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North Korea has frozen all tourist visa applications that are underway until 9 September, tour company Kyoryo Tours revealed today. The move comes after visits by Chinese tourists were suspended by North Korea capital Pyongyang. The reason for the suspension of tourist visas is as yet unknown, Kyoryo Tours have said in a statement. One […]
Enlarge / Tehran, the capital city of Iran. (credit: A.Davey via Creative Commons) Yesterday, users in Iran lost access to Apple’s App Store. When users attempted to connect or download apps, they received a message saying that the App Store was “unavailable in the country or region” in which they resided. The cessation of services began […]
Enlarge / Medical illustration of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae. (credit: CDC) For the first time, researchers have discovered strains of a deadly, multidrug-resistant bacterium that uses a cryptic method to also evade colistin, an antibiotic used as a last-resort treatment. That’s according to a study of US patients published this week by Emory University researchers in the […]
Sky News Britain has warned of a robust response if it finds evidence of Russian involvement in the collapse of a former Russian agent convicted of betraying dozens of spies to British intelligence. Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, are critically ill after being exposed to what police called an unknown substance. Russia’s embassy in […]
A respected Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) official who worked on the Ebola and Zika outbreaks has disappeared without a trace. He was last seen leaving work midway through the day, saying he was feeling ill. The Harvard-educated epidemiologist and US Navy officer Timothy J. Cunningham, 35, has been missing since February 12, […]
This sublimely forgiving coup of highway engineering is all over the Lone Star State—but why? https://media.wired.com/photos/5a3d70613dbbc51f4dd9bd1b/master/pass/texas-FA.jpg Feed: All Latest
Enlarge / Venus fly traps sit on display at the Berlin-Dahlem Botanical Garden on July 20, 2013 in Berlin, Germany. (credit: Getty | Adam Berry) A verdant garden, softly draped with all manner of greenery, is a tranquil setting to most. But to scientists, it can be tranquilized further. Just like humans, plants can succumb […]
It’s not the first time EastEnders has been scrapped in favour of another programme, but that didn’t stop viewers voicing their frustration online. The BBC One soap won’t be aired until Monday at 8pm, with Spy in the Wild being shown at 7.30pm in its place, before Room 101 at 8.30pm. One person posted: “@BBCOne […]
