Chikungunya is breaking out in China. Photo Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (Unsplash) The World Health Organisation (WHO) issued an urgent alert last month against the latest outbreak of mosquito-borne Chikungunya. Authorities in China are now scrambling in order to contain the spread of the disease after nearly 8,000 new cases have appeared in less than one …

A FORMER head of the Policia Nacional’s narcotics unit in Mallorca has been arrested as part of a probe into money laundering of drug trafficking cash earned via the so-called Ibiza-Valencia cocaine ‘pipeline’. Inspector Faustino Ngales has been arrested by Guardia Civil in Palma, as part of an operation conducted jointly by the Guardia Civil & Policia Nacional. Nogales shifted …

AOL will no longer offer dial-up Internet access. Photo credit: Spacekid via Wikimedia commons After more than 30 year, AOL, the American web portal, has announced it will discontinue its dial-up Internet services at the end next month on September 30. AOL, the American web portal and online service provider, announced that it will discontinue its dial-up Internet service at …