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Fourth shark attack in Australia in 48 hours
AFP, Published on 20/01/2026
» SYDNEY - A shark bit a surfer at a beach in New South Wales on Tuesday, the fourth shark attack in the eastern state in just 48 hours, authorities said.
Hong Kong reports first local chikungunya fever case in at least 11 years
South China Morning Post, Published on 27/10/2025
» Hong Kong has recorded its first local chikungunya fever case in at least 11 years, with health authorities warning that the 10,000 people who live in the same neighbourhood as the 82-year-old patient face higher risks of infection.
Bear injures two in Japan supermarket, man killed in separate attack
AFP, Published on 08/10/2025
» TOKYO — An agitated bear roamed the aisles of a supermarket in central Japan, injuring two men and frightening shoppers while separately a man was found dead in a suspected mauling, officials and reports said on Wednesday.
Imported chikungunya cases will rise steadily in Hong Kong, leading expert warns
South China Morning Post, Published on 08/08/2025
» Hong Kong is expected to experience an increase in imported chikungunya fever cases, a leading infectious disease specialist has said, calling on the public to avoid travelling to high-risk areas after the city recorded three more infections.
Lethal bat-borne virus sparks new pandemic fears
Reuters, Published on 30/10/2023
» MARUTHONKARA, India: It was more than two weeks before doctors even realised what they were treating, the fourth outbreak in five years of the lethal, brain-swelling Nipah virus in India’s Kerala region. By then, hundreds of people had been exposed to the bat pathogen.
Belgium learns to share beaches with sleepy seals
AFP, Published on 12/05/2023
» OSTEND, Belgium: Visitors to Belgium's coast are having to get used to North Sea visitors not seen for a while — dozens of seals that are using the short sandy coastline as a resting place.
Pythons on your porch? Call Myanmar's 'Snake Princess'
AFP, Published on 27/04/2023
» KYAUKTAGA, Myanmar: At four in the morning outside a Rangoon monastery, Shwe Lei and her team were wrestling 30 writhing pythons into old rice sacks and loading them into a van.
In Mexican jungle, scientists prepare for future pandemics
AFP, Published on 07/04/2023
» TZUCACAB (MEXICO) - As night fell in Mexico's Yucatan jungle, veterinarian Omar Garcia extracted blood and fluids from a bat as part of an investigation aimed at preventing the next potential pandemic.
Singapore jails helper for biting baby
South China Morning Post, Published on 05/04/2023
» A domestic helper who was hired to care for twin babies in Singapore bit one of them out of frustration when the toddler would not go to sleep.
Bruce Willis diagnosed with dementia: family
AFP, Published on 17/02/2023
» LOS ANGELES - Action star Bruce Willis has been diagnosed with untreatable dementia, his family said Thursday, less than a year after he retired from acting because of growing cognitive difficulties.