MELBOURNE, Australia — More people dying from drug overdose are using new synthetic drugs in the southeast Australian state of Victoria, as per a coronial analysis of such fatalities during the past decade. 4551 people were victims of fatal overdoses in the state between 2011 and 2020, the Victorian Overdose Deaths report found. Men were twice as likely to die of an overdose than women, with 35-54-year-olds most at risk. The report identified a new trend in lab-made narcotics called “New Psychoactive Substances,” which contributed to 33 fatal overdoses in 2020. “The data highlights the urgent need for appropriate harm reduction interventions to…
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NKHOTAKOTA, Malawi — It is 8 p.m., and the darkness has enveloped Tiyamike Gwedeza’s house in Mkhomo village, Salima district, western Malawi. However, in her backyard, a bright light illuminates as the sounds from a manual sewing machine drift out. The 29-year-old’s life changed when she received a small solar torch as a gift from the American non-profit Watts of Love in 2019. Gwedeza, a tailor, now sews into the night, doubling her productivity and profits. “I started tailoring ten years ago,” she told Zenger News. “Sometimes, I work overtime to complete bulk orders and meet deadlines. Before I had the torch, I…
A sea lion pup born July 19 at the Vienna zoo enjoys his first experience at the outdoor enclosure with Nina, his mother. Visitors can see the offspring of a male sea lion named Comandante, which had to be euthanized at the age of 19 in March, relaxing in its area of the Tiergarten Schonbrunn Zoo. “Comandante was born in 2002 in our zoo. Many visitors grew up with him, and he has become dear to everyone,” said zoo director Stephan Hering-Hagenbeck in March. Despite zoo visitors having to say goodbye to the beloved sea lion a few months ago,…
WASHINGTON — Texas Democrats told Congress on Thursday that state Republicans were carrying out an unprecedented attack on the voting rights of minorities to stop the onetime GOP stranglehold from trending any further purple — or even one day falling to the Democrats in an election. Amid shifting demographics in Texas, which has not voted for a Democrat in a presidential election since Jimmy Carter in 1976, Democrats have grown increasingly hopeful of a return to electoral relevance. Testifying before the House Sub-Committee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties in Washington, D.C., the state lawmakers, who fled Texas earlier this month…
A Dutch driver who maneuvered a large truck in order to drop a tea bag into a glass of hot water has become a sensation on social media. He is now getting global “friend” requests. Johan Groteboer, from Rijssen, Netherlands, said he made the video with a friend as a joke and was “completely stunned” after he posted it and awoke the next day to find thousands of comments. “I had friend requests from China, Japan, Austria, Italy and Norway. I am still stunned at the reception, but I must admit it’s getting a bit out of hand now,” Groteboer…
While the Mexican Government has recognized the country is experiencing its third COVID-19 wave, Chiapas has become an oasis for many. The state has done all it could to introduce a new normality. Chiapas es el estado con la menor tasa de mortalidad por #COVID_19 gracias a su pueblo resiliente. ¡Sigamos cuidándonos! https://t.co/P3eBxFXA3j — Gobierno de Chiapas (@ChiapasGobierno) July 13, 2021 The southeastern Mexican state has reactivated a large part of its activities and, under the corresponding sanitary measures, public establishments such as plazas, gyms, restaurants, and bars can operate regularly. It has also opened most of its tourist places,…
Iranian judoka Saeid Mollaei, who competed for Mongolia, has dedicated his silver Olympic medal to Israel for its support since he defected from Iran two years ago. Mollaei left Iran and took on Mongolian citizenship after Iranian trainers ordered him to lose a match in the 2019 World Championships in Tokyo to avoid facing Israeli opponent Sagi Muki in the finals. In an interview with a sports channel, Mollaei — who won the Olympic silver medal in the men’s 81-kilogram division —said, “Thank you to Israel for the good energy. This medal is dedicated also to Israel. I hope the…
La abuela de Danny Weissberg tuvo problemas para comunicarse después de sufrir un derrame cerebral. Si bien los visitantes tenían dificultades para comprender su habla alterada, su cuidador de tiempo completo aprendió gradualmente a entenderla. Weissberg, un desarrollador veterano de software en empresas de alta tecnología, incluidas Radvision y HP, vio inmediatamente el potencial de la tecnología temprana de aprendizaje automático para imitar lo que el cuidador había hecho de forma natural. Fundó Voiceitt para aprovechar esa tecnología. La nueva aplicación de la compañía con sede en Ramat Gan, Israel, permite a las personas con un habla no estándar comunicarse…
OLYMPIA, Wash. — A record hot summer has laid bare a stark new reality for many states on America’s West Coast: amid rising temperatures and worsening droughts, many will need to systematically rethink the way they manage limited water supplies. “One of the problems with rising temperatures is how it’s going to effect water management,” said Washington State’s official climatologist, Nicholas Bond. “Simply from an agricultural point of view, generally when it is warmer, the demands of crops for water goes up. At higher temperatures, crops need more to be able to thrive.” Bond told Zenger rising temperatures were impacting…
Sporting her Olympic pink blazer and silver medal from the 1992 Summer Olympics and her gold medal from the 1996 Summer Olympics, track star Rochelle Stevens was ready for a 6 a.m. TV live shot of her watching the opening ceremonies of the 2020 Games in Tokyo last week. She was not only ready, but focused — just like she was when Team USA walked into the stadium in Atlanta for the 1996 Summer Olympics. Historians say the women’s 4×400 relay was one of the greatest moments of the 1996 track and field events. “It was the proudest moment of…