Speaker 1: Kalaroga Shark Media. Hi there, I'm Johnny mag with five
good news stories. A couple fleeing the conflict in the
Middle East. They've been praised for refusing to abandon their dog.
They had to go through all kinds of hoops to
get their dog to safety. The couple are based in
Doha and their flights were canceled, so they traveled by
road to Riod, then flew to Istanbul and onward to Berlin.
Along the way, they had to deal with pet travel rules,
health certificates, vax records, export permits, and special documentation required
for entry into Saudi Arabia and the EU. They have
drawn online praise for keeping the dog with them and
showing that it is possible to evacuate safely without leaving
pets behind. Meanwhile, the Greek government organized a special evacuation
flight to bring stranded citizens and their pets home from
the Persian Gulf. During the conflict, more than one hundred
passengers and their animals were flown from places like the
UAE back to Athens after commercial travel became difficult due
to repeated airspace closures and cancelations. Those officials made the
point that pets are not luggage. They are part of
our families. Scientists have developed a breakthrough method that turns
waste plastic into a key drug used to treat Parkinson's disease.
Researchers at the University of Edinburgh engineered E. Coli bacteria
to convert the common plastic used in bottles into a
frontline medication for Parkinson's. About fifty million metric tons of
the chemical known as pet are produced each year, making
it a massive potential resource rather than waste. The process
works by first breaking the plastic down into teraphylactic acid,
which the engineered bacteria then transform into L dopa through
a series of biological reactions. Researchers say it's the first
time a biological process has been used to create a
pharmaceutical from plastic waste, offering a more sustainable alternative to
traditional drug production, which relies heavily on fossil fuels, which
I think are about to get really expensive. A college
freshman in Virginia has opened an old fashioned general store.
Lindsay just graduated from high school and as a freshman
in Virginia Wesleyan University. Lindsay co owns the marketplace and
general store in old town Portsmouth with her father Tony.
The idea came from her childhood, where she spent time
visiting traditional general stores in the mountains of North Carolina
fell in love with it. She explained the mission. Portsmouth
is known for its history, and so we wanted to
bring back the historical feel, but also the old fashioned
family place for everyone to come. Her father, who is
a commercial real estate professional, I'm sure that helped here,
helped make the idea reality, not just as a business,
but as a learning opportunity and a way to invest
back in the community. He said. The store is designed
to give Lindsay real world experience. Running the shop isn't
always easy. Foot traffic rises during festivals and holidays and
drops off at other times. Customers regularly tell the man,
this reminds me of something I grew up with back home,
and this is fun. A father and son in Alabama
cashed in on a restaurant promise. There's been a sign
hanging for fifty four years. The sign at Windcell's Oyster
House in Mobile promised unlimited free oysters to any man
eighty years old who dined with his father well for decades,
Jim and his son Jimmy wondered if the offer was real.
Jimmy turned eighty, he showed up with his dad. He
asked them was the sign for real and they said yes.
We asked has anybody ever done it? They said no.
So Jimmy shows up. He's eighty years old, brings Jim Senior,
who's ninety nine. The restaurant posted on social media. Most
people read that sign behind the bar and laugh. But
tonight Jimmy Rush walked in on his eightieth birthday with
his father, James Rush, ninety nine right beside him, and
turned one of Winsel's rarest traditions into a real life milestone.
And yes, the oysters were on the house. Jim Senior
turns one hundred and July. He said, I have only
been sick twice in my life, once when I was
five and once when I was ninety seven. I don't see,
but I hear fairly well, and that's about it, and
I don't take any medications at all. But here's the
really good catch. The deal keeps going. Jim Senior has
another son who's soon going to be eighty. They might
do this again in twenty twenty seven, though, So your
five good news stories for today, have an awesome day,