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Dec 6, 2025 - World

Several additional people, including children, have severe liver damage amid 21 cases of amatoxin poisoningCalifornia officials are warning foragers after an outbreak of poisoning linked to wild mushrooms that has killed one adult and caused severe liver damage in several patients, including children.The state poison control system has identified 21 cases of amatoxin poisoning, likely caused by death cap mushrooms, the health department said Friday. The toxic wild mushrooms are often mistaken for edible ones because of their appearance and taste. Continue reading...

Dec 6, 2025 - World

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, who lives in hiding in her country, has confirmed she will travel to Oslo to receive her Nobel Peace Prize.

Dec 6, 2025 - World

A former UK doctor faces dozens of charges linked to alleged sexual offences against 38 patients who were in his care, including a child under 13, prosecutors have announced.

Dec 6, 2025 - World

Police launch ‘manhunt’ after 25 people are shot in early morning in township attack west of PretoriaGunmen have stormed into a hostel in South Africa’s capital and killed at least 12 people, including a three-year-old child, and injured more than a dozen others.Police said they had launched a “manhunt” for three people and were investigating whether the killings were linked to a bar within the hostel that may have been selling alcohol illegally. Continue reading...

Dec 6, 2025 - World

Former Pentagon official Michael Rubin claimed that it is because of US President Donald Trump's "gross incompetence" that India and Russia are growing closer. Russian President Vladimir Putin has vowed "uninterrupted shipments" of fuel to New Delhi.