A 35-year-old male diver dies after being bitten by a suspected 4.5-metre shark while spearfishing near Michaelmas Island, Western Australia.
A Colorado appeals court has overturned the homicide convictions of two paramedics, Jeremy Cooper and Peter Cichuniec, in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain. The court ordered new trials for the paramedics, who were found guilty of criminally negligent homicide. McClain, a Black man, died after being restrained by police and injected with ketamine.
A 60-year-old cyclist was seriously injured after being struck by a KMB double-decker bus in Hong Kong on Monday afternoon. The man was trapped beneath the bus and taken to hospital unconscious. Police are investigating the incident.
Israel conducted overnight strikes in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley and Tyre region, killing at least four people. The attacks, which continued Saturday, hit near army barracks and residential areas, including a deadly strike on an ambulance. These bombings follow a series of deadly incidents, with Israel claiming to target Hezbollah fighters.
Lebanon's health ministry reported that Israeli strikes killed 10 people, including six paramedics and a child, within 24 hours, further straining a US-brokered ceasefire. The ministry condemned the attacks as violations of international law.
An Israeli airstrike in Lebanon resulted in the deaths of 6 people, including two paramedics from the Al-Resala Association, one of whom was also a journalist, and a Syrian child. Six others were injured, including three paramedics and a Syrian woman.
A 38-year-old Singaporean doctor, Chan Bingyi, was jailed for 18 months for negligently administering EDTA too quickly and at a high concentration during an aesthetic treatment, leading to the death of 31-year-old Lau Li Ting due to EDTA toxicity and cardiac arrest.
Paramedics treated the woman for critical injuries at the scene but she was declared dead on her way to hospital.
At least 13 killed in Israeli air strikes in southern Lebanon despite a failed ceasefire, with attacks on civilians, paramedics, and infrastructure amid ongoing war between Israel and Hezbollah.
Israeli air strikes in southern Lebanon kill at least 10, including 2 paramedics, despite a failed ceasefire, with both sides exchanging attacks and blaming each other for violating the truce.
Lebanon's health ministry says the paramedics were carrying out a rescue mission in Nabatieh in response to an earlier attack that killed one person.
Hong Kong police have launched an investigation after a man and a woman were found dead in a flat at a Sau Mau Ping public housing estate on Wednesday afternoon. Police received a report at about 4.10pm from a man who suspected his brother had taken his own life inside a flat at Tat Yan House, Po Tat Estate. Firefighters forced entry into the flat and found a man, believed to be in his 70s, and a woman unconscious inside. Paramedics later certified both dead at the scene. Police said one of the...
Researchers at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) say they have developed a world-first nasal spray that delivers neurotherapeutic powder directly to the brain as first aid for ischemic stroke patients, with clinical trials expected by 2030. The treatment is intended for initial use by paramedics, before being rolled out to high-risk groups in care facilities and eventually the general public through pharmacies. It was developed by the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine at HKU and the university’s...
Ambulance Victoria and the paramedics union say some people who attack paramedics have escaped mandatory jail terms due to the law's definition of "on-duty".
Ambulance Victoria and the paramedics union say some people who attack paramedics have escaped mandatory jail terms due to the law's definition of "on-duty".
Israeli airstrikes on Tuesday killed eight people in southern Lebanon, including three paramedics from the Lebanese civil defence who were trapped under rubble while carrying out a rescue mission. The strikes hit Majdal Zoun, Jebchit and Jwaya, wounding 28 people total. The attacks came despite an ongoing ceasefire, with both sides blaming each other for violations. Israel also announced destruction of a two-kilometre Hezbollah tunnel network near Qantara.
Teenager found unresponsive at Feltham YOI, the first such death in England or Wales since 2019Police and the prisons ombudsman are investigating the death of a 16-year-old boy who was being held at a young offender institution in south-west London.The boy was found unresponsive at Feltham YOI on Monday night. He was treated by paramedics before being rushed to hospital but died shortly before midnight. Continue reading...
A paramedic tells an inquest she decided to wait for police back-up before attending to a woman who was actively harming herself in a Northern Territory domestic violence shelter.
