sentenced to 20 years

Allison Fluke-Ekren’s children told the court that their mother had a ‘lust for control and power’ and deserved the maximum sentenceA Kansas woman who led an all-female Islamic State battalion when she lived in Syria has been sentenced to 20 years in prison – the maximum possible sentence – after her own children denounced her in court and detailed the horrific circumstances and abuse she heaped on them.Allison Fluke-Ekren, 42, admitted that she led the Khatiba Nusaybah, a battalion in which roughly 100 women and girls – some as young as 10 years old – learned how to use automatic weapons and detonate grenades and suicide belts. Continue reading...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/01/islamic-state-allison-fluke-ekren-kansas-syria

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2022-11-01 23:50:17 The unlikely bond between Julia Roberts and Martin Luther King Jr

The civil rights activist and his wife had paid the hospital bill for the birth of the actor as her parents couldn’t afford itAn astounding but little-known fact about Julia Roberts has resurfaced after her recent 55th birthday prompted a consultant to call attention to a link between the actor’s birth and revered civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr.Roberts, whose birthday was 28 October, first shared the story about the day she was born with journalist Gayle King during a History Channel’s HISTORYTalks live event in Washington DC in September. That day, she said during the talk, the activist known to many simply as MLK as well as his fellow civil rights champion and wife Coretta Scott King paid off the hospital bill for her birth because Roberts’s parents were poor and couldn’t afford it. Continue reading...

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/nov/01/julia-roberts-martin-luther-king-jr-connection

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2022-11-01 23:50:13 Braverman’s ‘invasion’ claim not backed by facts, say experts

Home secretary’s comments ignore relatively low numbers of migrants to UK compared with EU countriesAs she fought for her political survival in parliament on Monday, Suella Braverman claimed the south coast of England is being invaded by asylum seekers.Her claim has been refuted by migration experts, who believe it falls down on a number of fronts. Continue reading...

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/nov/01/bravermans-invasion-claim-not-backed-by-facts-say-experts

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2022-11-01 23:10:15 Bolsonaro breaks election silence but refuses to recognise Lula’s victory

Defeated president speaks after two days but fails to congratulate opponent and does not explicitly say he respects resultBrazil election: how Lula won the runoff against BolsonaroBrazil’s far-right president Jair Bolsonaro has broken his almost two-day silence over his defeat in Sunday’s presidential election – but refused to congratulate or recognize the victory of his rival Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.Bolsonaro lost what was widely seen as Brazil’s most important election in decades by a margin of 2.1m votes – 50.9% to 49.1% - and dozens of world leaders swiftly recognized Lula’s victory. Continue reading...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/01/jair-bolsonaro-brazil-election-silence-lula

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2022-11-01 22:50:32 Families condemn Parkland shooting ‘monster’: ‘No forgiveness in my heart’

Victims’ families address Nikolas Cruz in court before he is sentenced to life in prison for attack that left 17 dead in 2018Family members of the 17 children and adults Nikolas Cruz murdered at Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school on Valentine’s in Day 2018 cursed him to hell, wished him a painful death and called him a coward on Tuesday, as they got their one chance to address him directly before he is sentenced to life in prison.For hours, parents, wives, siblings, children and some of the 17 Cruz also wounded stood 20ft from him. They looked the shackled killer in the eye and gave vehement, angry and sometimes tearful statements. Continue reading...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/01/parkland-florida-shooting-gunman-nikolas-cruz-families

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