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The inventor of the Sarco pod has revealed he is building a new device to carry out a second assisted suicide, as Swiss prosecutors continue to investigate the death of an American woman inside the nitrogen capsule.Dr Philip Nitschke has vowed to print a new machine – made using a 3D printer – in the Netherlands to use in a country other than Switzerland, where prosecutors seized the original pod after its launch on September 23.Nitschke’s associate Dr Florian Willet was arrested after cops swooped on the forest in the northern municipality of Merishausen, where a 64-year-old American woman was…
It’s the social app of choice for millions of people around the world, providing an endless stream of short yet addictive video clips. Now, as the year draws to a close, TikTok has revealed its top trends for 2024. From having a ‘brat summer’ to being ‘very demure, very mindful’, TikTok’s ‘Year on TikTok’ report shows what trends have been fueling user engagement in the past 12 months. Also taking over the app this year has been ‘chip shop diva’, a young star from Worcestershire dubbed as ‘iconic’, and an adorable hippo from Thailand. According to TikTok, which is owned by Chinese internet company…
Got a sniffle that just won’t budge? Experts say it might not be a cold.Although it’s still the season of runny noses and sore throats, these potential common cold symptoms could actually be a sign of hay fever—in winter.The allergy affects millions of people living in the UK every year and is usually experienced in the spring and summer when pollen levels rise.Winter hay fever, on the other hand, is triggered by hidden allergens inside the home, say specialists.Also known as allergic rhinitis, it’s caused by exposure to dust mites, pet dander and mould. Winter hay fever mostly causes cold-like symptoms such…
A rare ‘lavanado’ was spotted swirling over the fiery eruption of Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano.The wild scene caught on video captured the moment when hot gasses and dangerous lava were spun together into the air over a freshly formed molten pool.Lava at the bottom of the vortex could be seen splashing about as the tiny twister ripped across the volcanic rock. The video by Scott Malis, who recorded the lavanado, shows a funnel that looks similar to a ‘dust devil’ – a common wind phenomenon that’s smaller and less powerful than a tornado.According to the National Weather Service, dust devils are created by strong…
By LUKE ANDREWS SENIOR HEALTH REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Published: 11:11 EST, 18 December 2024 | Updated: 11:35 EST, 18 December 2024 An American has been hospitalized with a severe case of bird flu, in the first case of severe illness in the country.The patient is in Louisiana, and investigators said likely caught the disease after handling sick and dead birds in a backyard poultry flock.No further details on their symptoms have been revealed, except that they are ‘severely ill’ with the virus. And it is not thought that the patient passed on the infection to others.The CDC sent out an alert over…
Trendy wood burning stoves are the UK’s biggest source of the most dangerous type of air pollution called PM2.5, new research shows.A drop in particulate pollution from road transport and heavy industry such as steel has meant parts of the UK have now got the cleanest air for decades.But despite the overall downward trend, the use of wood burning stoves is rising, the report from the Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS) has warned.Particulate pollution is widely agreed to be the air pollutant with the biggest impact on human health, increasing the risk of respiratory and heart conditions, and increasing hospital…
Walmart — America’s biggest retailer and a key economic bellwether — today issued a gloomy outlook for 2025, and Wall Street is worrying Despite solid sales growth to close out 2024, the retail giant warned profits will likely shrink in 2025 — something not seen since the pandemicBosses pointed to fears that inflation-weary Americans will cut back spending, while under President Donald Trump will drive up costs. The gloomy forecast triggered a broad stock selloff that pulled all three major US stock indexes into negative territory by the time markets closed at 4pm in New York.The blue-chip Dow suffered the steepest loss, shedding 1 percent. The…
A British beautician accused of smuggling £15million worth of cocaine in her suitcases has claimed she believed she was carrying two bags of ‘cash’ to the UK from Mexico. Kim Hall, 28, from Middlesbrough, was stopped at Chicago’s O’Hare airport as she prepared to board a connecting flight to Manchester on August 18. Homeland Security investigators found 43kg of cocaine packed in two suitcases before detaining the young woman. Now facing 60 years in a US jail, Ms Hall claims she agreed to bring two suitcases home for a pair of British men under the belief the bags contained only cash. She insists she was forced…
By Morgan Phillips, Congress Reporter For Dailymail.Com Published: 10:37 EDT, 28 May 2024 | Updated: 10:38 EDT, 28 May 2024 Advertisement Former President Donald Trump tore into Rep. Bob Good and endorsed his primary challenger on Tuesday morning, days after the Freedom Caucus leader went to New York to support him at trial. ‘Bob Good is BAD FOR VIRGINIA, AND BAD FOR THE USA. He turned his back on our incredible movement, and was constantly attacking and fighting me until recently, when he gave a warm and ‘loving’ Endorsement – But really, it was too late,’ Trump wrote on Truth…
A Ukrainian model who was found dumped by the side of a road in Dubai after having gone missing from a party had ‘fallen from a height’, police have claimed.Maria Kovalchuk, 20, had been missing for eight days after telling friends she had been invited to a party at a hotel on March 9.An investigation has revealed that she sustained ‘serious injuries’ after she entered a ‘restricted construction site alone’ and fell from an undisclosed height, officials say.She is currently hospitalised and receiving medical care. She remains in a critical condition and is reportedly unable to speak. Her family is understood to be with…