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Special hospital wards are being set up in Pune for GBS patients
Guillain-Barre syndrome: India faces outbreak of creeping paralysis
NEW DELHI — Last month, a school teacher in the western Indian city of Pune found her six-year-old son upset about homework."I had erased some words and asked him to write them. I assumed he was angry and that's why he was not holding the pencil properly," she told the Indian Express newspaper.She never imagined his struggle to hold a pencil was the first sign of Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS), a rare disorder where the immune system attacks nerve cells, causing muscle weakness and paralysis.Within days, the boy was in intensive care, unable to move his arms or legs. As his condition worsened, he lost the ability to swallow, speak, and eventually breathe, requiring ventilator support. He is now recovering.The boy is among around 160 reported cases of GBS since early January...
February 04, 2025

Guillain-Barre syndrome: India faces outbreak of creeping paralysis

Record rainfall is set to continue across the state's north
Major highway partly collapses as Australian floods worsen
SYDNEY — Sections of a major Australian highway have been washed away, as flooding in Queensland worsens.The torrential rainfall in the state's north has claimed one life so far and forced thousands to flee their homes, with communities in Townsville, Ingham, and Cardwell among the hardest hit."Record" downpours are set to continue, authorities say, with parts of the region already experiencing almost 1.3m (4.2ft) of rain since Saturday, causing dams and rivers to overflow.Prime Minister Anthony Albanese — who was briefed about the response efforts on Monday — said that the disaster had bought out "the best of Australians"."I've seen Australians helping one another in their time of need," he wrote on X, adding that the "threat from...
February 03, 2025

Major highway partly collapses as Australian floods worsen

Mount Taranaki
New Zealand mountain gets personhood
WELLINGTON — A settlement under which a New Zealand mountain has been granted the same legal right as a person has become law after years of negotiations.It means Taranaki Maunga [Mt Taranaki] will effectively own itself, with representatives of the local tribes, iwi, and government working together to manage it.The agreement aims to compensate Māori from the Taranaki region for injustices done to them during colonization — including widespread land confiscation."We must acknowledge the hurt that has been caused by past wrongs, so we can look to the future to support iwi to realize their own aspirations and opportunities," Paul Goldsmith, the government minister responsible for the negotiations, said.The Taranaki Maunga Collective Redress Bill was passed into law by New...
January 31, 2025

New Zealand mountain gets personhood

Wiwwaew Sriaoun thanked God for the release of her son
Tears of joy as five Thai hostages held in Gaza are freed
BANGKOK — Five Thai farm workers who were abducted during the 7 October attacks by Hamas on Israel have been released after being held for almost 500 days in Gaza.They were handed over to the Red Cross during chaotic scenes along with two Israelis, shortly after an Israeli hostage was freed.Pongsak Thaenna, Sathian Suwannakham, Watchara Sriaoun, Bannawat Saethao and Surasak Lamnao had all been working in southern Israel when they were kidnapped during the attacks in October 2023.Thailand's prime minister said she was elated to hear news of their release and her government was working with Israel "so that they can reunite with their families soonest". One Thai hostage remains unaccounted for."The Thai government, including everyone here in Thailand, have long been...
January 31, 2025

Tears of joy as five Thai hostages held in Gaza are freed

The sinkhole, seen here on Wednesday, has since doubled in size
Rescuers race to pull out truck driver stuck in Japan sinkhole for three days
TOKYO — Rescue workers in Japan are trying to pull out a truck driver from a sinkhole that appeared on Tuesday and has since widened.The sinkhole appeared in Yashio city in Saitama prefecture, near the capital Tokyo, swallowing a truck.Rescue efforts have been hampered by road collapses, and officials have ordered scores of households in the area to evacuate their homes.The 74-year-old driver was last heard responding to rescuers on Tuesday afternoon, according to local media.While emergency crews managed to remove the truck bed from the pool-sized sinkhole, the driver's cabin remains buried under soil and debris.The hole measuring about 10m (33ft) wide and 5m deep first appeared on Tuesday morning at a road junction.It is believed to have been caused by an underground sewage pipe...
January 30, 2025

