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An elderly couple has died after eating poisonous pufferfish in Malaysia, prompting an appeal from their daughter for stronger laws to prevent others from suffering the same fate. Commonly referred to as ‘fugu’ – the Japanese term for pufferfish – pufferfish meat is enjoyed as a highly-priced delicacy despite containing deadly poison. The fish’s organs, as well as skin, blood and bones, contain high concentrations of a deadly poison known as tetrodotoxin. Ingestion can rapidly cause tingling around the mouth and dizziness, which may be followed by convulsions, respiratory paralysis and death, medical experts say. It is most commonly served…
No fewer than four persons have been confirmed dead and six injured in a bombing targeting a police vehicle in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta on Monday, Police have said. “We have received four bodies and eight injured so far in Civil Hospital,” Wasim Baig, spokesman for the Quetta hospital told Reuters. Senior police official Shafqat Cheema told Reuters that the target was the vehicle of the acting superintendent of police investigations which was parked in Kandahari Bazar. He said that initial reports showed an improvised explosive device was planted in a motorcycle parked behind the officer’s vehicle. Details…
Police has commenced investigation into a Delaware mall shooting that left three people injured and forced shoppers to evacuate. Delaware State Police said authorities do not have a suspect in custody in the shooting at the Christiana Mall, in a northern community near Pennsylvania. “We can confirm that there are 3 victims who were injured by gunfire and transported to an area hospital for medical treatment,” Police said in a tweet. “There are currently no public safety concerns at Christiana Mall and the surrounding area.” The mall would remain closed on Saturday evening, Police said in a statement. The three…
Five-time golf champion, Tiger Woods pulled out from the Masters before the resumption of the third round because of an injury on Sunday. He ended his streak of completing all 72 holes of every tournament he has played at Augusta National as a professional. The tournament announced about 90 minutes before play began that Woods, who is still hobbled by the effects of the 2021 car accident that nearly cost him his right leg, had withdrawn. He’d limped through practice rounds early in the week and again during the first and second rounds, but the limp had become more pronounced…
Award-winning Canadian rapper Drake won $2.7million after Israel Adesanya knocked out Alex Pereira at UFC 287 to reclaim the middleweight title. The Nigerian-born New Zealander won back the 185lb title just five months after he lost it to his bitter rival Pereira, who has previously beaten him twice in kickboxing. Drake lost $1.6million after backing Adesanya to win in that fight but he made amends for the rapper in his rematch with Pereira. ‘Drizzy Drake’ placed a $500,000 bet on Adesanya to win which returned $885,000 and a $400,000 bet for him to win by knockout, which returned a massive…
Nigerian-born New Zealander Israel Adesanya is a UFC champion once again after delivering a vicious knockout to his greatest foe Alex Pereira late in the second round at UFC 287 in Miami. Adesanya has been in the shadows of the Brazilian since 2017 when they first met in kick-boxing. He had lost his championship to the Brazilian in November last year but when he was backed against the cage he pulled off a spectacular KO, which he said “was from the gods” in his post-fight interview. Both fighters had a cautious first round with a barrage of leg kicks from…
Chelsea’s caretaker manager Frank Lampard was not impressed after the team were defeated by Premier League strugglers Wolverhampton on Saturday. Chelsea proved that they have plenty more problems to overcome since sacking coach Graham Potter as they went down 1-0 to Wolves on Saturday. There was no new manager bounce in interim coach Frank Lampard’s first game as the Blues were woeful and unable to threaten their hosts. Lampard, who was sacked by the club in January 2021, returned to the Blues dugout where he will remain for the rest of the season, but was unable to solve their attacking…
Arsenal takes a five-point lead into an away match at Liverpool in the Premier League on Sunday in one of the biggest matches of the season. It is a big test of the leader’s title credentials, with Liverpool having already beaten Manchester City and Manchester United at Anfield. Arsenal last won at Anfield in 2012. City closed the gap to Arsenal with a 4-1 win at Southampton on Saturday. Liverpool are in eighth place and need to win to keep alive their slim chances of a top-four finish. In the other match, Leeds hosts Crystal Palace as both teams look…
Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola has compared the club’s goal machine Erling Haaland to legendary footballers Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi following Saturday’s match. Haaland scored twice as City beat Southampton 4-1 at St Mary’s Stadium on Saturday, taking his Premier League tally to 30 goals in just 27 appearances. After bottom the table Southampton, who knocked City out of the Carabao Cup in January, had started well, Haaland nodded home a Kevin De Bruyne cross just before half-time to open the scoring. Grealish fired in at the second attempt to double the lead in the second half, before Haaland…
Evelyn Miller, a 31-year-old mother of two has opened up about her struggle with having two vaginas. Miller who said she was born with two vaginas, used to be ‘anxious’ to have sex but now embraces her rare condition. She is now trying to educate others about uterus didelphys. Uterus didelphys is a rare condition where a person develops two uteruses. It’s also called a double uterus. A double uterus is a congenital abnormality that you are born with. Your two uterine cavities are narrower than the cavity of a typical uterus. Each uterus has its own fallopian tube and…