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Victoria records highest number of annual suicides since 2000 amid fears of national trend

Data collected by the state coroners court shows 756 suicides occurred in Victoria in 2022, up 9% from 2021

The Guardian - AU

Mum of Scots paedo's alleged victim furious at family's fundraiser to help pay for funeral

James Urquhart, who was originally from Airdrie, was facing historic sex assault charges when he died following a livestream suicide attempt on TikTok.

Daily Record

Australia needs targeted mental healthcare to prevent further international student deaths by suicide, research finds

‘There’s a real compounding perfect storm of factors right now that could increase the risks,’ lead researcher says

The Guardian - AU

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'Troubling' increase in Victorian deaths by suicide

The Victorian coroners court has released its latest suicide data report, showing a significant rise in the number of people taking their own lives.

AAP

Number of deaths by suicide rose in Victoria last year, Coroners Court of Victoria data shows

Victoria's state coroner documents a "troubling" increase in the number of deaths by suicide last year — the highest figure since official records began in 2000.

ABC News

Daughter and parents dead on murder-suicide decided to pick date out of Bible verse

Morgan Daub, 26, her father, James, and mother, Deborah, were all found dead in the backyard of their house in York, southern Pennsylvania

Daily Mirror

Parents ‘horrified’ by response to petition after suicide of Bristol student

Government declines to act on call for legal duty of care for all students after death of Natasha Abrahart in 2018

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PHA consultation on suicide bereavement services seeking opinions

The consultation launched in January but runs until April.

Belfast Live

Drinking and suicide: How alcohol use increases risks, and what can be done about it

Nearly half of us know someone who ended their life by suicide. Worldwide, 700,000 people die by suicide each year. In Canada, 12 people die by suicide each day — and another 200 attempt suicide. While the prevalence and destructiveness of suicide is clear, much less is known about why…

The Conversation

Super Bowl 2023: The 10 most controversial Super Bowl ads ever

From robot suicide to cryptocurrency, the Super Bowl has been known to air controversial ads during the big game

The Independent UK

Uttar Pradesh: Man Jumps To Death In Noida's High-Rise Society

A man died by suicide by jumping off from his floor in a high-rise society in Uttar Pradesh's Noida. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

HMP Durham prisoner had cocktail of drugs in system after being found dead in cell

Joseph Price died in his cell on September 20, 2020 - just 10 days after arriving at HMP Durham on remand

Chronicle Live

Pakistan to appeal to Taliban leader over police mosque bombing

Islamabad (AFP) - Islamabad will ask the secretive supreme leader of Afghanistan's Taliban to rein in militants in Pakistan after a suicide bombing killed scores of police in a mosque, officials said Saturday.

AFP

Mum who found new love after son's suicide told her husband has months to live

Joanne met Ben after her son Charley took his own life. Now Ben has been given a terminal cancer diagnosis

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The Independent UK

Feds say cyberattack caused suicide helpline's outage

A cyberattack caused a nearly daylong outage of the nation’s new 988 mental health helpline late last year, federal officials tell The Associated Press

Irish Mirror

Solicitor denies she intended 'suicide' comment on cruise ship to be taken seriously

Ms Fanning was being “sarcastic” when she referenced suicide to a Royal Caribbean receptionist

The Independent UK

Super Bowl 2023: The 10 most controversial Super Bowl ads ever

From robot suicide to cryptocurrency, the Super Bowl has been known to air controversial ads during the big game

Daily Mirror

'I lost my son to suicide and now my husband has months to live - every day counts'

Joanne Clement, 47, from Somerset, has already had to say goodbye to her 18-year-old son Charley and now her soulmate and husband Ben, 38, has received a shattering terminal diagnosis

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The Conversation

Afghanistan: single women and widows are struggling to find their next meal under Taliban restrictions

Jamila*, a widow living in Herat, lost her husband in a suicide attack about eight years ago. She has an 18-year-old daughter who is blind and a 20-year-old son who lost both legs in a mine blast.

Boston Herald

Massachusetts mother accused of strangling her children to death ‘improving daily,’ police chief says

BOSTON — Lindsay Clancy, the Duxbury mother accused of strangling her children to death last month and then attempting suicide, remains hospitalized but is “improving daily,” the local police chief has said.

France 24

Old photos of unrelated blast attributed to Pakistan mosque bombing

Some social media users and media publications are using photos from a 2022 blast that claim to show the aftermath of the suicide bombing that killed at least 100 people in a mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan on Monday. We tell you where these photos are really from in this edition…

The Independent UK

First ‘high-value detainee’ released from Guantanamo Bay detention

Majid Khan was convicted of transferring money to Al Qaeda and plotting a suicide bomb attack

WEKU

Pakistan is roiled by multiple crises at once, with little end in sight

A storm of global issues, from the Russian invasion of Ukraine to the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan, has exposed and exacerbated Pakistan's political, economic and security fault lines.

The Conversation

Beta blockers: how these common heart medications may reduce the risk of violence

Beta blockers are medications commonly used for treating cardiac problems such as high blood pressure, chest pain, irregular heartbeat and heart failure. In the US, for example, one in five adults aged 60–79 is prescribed a beta blocker.

Al Jazeera

Pakistan mosque bomber wore police uniform: Police chief

Pakistani police say the attacker was not checked as officers believed he was one of their own.

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