suicide
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An attempt at suicide could cost you more than your life. An Oklahoma man shared an image to Twitter of his one-week, $US93,000 ($AUD 130,000) hospital bill after an attempt to take his own life. Oliver Jordan, 21, shared the bill this week and garnered more than 25,000 likes and hundreds of responses. Image:…
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The number of suicides in Japan in the first 11 months of 2018 dropped 3.4 percent from a year earlier to 20,598, down for the ninth year and the lowest in 37 years, preliminary data released by the National Police Agency showed on Friday. The number of suicides per 100,000 people fell to 16.3,…
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Several hundred thousands of farmers have committed suicide in the last two decades, driven by poverty and debt following failed harvests. For the families left behind, especially women, the consequences can be harsh. Vijayshree Bhagat didn’t know about the recent United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) report which said the home was the most…
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Refugees in Libyan camps are suffering dehumanizing treatment from guards who allegedly starve them of good food and other necessities of life. According to a report from the Guardian newspaper, one of the detainees attempted suicide this week. The UK government currently sponsors a total of 26 refugee camps in Libya. Over a thousand…
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Stephanie Adams, the American model and spirituality author who jumped off Manhattan hotel with her son, lived a life plagued with pain and sorrow. The Playboy Playmate and her 7-year-old son fell from a New York City hotel last weekend in an incidence better described as “filicide” by legal practitioners, a circumstance where a parent…
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Dolly Parton represents different things to fans and critics – a Christian woman, role model and sex symbol – but her audaciousness remains an outstanding trait we can’t ignore. The larger-than-life singer identified her faith in God as the only reason her marriage to longtime friend Carl Thomas Dean stayed alive through rough times, stressing that…
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Fidel Ángel “Fidelito” Castro Díaz-Balart took his own life in Havana after battling depression for months, state media reported. Diaz-Balart, the eldest son to Cuba’s deceased president Fidel Castro, was found dead Thursday morning. Diaz-Bazart was a nuclear physicist trained by the defunct Soviet Union. The 68-year-old was once placed in charge of Cuba’s nuclear power…
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Korean boyband SHINee’s main vocal, Kim Jonghyun, reportedly left the world on 18 December. He was found unconscious in a rented residential hotel in Seoul, South Korea’s Gangnam district in the early evening on Monday, and rushed to a hospital where doctors certfied him dead. The 27-year-old’s death, which police believe to be a suicide case, sent…
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A South African man has committed suicide after catching his wife cheating on their matrimonial bed. Image shows Shumba Tapiwa. According to local media reports, the disappointed husband named Tapiwa Shumba is from Matambe, a location in Mwenezi. The deceased had traveled to another city for work, and was scheduled to return the next day but plans changed.…
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A woman who feared she would commit suicide, decided to send a text message to her friend asking to be saved. Unfortunately, due to poor network signal, she died notwithstanding her “smartness” . The suicidal woman named Em Davis pleaded with a friend in an SOS message, to help call an ambulance to her home.…
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A New York state lawmaker who is said to be running for re-election has reportedly committed suicide. The incident occurred Friday, four days before the state’s Republican primary election. Image shows assemblyman Bill Nojay. An emergency call to the police reported a depressed man somewhere around a cemetery. By the time cops arrived at the…
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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Oscar Pistorius was treated for minor wrist injuries at a hospital and has been returned to a South African jail where the Olympian is serving a six-year sentence for killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, prison officials said Sunday. Image: Oscar Pistorius The report of injuries to Pistorius, who denied he had attempted suicide, came…
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Bow Wow [real name Shad Moss] is a young, handsome and famous rapper who hit the limelight at an early age, and just like any other celebrity kid, he found it hard to move on with life at one point that he contemplated ending his life. The 29-year-old spoke with VLAD TV about his career,…
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At least 31 people have been killed in an attack on the main airport in Istanbul, a senior Turkish official has told the Associated Press. Initial indications suggest Islamic State was behind the attack, the official said. Figures suggested up to 50 people had been killed – however that has now been downgraded. Three suicide bombers…
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An American man fatally stabbed himself in the neck in a Taiwan courtroom Thursday during his sentencing for drug possession charges. Image: Marhanka receiving treatment from paramedics after he stabbed himself in the courtroom. Tyrel Martin Marhanka, a 41-year-old longtime resident of Taiwan, is believed to have dismantled a pair of scissors and hidden them…
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Christina Grimmie, a star of NBC’s “The Voice,” reportedly died early Saturday morning after being shot at a concert by a man who approached her in Orlando Friday night. According to a report from Orlando police, the 22-year-old was signing autographs after a performance before the shots were fired. She grew up in New Jersey and was discovered…
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