The Daily Populous

The United States and its European allies are expelling dozens of Russian diplomats in a co-ordinated response to the poisoning of a former Russian spy in the UK.

President of the European Council Donald Tusk said the EU states had decided to expel Russian diplomats as a direct result of a meeting, held last week about the Salisbury poisoning.

In 1986, US President Ronald Reagan expelled 80 Cold War-era Russian diplomats. »

KAILUA-KONA — Protection for all sharks and rays within state waters has moved another step closer to reality.

The proposal seeks to protect all sharks and rays within state waters for ecological purposes, and their value to Native Hawaiian cultural practices and the ocean recreation industry.

It would also expand similar protections afforded to manta rays in 2009 to include all rays — or hihimanu. »

Back in 2015, a team of scientists discovered an exciting new antibiotic called teixobactin.

Now an international team of researchers has, for the first time, successfully synthesized the compound and used it to treat a bacterial infection in mice.

Teixobactins represent an exciting new class of antibiotics, the first novel antibiotic isolated from bacteria in over 30 years. »

TOKYO (Reuters) - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wants to repeal a Japanese law requiring broadcasters to show impartiality, a step critics fear will lead to sensational reporting and polarize views, just as a similar move has been blamed for doing in the United States.

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission decided to repeal the doctrine in 1987 after criticism that it restricted broadcasters’ freedom.

“What Prime Minister Abe wants to do is to advertise his views,” said lawmaker Soichiro Okuno from the opposition Party of Hope. »