Eight staff members of a backpacker hostel in Laos have been detained by local authorities as they investigate the deaths of ...

An Australian teenager has become the sixth foreign tourist to die in a suspected mass methanol poisoning in Laos, as a ...

The family of a “talented” British lawyer who is among six tourists to have died in Laos from suspected alcohol poisoning have paid tribute. Simone White, 28, from Orpington, was confirmed dead on ...

The families of two Australian teenagers who died of methanol poisoning in Laos in 2024 have expressed shock at the “disgraceful” fines levied on workers responsible for serving the tainted drinks.

The Laos backpackers hostel where two Aussies died is finally set to reopen after a recent renovation and name change. Best friends Holly Morton-Bowles and Bianca Jones, both 19, died while holidaying ...

The father of Melbourne teenager Bianca Jones, who died in Laos after drinking tainted alcohol served by a hostel, has called on authorities to stop the venue from reopening. Jones and her friend ...

Simone White, 28, died in November 2024 after drinking free vodka shots at the hostel they were staying in, friend Bethany Clarke said in an Instagram video Becca Longmire is a digital news ...

The Laos government has not yet taken up offers from the Australian Federal Police to assist in the investigation of six tourists deaths — including two Australian teenagers — from methanol poisoning ...

Their heartbroken parents want justice. This week marks the first anniversary of the deaths of Australians Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones, who died in the Laos methanol poisoning attack while on their ...

CNN — (CNN) — Eight staff members of a backpacker hostel in Laos have been detained by local authorities as they investigate the deaths of six foreign tourists from suspected methanol poisoning, ...