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🇯🇵 Asahi Shimbun (JP)
National & Local

Calling Students Cockroaches: Teacher Disciplined for Insulting Remarks

A Nagasaki elementary school teacher has been reprimanded for repeatedly calling a student a 'cockroach' and making derogatory remarks about the child.

Mar 23 • 06:45 UTC
🇦🇷 La Nacion (ES)
Life & Tech

Ranking of Pests: What Are the Worst Bugs You Can Find in a House?

The article discusses common household pests, focusing on their potential harm and the implications of their presence in homes.

Mar 19 • 16:44 UTC
🇦🇷 La Nacion (ES)
National & Local

The natural and safe method against cockroaches

An increasing number of people are choosing natural alternatives to chemical insecticides to combat cockroach infestations in their homes.

Mar 18 • 20:31 UTC
🇮🇳 Aaj Tak (Hindi)
World

Will robot cockroaches join the war after drones? They will be involved in espionage and warfare.

A German startup is developing technology to turn cockroaches into robotic spies for military missions using small electronic backpacks.

Mar 13 • 07:08 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
National & Local

'Lord of the Cockroaches' Filipino Defends Insects

A Filipino entomologist known as 'Lord of the Cockroaches' defends the importance of cockroaches in ecology despite their reputation as pests.

Mar 9 • 14:03 UTC
🇦🇷 Clarin (ES)
National & Local

The 'Lord of Cockroaches', the scientist who lives surrounded by these insects

Cristian Lucanas, a scientist in the Philippines, is known as the 'Lord of Cockroaches' for his expertise in these often-misunderstood insects, having discovered 15 species while advocating for their recognition and study.

Mar 9 • 11:01 UTC
🇨🇿 Aktuálně.cz
National & Local

Too Good Looking for Dirty Work? Not at All. The Handsome Guy Shows Horrific Houses Full of Cockroaches and Urine

A young man in Czechia, posing as a model or influencer, reveals his reality working as a hazmat cleaner in extremely filthy environments filled with waste and hazardous materials.

Mar 8 • 08:30 UTC
🇨🇿 Novinky.cz
World

They are alive, but they can be controlled. Germans developed spying cockroaches

Researchers in Germany have created a method to control live cockroaches for surveillance purposes.

Mar 7 • 08:31 UTC
🇦🇷 La Nacion (ES)
Life & Tech

This is the best way to get rid of kitchen cockroach pests

The article outlines an effective homemade solution to eliminate cockroach pests in kitchens without harming health or property.

Mar 2 • 16:31 UTC
🇦🇷 La Nacion (ES)
Life & Tech

Natural solution: this is the fruit that irritates cockroaches and drives them out of the kitchen

Experts have identified lemon as an effective natural repellent for cockroaches, providing an eco-friendly alternative to chemical insecticides.

Mar 2 • 13:36 UTC
🇪🇸 El País
Life & Tech

Say goodbye to cockroaches: just a drop of this product to eliminate dozens of them

A new product promises to effectively eliminate cockroaches with just a single drop, providing an economical solution to a common household pest problem.

Mar 2 • 05:45 UTC
🇬🇷 Naftemporiki
National & Local

Private credit: From Jamie Dimon’s ‘cockroaches’ to the freezing of Blue Owl – How the shock spreads in a $3 trillion market

Private credit is facing severe challenges with a series of bankruptcies and the freezing of acquisitions, signaling a potential crisis in the rapidly expanding market valued at $3 trillion.

Feb 24 • 08:01 UTC
🇵🇱 Wprost
National & Local

Cockroaches in a block in a Krakow estate. It started from one apartment

Residents of a Krakow apartment block are frustrated by a cockroach infestation stemming from a single neglected unit.

Feb 23 • 13:12 UTC
🇦🇺 ABC News AU
National & Local

Cockroach numbers surge in Adelaide during warm, humid weather

Cockroach populations in Adelaide are increasing due to warm and humid conditions, with the potential for more infestations as the weather continues to warm.

Feb 20 • 07:09 UTC
🇩🇰 Politiken
National & Local

Defective fire doors, cockroaches, clogged toilets and no fire drill: All warning lights were on prior to the ship disaster

An investigation reveals critical safety failures on the 'Scandinavian Star' leading up to a tragic fire that killed 159 people.

Feb 15 • 07:23 UTC
🇩🇰 Politiken
National & Local

Stopped toilets, cockroaches and defective fire doors. There was a red alarm for days. But no one did anything

The article investigates the poor safety conditions aboard the 'Scandinavian Star' prior to a tragic fire that claimed 159 lives, raising questions about the accountability of maritime authorities.

Feb 15 • 07:23 UTC
🇪🇸 El País
National & Local

Would You Name a Cockroach After Your Ex? When Revenge and Humor Take Center Stage on Valentine's Day

Zoos across the U.S. are allowing people to symbolically name cockroaches after their ex-partners as a humorous way to vindicate those who have complicated relationships with love on Valentine's Day.

Feb 14 • 04:30 UTC
🇪🇸 ABC
Life & Tech

From solitary cockroaches to social termites: the 'sexual secret' that allowed them to conquer the world

A new study reveals that termites built their complex societies not by gaining new genes, but by losing them, with the key being the abandonment of sperm competition to create large colonies.

Feb 4 • 23:14 UTC
🇪🇸 El País
Life & Tech

'Evil': Bajo Ulloa returns to his powerful terrible tales of butterflies and cockroaches

In his new film 'El mal', Juanma Bajo Ulloa explores themes of psychopathy and crime, paralleling his earlier work 'Alas de mariposa' with a narrative featuring a writer discussing her book on a talk show.

Jan 16 • 04:30 UTC
🇮🇹 La Repubblica
Crime & Justice

In a Cell Among Mice and Cockroaches. 'Me, in the Aquarium of Torture. I Will Never Forget'

An inmate recounts their harrowing experience in a cramped cell infested with cockroaches, describing it as worse than Alcatraz.

Jan 14 • 00:00 UTC
🇪🇸 El País
Crime & Justice

The account of the two Italian prisoners freed in Venezuela: "It was worse than Alcatraz, 14 months sleeping on the floor with cockroaches"

Alberto Trentini and Mario Burlò recount their 14-month ordeal in a Venezuelan prison, describing the conditions as worse than Alcatraz.

Jan 13 • 13:25 UTC
🇨🇿 iRozhlas
World

Even a cockroach has a soul. A Japanese company thanks the insects killed during research

A Japanese company expresses gratitude to the cockroaches that were killed during scientific research.

Jan 7 • 22:44 UTC

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