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Losing a baby can be an isolating and lonely experience at the best of times but being forced to be apart from family and friends when you do can make it impossibly painful.The COVID-19 pandemic has left parents struggling with loss floundering, unable to access the usual avenues of support such as face-to-face counselling and bereavement services.
Ten people aboard a Norwegian Cruise Line ship approaching New Orleans have tested positive for COVID-19, officials say.The Norwegian Breakaway had departed New Orleans on November 28 and is due to return this weekend, the Louisiana Department of Health said in a news release on Saturday night.
A huge snake was later filmed being pulled out of her toilet. Find out more about the tragic incident.
The World Health Organisation has urged Asia-Pacific countries to boost healthcare capacity and vaccination rates as the Omicron COVID-19 variant spreads. Read more.
The mother is alleged to have given a chilling four-word response when asked where her daughter was. Find out more.
The 31-year-old mum says she wants to change the stigma around her industry. Find out more.
Thai authorities intercepted nearly 900 kg of crystal methamphetamine hidden in a cargo shipment at Bangkok's Port Custom Office and bound for Taiwan where it has a marketplace value of up to $A127 million, a customs official said.The drug was seized by customs officials late on Friday, hidden in powder form inside 161 white silicon slabs in packages destined for Taiwan.
Children over five have been provisionally approved to receive te the Pfizer vaccine.Read more here.
The body of a 20-year-old man who went missing while swimming off the Sunshine Coast has been found.Rescue crews had resumed their search for the man identified in media reports as Travis Davis of Capalaba, south of Brisbane, after he was swept away at Shelly Beach near Caloundra on Saturday afternoon.
Lines of voters are snaking around corners outside polling stations in Gambia's capital as the nation holds a presidential election that for the first time in decades does not include former dictator Yahya Jammeh as a candidate.Polls opened to high turnout on Saturday, with many people lining up at the capital's Independence Stadium before sunrise.
The eruption of Indonesia's Semeru volcano has killed at least 13 people and injured dozens, the disaster mitigation agency (BNPB) says, as search teams looked for victims in a landscape covered in deep layers of ash.Semeru, the tallest mountain on Java island, threw up towers of ash and hot clouds on Saturday that blanketed nearby villages in East Java province and sent people fleeing in panic.
Omicron cases are on the rise in Australia, with fears the variant is spreading in the community. Read more.
Instagram are now pouring money into tackling a growing problem that is costing selfie-seekers their lives. Find out more.
Businesses in the Victorian town of Ballarat have closed and Eureka Stockade anniversary events have been postponed due to a so-called freedom rally.Extra police were deployed as hundreds of protesters gathered at Civic Hall on Sunday carrying Australian and Eureka flags, to protest against vaccine mandates and new state pandemic laws.
Genetic material found at crime scenes could help narrow a search for suspects even when there's no match to DNA records, using new technology to be used for the first time by Australian law enforcement.The Australian Federal Police says its new "massively parallel sequencing" DNA analysis technology can help investigators predict the gender, ancestry, eye, and soon hair colour of potential offenders from unmatched genetic evidence found at crime scenes.
Australians are still deserting Melbourne and Sydney in droves and moving to Brisbane or Perth, according to an online removalist booking company."We are a good proxy of the total people moving house in Australia - you would not look at our site unless you wanted to move," Adam Coward from Muval told AAP.
Israel's Justice Ministry says two police officers were brought in for questioning following the shooting death of a Palestinian who had stabbed an Israeli man in east Jerusalem.Israeli police released surveillance video in which the attacker can be seen Saturday stabbing the ultra-Orthodox Jewish man and then trying to stab a Border Police officer before being shot and falling to the ground.
A cyclist found dead on a major wayside in Queensland's north may have laid unnoticed for more than 12 hours, police believe.The body of the 20-year-old man was discovered by a passing truck driver in a culvert beside the Bruce Highway at Tully shortly before midday on Friday.
An Italian man turned up at a vaccination centre wearing a fake silicone arm, hoping to fool a nurse into giving him a jab in order to obtain a COVID-19 health certificate, local authorities say.The man, who is in his 50s, has been reported to police in the northern city of Biella, regional governor Alberto Cirio said, adding that the silicone on the prosthetic arm looked "very similar" to real skin.
Five people have been killed and at least 15 arrested after Myanmar security forces in a car rammed into an anti-coup protest in Yangon, local news portal Myanmar Now reports.Witnesses on the scene on Sunday morning told Reuters dozens had been injured.