Indonesia Haze: Four Indonesian companies asked to suspend operations for causing forest fires
The Indonesian government has decided to take legal action against four companies it had linked to the haze problem in the region.
South Sydney Rabbitohs player hospitalisation raises fears of drug abuse after five-fold increase in oxycodone prescription in Australia revealed
A five-fold increase in the consumption of opioid painkiller oxycodone and the recent adverse reactions by the two Rabbitohs players, Dylan Walker and Aaron Gray, has prompted health experts to issue a warning against the drug's abuse.
5.2-metre-tall Jumbo Shimane Japanese hourglass documented as world's largest by Guinness records
The Jumbo Shimane hourglass built at the Nima Sand Museum in Oda, Japan, has been recognised as the world's largest hourglass by Guinness World Records.
Overnight increase in tuberculosis drug prices by 2,000% shocks doctors; Nonprofit reacquires rights to sell the drug
A huge overnight increase in the tuberculosis drug prices has instigated a nonprofit organisation to require the rights of the drug it had sold to small pharmaceutical company, Rodelis Therapeutics.
Over 600 new cases in Indian dengue outbreak; death toll up, parents commit suicide due to child's death
With limited hospital bed strength and increasing number of hospitalisations, the Indian dengue menace is expected to continue till the winter months.
Australian father goes undercover to track down Chinese dealer who supplied synthetic drugs to dead son
An Australian father infiltrated China's drug gangs to find his dead son's suppliers.
Israel engulfed in dust, Syria air strike slows down as killer sandstorm hits Middle East; NASA shares an image from space
A heavy sandstorm has hit the Middle East, impacting the Syrian air strikes and leaving hundreds of people in the hospital.
New medical technology revives 'dead' hearts, successfully used for transplantation in the UK and Australia
A new medical technology developed in Massachusetts could put an end to the shortage of heart for transplantation in cardiac patients.
