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The White House announced on Tuesday that it must crack down on a steep rise in deaths from overdoses of Xylazine, also known as the “zombie drug”. Xylazine is a particularly dangerous substance, originally an anesthetic for horses, regularly mixed with other drugs such as fentanyl or heroin. A study …

At least four people have died in the past six months in Alabama in the United States, after attempting a dangerous challenge. The “boat challenge” consists of jumping from a speeding boat, while of course filming the jump. Except that at high speed, the water quickly becomes hard as stone. …

Iceland is still the most peaceful country on the planet, according to the result of the 2023 index of the Institute for Economics and Peace, a think-tank based in Australia which publishes its ranking of the most “peaceful” countries each year. Iceland has been at the top of the rankings …

Two buses, including one full of tourists, collided Thursday evening in the New York borough of Manhattan, injuring more than 80 including 18 hospitalized, according to firefighters. The crash happened around 7 p.m. on First Avenue near Gramercy Park, New York Fire Deputy Chief Kevin Murphy said. Footage posted by …

The US President called on Tuesday, the US National Day, to end the “epidemic of gun violence” after a “wave” of killings, and a year to the day after a shooting that occurred during a ‘a parade. “Last year, a man opened fire during a parade organized near Chicago, Illinois …

A man was charged with homicide and attempted homicide on Monday after six bodies were found in a burning house the day before in the southeastern United States, authorities said. Alerted by an emergency call about a knife attack in Green Pond, South Carolina, police arrived to discover the home …

A Brazilian magistrate has fined football star Neymar $3.3 million for building an artificial lake at his suburban Rio de Janeiro mansion without an environmental permit, authorities said on Monday. The Mangaratiba city council imposed four fines for “environmental violations in the construction of an artificial lake in the player’s …

US rapper Travis Scott will not be prosecuted for the crowd movement that killed ten people during the Astroworld festival he co-organized in Texas in November 2021, judicial authorities announced on Thursday. “It is tragic that ten innocent people were killed while trying to enjoy an evening of music and …

UN special rapporteur on human rights and the fight against terrorism Fionnuala Ní Aoláin denounced in a report published Monday, “cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment” that took place in Guantanamo, a military prison high security managed by the United States. After two decades of fruitless requests from independent UN human …

A man was sentenced to 17 years and two months in prison on Wednesday for holding a woman captive for 30 years in Maracay, Venezuela, before she managed to escape, local media reported. The individual, now 58, was tried for “sexual abuse”, “psychological violence” and “threats”. He had kidnapped Morella …