15 h. ago Scientists develop methanol breathalyser that could prevent thousands of poisonings each year

Prototype is able to detect small concentrations of the toxic substance in alcoholic drinks or on someone’s breathAustralian researchers have developed a prototype methanol “breathalyser” capable of detecting small concentrations of the toxic substance in alcoholic drinks or on someone’s breath.Methanol poisoning is a problem that affects thousands of people every year, killing 20-40% of victims, according to Doctors Without Borders. In November, Australian backpackers Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones, along with British lawyer Simone White, were among six tourists to die in a suspected mass methanol poisoning in Laos. Continue reading...

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39 h. ago From Gaza prisoner to ‘the Israeli agent’: how rise of Abu Shabab could ignite new phase of war

In email exchange, leader of clan that Israel acknowledges arming blames Hamas for war and for looting of aid trucksOn 7 October 2023, Yasser abu Shabab was languishing in a Hamas-run jail in Gaza on charges of drug trafficking. With the outbreak of the conflict, the Palestinian from Rafah managed to leave prison, though the circumstances of his release remain unclear to this day.For a while, Abu Shabab vanished from sight. That changed last week when Israeli defence officials acknowledged they had begun arming a clan that calls itself the Anti-Terror Service. It consists of about 100 armed men who operate in eastern Rafah under the command of Abu Shabab, whose nickname is “the Israeli agent” and who is described as a “traitor” on social media in the territory. Continue reading...

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53 h. ago Fugitive's girlfriend charged with aiding breakout at New Orleans jail where she once worked

Authorities have arrested a former New Orleans jail employee and accused her of aiding in a 10-inmate escape at the facility last month

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3 d. ago British backpacker faces 20 years in jail after being charged over Australia e

Alicia Kemp charged with death by dangerous driving while under influence

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3 d. ago Brit backpacker, 24, could face 20 years in prison over Australian e

Psychology graduate Alicia Kemp, 24, is being held in an Australian jail after being charged over a fatal e-scooter crash - her parents have flown out to be with her

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4 d. ago Parents of British backpacker, 24, on trial for 'killing pedestrian when she ploughed into him while riding an e

Alicia Kemp, 24, a psychology graduate from Redditch, Worcestershire, was arrested and charged with riding the e-scooter on a footpath that fatally knocked down 51-year-old engineer Thanh Phan, 51.

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5 d. ago Madeleine McCann suspect ‘told police decisive questions can never be answered’

Christian Brueckner is due to be released from jail in September if no further charges are brought.

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7 d. ago North Carolina law enforcement outraged over bond for suspect in house party shooting

North Carolina local law enforcement are frustrated that a man charged in connection with last weekend’s shooting around a house party that left one person dead and 11 others injured had been out of jail for unrelated charges

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7 d. ago British backpacker, 24, killed pedestrian when she ploughed into him while riding an e

A British backpacker allegedly killed a father after ploughing into him while riding drunk on an e-scooter, an Australian court has heard. 

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7 d. ago Peru Two's Michaella McCollum says Brit 'drug mules' won't survive prison

Michaella McCollum, who served three years in a Peruvian jail on drug smuggling charges, has extended her sympathies to Bella May Culley and Charlotte May Lee, both of whom face lengthy sentences she says would be far beyond her own limit

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8 d. ago Brit model 'caught smuggling £200k worth of drugs' in Spain hellhole jail

An Onlyfans model from Nottinghamshire is now stuck in a Spanish jail. Clara Wilson was charged with a drug running offence after she arrived in Barcelona in January

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2 w. ago Revealed: Dramatic rescue operation to save British backpacker who was robbed, attacked and left living on the streets of South America 

Hannah Almond, 32, who had travelled to Peru on a yoga retreat to 'find herself', was discovered slumped on the pavement by a Peruvian Good Samaritan who flew to Cusco to search for her.

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2 w. ago Brit arrested in Bali on drug charges avoids death penalty and is sentenced to 10 months in jail after 'taking a package of MDMA from a taxi driver'

A British man arrested in Bali for allegedly taking a package containing just over a kilogram of MDMA from a taxi driver has avoided the death penalty.  

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2 w. ago British man sentenced to 10 months in Bali for drug offenses after death penalty charge dropped

A court on the Indonesian tourist island of Bali has sentenced a British man to 10 months in jail for drug offenses after a charge that could carry the death penalty was dropped

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2 w. ago Desperate hunt for missing British backpacker: Woman spent a month living on the streets in South America after being violently robbed of her passport and all her money

Hannah Almond, 32, a fashion graduate from Grimsby, was left stranded, penniless and unable to contact her family after the attack, with all her remaining belongings torched by local thugs.

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2 w. ago Ultimate backpacker nightmare: British woman is living on the streets in South America after being violently robbed of her passport and all her money

Hannah Almond, 32, a fashion graduate from Grimsby, was left stranded, penniless and unable to contact her family after the attack, with all her remaining belongings torched by local thugs.

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2 w. ago Glam Brit rotting in 'hellhole' Dubai jail on drug charges is 'unable to shower'

Isabella Daggett, 21, from Leeds, was working as a recruitment consultant in Dubai when she was arrested in March as her family claim she was 'in the wrong place at the wrong time'

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2 w. ago Brit held in Dubai 'hellhole' jail on drugs charges and unable to shower

Isabella Daggett, 21, from Leeds, is being held in a hellhole Dubai prison after being arrested on drugs charges and it is claimed she hasn't even been able to shower or change clothes

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2 w. ago British woman, 21, held in Dubai ‘hell hole’ jail on drugs charges

Isabella Daggett, 21, was arrested in March after being caught ‘in the wrong place, at the wrong time’

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2 w. ago Brit woman, 21, rotting in Dubai hell hole jail without 'a shower for a month' after being arrested for drugs charges just weeks after arriving for new job

Isabella Daggett, 21, was arrested just weeks after relocating from Yorkshire to the puritanical desert city state after landing a new job.

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