Image copyright Science Photo Library 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 their aim is not to make the […]
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Image caption Julius Agyei says his clothes and passport were removed A letting agency has been illegally evicting tenants and taking their belongings, the BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire programme has been told. Three tenants said they arrived home to find locks had been changed and rooms emptied. Some said their possessions had not yet been returned.
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“I am large, I contain multitudes,” Walt Whitman wrote in “Song of Myself.” And these days, New York includes an unusually large and varied amount of its most celebrated literary son. The bicentennial of his birth on May 31 is being celebrated with events around town, including a marathon reading of “Song of Myself” in
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The Latest from the NBA Finals and Thursday’s Game 1 between the Golden State Warriors and Toronto Raptors (all times local): 7:05 p.m. Larry Bird says Kawhi Leonard is “playing as good as anyone’s ever played in this league through the playoffs.” But Bird also knows the Toronto Raptors face a new level of pressure
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The Congressional Black Caucus has taken no official position on impeachment; its chairwoman, Representative Karen Bass, Democrat of California, said she was organizing a formal “educational session” for its members once they returned from Memorial Day recess next week. On Friday evening, 10 members of the caucus will convene a town hall-style meeting in Brooklyn,
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Uber’s shares, which have fallen from their $45 offering price, rose in after-hours trading on Thursday. Kathleen Smith, a principal at Renaissance Capital, which manages exchange-traded funds focused on I.P.O.s., said Wall Street had expected the losses and slowing growth because Uber had indicated them in its I.P.O. paperwork. “If Uber does nothing worse than
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Massachusetts has sued a national retailer of electronic cigarette and vaping products, alleging the company violated state law by targeting minors for sales of its merchandise, Attorney General Maura Healey announced Thursday. The complaint filed in Suffolk Superior Court alleges that Clifton, New Jersey-based Eonsmoke LLC violated Massachusetts consumer laws by targeting underage consumers through
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Image copyright Getty Images The Confederation of British Industry has warned Conservative leadership candidates over leaving the EU without a deal. A no-deal scenario would do “severe” damage to businesses, it said in an open letter to all the MPs running to lead the party. Director general Carolyn Fairbairn warned them that smaller companies can
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Oregon will ban restaurants from automatically offering single-use plastic straws under a measure passed by lawmakers, making it the second state to enact restrictions on plastic straws. The House voted 48-12 late Wednesday night to prohibit restaurants from providing single-use plastic straws unless a customer asks. Drive-thrus could still offer straws, as could health care
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The Marlins were ahead on the scoreboard and closing fast in the standings when the Giants finally came up with a couple of big hits to end a skid. Brandon Crawford delivered a tiebreaking two-run double in the eighth inning, and San Francisco broke a seven-game losing streak by rallying past Miami 3-1 Thursday. “You
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