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 North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is "begging for war" with his latest and most powerful nuclear bomb test, the US envoy to the United Nations has said.   Nikki Haley told an emergency meeting of the Security Council in New York that America did not want a war but its patience was "not unlimited".The US will table a new UN resolution shortly to toughen sanctions. China, the North's main ally, has called for a return to negotiations and Switzerland has offered to mediate. South Korea carried out live-fire exercises on Monday, simulating an attack on the North's nuclear test site. Reports suggest the North is preparing new test missile launches. On Sunday, it tested a bomb underground, which was thought to have a power range from 50 kilotonnes to 120 kilotonnes. A 50kt device would be about three times the size of the bomb that destroyed Hiroshima in 1945. In other developments: German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she would press

    Using genome data from more than 250,000 people, scientists have identified gene variants that appear to alter the risk of both type 2 diabetes and heart disease - two leading causes of death and disease. They also suggest that the discovery could lead to treatments that use one drug to protect against both illnesses. The international team, which was led by researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, accounts for the findings in a paper published in the journal Nature Genetics . Around 95 percent of people with diabetes have type 2 diabetes, which is a disease that develops when the body makes enough insulin but its cells lose the ability to use it to absorb blood sugar and convert it into energy. The other 5 percent of diabetes cases are type 1 diabetes, which is a disease that develops when the body does not make enough insulin. If not controlled, diabetes results in high blood sugar, or hyperglycemia. T

A brave teenager who battled anorexia has overcome to disorder to become a healthy fitness instructor. Vera Schulz's weight dropped to just five stone while she was in the grip of the devastating eating disorder. The 18-year-old fainted frequently due to a lack of energy and was struggling with her schoolwork. In 2014, the schoolgirl, from the city of Stavropol in south-western Russia's Stavropol Krai region, had dropped to a critical weight of just 33kg (five stone). But the teenager has now won her anorexia battle and is a successful personal trainer. Vera charted her recovery on her Instagram account and now weighs a healthy 60kg (9.44 stone). She said: "I was suffering from a lack of air, I was regularly fainting. Back in the day, I lived on the fifth floor, and I needed about an hour to get up there, as there was no lift." Her family did not notice she was dramatically underweight and she was allowed to carry on starving herself. But a few

ANGELINA JOLIE, who filed for divorce from Brad Pitt in September 2016, has spoken out about life since separating from her husband, whom she was in a relationship for 10 years before marrying him in 201 4. “I don’t enjoy being single,” she told The Sunday Telegraph . “It’s not something I wanted. There’s nothing nice about it. It’s just hard.” On finding the split emotionally and physically taxing, Jolie continued: “Sometimes maybe it appears I am pulling it all together, but really I am just trying to get through my days.” “It’s been a very difficult year,” she added. “I have had some other health issues. So my health is something I have to monitor.” In 2013, Jolie had a preventive double mastectomy and in 2015 she had her ovaries removed. Last year, the actress developed hypertension and Bell’s palsy, and has been vocal about all her health issues throughout the healing process. “I feel sometimes that my body has taken a hit, but I try to laugh as much

The Importance of Weight Loss and Exercise Carrying around too much weight feels uncomfortable, and it can also damage your health. According the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), obesity rates have skyrocketed in the United States in recent years. As of 2010, more than one-third of American adults were considered obese, defined as having a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or higher. Body mass is derived by dividing weight in pounds by height in inches squared, and then multiplying the result by 703 (weight (lb) / [height (in)] 2 x 703). You can calculate your body mass by following these three steps: Multiply your weight in pounds by 703. Calculate your height in inches squared. Divide the resulting number from step 1 by the resulting number in step 3. Obesity can lead to a number of serious health problems, including heart disease, diabetes, stroke, and some types of cancer. One method that can help a person lose weight is to limit the number of