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DRINKING just one fizzy drink a day can increase your risk of deadly kidney disease by a fifth, a study shows.People who guzzled a glass of drinks like Coke or Fanta daily for 10 years were at greater risk of chronic kidney disease compared to people who didn’t drink any, South Korean researchers found.1Drinking just one fizzy drink a day can increase your risk of deadly kidney disease by a fifthCredit: GettyThey said switching to fruit juices or waters can help lower your chances of developing the condition.Dr Ga Young Heo, of Yonsei University College of Medicine in Seoul, said:…

THIS tricky optical illusion has stumped even the most professional puzzlers.The task is to spot the dog hiding in the vintage illusion to prove you have the eyes of a hawk – but there’s a catch.8Try to find the dog hidden in this imageYou must find the dog within just 12 seconds to earn bragging rights – and the clock is ticking.The image shows a happy deer galloping along the beautiful countryside.Although at first he appears to be alone he is joined by a canine friend, and it’s your job to find him.This is an especially difficult puzzle to solve…

SIX in 10 smokers wrongly believe vaping is just as bad for them, a study found.Polls of 28,000 Brits revealed we are becoming less trustful of e-cigarettes.1Experts say vaping is not risk-free but is safer than smoking because there is no tarCredit: GettyOnly 27 per cent of tobacco smokers thought switching would be healthier.Meanwhile 34 per cent said it is just as dangerous and 23 per cent said it was worse.Health chiefs say vaping is not risk-free but it is much healthier because it involves no smoke or tar, which both cause cancer.Quit-smoking initiatives may be undermined if smokers think…

HORNY cocaine hippos who escaped from Pablo Escobar’s private zoo are set to multiply sixfold into a menacing 1,000 strong army. The rotund stampede could wreak havoc on Colombian wildlife if government officials don’t speed up culling plans. 5Cocaine hippos escaped from Pablo Escobar’s zooCredit: AP 5They are now expected to disrupt wildlife in ColumbiaCredit: AFP 5Last year the government said they intended to solve the problem with a culling and sterilisation programmeCredit: AP Last year, Colombia’s Environment Minister Susana Muhamad announced that they intended to solve the issue. She said a programme of culling would run alongside a sterilisation…

THERE isn’t really a set definition of superfoods, though the term tends to describe ingredients that offer lots of nutritional benefits for minimal calories. The list of foods you can power-pack your meals with is ever growing, from blueberries to chia seeds and beans. 1Fenugreek may be able to help lower blood pressure and cholesterol levelsCredit: Getty But a superfood you may not have heart of is fenugreek, a herb also known as Methi that forms a core ingredient in Indian cooking and has been touted for its alternative medicinal properties. Fenugreek – a plant that produces green leaves and…

AUSSIE TV host Jesse Baird was forced to send a text message to cop Beau Lamarre-Condon asking for space, a pal has claimed. He was then allegedly shot and killed by Lamarre-Condon in a “premeditated” murder that has rocked Australia and the world. 9TV presenter Jesse Baird, right, and his flight attendant partner Luke Davies, leftCredit: Enterprise 9Serving cop Beau Lamarre-Condon has been charged with two counts of murder 9Two bodies were found yesterday in surf bags at a remote site in Bungonia, rural NSWCredit: ABC/UNPIXS Concerns for the welfare of Mr Baird, 26, and his partner Luke Davies, 29, were first…

A TEACHER was forced to have her hands and feet amputated after they turned black and started to look mummified. Sherri Moody, 51, from Houston, Texas, thought she was suffering from a regular tickly throat but had to go to hospital after she started vomiting and suffered a fever. 4Sherri Moody, 51, was forced to have her hands and feet amputated after they turned blackCredit: Sherri Moody.. 4She thought she was suffering from a regular tickly throat but had to go to hospital after she started vomiting and suffered a feverCredit: Facebook/David Moody Doctors discovered she had double pneumonia, when…

AMERICA’s main nuclear weapons plant in Texas was evacuated overnight as raging wildfires burned through the land nearby. Workers were forced to flee the factory, where atomic bombs are assembled, after the inferno scorched over 250,000 acres of land. 6Texas firefighters work to tackle the huge blaze on Tuesday 6Aerial view of the wildfires burning in Texas 6Huge clouds of black smoke fill the sky over a Texas highway Eleven million people in the state are under an urgent “red flag warning” amid the strong winds and raging blaze. Thousands have been forced to flee their homes and a state…

NEW Zealand’s smoking ban is being stubbed out by officials in a dramatic U-turn. The country was the first in the world to bar young people from buying cigarettes in a scheme to eventually make the whole nation smoke-free. 2New Zealand’s smoking ban is being repealed by officials. Stock picCredit: Getty 2The policy had been brought in by former PM Jacinda ArdernCredit: Getty It was passed under former prime minister Jacinda Ardern and was due to come into effect from July. But the new coalition government led by Christopher Luxon has confirmed the ban will be repealed. Officials are set…

SWEDEN will become the 32nd country to join Nato after Hungary finally approved its bid to join the alliance. The last obstacle in the Nordic state’s path has been removed in what Western leaders hailed as a “historic day” – dealing a major blow to Russia. 4Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson today said his country was ‘ready to shoulder its responsibility’ in defending EuropeCredit: AP 4Kristersson stood next to Nato head Jens Stoltenberg who said Nato would now be ‘stronger and safer’Credit: AP Sweden will finally join the Nato after Hungary — the final holdout among the alliance states —…