SAO PAULO (AP) — Friday night was anything but typical at a bar near Paulista Avenue, one of Sao Paulo’s busiest areas and a popular destination for tourists. Nearly every table was ordering beer, ...

It’s just after 9pm on a dusty street in Vang Vieng, and it’s noticeably quiet.

Tourists have been warned of the risk of methanol poisoning in eight popular tourist destinations following a rise in serious illness overseas. The UK Foreign Office (FCDO) has added methanol ...

While backpacking in Bali during a gap year after high school, Ashley King, then 18, went to an “upscale nightclub” with friends and had some cocktails Two days later, Ashley, who hails from Calgary, ...

Six tourists who were staying at a youth hostel in Vang Vieng, Laos, died of methanol poisoning in November 2024. The methanol was believed to be in contaminated drinks. Methanol – a colourless, ...

It was supposed to be a night out with friends, but it left one Canadian high school grad poisoned — and permanently blind — after drinking cocktails tainted with methanol. Ashley King, then 18, was ...