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BEIJING - The head of a leading hospital in China's central city of Wuhan, the epicentre of a coronavirus outbreak, died of the disease on Tuesday (Feb 18), state television said, becoming the second prominent Chinese doctor to have…

Rugby league and rugby union great Wendell Sailor has revealed his pain at never asking his birth mum why she gave him up for adoption — and regrets the fact he’ll never hear the reason from her mouth after she died last year.The former…

A mother-of-six has died and her baby son has been placed in an induced coma after the car they were travelling in collided with a truck minutes away from their Queensland home.Sharon France, 40, died at the scene of the two-vehicle…

MOSCOW – Russia on Thursday announced the death at 103 of veteran Soviet spy Alexei Botyan, whom it hailed as a hero for “saving” the Polish city of Krakow from the Nazis, although Poland disputes Moscow’s version of…

Japan on Thursday reported the first death of a person infected with novel coronavirus, as the number of cases on a quarantined cruise ship offshore soared over 200. The woman in her 80s was tested for the virus after being…

SINGAPORE - The army captain who was given a discharge not amounting to an acquittal over his role in the death of full-time national serviceman Dave Lee in 2018 died on Thursday (Feb 13). Tan Baoshu had been diagnosed with Stage 4…

SINGAPORE - Shariff Samat was a footballer who wore his heart on his sleeve and gave everything on the pitch each time he played. This was the common refrain among former teammates and friends who paid tribute to the ex-Singapore…

SINGAPORE - Shariff Samat was a footballer who wore his heart on his sleeve and gave everything on the pitch each time he played. This was the common refrain among former teammates and friends who paid tribute to the ex-Singapore…

BISHOP, CALIFORNIA – Dave McCoy, who transformed California’s Mammoth Mountain from a remote Sierra peak into a downhill destination for skiers and snowboarders from around the world, has died at 104.Rusty Gregory, former chief…

BOGOTA – A former hit man for late drug lord Pablo Escobar who confessed to killing hundreds of people during one of Colombia’s most violent periods died Thursday after a short battle with cancer, prison authorities said.Jhon Jairo…

A Chinese doctor who tried to warn fellow medics of the coronavirus outbreak has died after contracting the infection himself. Ophthalmologist Dr Li Wenliang – reported to be aged 34 – died on Thursday, according to state-run tabloid…

KOBE – Kayoko Arimoto, whose daughter was abducted by North Korean agents in 1983, has died due to heart failure, her supporters said Thursday, with her hope of seeing her daughter’s return unfulfilled. She was 94.Her daughter…

NAIROBI – Big Tim, a beloved elephant who was one of Africa’s last giant “tuskers,” has died, the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) said on Wednesday.“The celebrated elephant died early Tuesday morning aged 50,” KWS said in a…

It's no secret that medical personnel have been working selflessly to fight the spread of the Wuhan virus. Unfortunately, one of them ended up making a tragic sacrifice — his life. Pharmacist Song Yingjie was found dead on Feb 3 after…

"The people we love will never leave us". We see them in the things we do, like they have always been if they were still alive. It feels surreal as though they had never left, and that special place in our hearts will always be kept for…

SINGAPORE - Pastor Philip Chan, who dedicated his life to helping drug addicts and co-founded halfway house The Hiding Place with his wife Christina, died on Monday (Feb 3). Mr Chan, who suffered from liver cancer, was 69. His only…

AFL legend Billy Brownless experienced a tragic loss during his time in the jungle competing on Channel 10 reality show I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here.The Geelong great turned media personality’s dad Anthony died while Brownless…

WELLINGTON – Mike Moore, who served as New Zealand’s prime minister before leading the World Trade Organization during a tumultuous time when thousands protested in Seattle riots, died early Sunday. He was 71.He died at his home in…

An Australian tennis prodigy has died after collapsing on court in mysterious circumstances while training for an ITF event in Nepal this week.Western Australia’s Kent Yamazaki, 15, died in hospital after reportedly collapsing and…

A 35-year-old Hong Kong woman died after falling into a coma during a liposuction procedure this week in a plastic surgery clinic in Seoul, South Korean police said Friday. "The woman fell into a coma during a beauty operation on…