Lagos: drugs, firearms and youth unemployment are creating a lethal cocktail in Nigeria’s commercial capital: Lagos is the most populous city in Africa and a regional economic giant, having west Africa’s busiest seaport. It is the centre of commercial and economic activities in Nigeria. The city’s population is estimated to be 20 million people. The …
Why 40°C is bearable in a desert but lethal in the tropics: Phew: heat plus humidity can make Bangkok an uncomfortable place in a heatwave. Pavel V.Khon/SHutterstock This year, even before the northern hemisphere hot season began, temperature records were being shattered. Spain for instance saw temperatures in April (38.8°C) that would be out of …
COVID: what happens if a far more lethal coronavirus emerges in pets?: Real Moment/Shutterstock The recent suggestion that ministers may have to consider culling or vaccinating animals to prevent the coronavirus from picking up another dangerous mutation and jumping back to humans may sound like sudden panic, but it’s just part of a long debate …
South Africa in the news: Indian Covid Strain: Virus will become more transmissible but less lethal says expert: A leading expert has sought to calm fears that the coronavirus is mutating into a more dangerous form, arguing that it will most likely become more “transmissible” but less “pathogenic” as time goes …: “South Africa” – …
South Africa in the news: Indian Covid Strain: Virus will become more transmissible but less lethal says expert: A leading expert has sought to calm fears that the coronavirus is mutating into a more dangerous form, arguing that it will most likely become more “transmissible” but less “pathogenic” as time goes …: “South Africa” – …
South Africa in the news: British expat finds hundreds of lethal pufferfish washed up in South Africa: A British expat has discovered hundreds of stranded ‘evil-eyed’ pufferfish washed up on a beach in South Africa. The ‘evil-eyed’ pufferfish are each armed with a poison more deadly than cyanide. Tess …: “South Africa” – BingNews WRAPUP …
Video: unique footage of secret WW2 ‘Scallywag Bunkers’ that were Britain’s lethal last line of defence: Secret units of saboteurs and assassins would have targeted German troops in the event of a Nazi invasion. Shutterstock Eighty years ago, as Nazi Germany’s military might amassed along the French coast, small groups of highly trained British killers …
Heatwaves often end with spectacular thunderstorms and lethal floods – but where and when they’ll strike is hard to predict: sam-whitfield1 / shutterstock If you’re in the UK, you may not have slept well this week. According to the weather gauges at the University of Reading, where I work, Tuesday 11 August was the third …
Medical skin creams could be a lethal fire risk when soaked into fabric – here’s what you need to know: Rarin Lee/Shutterstock Care providers were alerted to a house fire involving one of their patients at 4am on May 30, 2015. The fire and rescue services discovered a 74-year-old lady who had succumbed to a …
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