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Hurricane Joaquin, the worst autumn storms in 30 years, gathers strength on its track across the Atlantic.

PALEMBANG, Indonesia: The air pollution index (API) in Palembang, South Sumatra, dropped from the hazardous level of 627 in the early hours on Friday (Oct 2) to 244 at 9am local time. However, haze caused by fires burning throughout the…

Typhoon Dujuan killed two people and left more than 300 injured in Taiwan after it swept across the island before reaching land in eastern China, authorities said on Tuesday.

At least 717 people taking part in the Hajj pilgrimage have been killed in a stampede near the Islamic holy city of Mecca, officials in Saudi Arabia say. 

Three medics who scaled a roller-coaster to save the life of Alton Towers crash victim Leah Washington have won an award for their bravery Army doctor Major David Cooper, 34, and aircrew paramedic Tom Waters, 27, were on duty with…

THE GUARDIAN -  During a crash at Mina at least 100 people die, Civil Defense of Saudi Arabia say. Mina is near the holy city of Mecca, where two million people are performing the annual hajj pilgrimage. National TV channel also cited civil…

A woman whose life was considered at risk because of head pain was forced to wait more than an hour and a half for an ambulance, it has emerged. Paramedics reached the 36-year-old woman in Staffordshire in 104 minutes - well short of…

Cervical collars are applied to blunt trauma patients all the time. And most of the time, the neck is fine. It’s just those few patients that have a fracture or ligamentous injury that really need it.

MINNEAPOLIS FOX9 (KMSP) - On a wintry January day in 2014, an Allina ambulance collided with an SUV in Buffalo, Minn.  The driver of the SUV was killed and the ambulance crew critically injured.  As the victims recovered, Allina decided its…