The Daily Populous

Sunday April 19th, 2026 evening edition

image for More than 15m oysters to be released in the North Sea for UK rewilding project

More than 15m juvenile oysters are to be released into the North Sea in one of the biggest rewilding projects in UK waters.

Richard Land, the marine expert leading the project, said it would have a knock-on impact on the entire ecosystem.

“It won’t just benefit fish and the bay, it will benefit sea mammals, seabirds and the whole environment.”.

“This project is a blueprint for a wider plan to reintroduce oysters to the UK and to European waters,” Land said.

View image in fullscreen Young oysters are relayed at Scotland’s last wild native oyster fishery in Loch Ryan.

Vince added: “This whole project actually came from: how do we get nature to do the carbon capture for us?

This innovation is key to producing enough oysters from local genetic stocks to support restoration and recovery of this hugely valuable ecosystem. »

Trump tells Iran to sign deal with US or ‘the whole country is going to get blown up’

Authored by ca.news.yahoo.com
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President Donald Trump has issued his latest threat to Iran and said that if officials fail to make a deal with the United States “the whole country is going to get blown up.”.

Trump told Fox News that he was sending a team to Pakistan this week for negotiations.

“If they don't sign this deal, the whole country is going to get blown up," Trump told Fox News Chief Foreign Correspondent Trey Yingst. »

Michigan gas station clerk saves teen from alleged kidnapper after she mouths ‘help’

Authored by theguardian.com
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The man, who had evidently targeted the girl at random, eventually brought her to a Sunoco gasoline station in nearby Detroit where Abohatem was working as a clerk.

Abohatem later told WXYZ that he became suspicious of the situation when the man asked the girl to pay for cigarettes.

They provided that information to police, and officers arrived at the Sunoco as Abohatem was escorting the man, whom he realized was an alleged kidnapper, out of his store. »

Virginia strips tax breaks for organizations connected to the Confederacy

Authored by theguardian.com
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On Monday, Virginia’s governor, Abigail Spanberger, a Democrat and the state’s first female governor, signed into law a bill that eliminates tax exemptions for organizations connected to the Confederacy.

Founded in 1894, the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) is a non-profit with chapters in states including California, Kentucky, South Carolina and others.

The organization is largely responsible for the proliferation of Confederate statues and monuments across the country after the US civil war. »

Two New Drugs Offer Hope for Pancreatic Cancer

Authored by time.com
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Taken together, the results provide much-needed hope for the pancreatic cancer community, which hasn’t had as many options as patients with other types of cancer.

Immune-based therapies and personalized treatments based on genetic mutations found in a person's tumor, for example, have not worked well against pancreatic cancer.

Despite the seemingly small improvement in survival time, such advances are the first step toward more meaningful benefits for pancreatic cancer patients. »