• Reuters

    Australian teen dies from tainted liquor in Laos; fourth suspected victim

    An Australian teenager died on Thursday after drinking alcohol contaminated with methanol in Laos, Thai police and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said, the fourth foreign national now suspected to have died in the incident. Bianca Jones, 19, fell ill last week in Vang Vieng, a town in the Southeast Asian nation popular with foreign backpackers that is about two hours north of the capital Vientiane by road. "The physician who examined her said the cause of death was a methanol poisoning, from fake liquor," Phattanawong Chanphon, a police official in the Thai city, told Reuters.

  • The Guardian

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  • The Independent

    John Prescott death: Former British deputy prime minister dies aged 86

    Labour veteran passed away in his homecare surrounded by family