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Filipino food influencer dies after eating ‘devil crab’
Online Reporters, Published on 12/02/2026
» A Filipino woman who gained online fame for videos of her unusual eating habits has died after consuming a highly poisonous “devil crab” for a social media video.
Wildfire smoke kills more than 24,000 Americans a year: study
AFP, Published on 05/02/2026
» WASHINGTON (UNITED STATES) - Wildfires are growing larger, lasting longer and happening more often as the climate warms -- but the toll from their toxic smoke, especially from long-term exposure, remains poorly understood.
France tightens infant milk rules after global recalls
Reuters, Published on 31/01/2026
» PARIS - France has lowered the safety limit for cereulide toxin in infant formula, aiming to strengthen protections after several major producers ordered worldwide recalls over contamination concerns, the farm ministry said on Saturday.
Hegseth vows stronger ties with a Vietnam sceptical of US commitment
Published on 03/11/2025
» HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam — US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth completed a two-day trip to Vietnam on Monday, seeking to reassure a wary partner with US promises to double down on joint efforts to address the wounds of the Vietnam War.
In Canada lake, robot learns to mine without disrupting marine life
AFP, Published on 03/06/2025
» COLLINGWOOD (CANADA) - Three robotic arms extended under the water in a Canadian lake, delicately selecting pebbles from the bed, before storing them back inside the machine.
Trump admin sows doubt over vaccines in 'Make America Healthy Again' report
AFP, Published on 23/05/2025
» WASHINGTON - A highly anticipated White House report outlining Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s agenda devotes significant space to raising alarm over vaccines, while touching on environmental and nutrition concerns that remain at odds with broader administration actions.
Blaze triggers alarm over rise of big batteries
Bloomberg News, Published on 12/04/2025
» A fire on a bucolic stretch of California coast has threatened the rapid growth of an industry considered key to greening the power grid — and keeping the lights on.
Japan cult widow speaks 30 years after subway attack
AFP, Published on 17/03/2025
» OSAKA (JAPAN) - Only seven years into her marriage did Yuki Niimi first touch her husband -- at a morgue where she collected his body after he was executed and kissed him in a coffin.
Fire-ravaged Los Angeles braces for toxic rain runoff
Reuters, Published on 25/01/2025
» LOS ANGELES - Wearing a respirator, goggles, gloves and white protective booties, Shaun Kearney gazed at his house in Sunset Mesa, a coastal community next to Pacific Palisades. It survived the fires destroying Angeles, but the weekend forecast is for a different problem: rain.
Man receives pig kidney in medical milestone
The New York Times, Published on 21/03/2024
» Surgeons in Boston have transplanted a kidney from a genetically engineered pig into an ailing 62-year-old man, the first procedure of its kind. If successful, the breakthrough offers hope to hundreds of thousands of people whose kidneys have failed.