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Surgeons remove 100 magnets from NZ teen's gut
AFP, Published on 24/10/2025
» WELLINGTON — A 13-year-old boy in New Zealand swallowed up to 100 high-power magnets he bought on Temu, forcing surgeons to remove tissue from his intestines, doctors said on Friday.
Australian mushroom murderer accused of poisoning husband
AFP, Published on 08/08/2025
» SYDNEY - Australia's recently convicted mushroom murderer also tried to poison her husband with a chicken korma curry, according to accusations aired Friday after a suppression order lapsed.
'Backs to the Wall' for surfing's cancer survivor Flores
AFP, Published on 06/06/2025
» PARIS - Jeremy Flores faced numerous challenges in the water as he carved himself a hugely successful surfing career but nothing prepared the Frenchman for the tumultuous months that followed his retirement in 2021.
US surgeons perform world's first whole eye transplant
AFP, Published on 10/11/2023
» WASHINGTON - A team of surgeons in New York has performed the world's first transplant of an entire eye in a procedure widely hailed as a medical breakthrough, although it isn't yet known whether the man will ever see through the donated eye.
Israel tightens ‘stranglehold’ around Gaza City
AFP, Published on 08/11/2023
» GAZA STRIP - Israel said it was tightening the "stranglehold" around Hamas in Gaza City as the military operation on Wednesday aimed at smashing the Palestinian militants gathered pace despite ceasefire calls.
Israel battles Hamas in Gaza City
AFP, Published on 08/11/2023
» GAZA STRIP (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Israel's campaign to crush Hamas ground into its second month Wednesday as its forces battled the Palestinian militants in Gaza City, despite mounting calls for a ceasefire.
One month on, Gaza war set to intensify
AFP, Published on 07/11/2023
» JERUSALEM - Israel's deadliest ever war in Gaza, sparked by the Oct 7 Hamas attacks, entered its second month Tuesday as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stressed there would be no ceasefire until the militant group releases its 240 hostages.
Israeli tanks in Gaza raid ahead of ‘next stage’
AFP, Published on 26/10/2023
» JERUSALEM - Israel sent tanks, troops and armoured bulldozers into the Gaza Strip in a "targeted raid" overnight that destroyed multiple sites before withdrawing from the Hamas-run territory, the army said Thursday.
US surgeons report longest successful pig-to-human kidney transplant
AFP, Published on 15/09/2023
» WASHINGTON - US surgeons who transplanted a genetically modified pig kidney into a brain-dead patient announced Thursday they had ended their experiment after a record-breaking 61 days.
US surgeons say pig kidney functional in human for more than a month
AFP, Published on 17/08/2023
» WASHINGTON - US surgeons who transplanted a genetically modified pig kidney into a brain dead patient said Wednesday the organ was still working well after a record 32 days -- a significant step in the quest to close the organ donation gap.