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Wednesday 21 April 2021
Andrew Adler has been forced to apologise for proposing the assassination of the “unfriendly to Israel” US president.
Two further suspects – both police officers – have been charged in connection with the death of former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.
Iran says the accusations linking it to a plot targeting the Saudi ambassador in the US are “in no way compatible with legal logic”.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has suggested the US blamed Iran to divert attention from its own economic problems.
The Obama administration said it has foiled a plot by Iranian agents to blow up the Saudi ambassador to the US.
One of the men arrested was said to be a bodyguard of the Afghan president.
Questions surround the death of Abdel Fattah Younis, who was killed yesterday.
Tehran had believed that one of the country’s leading nuclear physicists had been assassinated by the US and Israel – however it now says that this was a case of mistaken identity.
Eric Wilson was found guilty of the murder of Daniel Smith last July.
Eric ‘Lucky’ Wilson denies murdering Daniel Smith in July last year.
Sirhan Sirhan has always claimed he doesn’t remember the events of 5 June 1968 in which Senator Kennedy was shot dead; his lawyer says he may have been brainwashed.
Authorities in Dubai debated releasing information over January 2009 killing, in which suspected agents used forged Irish passports.
Days after Ahmadinejad said Zionists were out to assassinate him.
NEW RESEARCH SUGGESTS there’s a higher risk of dementia in those sleeping six or fewer hours per night at the age of 50 or 60.
Researchers say their findings cannot establish cause and effect, but suggest a link exists between sleep duration and dementia risk.
There was also a 30% increased dementia risk in those with consistently short sleeping patterns from middle to older age (from 50 to 70 years), irrespective of cardiometabolic or mental health issues (known risk factors for dementia).
The study indicates that sleep may be important for brain health in midlife, and future research may be able to establish whether improving sleep habits may help prevent dementia.
Nearly 10,000,000 new cases of dementia are reported worldwide every year.
A common symptom is altered sleep, but researchers say there is growing evidence to suggest sleep patterns before dementia onset may contribute to the disease.
Today we’re asking: How many hours sleep do you usually get per night?
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