poisoning

Russian opposition leader 'can walk with a tremble' after Berlin treatment

Russia's leading opposition politician Alexei Navalny announced on Saturday that he could now walk with a "tremble", and gave the first detailed account of his recovery nearly a month after being poisoned.

poisoning

German man admits poisoning baby food

A 53-year-old German man admitted on Saturday to poisoning baby food and threatening to contaminate other products in stores across Europe, as part of a presumed blackmail plot, authorities said.

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False teeth trigger school ‘poisoning’ scare

Emergency services showed up in force at a Ruhr school on Friday after a schoolgirl mistakenly treated her friends to grandpa’s denture cleansing tablets rather than vitamins.

Health

Investigation starts as 30 wellness hotel guests hospitalised

Thirty guests at a ‘wellness’ hotel in Hessen ended up in hospital over the weekend after catching a stomach bug, prompting a criminal investigation into the hotel management.