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An ordinary morning in Gracemere, Queensland, turned into a life-threatening emergency when 93-year-old Ian Barton suffered a severe wrist injury after falling while carrying a bowl of porridge. The bowl shattered during the fall, and a fragment sliced an artery in his wrist, causing heavy bleeding. Hearing a woman screaming for help from across the…

Supporters can follow Turner’s scoring performances online and watch his points translate into pet meals throughout the season. A basketball player’s on-court performance could soon translate into thousands of meals for pets of families in need. Milwaukee Bucks center Myles Turner has joined an animal welfare campaign linking NBA scoring to support for underserved pet…

The incident comes weeks after an attempted hijacking of a flydubai flight carrying passengers from Dubai to Tel Aviv (representative Image) An alert over a suspected hostile aircraft intrusion along Israel’s border with Lebanon triggered alarm in northern Israel, before the military clarified that it had been caused by a false identification.The alert was sounded…

Israel, US links and January unrest: Iran executes 3 men after Supreme Court ruling Iran executed three men on Sunday after convicting them of carrying out operations for Israel and the US and participating in armed unrest during anti-government protests in January, state media reported, according to news agency Reuters.The executions are the latest in…

The recent heavy rains have led to catastrophic flooding in temporary shelters for displaced Palestinians across Gaza, impacting countless families. (Pic Credit: Reuters) Heavy rainfall has inundated tens of thousands of tents sheltering displaced Palestinians across the Gaza Strip, destroying temporary shelters and soaking mattresses, blankets and other belongings, local authorities said on Saturday.According to…

40-year-old Arturo Calzada-Becerril and his girlfriend, Erendira Amoles, 41, pose in a police photo following their arrest on kidnapping and assault charges​ A woman in Fargo, North Dakota, was rescued after allegedly being chained to a bed for two years, beaten and sexually assaulted by her ex-husband and his girlfriend, police said. The woman was…

A 10-year-old Ukrainian boy has taken on an unusual wildlife mission, following a GPS-tagged black stork across countries in a motorhome to understand the dangers it faces during migration. Noah Beshto, a young wildlife documentarian, travelled with Georgian ornithologist Nika Paposhvili as they tracked the bird from an area near Chernobyl in northern Ukraine towards…

China to free Japanese pharma employee jailed for espionage A Japanese employee of pharmaceutical company Astellas Pharma, who was sentenced to three years and six months in prison in China on espionage charges, is expected to be released in mid-December and return to Japan, Reuters reported, citing Japanese media.Kyodo news agency and the Yomiuri newspaper…

Second such incident in weeks: UAE rescues 22 after cargo ship fire The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Coast Guard rescued 22 crew members of Arab nationality after a fire broke out aboard a cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman. All those rescued were reported to be in stable condition.According to the UAE National Guard,…

Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defence has observed a surge in Chinese military maneuvers surrounding the island. (Pic Credit: Agency) Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defence (MND) said it detected four sorties of Chinese military aircraft, six vessels belonging to the people’s liberation army navy (PLAN) and two official ships operating around the island during a 24-hour…