A British lawyer has died after drinking free shots allegedly laced with deadly methanol during a holiday in Laos. Simone White, 28, from Orpington in Kent, is the fifth tourist to have passed away after falling dangerously ill last week. At least seven others, including other British holidaymakers, remain in hospital following the ‘poisoning’ at…
EPA / Reuters / Supplied Benjamin Netanyahu (L), Yoav Gallant (C) and Mohammed Deif (R) Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) have issued arrest warrants for Israel’s prime minister and former defence minister, as well as the military commander of Hamas. A statement said a pre-trial chamber had rejected Israel’s challenges to the court’s…
Getty Images Police have been investigating whether Bolsonaro incited a failed coup after losing the 2022 election Ex-Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro and some of his closest allies have been formally accused of allegedly plotting a coup, after he lost the 2022 presidential election. Bolsonaro’s vice-presidential candidate Walter Braga Netto and 35 other people have also…
Family Harshita Brella’s body was discovered in the boot of a car in London on 14 November The family of Harshita Brella, whose body was found in the boot of a car in Ilford, east London, have said they are “heartbroken”. Police believe Ms Brella, 24, from Corby, Northamptonshire, was murdered by her husband, Pankaj…
State Emergency Service of Ukraine Ukraine says critical infrastructure was targeted in Dnipro Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that an attack by his forces on the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Thursday morning was carried out using “a new conventional intermediate-range missile”. He said that the missile, codenamed Oreshnik, was a response to…
Getty Images Towns like Vang Vieng in Laos – where the fatal poisonings took place – are known stops on the backpacking trail through South East Asia Suspected methanol poisoning from tainted drinks has reportedly killed five tourists in a Laos holiday town in the past fortnight. A British woman, an Australian woman, a US…
Regulators in South Africa have recalled a batch of the popular Yaz Plus contraceptive pill, after a packaging mix-up which means the contraception could be potentially ineffective. Manufacturer Bayer Ltd said women using pills from the affected batch should stop immediately and seek medical advice. A packaging mix-up led to a number of blister packs…
Thousands of migrants from Central America left southern Mexico on 20 November, aiming to reach the US before President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January. The group hopes to avoid potential immigration controls and continue using the CBP-ONE asylum system to enter the country. Trump has promised mass deportations when he takes office. The migrants…
Russia launched a barrage of missiles at Ukraine Thursday in its first major retaliation for Ukraine’s attack earlier in the week on a military facility in the Russian region of Bryansk. That strike saw the Ukrainians use American-made and supplied long-range missiles known as ATACMS, which President Biden had given the Ukrainian forces permission to…
Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel revealed in her upcoming memoir that she sought advice from Pope Francis on dealing with former US President Donald Trump regarding the Paris climate agreement.Merkel saw Trump’s business background as a challenge, stating, “He saw everything from the perspective of the property developer he was before entering politics. Each parcel…
