SYDNEY, Australia (Reuters) — Two eight-year-old boys were killed and another three children were badly hurt after a car crashed into a classroom in Sydney on Tuesday (November 7), Australian police said. A sport utility vehicle smashed through the wooden wall of the school in Sydney’s west around 9.45 a.m.(2245 GMT Monday), where 24 primary-age children were in class with their teacher, police said in a statement. Five children were rushed to hospital, including the […]
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Alarm over flesh-eating ulcer cases in Australia
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — The spread of a flesh-eating bacterial condition in Australia sparked calls Thursday for more government-funded research into the disease, which is normally limited to developing countries. Buruli ulcer, a leprosy-like disease that rots flesh, is usually found in parts of Africa and was named after the Ugandan village where it was discovered. It was first diagnosed in Australia’s Victoria state in the 1930s and a growing number of cases have hit […]





