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Swedish trail runner, Emilia Brangefalt dies at 21 by suicide

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Swedish trail runner,  Emilia Brangefalt, has passed away at the age of 21 after taking her own life. The long-distance athlete won bronze in 2022's Trail World Championships 40km race in Chiang Mai, and this year came fifth in a world championship race in Innsbruck but was forced to take a break from the sport after being diagnosed with an extremely high heart rate.  In a post shared to her Instagram account on November 4, Brangefalt narrated her difficulties, explaining how she had been suffering both physically and mentally after being forced to take a break from the sport. "Just taking a walk is painful right now,' Brangefalt wrote.  ''Have been to the hospital and visit the medical over 20 times but every single blood test/ ekg/ cycle test is good. Still my body is super stressed although I have given it so much love the past months’.   ‘Maybe it was to much for a 21 year old girl to run Transvulcania 48k and WMTRC 45k with less then one month in bet...

WHO asks China for more data on respiratory illness amid illness spreading in the north of the country

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The World Health Organization has asked China for more data on a respiratory illness spreading in the north of the country, urging people to take steps to reduce the risk of infection.   Northern China has reported an increase in “influenza-like illness” since mid-October when compared with the same period in the previous three years, the WHO said.   “WHO has made an official request to China for detailed information on an increase in respiratory illnesses and reported clusters of pneumonia in children,” the UN health body said in a statement on Wednesday (Nov 22). China’s National Health Commission told reporters last week that the respiratory illness spike was due to the lifting of Covid-19 restrictions and the circulation of known pathogens, namely influenza and common bacterial infections that affect children, including mycoplasma pneumonia. The Chinese capital of Beijing, located in the north of the country, is currently experiencing a cold snap, with tempera...

"It’s completely finished" Enrique Iglesias, 48, announces retirement from music

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Enrique Iglesias, 48, is retiring from making music. The Hero singer and songwriter said his upcoming album will be his last. Since mid-October the Spanish singer has been on the road with Ricky Martin and Pitbull for The Trilogy Tour, having enjoyed a successful 30-year career in music. His final album, Final (Vol. 2), will be released next year after its first single, Así Es La Vidas featuring Maria Beccera, was unveiled in June.   In 2021, the hitmaker announced he would only be releasing two more albums, with his penultimate album aptly named Final (Vol. 1), which he dropped in September of that year.   Addressing fans fans via TODAY.com, Enrique revealed this upcoming album will definitely be his last.   He said: “It’s finished. It’s actually coming out in February. It’s completely finished. What I want to do is shoot one or two videos right before the second leg on the tour and launch it.”   He added: "I’ve been working on this album for quite a bunch...

New York mayor Eric Adams accused of sexually assaulting woman in 1993

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New York Mayor, Eric Adams has been accused of sexual assault in a legal action filed Wednesday night, November 22 in a New York court, it has been revealed.   The plaintiff in the case, a woman whose name is being withheld due to the nature of the complaint, filed a summons Wednesday night in the state Supreme Court in Manhattan, under the Adult Survivors Act that names the Mayor as a defendant.  The filing also names the Transit Bureau of the New York Police Department and the Guardian Association of the NYPD as defendants. “Plaintiff was sexually assaulted by Defendant Eric Adams in New York, New York in 1993 while they both worked for the City of New York,” the summons alleges. In New York civil court, a defendant can file a summons with notice to begin a legal action followed by a full complaint laying out the claims.   The summons filed Wednesday is just three pages and does not reveal any detail about the alleged assault.  The Adult Survivors Act we...

Singer Shakira 'is filming bombshell doc about life after Gerard Pique'

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Shakira is reportedly filming a bombshell documentary that will focus on her dramatic life changes after her ugly split from former footballer, Gerard Pique.      The Colombian singer, 46, made headlines in the months after the split by releasing diss songs, including BZRP Music Session #53, in which she claimed Pique had 'traded a Rolex for a Casio', when he left her for his 24-year-old lover Clara Chia.    Spanish journalist Laura Fa said: 'I think it will be about the drama she's gone through and it will be called: "The cheating and me." It will be the [diss] song in documentary form.'      Journalist Lorena Vasquez added: 'It's clear Shakira is recording graphic material for an audiovisual project, a documentary or a documentary-style reality.  'It seems nowadays like if you're a famous person and you haven't got your own documentary-style reality, you're nobody.'      Shakira was spotted with a came...