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$20 million scam at 30,000 feet: Everest guides accused of poisoning trekkers for insurance payouts | World News

[ad_1] Nepal’s tourism industry is facing one of its most serious controversies in years after police uncovered a $20 million insurance fraud scheme linked to Mount Everest trekking routes. Authorities say a network of guides, trekking agencies, helicopter operators and medical personnel worked together to exploit international travellers by deliberately inducing illness and orchestrating unnecessary […]

2 students found dead inside car in Ohio’s Franciscan University, carbon monoxide poisoning suspected

[ad_1] Two students at Franciscan University of Steubenville in Ohio were found dead inside a vehicle on campus on Monday afternoon, prompting an investigation by local authorities.The students were identified as Luke Reimer, 20, of Indian Shores, Florida, and Mary Mich, 20, of Downingtown, Pennsylvania, both juniors at the private Catholic university. Early indications suggest […]

Recycling Lead for U.S. Car Batteries Is Poisoning People

[ad_1] new video loaded: Recycling Lead for U.S. Car Batteries Is Poisoning People Recycling lead for U.S. car batteries is poisoning children — and we know because we tested them. Will Fitzgibbon, a reporter at The Examination, describes how children in Nigeria developed lead levels associated with lifelong brain damage, and how factory workers told […]

UAE: Health authorities shut down bakery in Al Ain after confirmed food poisoning case | World News

[ad_1] Al Suweidaa Modern Bakery in Al Ain was closed by the Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority after a food poisoning case/Representative Image A bakery operating in Al Ain has been administratively closed by Abu Dhabi’s food safety authority following a confirmed food poisoning case. Authorities found multiple violations of food safety laws […]

‘To kill or to embarrass’: Exiled Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad hospitalised in Russia after suspected poisoning, report claims

[ad_1] Exiled Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad was hospitalised in critical condition after being poisoned at his residence near Moscow, according to a report by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights released on Thursday.Al-Assad, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, was rushed to an emergency room on September 20 and spent nine days in […]

Poisoning tragedy update: Kuwait shuts down 10 illegal methanol factories after 23 deaths | World News

[ad_1] Police arrested 67 suspects and shut down 10 illegal methanol factories/Representative Image Kuwait‘s Ministry of Interior has dismantled a major criminal network linked to the production and distribution of toxic methanol, following a spate of poisoning incidents that left at least 23 people dead and more than 160 hospitalized, most of them Asian workers. […]

Australia: Mushroom murderer accused of poisoning husband

[ad_1] The Latrobe Valley Magistrates Court in Morwell, Australia where Erin Patterson is on trial (AP image) An Australian woman, named Erin Patterson, who was convicted of killing three of her in-laws by poisoning their food with lethal mushrooms, also tried to kill her husband by poisoning him with a chicken korma curry, according to […]

A jury is deciding the fate of an Australian woman accused of 3 murders by mushroom poisoning

[ad_1] The accused – Erin Patterson, (image credit: AP) MORWELL: A jury in Australia began deliberations Monday in the triple murder trial of Erin Patterson, accused of killing her estranged husband’s relatives by deliberately serving them poisonous mushrooms for lunch. Three of Patterson’s four lunch guests, her parents in law, Don and Gail Patterson, and […]