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A British tourist being treated after a suspected mass methanol poisoning in Laos has died, according to UK officials. 

A homeless man has been arrested and charged over a plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange. 

Dozens of partners at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Britain's biggest accountancy firm, will next month take early retirement as its new boss takes steps to boost its performance. 

Four people have died and six British backpackers are in hospital in southeast Asia after reports of suspected methanol poisoning. 

The second named storm of the season will bring snow, rain and strong winds to parts of the UK this weekend, according to the Met Office. 

Pope Francis has said he will canonise a teenager born in London, setting the date for them to become the first millennial saint of the Catholic Church. 

Two-time Olympic triathlon champion Alistair Brownlee has announced his retirement from the sport. 

A US federal court has issued an arrest warrant for one of India's richest men. 

A murder detective has dismissed concerns Scotland’s top police officer is "callous" for refusing to meet the family of a banker gunned down on his doorstep 20 years ago today. 

A volcano on the Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland has erupted for the seventh time since December, prompting evacuation orders.