4 h. ago Wildlife increasingly targeted with catapults as 'unspeakably cruel' games lead to painful deaths

WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES. Wildlife rescuers say they have seen a worrying increase in the number of attacks using catapults causing injuries and deaths to birds, foxes and other animals as the animals face painful deaths

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3 d. ago Savage Garden’s Darren Hayes was 'close to death' after collapsing at home

Savage Garden’s Darren Hayes says he was “close to death” after a collapse at home left him with serious injuries.

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6 d. ago Weinstein’s lawyers want him held in hospital rather than jail while he faces trial

Disgraced Hollywood mogul fears he could be vulnerable to life-threatening injuries or death if he’s not moved

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6 d. ago Council fined £6 million after deaths and injuries on guided busway

Judge Mark Bishop said that Cambridgeshire County Council had taken a ‘rigid and blinkered approach to safety issues’.

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6 d. ago Disturbing twist in the death of marketing executive who died from her injuries after running through a glass door

Claire Austin, 38, partially severed her arm running through an internal glass door in Sydney's eastern suburbs on Saturday.

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2 w. ago Papua New Guinea tsunami warning over horror 3m tall waves after huge earthquake

An urgent tsunami alert has been issued for Papua New Guinea after an earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale - the US Geological Survey warned of large three-metre waves

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2 w. ago Myanmar earthquake victims treated in field hospitals as WHO warns of disease risk

Temporary tent hospitals have been set up across Myanmar to treat earthquake victims as many local medical facilities are damaged or overwhelmed with injured.

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2 w. ago Israel has chosen military occupation over a ceasefire in Gaza. Where does this end? | Sanam Vakil

The latest escalation and attempts to dismantle the Palestinian leadership are utterly at odds with peace negotiationsSanam Vakil is a senior research fellow in the Middle East and North Africa programme at Chatham HouseAgainst the pleas and protests of hostage families desperate to secure the release of their loved ones, the Israeli government is moving ahead with the military occupation of the Gaza Strip. On 2 April, the defence minister, Israel Katz, announced plans to seize large areas of Gaza with the aim of eliminating Hamas’s remaining infrastructure and establishing new security zones that will split Gaza in two. This escalation, which began in mid-March with intensified airstrikes, is intended to encourage a mass exodus of the local population, and has led to substantial civilian casualties. Despite the international outcry over more than 50,000 deaths, 110,000 civilian injuries and significant displacement of Palestinians, the Israeli government rationalises and justifies ...

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3 w. ago Myanmar earthquake death toll tops 2,000, as health system ‘overwhelmed’

WHO warns there is urgent need for care capacity, while US agency says number of dead could eventually exceed 10,000The fallout from Myanmar’s earthquake has overwhelmed parts of the healthcare system, the World Health Organization has said, as the official death toll rose to more than 2,000, with many more missing.Rescue operations faced “significant obstacles including damaged roads, collapsed bridges, unstable communications and the complexities related to civil conflict”, the WHO said in an update. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Myanmar healthcare facilities overwhelmed, WHO says, and scale of earthquake deaths and injuries ‘not fully understood’ – live

World Health Organization issues flash appeal for $8m of emergency support amid frantic search for survivorsAFP has spoken to relatives anxiously waiting at the site of a collapsed building in Bangkok.Daodee Paruay said she had been at the site for two days, hoping for a miracle. Her brother was an electrician working on site, and he is believed to be under the rubble. “We wait, we wait.” she said. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Myanmar earthquake survivors dig through rubble with bare hands as death toll soars past 1,600

True scale of disaster caused by 7.7-magnitude earthquake may take days to emerge as countries around the world pledge support

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3 w. ago Myanmar earthquake survivors dig through rubble with bare hands as death toll soars past 1,000

True scale of disaster caused by 7.7-magnitude earthquake may take days to emerge as countries around the world pledge support

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3 w. ago Astonishing moment Bangkok skyscraper infinity pool starts swaying violently with tourists still in it as Brit shouts 'what the f**k' during huge 7.7

The scale of the 7.7-magnitude earthquake which hit Myanmar and Thailand , and the destruction it has caused, has been laid bare in shocking footage.

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3 w. ago New UK driving laws that would limit passengers and impose curfew move a step closer

The Department for Transport has previously admitted that young people are disproportionately affected by road deaths and injuries and that the government is exploring ways to address this

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