Pest control

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, Nov 29, 2025

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (left) said Mr Andriy Yermak had resigned, and that he would consider his replacement for Head of the Presidential Office on Nov 29.

Bedbugs on ‘seats, clothes’ force temporary closure of prestigious Paris cinema’s halls

Paris' prestigious Cinematheque Francaise is to temporarily close amid a bedbug infestation.

Safer, more sustainable pest control under Singapore’s new framework

Singapore’s national framework The Code Of Practice For The Performance Of Pest Management Services incorporates integrated pest management principles.

Mexico hopes to eradicate screwworm with new sterile fly plant

A worker applying sanitising talcum powder to livestock at a market in Mexico amid an increase in cases of screwworm since August.

SFA investigating rat sighting at SIT campus foodcourt

A video of a rat perched on a tablet at the cash register of a stall at the SIT food court was posted on Reddit, and went viral.

Rainy summer brings surge in rat sightings across Seoul

Overflowing sewers have driven rats above ground, prompting a spike in complaints across Seoul.

New York declares total war on prolific rat population

Officials are mounting an effort to educate the public about the need to avoid leaving behind food waste that feeds and sustains the rat population.

UK’s super-sized rodent woes: Rat as large as a cat caught in England

The rat caught in North Yorkshire was around 56cm long from nose to tail.

Locusts spread in Ukraine’s south as war disrupts control measures

Swarms of locusts are covering roads, fields and bushes in Zaporizhzhia region.

Sniffer dogs help Mexico fight flesh-eating screwworm

Havana, a two-year-old Shepherd mix, practices detecting screwworm, a pest that infests livestock, on a cow-sized equipment inside a greenhouse shed at the canine training center Ceacan, in Tecamac on the outskirts of Mexico City, Mexico July 10,2025. REUTERS/Raquel Cunha

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