Drinking champagne could reduce risk of sudden cardiac arrest, study suggests

Posted on April 29, 2025 by Admin

Maintaining a positive mood and eating more fruit may also help lower risk, researchers find

Drinking champagne, eating more fruit, staying slim and maintaining a positive outlook on life could help reduce the risk of a sudden cardiac arrest, the world’s first study of its kind suggests.

Millions of people worldwide die every year after experiencing a sudden cardiac arrest (SCA), when the heart stops pumping blood around the body without warning. They are caused by a dangerous abnormal heart rhythm, when the electrical system in the heart is not working properly. Without immediate treatment such as CPR, those affected will die.

‘The eighth wonder of the world’: China’s terracotta warriors to march on Australia for blockbuster show

Posted on April 28, 2025 by Admin

Perth will host huge exhibition of ancient treasures from first emperor’s tomb in June, with 40% of the artefacts leaving China for the first time ever

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Two thousand years ago, in a bid to conquer death itself, China’s first emperor Qin Shi Huang commissioned a city of the dead: a 49 sq km mausoleum guarded by an army of clay warriors, built to defend his tomb for eternity.

When farmers near Xi’an unearthed the first clay head in 1974, they cracked open one of humanity’s greatest archaeological mysteries, with more than 8,000 Terracotta Warriors discovered over the last 50 years. Now, fragments of that dream of immortality rise again – this time in Perth, where the largest exhibition of the Terracotta Warriors ever staged in Australia will head later this year

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MAGA man leads the field before Romanian election rerun – politico.eu

Posted on April 28, 2025 by Admin

Israel carrying out ‘live-streamed genocide’ in Gaza, Amnesty says

Posted on April 28, 2025 by Admin

Amnesty accuses US President Donald Trump of committing a 'multiplicity of assaults' on human rights.

Canada’s Liberal Party wins election dominated by Trump’s trade war

Posted on April 28, 2025 by Admin

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney hails election result as a chance to 'build Canada strong'.

‘Traitors’: Hate-filled songs target Indian Muslims after Kashmir attack

Posted on April 28, 2025 by Admin

Wave of incendiary music tracks fueling Islamophobic hate floods Indian social media after April 22 killings.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi, 14, hits second-fastest IPL century, breaks T20 record

Posted on April 28, 2025 by Admin

Indian schoolboy Vaibhav Suryavanshi becomes youngest T20 centurion after scoring a stunning 35-ball 100 in the IPL.

A look at vehicle ramming attacks across the globe – AP News

Posted on April 28, 2025 by Admin

Zelenskiy praises killing of top Russian military figures – Reuters

Posted on April 28, 2025 by Admin

How African popes changed Christianity – and gave us Valentine’s Day

Posted on April 28, 2025 by Admin

Historians say there were three popes of North African descent, the last one more than 1,500 years ago.

Washington “just wants a deal” in the Russia-Ukraine war

Posted on April 28, 2025 by Admin

Russia declares 72-hour ceasefire. Rachel Rizzo assesses if peace is possible after Trump’s Vatican talks with Zelenskyy

Trump’s first 100 days supercharged a global ‘freefall of rights’, says Amnesty

Posted on April 28, 2025 by Admin

World now in era of repressive regimes’ impunity, climate inaction and unchecked corporate power, says report

The first 100 days of Donald Trump’s presidency have “supercharged” a global rollback of human rights, pushing the world towards an authoritarian era defined by impunity and unchecked corporate power, Amnesty International warns today.

In its annual report on the state of human rights in 150 countries, the organisation said the immediate ramifications of Trump’s second term had been the undermining of decades of progress and the emboldening of authoritarian leaders.