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They are supposed to monitor you throughout the working day and help make sure that life is not getting on top of you.But a study has concluded that smartwatches cannot accurately measure your stress levels – and may think you are overworked when really you are just excited.Researchers found almost no relationship between the stress levels reported by the smartwatch and the levels that participants said they experienced. However, recorded fatigue levels had a very slight association with the smartwatch data, while sleep had a stronger correlation.Eiko Fried, an author of the study, said the correlation between the smartwatch and…

The future of 1 million Palestinians hangs in the balance after Israel’s security cabinet approved a new ground offensive aimed at taking complete control of Gaza’s largest city in a decision that has triggered global outrage.The plan put forward by Benjamin Netanyahu for Gaza City would entail a further escalation in the 22-month war and mean more mass displacements of an exhausted and starving population.It has yet to be endorsed by the full cabinet, expected to convene in the next few days, but there have been calls from around the world for the government to change its mind. Germany, Israel’s…

Nagasaki’s Immaculate Conception Cathedral was rebuilt in 1959 after being almost completely destroyed in the explosion.Twin cathedral bells will ring in unison in Nagasaki for the first time in 80 years, as the Japanese city commemorates the moment the United States decimated it with an atomic bomb eight decades ago.Crowds are set to gather at Nagasaki’s Immaculate Conception Cathedral on Saturday morning, as the church’s two bells will ring together for the first time since 1945.The US dropped an atomic bomb on the southwestern port city of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945, at 11:02am local time, three days after it…

It’s hard to tone your lower back muscles, but this handy exercise can help.

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The leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia signed an agreement aimed at ending decades of conflict as they were hosted by President Donald Trump at the White House on Friday.Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan shook hands after the US president described the event as “historic”.”It’s been a long time coming,” Trump said of the agreement, which will reopen some key transport routes between the countries and increase US influence in the region.Azerbaijan and Armenia fought over Nagorno-Karabakh, an ethnically Armenian enclave in Azerbaijan, in the 1980s and 1990s and violence has flared up in the years…

John Leguizamo is slamming Dean Cain after the actor said he’s going to become an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent. “What kind of loser volunteers to be an ICE officer?” the Moulin Rouge! star said in a Friday Instagram video. “What a moron. Dean Cain, your pronouns are has/been.” Cain previously starred as Clark Kent/Superman in the 1990s TV show Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. The actor revealed on Wednesday that he was planning to be “sworn in as an ICE agent, ASAP” on Fox News’ Jesse Watters Primetime.  “I put out a recruitment video yesterday —…

Thomas NaadiBBC News in AccraDanai Nesta Kupemba & Khanyisile NgcoboBBC NewsEPAGhana is in a period of national mourning after the helicopter crashGhana’s President John Mahama has promised a full investigation into Wednesday’s helicopter crash that killed two government ministers and six other people.Defence Minister Edward Omane Boamah and Environment, Science and Technology Minister Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed, both 50, were among those killed when a military aircraft crashed in the central Ashanti region.In a televised address to the nation, Mahama said the crash represented “a personal loss” for him.The president confirmed that the flight data and cockpit voice recorders – often…

183 Skyway Aviation Handling Company Plc (SAHCO) has reported strong financial growth for the second quarter of 2025, with its profit after tax rising by 131 per cent. The company posted a profit of N3.63 billion for the quarter ended June 30, 2025, compared to N1.57 billion in the same period of 2024. The unaudited financial results were released by the firm, which provides aviation ground handling services across Nigerian airports. According to the financial statement, the company’s revenue increased significantly to N10.68 billion in the first half of 2025, representing a 69 per cent jump from N6.31 billion recorded…

Alexander Isak’s old poster-boy image has been removed from the plateglass windows of Newcastle’s club store and, judging by Eddie Howe’s demeanour on Friday night, the Sweden striker could soon be erased from the attacking roll call.Isak, currently engaged in a standoff with the club as he tries to force a move to Liverpool, was nowhere to be seen as Newcastle drew 2-2 with Espanyol in a St James’ Park friendly. Not that his absence prevented the night’s subtext being all about the man who was not there.Afterwards Howe admitted he “does not know what the future holds” for Isak…