Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Laos

'Gone too soon': grieving community mourns two teens

Tributes are flowing as a community mourns two Melbourne teenagers who died from suspected methanol poisoning while on holiday in Laos.

AAP

Laos Hostel Owner Detained As 2nd Melbourne Teen Dies From Suspected Methanol Poisoning

Holly Bowles, 19, passed away in a Bangkok hospital after being on life support, bringing the confirmed death toll to six.

Pedestrian.tv

How can I tell if there’s methanol in my drink?

It looks, smells and tastes like regular alcohol – so how can we protect ourselves after several people died after likely consuming methanol in Laos this week?

The Guardian - AU

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Six people are dead after a suspected mass methanol poisoning at a backpacker party town. What went wrong in Laos?

As authorities detain a hostel owner in Vang Vieng, expert says the recent deaths are just the ‘tip of the iceberg’

The Guardian - AU

Chemistry expert on methanol poisoning after sixth Laos ‘tainted shots’ death ...The Standard podcast

Plus, capital’s busiest rail stations revealed & future of Liverpool Street

Evening Standard

An idyllic paradise turned to tragedy: How the backpacking dream became a nightmare with six dead in Laos party town

A dark cloud now looms over the backpacking hotspot of Vang Vieng after Australian teenagers Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones and British lawyer Simone White died from suspected alcohol poisoning

The Independent UK

Tributes paid to ‘kind and loving’ British tourist who died in Laos

Simone White was one of six people to die in suspected methanol poisoning incident in Vang Vieng

The Guardian - UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

British lawyer’s parents ‘devastated’ at her suspected poisoning death

Simone White is one of six people who have died after the incident in Laos last week.

Evening Standard

Simone White: Parents of London lawyer who died in suspected methanol poisoning in Laos pay tribute

Ms White among six to die after drinking alcohol suspected to have been laced with methanol in the backpacking hotspot Vang Vieng

Evening Standard

Australian Teenager Dies In Suspected Methanol Poisoning In Laos

Tragic methanol poisoning deaths in Laos prompt investigations and raise awareness about the dangers of tainted alcohol consumption among tourists.

Top News

Second Australian Dies After Suspected Laos Poisoning

A second young Australian tourist died in a Thai hospital on Friday, bringing the death toll related to suspected methanol poisoning during a night out in a Laos backpacker hotspot to six.

International Business Times

Laos methanol poisonings latest: Parents of killed British tourist pay tribute to ‘beautiful daughter’

Holly Bowles was taken to a Thai hospital after consuming ‘tainted’ alcohol shots in the backpacking hotspot of Vang Vieng

The Independent UK

6 tourists died in Laos after apparently drinking methanol. What is it and why was it in drinks?

Two Australian teenagers and a British woman have died from suspected methanol poisoning after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos

The Independent UK

Family ‘devastated’ after British lawyer Simone White’s Laos methanol death

Ms White has been remembered as a ‘beautiful, kind and loving daughter’ who had the ‘most wonderful energy‘

The Independent UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - AU

Second Melbourne teen, Holly Bowles, dies after a suspected methanol poisoning in Laos

The 19-year-old’s death comes as Vang Vieng’s tourism police says manager and owner of Nana backpacker hostel taken in for questioning

Evening Standard

Laos hostel manager and owner detained after British lawyer’s ‘poisoning’ death

Simone White died from suspected methanol poisoning following the incident in Vang Vieng last week.

Evening Standard

Laos poisonings: Sixth tourist dies after drinking 'tainted shots' as hostel manager detained

Six tourists, including Simone White from Orpington, are thought to have died after ingesting tainted alcohol

The Independent UK

Laotian police detain several people in investigation of tourist deaths in tainted alcohol incident

Laotian police have detained the manager and owner of a hostel where two teenage Australian tourists stayed who were poisoned by tainted alcohol, one fatally, in a case that appears to have claimed the lives of at least five people

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Bangkok Post

Fifth tourist dies in suspected methanol poisoning in Laos

A British woman who fell ill after drinking contaminated alcohol in Laos has died, the fifth foreign national now suspected to have died in the incident.

Pedestrian.tv

A Fifth Person Has Died After Drinking Methanol-Laced Alcohol In Laos

A fifth tourist has died after consuming methanol-laced alcohol in Laos. The 28-year-old woman was a British tourist travelling in Asia.

AAP

'At peace': teenager's family confirms methanol death

Holly Bowles has become the sixth person and second Australian to die after a suspected methanol poisoning event in Laos, her family has confirmed.

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: Netanyahu charged with war crimes by ICC, fifth Laos methanol death, Gaetz withdraws nomination

Israeli PM and former defence minister face warrants for ‘crimes against humanity’; British lawyer becomes victim of mass poisoning

Evening Standard

British lawyer dies from suspected methanol poisoning in Laos

Simone White, 28, was one of a number of people taken to hospital following the incident in Vang Vieng last week.

The Guardian - UK

British lawyer among six to die in suspected methanol poisoning in Laos

As well as Simone White, two Danes, an American and two Australians have died after incident in town popular with backpackers

The Independent UK

Laos hostel bosses detained after British backpacker becomes fifth to die in suspected methanol poisoning

Simone White one of five people dead following poisoning incident in backpacking hotspot of Vang Vieng

1 2 3 4 5

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Doctors Without Borders

150 stories

The US State Department

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.