Aqua lungs: how Rod Stewart’s underwater swimming may help his singing

Singer trains underwater like Frank Sinatra once did and scientists say it may be useful in maintaining vocal prowess

Frank Sinatra did it his way, taking to the pool to boost his vocal prowess, and it seems Rod Stewart is singing from the same songsheet. Now scientists say the approach might not be somethin’ stupid.

Stewart, 80, is still entertaining fans with his raspy vocals and energetic stage performances and earlier this month he revealed that as well as running and playing some football, swimming also played a key part in his campaign to stay forever young.

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Voices from the Arab press: Iran is shaking – but what’s next? – The Jerusalem Post

  1. Voices from the Arab press: Iran is shaking – but what’s next?  The Jerusalem Post
  2. Where the Israel-Iran conflict could go next, according to a defense expert  NPR
  3. Israel-Iran: How did latest conflict start and where could it lead?  BBC
  4. The Arab world thinks differently about this Iran war  The Economist
  5. Gulf States Caught Off Guard by Speed of Israel’s Iran Attack  Bloomberg.com
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Banned from home for 40 years: deportations are Russia’s latest move to ‘cleanse’ Ukraine

A deal freezing frontlines would be unacceptable for Serhiy Serdiuk, who was taken to Georgia in handcuffs with his family after refusing to teach the Russian curriculum

Earlier this year, Serhiy Serdiuk was deported from Russia, along with his wife and daughter. He was given a 40-year ban from re-entering the country.

Serdiuk’s home town of Komysh-Zoria, in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, was part of the territory occupied in the first weeks of Russia’s full-scale invasion in spring 2022. According to Moscow, it is now part of Russia. And because Serdiuk, the headteacher of a local school, refused to work for the new authorities, they decided he had no place living there.

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Israel and Iran Trade Strikes as E.U. Talks Yield No Breakthrough: Live Updates – The New York Times

  1. Israel and Iran Trade Strikes as E.U. Talks Yield No Breakthrough: Live Updates  The New York Times
  2. Live updates: Israel and Iran trade strikes as Trump weighs US involvement  CNN
  3. European leaders meet with Iran’s foreign minister as war with Israel rages on  PBS
  4. Europeans’ meeting with top Iranian diplomat yields hope of more talks but no breakthrough  AP News
  5. Israel 'will not stop' attacks until Iran's nuclear threat is 'dismantled', says Israel's UN ambassador  Sky News
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Tech-fueled misinformation distorts Iran-Israel fighting – France 24

  1. Tech-fueled misinformation distorts Iran-Israel fighting  France 24
  2. Iran Uses Its Biggest Missile To Strike Israel After US Bombing  NDTV
  3. Israel-Iran conflict unleashes wave of AI disinformation  BBC
  4. Iran claims it fired largest missile yet, with 1,500-kilogram warhead, in latest barrage  The Times of Israel
  5. AI-generated video falsely shared as aftermath of Iran's attack on Israel  Yahoo
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Israel Signals Protracted War With Iran, and Trump Says He Won’t Push for Cease-Fire – WSJ

  1. Israel Signals Protracted War With Iran, and Trump Says He Won't Push for Cease-Fire  WSJ
  2. June 19, 2025 – Israel-Iran conflict  CNN
  3. Israelis alerted as IDF identifies missile launches from Iran  The Times of Israel
  4. Israel-Iran live updates: Iranian strikes hit Haifa as conflict stretches to eighth day  The Washington Post
  5. Is Israel's Iron Dome Failing Against Iran? What Ex General Told NDTV  NDTV
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U.K. lawmakers approved assisted dying law – The Washington Post

  1. U.K. lawmakers approved assisted dying law  The Washington Post
  2. MPs narrowly back legalising assisted dying in England and Wales by 23 votes  BBC
  3. UK lawmakers back a bill to allow terminally ill adults to end their lives  AP News
  4. Medically Assisted Dying Closer to Legalization After Vote by UK Lawmakers  The New York Times
  5. Britain is one step closer to compassionate, kind death for all | Kim Leadbeater  The Guardian
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