The Latest Breaking News from Suicide

North Korean abductions in the 1970s: Brothers of missing Japanese girl speak out

In 1977, 13-year-old Megumi Yokota vanished from the Japanese coastal city of Niigata on her way home from school. Twenty-five years later, North Korea admitted that its agents had snatched her away, along with 12 other Japanese citizens, in order to train its spies. In a groundbreaking diplomatic move, Pyongyang…

France 24 · Nov 25, 2022

Elon Musk says he’s ‘not right wing’ but ‘woke mind virus pushing civilisation toward suicide’

Elon Musk insists he is not right or left wing but continues to use incendiary language associated with the far right

Evening Standard · Nov 25, 2022

Tas cop's welfare paramount, inquest told

An inquest into the suicides of four Tasmanian police officers has been told the wellbeing of a sergeant during return-to-work processes was paramount.

AAP · Nov 25, 2022

Kyle Walker’s tough childhood gives him resolve to prove people wrong

England defender, fit again and raring to go, grew up on an estate where he witnessed a fatal arson attack and a suicide

The Guardian - UK · Nov 23, 2022

Alan Kohler: It’s national suicide by politics, it’s death by degrees

It’s time to consider removing decisions about climate change from the short-term political cycle.

The New Daily · Nov 23, 2022

Predatory tactics of gambling firms sees surge in suicide attempts

The NHS has had to open two more gambling clinics after a 42% increase in demand for services

Wales Online · Nov 23, 2022

Suicide Prevention Bristol can't afford Clean Air Zone entry unless they can raise funds

The charity has launched a fundraiser to meet the cost of paying the CAZ

Bristol Post · Nov 23, 2022

Widow of Tasmania Police veteran Paul Reynolds questioned over his child exploitation allegations, mother's bank account

The wife of a high-profile Tasmanian police officer says she was completely unaware of her husband's alleged inappropriate dealings with children and the draining of his mother's bank account in the years prior to his suicide.

ABC News · Nov 23, 2022

Maharashtra: Rajasthan man arrested in Pune teen's sextortion case

PUNE: The Pune police have arrested a 29-year-old man from Rajasthan in connection with the "sextortion" case of a teen from the city, who allegedly committed suicide after he was harassed and blackmailed by online fraudsters.

The Times of India · Nov 22, 2022

Inquest hears Tasmania Police officer Paul Reynolds was facing child exploitation claims before suicide

A senior Tasmanian police officer who was part of the response to the Port Arthur massacre and the Beaconsfield Mine collapse was facing serious child exploitation allegations before his death, an inquest hears.

ABC News · Nov 22, 2022