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Reuters
Jul 17, 2024

Cyanide poisoning caused deaths of six foreigners in Bangkok: Thai police

News of the deaths, initially reported by some Thai media as a shooting, could be a setback for Thailand as it bets heavily on its vital tourism sector reviving an economy that has struggled since the pandemic.

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DW
Feb 14, 2024

Turkey: Several trapped after landslide hits gold mine

Dangerous levels of cyanide-laced soil had collapsed, making search operations difficult, officials said. Cyanide is a chemical compound controversially used in open-pit mining to extract minuscule amounts of gold from a lot of rock.