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Canadian aboriginal community declares suicide emergency
An indigenous community in northern Canada has declared a state of emergency after 11 people attempted to take their own lives in one day this month.
Canada aboriginal community emergency after 11 suicide attempts in one night
An indigenous community in northern Canada has declared a state of emergency after 11 people attempted to take their own lives in one day this month.
Motorbike suicide bomber kills at least 21 at Pakistan government office
A suicide bomber on a motorbike attacked a government office in Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least 21 people and wounding more than 70, officials said.
‘Two killed’ as suicide bomber targets ancient Egyptian temple in Luxor
A suicide bomb attack has been carried out on an ancient site popular with tourists in the Egyptian city of Luxor. The explosion happened at the Temple...
Facebook rolls out suicide-prevention feature for concerned friends
Facebook is rolling out a new suicide-prevention feature. If you spot a worrisome post from a Facebook friend, there will now be an option to report it. Facebook...
Facebook rolls out suicide-prevention feature to offer online support
Facebook is rolling out a new suicide-prevention feature. If you spot a worrisome post from a Facebook friend, there will now be an option to report it. Facebook...
Like: Facebook rolls out suicide-prevention feature
Facebook is rolling out a new suicide-prevention feature. If you spot a worrisome post from a Facebook friend, there will now be an option to report it. Facebook...
In modernising India, suicide is on the rise among youth
India has the world’s highest suicide rate among 15 to 29 year olds, ahead of next-placed North Korea, according to a September report by the World...
Suicide bomber kills more than 50 people along Pakistan-India border
A suicide bomber killed at least 55 people Sunday at the main Pakistan-India border crossing, with the blast tearing through crowds of spectators leaving...
At least 45 killed by suicide bomb near Pakistan-India border
A provincial Pakistani police chief says a bomb blast has killed nearly 45 people near the country’s eastern border with India.
Samaritans app monitors Twitter feeds for suicide warnings
A suicide prevention charity in the UK - Samaritans - has launched a new Twitter app that enables users to monitor the accounts of their friends for distressing...
Suicide bomber kills 42 at Shi’ite rally in Yemeni capital Sana’a
At least 42 people were killed on Thursday when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive belt in a district of the Yemeni capital Sana’a where supporters...
Tragedy as older brother ‘murders twins before committing suicide’
Two nine-year-old twins, who died in a suspected murder-suicide along with an older brother, have been described as “loving, energetic and full of...
Suicide kills one person worldwide every 40 seconds, WHO report finds
A major report on suicide prevention by the World Health Organisation has found that 800,000 people die by suicide every year - that’s one person every...
Numbers of ‘suicide tourists’ to Switzerland doubles in 4 years, study says
People packing their bags to Switzerland not to rest in its serenity but to end their lives through assisted suicide has doubled in four years, reveals...
Foreign assisted suicide cases in Switzerland double in four years
The number of foreigners traveling to Switzerland to commit assisted suicide doubled over a four-year period, a study published in the Journal of Medical...
Friends reveal Robin Williams’ battles as suicide details emerge
Robin Williams committed suicide by hanging himself with a belt at his San Francisco Bay Area home, sheriff’s officials said Tuesday.
Recession caused 10,000 suicides in Europe and North America, study shows
The recent recession may have led to thousands of extra suicides, researchers have said.
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