Cyprus becomes ‘island of dead cats’ after outbreak of feline coronavirus kills 300,000

[ad_1] Cyprus is a cat-loving country, and its history has long been intertwined with the furry creatures – archeologists have found evidence of their domestication dating back 9,500 years. But…

Scientists linked to Wuhan lab back in business as US renews grant for natural origins research

[ad_1] According to the grant award, the main thrust of the research is to “understand what factors allow bat-origin coronaviruses, including close relatives to Sars, to jump into humans” by…

How rolling power cuts have brought Cape Town – and South Africa – to its knees

[ad_1] As a foreign correspondent for the Telegraph, I have lived before in countries with occasionally patchy electricity supplies, such as Afghanistan and Pakistan, but nowhere nearly as bad as…