world news 310519

A fungus – genetically enhanced to produce spider toxin – can rapidly kill huge numbers of the mosquitoes that spread malaria, a study suggests. Trials, which took place in Burkina Faso, showed mosquito populations collapsed by 99% within 45 days. The researchers say … Read more via BBC...

A Thailand Man, 22, has died from electrocution while charging his mobile phone in bed. Dailymail reports that the victim was home alone in his apartment waiting on a relative in Nakhon Ratchasima Province in Thailand on Monday night. Unfortunately for the relative who arrived, he found the...

The Network of Anti-Corruption Institutions in West Africa, NACIWA, has nominated Nigeria to represent the region at the 4th Annual General Meeting of the Association of Anti-Corruption Authorities in Africa, scheduled to hold in Egypt, in June 2019. EFCC spokesperson, Tony Orilade, in a...

Just one day before Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said at a shareholder meeting that he wants to build a “privacy-focused social platform,” the company’s lawyer argued that privacy doesn’t actually exist on Facebook. At a hearing in a class-action lawsuit over Cambridge Analytica’s accessing of...

Apple has a Huawei problem. Of the myriad issues raised by the evolving and intensifying US-China trade Cold War, the knock-on effects on Apple have been perhaps least appreciated. And not just Apple of course, but a slew of American companies that have both shifted production to China over …...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s long domination of Israeli politics has earned him the nickname “King Bibi,” but his failure to reach a coalition deal following an April 9 election has dented that reputation. Netanyahu will now seek to remain in power through a new election set for …...

Sudanese authorities on Thursday shut down news broadcaster Al Jazeera’s Khartoum office, as thousands of protesters gathered outside the country’s military headquarters to pressure the ruling generals to cede power. The sprawling military complex has become the focal point of the weeks-long...

A mother who allegedly led police on a 10 kilometre chase reaching speeds of up to 200km/hr in her Mercedes Benz – while her toddler daughter sat unrestrained in the back – is asking for money to fund her lifestyle. Margarita Tomovska, 27, quickly earned a … Read more via News | Mail Online...

North Korea has reportedly executed its special envoy to the U.S. and four other Foreign Ministry officials after the February U.S.-North Korea summit in Hanoi didn’t work out. According to Reuters, South Korean newspaper Chosun Ilbo reports that Kim Hyok Chol—who had served as U.S. … Read...

President Donald Trump vowed to impose a 5% tariff on Mexican goods until that country stops immigrants from entering the U.S. illegally -- brandishing a weapon used against a widening group of countries and jeopardizing a new North American trade agreement..... Read more via Bloomberg –...