Rescuers race to pull out truck driver stuck in Japan sinkhole for three days

Hindu devotees gather on 29 January, 2025, to take a holy dip at the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers
At least 30 dead in India after stampede at world's largest festival
NEW DELHI — At least 30 people have died and another 60 have been injured by a stampede at the massive Maha Kumbh Mela festival in northern India.The crush happened between 1 am and 2 am local time on Wednesday (9 pm and 10 pm CET Tuesday), the most auspicious day of the world's largest religious festival.Vaibhav Krishna, a police officer in the city of Prayagraj, confirmed the death toll, adding that the injured had been rushed to nearby hospitals.It took authorities 16 hours to release casualty figures.The tragedy occurred near a barricaded area where thousands of Hindu ascetics were due to process, before bathing at the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers.Families queued outside a makeshift hospital to find out about missing relatives, while...
January 30, 2025

At least 30 dead in India after stampede at world's largest festival

Police personnel gather around the crowd at the site of a crowd crush during the ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj on January 29, 2025
Multiple people killed in crowd crush at Hindu religious festival in India
NEW DELHI — Multiple people were killed in a crowd crush at the world’s largest religious gathering in India early Wednesday, as tens of millions of devotees went to bathe in a river on one of the most sacred days of a Hindu festival.The festival’s special executive officer said a barrier near the river broke as throngs of people were walking toward the riverbanks to take their holy dip as part of the Maha Kumbh Mela in the Indian city of Prayagraj.An official source at a local hospital told CNN they had received 14 bodies around 4 a.m. local time on Wednesday. About 20 people were also being treated for minor injuries, the source added. Indian authorities have not confirmed the number of casualties.Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi appeared to acknowledge the deaths in a post on...
January 29, 2025

Multiple people killed in crowd crush at Hindu religious festival in India

Elizabeth Struhs (right) pictured with her sister, Jayde, who testified against the defendants at trial
Australian sect members guilty of causing girl's death
SYDNEY — Fourteen members of an Australian religious group have been convicted of killing an eight-year-old diabetic girl who was denied insulin for almost a week.Elizabeth Struhs died at home in 2022, having suffered from diabetic ketoacidosis, which causes fatally high blood sugar.The court heard that Elizabeth's treatment was withheld because the group, known as the Saints, opposed medical care, believing God would heal her.Her father Jason Struhs and the group's leader Brendan Stevens were on trial for murder but were convicted of the lesser charge of manslaughter. Twelve other members, including Elizabeth's mother and brother, were also convicted of manslaughter. All had pleaded not guilty.When handing down his almost 500-page verdict on Wednesday, Justice Martin Burns...
January 29, 2025

Australian sect members guilty of causing girl's death

Johor Bahru lies on Malaysia's end of a one-kilometre border crossing to Singapore and is popular among budget shoppers
Singapore influencer fined over false abduction claim
KUALA LUMPUR — A Malaysian court has fined a Singaporean influencer for falsely claiming that she was nearly kidnapped at a mall near Malaysia's border with Singapore.A post by beauty influencer Amyra Laila Ho went viral after she claimed that a couple tried to abduct her after forcing her to sniff tea leaves that left her feeling dizzy and numb.However, police said their investigations disproved her claim, which went viral and sparked discussions about security in Johor Bahru.Johor Bahru lies on one end of the roughly one-kilometer long causeway that links the southern tip of Malaysia to the north of Singapore. Millions cross over every day, making it one of the world's busiest border crossings.Ho pleaded guilty to providing false information to a police officer and was fined...
January 29, 2025

Singapore influencer fined over false abduction claim

The little-known Chinese firm's reportedly cheap yet powerful AI model surprised Silicon Valley
China's DeepSeek AI under 'large-scale malicious attacks'
BEIJING — Chinese AI firm DeepSeek says it is facing "large-scale malicious attacks", which are affecting its services.Chinese state media is citing cyber security experts who say the attacks are originating from US-based IP addresses, which the BBC is unable to verify.This comes hours after White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that the US National Security Council (NSC) is "looking into" DeepSeek.The little-known Chinese firm's reportedly cheap yet powerful AI model surprised Silicon Valley, which has splurged billions on AI infrastructure – just last week Trump announced an AI plan worth half a trillion dollars involving top US firms."Due to large-scale malicious attacks on DeepSeek's services, registration may be busy," a banner on...
January 29, 2025

China's DeepSeek AI under 'large-scale malicious attacks'

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