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NDTV
08-05-2025
- Health
- NDTV
Veteran Australian Journalist Dies By Euthanasia After Long Battle With Rare Disorder
Quick Take Summary is AI generated, newsroom reviewed. Veteran journalist Iain Finlay, 89, died by euthanasia at home. He battled amyloidosis, a rare disease causing severe organ damage. Finlay chose voluntary assisted dying after treatments failed him. Veteran Australian journalist Iain Finlay, 89, died by euthanasia at his New South Wales home, surrounded by his loved ones. Mr Finlay, a former reporter for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, had been battling amyloidosis, a rare disease that severely damages organs due to a buildup of amyloid proteins. With no known cure, he opted for voluntary assisted dying after his condition became unbearable, accompanied by excruciating pain and difficulty breathing. He was surrounded by his partner of 60 years, Trish Clark, and their children, Zara and Sean. Notably, he had been preparing for this moment, researching euthanasia years in advance as a practical option. Despite participating in a trial for amyloidosis, he opted for voluntary assisted dying after the treatment proved ineffective. "There is no doubt this is an effort to control aspects of dying, having it administered to you at a particular time when your family can be there. It's going to be very traumatic for them, I suppose, even more than me," he told ABC before his death. Iain Finlay had a distinguished journalism career spanning several decades. He started out covering the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games for United Press and later became the Southeast Asia correspondent for ABC, where he worked on the program "This Day Tonight" for eight years. He interviewed notable figures like Ella Fitzgerald, Muhammad Ali, and former US President Richard Nixon. His son Sean Finlay paid tribute to his father through a touching note on Instagram. '18 months ago my Pa, was diagnosed with a terminal disease called Amyloidosis—an incurable cardiac condition in which patients become increasingly breathless, ultimately leading to death. For our father, the condition became progressively more intolerable and complex over the passing weeks and months, as it was accompanied by excruciating pain. Eventually, he could no longer stand or walk more than a few steps without gasping for breath," he wrote. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sean Finlay (@mrseanfinlay) "In response, a decision was made—by dad and with the full support of his family—to begin the detailed and complex process of applying for Voluntary Assisted Dying at home. Following three consultations with doctors, the procedure was approved, with medication scheduled to be administered Today, 6th May 2025," the caption added. Several countries have laws permitting euthanasia or medically assisted dying. New Zealand introduced its law in 2021, allowing adults with terminal illnesses expected to die within six months to opt for assisted dying if they're experiencing unbearable suffering. Other countries with similar laws include the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Canada, Belgium and Colombia.
Yahoo
07-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
On This Day, May 7: U-boat sinks British liner Lusitania killing 1,200
May 7 (UPI) -- On this date in history: In 1718, the French established the city of New Orleans on land inhabited by the Chitimacha tribe. The actual date of the city's founding is unknown, but the anniversary is traditionally observed May 7. In 1789, the first U.S. presidential inaugural ball, celebrating the inauguration of George Washington, was conducted in New York City. In 1824, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony was performed for the first time. In 1913, homemade bombs found under the bishop's throne in St. Paul's Cathedral and opposite the offices of Evening Star in Bouverie Street, were deemed by police to have been the work of suffragettes. A stone bust of Ludwig van Beethoven stands near the Old Playground Pavilion in Tower Grove Park in St. Louis on March 3, 2021. On May 7, 1824, Beethoven's "Ninth Symphony" was performed for the first time. File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI In 1915, a German U-boat sank the British liner Lusitania off the coast of Ireland, killing nearly 1,200 people. In 1921, in an exclusive interview with the United Press, Sun Yat Sen, president of the Canton Chinese government, outlined his policy proposals as he sought recognition for his fledgling government. The St. Anne Parade marches down Royal St in New Orleans on Fat Tuesday, February 21. On May 7, 1718, the French established the city of New Orleans on land inhabited by the Chitimacha tribe. File Photo by AJ Sisco/UPI File Photo by Stephen Shaver/UPI In 1945, U.S. Army Gen. Dwight Eisenhower accepted the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany from Gen. Alfred Jodl. Germany's Gen. Gustav Jodl (C) signs the unconditional surrender documents on May 7, 1945, in Reims, France, ending the war in Europe. He is flanked by Col. Wilhelm Oxenius (L), his aide, and German Adm. Hans Georg von Friedeburg. UPI File Photo In 1954, rebel Viet Minh forces overran the French stronghold of Dien Bien Phu, bringing about the end of French control in Indochina and creating the division of Vietnam. In 1987, Rep. Stewart McKinney, R-Conn., died at age 56, the first member of Congress identified as a victim of AIDS. McKinney contracted the virus following a tainted blood transfusion. On May 7, 1994, "The Scream," Edvard Munch's famed expressionist painting, was found in a hotel room south of the Norwegian capital of Oslo three months after