The technique of using X-rays to sterilise the male mosquitoes and then releasing them into the wild is a new way to try and control the mosquito population, which has increased sharply in recent years due to warming temperatures and increasing immunity to pesticides.
Police in France have arrested nine suspects, including an aide to a far-left lawmaker, over the killing of a far-right activist in the southeastern city of Lyon, according to a prosecutor. The arrests come as France mourns Quentin Deranque, 23, who was beaten to death last week by far-left activists outside a Lyon venue where Member of the European Parliament Rima Hassan was speaking.
"I said what I said before the game, just because he was a bit arrogant," Matic tells FourFourTwo. "He said, We're way better than Lyon.' I don't think you say that before a quarter-final in the Europa League. "I wanted to put more pressure on him with my answer, and he made that mistake. I don't know if our second goal was his mistake or a half-mistake.
During the winter of 1628-29 a violent outbreak of plague had wiped out almost half the city, a suffering still raw when the plague came knocking on Lyon's door once again in 1643. Terrified that history would repeat itself, on September 8th 1643, Lyonnais citizens climbed up Fourvière Hill by candlelight to pray to the Virgin Mary for salvation. Their prayers were answered, and the plague never spread.
