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A former tech executive is joining the crowded 2024 U.S. Senate race to succeed retiring Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein

SAO PAULO Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Thursday the country's inflation targets were excessively

A quasi-independent review board recommends that Facebook temporarily suspend the social media accounts of Cambodia's prime minister

Concerns about an emerging trend of 'vape spiking' have been shared after one woman collapsed from taking a puff of a stranger's device. Trainee paramedic Chloe Hammerton, 26, attended the Isle of Wight festival with her partner and brother, where she became suddenly "unwell" and "unconscious" after being offered a puff of a vape from a passerby. Describing the incident to the BBC, she said: "It was like the entire world went into slow motion, pins and needles throughout my body and then I collapsed onto the floor - within a minute I was unconscious." Medics at the festival helped Chloe before she was transferred to Southampton General Hospital, where she was "vomiting uncontrollably" for a further 16 hours. Sign up for our free Indy100 weekly newsletter The outlet reports that a 51-year-old has since been arrested on suspicion of administering a poison or noxious substance with intent. An expert went on to suggest that vape spiking is a "hugely unreported crime" that is "happening on our streets every day." "All of these different flavours - it's so easy to ask someone 'why don't you try my blueberry vape? ' - that's as quickly as you can catch somebody," Dawn Dines of campaign group Stamp Out Spiking continued. A spokesperson for the Isle of Wight Festival said in a widely reported statement: "This was an isolated incident dealt with quickly and professionally by all teams on site and no further reports of this nature have been recorded," "Our event medical team employs a wide range of appropriately qualified healthcare professionals. "These fully-trained individuals work 24 hours a day across our medical facilities on site." Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.

Suzanne Morphew, 49, was reported missing on May 10, 2020, after she disappeared without a trace while riding a bike in Salida, Colorado

By Andrew Gray and Bart H. Meijer BRUSSELS (Reuters) -European Union leaders gathered on Thursday to discuss the aborted mutiny

Oak Flat in central Arizona is the subject of a tug of war between people in the historic mining town of Superior who want a huge copper mine developed there for its economic benefits

The children’s book author has been accused of giving a fatal dose of fentanyl to Eric, leading to his death in March last year

All eyes are on NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the European Union summit

ATHENS Greece's Alexis Tsipras stepped down from the helm of the leftist Syriza party on Thursday following a

A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked Kentucky Senate Bill 150, which would have prohibited transgender minors from receiving several forms of gender-affirming care. The ruling stops the law from taking effect while other courts hear challenges to the law.

South Korea has adopted a new law that changes how people count their ages