telegraph.co.uk reported that people living or travelling in areas plagued by mosquitoes are more at risk of bites after researchers found the insects are first deterred by Deet, but then later ignore it.
Deet, which was developed by the US military following operations in the jungle during World War II, is one of the most widely used ingredients in insect repellents. But scientists said they needed to find alternatives to the substance, which works because mosquitoes do not like the smell, after tests showed the insects are becoming increasingly resistant to Deet. Read Article
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As covered by trust.org, “Tropical cyclone Haruna is forecast to strike Madagascar as an intense tropical cyclone at about 00:00 GMT on 22 February…According to the Saffir-Simpson damage scale the potential property damage and flooding from a storm ofHaruna’sstrength (category 3)at landfall includes: Storm surge generally 2.7-3.7 metres (9-12 feet) above normal.” Read Article
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As reported by jpost.com, “A travel warning has been issued for Israelis traveling in Cyprus, the Israel Radio reported on Wednesday night. The warning was issued due to the presence of Hossam Taleb Yaacoub, the Lebanese-Sweedish terrorist who planned the July attacks in Bulgaria against Israeli tourists, in Cyprus.” Read Article
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As reported by wral.com, “A park official says a Komodo dragon has attacked a tour guide on a remote island in eastern Indonesia. Komodo National Park official Heru Rudiharto said Wednesday a 2.5-meter-long (8.2-foot-long) lizard suddenly appeared and attacked Abdul Rachman who was guiding four Indonesian tourists near its nest.” Read Article
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thejakartaglobe.com reported….Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara. The beverage that killed an Australian teenager in the popular holiday island of Gili Trawangan contained methanol, food and drug regulators in West Nusa Tenggara have confirmed. Sri Utami Ekaningtiyas, the head of the provincial office of the Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM), said Tuesday that tests on the […]
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Three sisters aged between six and 11 were raped and murdered before their bodies were dumped down a village well in rural western India, police said on Wednesday. The bodies of the three schoolgirls were found last week, two days after they went missing on February 14 from their home in the Bhandara district of […]
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France on Wednesday urged its citizens to leave northern Cameroon after seven members of a French family were seized in a kidnapping officials suspect was carried out by Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram. The family — a couple, their children aged five, eight, 10 and 12 and an uncle — were snatched in northern Cameroon […]
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North Korea has threatened the South with “final destruction” saying it could take second and third steps after a nuclear test last week. Speaking at the UN Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, North Korean diplomat Jon Yong Ryong said: “As the saying goes, a new-born puppy knows no fear of a tiger. South Korea’s erratic […]
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Papua New Guinea’s cabinet has approved 2.5 million US dollars to deploy defence force soldiers to patrol and protect the border with Indonesia. The newspaper, The National, reports that the national executive council has moved with urgency to address problems between PNG citizens living in the border area and the Indonesian military. Read Article
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U.S. citizen Michael James, age 52, has been murdered by a an unknown group of gunmen. He was in a rental care with a female driving through a coffee plantation. The information did not indicated whether he was a tourist or expatriate. laprensagrafica.com reported that the U.S. government issued a travel warning to El Salvador, […]
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