Poison

Marina Ovsyannikova who denounced the Kremlin's war with Ukraine on live TV has been taken ill in Paris.

Heather Wilkinson was remembered as humble person at the service at the Korumburra Recreation Centre.

Locals gathered at St Joseph's Church in Korumburra to remember Gail, Patterson Don Patterson and Heather Wilkinson.

A Victorian pastor's condition has improved almost two weeks after the family lunch tragedy.

Police continue to probe the deaths of three people after a toxic lunch in late July.

Reverend Ian Wilkinson remains fighting for life at the Austin Hospital, as his loyal parishioners and community members pray for his recovery.

A food safety expert has likened gathering wild mushrooms to a game of Russian roulette.

The Homicide Squad raided a house in Leongatha as they investigate the tragedy.

After noticing his coffee began to taste strange, Roby bought chemical pool testing strips and secret cameras to find out why.

Investigators "have found nothing else that shows that it's something else," such as suicide.

Authorities in Iceland have warned tourists and other spectators to stay away from a newly erupting volcano that is spewing lava and noxious gases in the country's southwest.

The recall has widened to include new products.

Nearly 80 primary school students, mostly girls, are suspected to have been poisoned over the weekend and taken to hospital in Afghanistan's Sangcharak district.

A Sydney vet is warning dog owners to keep an eye on their animals after finding a sack of a suspicious substance inside a dog.

Taking the psychedelic drug ayahuasca and a frog toxin called kambo have been condoned despite a man's painful death after ingesting both substances at an alternative spiritual retreat in northern New South Wales.

The Queensland University student who became critically ill after unknowingly ingesting rat poison in Taiwan has touched down in Brisbane.

A Russian native from Brooklyn has been sentenced in the poisoning of a woman who resembled her with sedative-laced cheesecake and then stealing her identity.

Hundreds of birds and other animals have been found dead in Brisbane, with experts saying they believe they may have been poisoned.

Over the past three months, hundreds of young girls attending different schools have become overpowered by what are believed to be noxious fumes wafting into their classrooms.

Families of three Americans who died from carbon monoxide poisoning in a rented residence in Mexico City ahead of Dia de Los Muertos - or Day of the Dead - celebrations identified them as two New Orleans teachers and the owner of a Virginia Beach-based candle business.

Three people had to be rescued after suffering carbon monoxide poisoning at a home in Sydney's west overnight.

A toxic chemical was found in the blood of nearly two dozen dead teenagers after a mysterious tragedy rocked a country to its core.

Three Americans found dead at a Sandals resort on the Bahamas' Great Exuma island on May 6 died due to carbon monoxide poisoning, local authorities said on Tuesday.

The vivid red mushroom - amanita muscaria - is thriving in wet conditions and currently popping up in gardens all across southern Australia in greater numbers than usual.

Victorians have been warned not to trust apps claiming to be able to identify poisonous mushrooms as the fungi thrive in the state's cool, wet conditions.

Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich suffered symptoms of suspected poisoning at negotiations in Ukraine, reports say.

A Sydney man has said he is lucky to be alive - with fully functioning organs - after he took a "thumbnail-size" bite out of a mushroom found growing in his garden.

Seven people at a university in western Germany have received medical treatment after showing symptoms of poisoning, and prosecutors have opened an investigation into suspicions of attempted murder.

Authorities are warning families not to bring coal-burning devices indoors during winter after 17 people presented to hospital in NSW in one week with carbon monoxide poisoning.

The former chief physician of the Siberian hospital where jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny was treated immediately after his poisoning last summer has gone missing

Experts are warning NSW residents to be on the lookout for killer funnel-web spiders, after heavy rain combined with warm weather sees the creatures thrive.

The detention of Russian President Vladimir Putin's highest-profile political foe drew tens of thousands of protesters out into the streets this winter.

Before a Moscow court rejected opposition leader Navalny's appeal he urged Russians to stand up to the Kremlin in a fiery speech mixing references to the Bible and Harry Potter.

A top doctor at the Russian hospital where opposition leader Alexei Navalny was treated immediately after his poisoning last summer has died, the hospital announced.

A Russian court rejected opposition leader Alexei Navalny's appeal of his arrest while authorities detained several of his allies and issued warnings to social media companies

Russian police arrested hundreds of protesters who took to the streets in temperatures as low as minus -50 C to demand the release of Alexei Navalny, the country's top opposition figure.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday that reports about the details surrounding the poisoning of opposition figure Alexei Navalny are 'funny to read'.

They're among our most recognisable and iconic trees – but Australians have been warned to be careful around one particular species of grevillea.

The case of a UK toddler who died a week after eating a toilet cleaner capsule is believed to be "the first report of this happening in the world".

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is recovering after being poisoned by a nerve agent, has accused Vladimir Putin of being behind the attack.

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is in Germany recovering from what authorities there determined to be nerve agent poisoning, thanked Russian pilots and paramedics for acting quickly after he fell into a coma on a flight from Siberia

The Russian opposition leader has demanded Russia return the clothes he was wearing on the day he fell into a coma in Siberia, calling it "a crucial piece of evidence".

A woman suspected of sending an envelope containing the poison ricin, which was addressed to the White House, has been arrested at the New York-Canada border.

A woman suspected of sending a letter containing the poison ricin to President Donald Trump was arrested as she tried to enter the US from Canada.

A package containing the poison ricin and addressed to President Donald Trump was intercepted by law enforcement earlier this week, according to two law enforcement officials.

The Kremlin has accused colleagues of opposition leader Alexei Navalny of hampering a Russian investigation by taking items from his hotel room out of the country, including a water bottle claimed to have traces of Novichok.

Alexei Navalny's colleagues say a bottle of water with a trace of the Novichok nerve agent was found in his hotel room after he fell ill on a flight to Moscow last month.

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has posted a picture of himself in a hospital in Germany and says he is breathing on his own.

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's health has improved so that he is now able to leave his bed briefly, the Berlin hospital treating him says.

Berlin's Justice Ministry has approved a request from Moscow for legal assistance in the investigation of the poisoning of opposition leader Alexei Navalny.