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LANGUISHING in a bone-chilling gulag in the Arctic Circle, opposition leader Alexei Navalny bore no possible threat to tyrant Vladimir Putin. Yet — riddled with dictators’ paranoia ­ many believe the Kremlin butcher ordered the democracy fighter’s death. 15Ruthless Vladimir Putin has blood on his hands as critics dieCredit: Reuters 15Alexander Litvinenko, 2006, poisonedCredit: Getty 15Anna Politikovskaya 2006, assassinatedCredit: Getty And, like a spate of other state-sanctioned murders, Putin doesn’t give a damn who knows it. From plane crashes to poisonings and a series of mystery falls from windows, the reach of his intelligence services is long and bloodthirsty. With…

1. Getting irritated easily Changes in personality can be an early warning sign of brain tumours, with one in three patients suffering a change, according to the Brain Tumour Charity. The disease can cause people to become irritated more easily, as well as aggressive, confused or forgetful. Losing motivation, depression, loss of social inhibitions, anxiety, mood swings and difficulty planning, organising or identifying emotions can also be a symptom. As the tumour grows, it can press on brain cells around it, affecting how they work. Personality changes are most common when the tumour is in the frontal lobe, which controls your personality and…

CHINA’S mammoth new James Bond villain-style Antarctic “research station” could be used to gather intelligence on the West, experts say. The 5,244sqm facility, whose construction was overseen by China’s top military command, can house as many as 80 people year-round. 10China’s Qinling Station in Antarctica, photographed on February 6Credit: Rex 10The station is sectioned into three areas with a central common room Situated on Inexpressible Island near the Ross Sea, the remote Qinling Station is China’s fifth Antarctic base and its third capable of operating year-round. According to China’s Foreign Ministry, the facility – which is believed to include an…

WOMEN reap the benefits of exercise more than men do, a study suggests. Data from more than 400,000 US adults showed that women who exercise regularly have a significantly lower risk of early death compared to men – even when they do less minutes per week. 1Exercise was found to be beneficial for both men and womenCredit: Getty They were 24 per cent less likely to experience death from any cause, compared to women who did not exercise, while men were 15 per cent less likely. Women also had a 36 per cent reduced risk for a fatal heart attack,…

THIS mind-boggling optical illusion has puzzle fanatics scratching their heads in pursuit of the answer – but can you find it? If you can spot both the cheeky bear and the delicious apple in this image then you may have 20/20 vision and a high IQ. 8Try to find both the bear and the apple in this brain teaserCredit: Shutterstock The picture shows a happy forest scene where a family are gathering mushrooms on their daily walk. There are two children who are accompanied by their grandpa and little white dog. But the task is to find a hidden apple…

CASES of a tropical disease spread by blood-sucking “kissing bugs” are rising in some parts of Europe. An estimated 6,469,283 Chagas disease (CD) infections were reported across 51 countries in 2019. 1Chagas disease is spread by blood-sucking ‘kissing bugs’Credit: Alamy While this is an overall decrease worldwide in the last 30 years, numbers are “increasing substantially” in new countries. The illness is endemic to Latin America, primarily occurring in Bolivia, Venezuela, Argentina and Brazil. But experts warn it is becoming more and more common in some European countries and North America. Between 1990 and 2019, cases in Spain rose by 25,081,…

BABY Kfir Bibas – Hamas’s youngest hostage – was seen alive in Gaza for the first time in a haunting video taken hours after his kidnap. CCTV footage shared by the IDF shows the one-year-old, his brother Ariel and mum Shiri being taken by Hamas in eastern Khan Younis. 8Baby Kfir Bibas was reportedly spotted alive in recently-uncovered CCTV footageCredit: Reuters 8A clip released by the IDF shows a woman carrying a child as she is escorted by a group of menCredit: IDF 8Mum Shiri Bibas, 32, is seen wearing a similar bed sheet when she was taken hostage by…

A NURSE found out she had tuberculosis less than 24 hours before she passed away. Carrianne Franks, 30, contracted the deadly Victorian disease while volunteering on an NHS ward in November 2020. 3Carrianne Franks, 30, was unknowingly exposed to a patient with tuberculosis while volunteering in an NHS hospital during the Covid pandemicCredit: X 3She sent a chilling text to her mum just a day before she passed away, when she was diagnosed with TBCredit: Facebook But she wasn’t told she’d been exposed to tuberculosis (TB) for months, delaying her diagnosis and contributing to her death, a damning report has found.…

HAMAS is scrambling to find a new terror leader as Yahya Sinwar has dropped off the radar, Israel claims. The brute – branded Gaza’s bin Laden – is being hunted down by the IDF, who have vowed to catch him “dead or alive”. 4Hamas’ Gaza chief Yahya Sinwar pictured in April 2022Credit: Getty 4Footage appeared to show Sinwar escaping through the tunnel underneath GazaCredit: Israel Defense Forces – IDF Sinwar, 61, is feared to have masterminded the October 7 bloodbath. Israel’s military chiefs have vowed their offensive must not end until the terror boss is dead. But defence minister Yoav Gallant has…

IT’S NOT uncommon to feel drained or like you’re hitting a wall at work. But these symptoms could be signs of burnout – a state of physical and emotional exhaustion that can develop when you experience long-term stress. 2Research shows that a quarter of adults in the UK are at risk of burnout as they feel they can’t manage extreme stressCredit: Getty 2A new online tool developed by the Norwegian University of Science and Technology could help detect whether you’re at risk of burnout Its symptoms – which include extreme tiredness, having trouble concentrating, being irritable – can easily be…