it was stolen. File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI In 1994, The Scream, Edvard Munch's famed expressionist painting, was found in a hotel room south of the Norwegian capital of Oslo three months after it was stolen. Thieves stole the painting again in 2004 and it was recovered a second time in 2006. In 2000, Vladimir Putin was sworn in as Russia's second president in the first democratic transfer of executive power in the nation's 1,000-year history. France's newly elected president, Emmanuel Macron, addresses a crowd of well-wishers at the Louvre in Paris on May 7, 2017. Macron won the presidency over nationalist leader Marine. File Photo by Clement Martin/UPI In 2007, officials reported no survivors in the crash of a Kenyan Airlines plane that went down in a Cameroon mangrove swamp with 114 people aboard. In 2014, a Thai court, in an abuse-of-power ruling, removed Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra from office. File Photo by Stephen Shaver/UPI In 2017, France elected Emmanuel Macron, of La République En Marche! Party, president over Marine Le Pen of the National Front. In 2024, Russian President Vladimir Putin was inaugurated to his fifth term in office despite much of the Western world boycotting the ceremony because of the ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
New York Times
27-04-2025
- Business
- New York Times
Old Partners in News Publishing
The New York Times shares a lot of journalistic DNA with The Associated Press, including two foundational leaders. Henry Jarvis Raymond (1820-1869), who established The Times in 1851, and Adolph S. Ochs (1858-1935), whose family has published The Times since 1896, played a role in shaping the modern A.P., too. Raymond was the editor of The New York Courier & Enquirer in 1846 when he and a half dozen other New York journalists formed the New York Associated Press, originally to share the cost of covering the distant Mexican-American War. Competitors emerged as the New York A.P. grew. The Western Associated Press broke away in 1866. The United Press (no relation to United Press International) was formed in 1882. In 1891, Ochs, then the publisher of The Chattanooga Times, organized the Southern Associated Press, which the United Press took over in 1894, having already absorbed the New York Associated Press. The failure of the United Press in 1897 left the Western Associated Press of Chicago as the nation's dominant newswire. A member newspaper, The Daily Inter Ocean of Chicago, sued The A.P. in 1898 for punitively withholding service. In 1900, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled that The A.P., as a public utility, had to offer its news service to any newspaper that wished to be a client. As a result, the association reorganized in New York, where corporate laws were more favorable, as a nonprofit cooperative, the forebear of the modern A.P. On Sept. 29, 1900, The A.P. issued an imposing 14-by-14-inch vellum sheet embossed with its corporate seal of telegraph poles and wires. In a handsome calligraphic hand, the document certified Adolph S. Ochs as a member who was 'entitled to a news report of The Associated Press solely for publication in the New York Times.' The Times still has the certificate on file.
Yahoo
21-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
On This Day, April 21: South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu resigns
April 21 (UPI) -- On this date in history: In 1509, Henry VIII became king of England after his father, Henry VII, died. In 1836, with the battle cry "Remember the Alamo!" Texas forces under Sam Houston defeated the army of Mexican Gen. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna at San Jacinto, Texas, opening the path to Texas independence. In 1913, California state Sen. Ernest S. Birdsall of Placer County stated in an interview with United Press that the citizens of California demanded the prohibition of "aliens ineligible for citizenship" from owning farm land. The California Alien Land Law of 1913 was aimed at discouraging immigration to the state. In 1918, Manfred von Richthofen, German World War I flying ace known as "The Red Baron," was killed by Allied fire over Vaux-sur-Somme, France. In 1954, U.S. Air Force planes began flying French troops to Indochina to reinforce Dien Bien Phu. The city later fell to communist Viet Minh forces. In 1960, Brasilia was inaugurated as Brazil's capital, moving the seat of government from Rio de Janeiro. In 1967, a Greek army coup in Athens sent King Constantine II into exile in Italy. In 1975, Nguyen Van Thieu resigned as president of South Vietnam after denouncing the United States as untrustworthy. His replacement, Tran Van Huong, prepared for peace talks with North Vietnam as communist forces advanced on Saigon. In 1987, the bombing of a bus terminal in Colombo, Sri Lanka, killed 127 people and injured 288. In 1992, gas explosions ripped through the historic center of Guadalajara, Mexico, killing more than 200 people and injuring hundreds of others. In 2005, the U.S. Senate approved the nomination of John Negroponte to be the nation's first national intelligence director. In 2008, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced a link had been found between contaminated drug thinners from China and 81 deaths in the United States. In 2011, John Ensign, R-Nev., resigned his U.S. Senate seat amid a budding ethics scandal. Ensign admitted an affair with his former campaign treasurer earlier and had been under Republican pressure to step down. In 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court left in place the Food and Drug Administration's approval of mifepristone, allowing access to the abortion drug while legal challenges continue.
