A new cyber fraud known as “pig butchering scam” or “investment scam” has emerged, targeting unemployed youths, housewives, students, and needy people who are made to lose large sums of money daily, ...
From its headwaters in Brazil, the Paraguay River flows hundreds of miles south to where it joins the Parana River to form a single 2,100-mile waterway that carries much of ...
From the outside, it looked like an ordinary cluster of buildings—shops, offices, homes—but in fact, it was a crime den from which Chinese gangs ran scams called pig butchering, swindling ...
Pritt’s other concern is the range of animals being infected with the virus, including domestic cats and, importantly, pigs. Pigs, she explained, can carry both bird and human influenza viruses which ...
Most air passengers rarely think about what’s stored in the cargo hold below, but passengers on a recent KLM Royal Dutch Airlines flight were in for a surprise when the stench from live pigs ...
Under the former policy the bounty paid for a wild dog or dingo was $40, and feral pig $10. The new plan slashed the payout for a wild dog or dingo to $25. This was in line with what is offered at ...
One solution to the shortage may be found in pigs. A Georgia grandmother is now the fifth person to receive an organ transplant from a genetically modified pig. She shared her story with NBC’s ...
Experts have long regarded pigs as one of the greatest zoonotic threats to public health because their cells allow viruses to mix and mutate, creating new strains capable of causing human pandemics.
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Towana Looney is the fifth American given a gene-edited pig organ, after eight years on dialysis ...
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. AP spoke with three people closely watching pig kidney development, including two who’ve asked about ...