A French woman infected in the deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship is critically ill and being treated with an artificial lung. The outbreak has now reached 11 total reported cases, 9 of which have been confirmed. (Image credit: Michel Euler)
Coroner will examine 95-year-old’s death and look at dementia training for aged care staff, police and ambulance officers Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Three years after police fatally Tasered an aged care resident, an inquest could save lives by improving training for first responders dealing with aggressive dementia patients. Then-senior constable Kristian James Samuel White fired his Taser at 95-year-old Clare Nowland after being called to Yallambee Lodge nursin
Louisiana officials have agreed to a tentative $4.8 million settlement with the family of Ronald Greene, a Black motorist who died during a violent roadside arrest carried out by five white officers. (Image credit: AP)
Lawyers calling for all charges to be withdrawn after Sydney town hall rally against Israeli president Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Charges laid under a now defunct law against people who attended a Sydney protest against Isaac Herzog will be dropped, police have confirmed, but it remains unclear how many of the 30 protesters charged the decision affects. The New South Wales police commissioner, Mal Lanyon, sa
Umer Khalid, accused of role in Palestine Action break-in, alleges he has not received proper treatment or wheelchair A prisoner with a muscle-wasting condition accused of taking part in a Palestine Action protest claims he has been forced to crawl around the jail – including to get medicine – because of lack of treatment and a wheelchair. Umer Khalid, who is being held at Wormwood Scrubs in west London, awaiting trial for alleged involvement in last year’s break-in at RAF Brize Norton, also all
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A Congressional Budget Office analysis suggests the cost of the missile defense program could be $1.2 trillion over the next 20 years, a far heftier sum than the initial $175 billion price tag. (Image credit: Alex Brandon)
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Guardian - World · Oct 8
US overdose deaths have plunged, but experts warn the ‘supply shock’ from Chinese precursors may only be a temporary fix As Donald Trump travels to Beijing this week, fentanyl – and China’s role in its supply chain – remains an enduring point of acrimony in bilateral relations . At a UN meeting in March, the US again accused China of failing to stop its chemical industry selling the precursors required to make the potent synthetic opioid , while China suggested the US was shifting the blame for
Guardian - World · Oct 8
Inquest hears Kyle Hudson, who died aged 22, withdrew from betting accounts multiple times but received more than 300 inducements Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A young Melbourne man who took his own life after gambling more than $895,000 over four years was repeatedly drawn back to online betting platforms by targeted inducements, an inquest has heard. Coroner Paul Lawrie is investigating the circumstances and
