内容摘要：One example is the genetically engineered Firefly bioluminescent petunia, which glows in the dark. Introduced earlier this year by the biotechnology firm Light Bio of Sun Valley, Idaho, the effect was created by inserting genes from luminous mushroom into a petunia plant.

One example is the genetically engineered Firefly bioluminescent petunia, which glows in the dark. Introduced earlier this year by the biotechnology firm Light Bio of Sun Valley, Idaho, the effect was created by inserting genes from luminous mushroom into a petunia plant.

O’Leary, Banz and others say federal relief has been slow. But volunteers have filled the gaps.Down the street, Amish workers from Pennsylvania pieced together a mold before pouring a new reinforced foundation for the Broad River Inn, among the oldest businesses in town. The river undermined the back end and obliterated the neighboring miniature golf course.

“We definitely could not have done what we’re doing without them, that is for certain,” inn co-owner Kristen Sottile said. “They have brought so much willpower, hope, as well as many other things to our community.”The Amish are working in concert with Spokes of Hope, a Christian nonprofit formed in the aftermath ofCarolinas in September 2018.

Jonathan Graef and his siblings bought the Best View Inn in late 2023 and were halfway through renovations when Helene struck. They’ve been flooded twice since, but the new rafters and framing the Amish workers constructed have held.“It’s really trying to kick us down,” said Graef, whose property borders what is left of the Bayou Billy’s park. “But our spirits are high, our hopes are high and nothing’s going to stop us from opening this place.”

Throughout town, the ring of hammers and saws mingles with the sizzle of welding and the rumble of debris-removal trucks.

Workers lay sewer lines. A temporary steel bridge to the state park — replacing the ornate stone and concrete span that washed out — should be ready soon, O’Leary said.About 1 million Rohingya, who are predominantly Muslim, are

They include about 740,000 who fled a brutal “clearance campaign” in 2017 by Myanmar’s security forces, who were accused of committing mass rapes and killings.A first boat that left from a refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, and traveled to Rakhine State in neighboring Myanmar to pick up more people sank on May 9, with only 66 survivors among a total of 267 people on board, UNHCR said.

The Geneva-based agency said reports indicated a second boat with 247 people on board that made a similar journey capsized a day later, with only 21 survivors.“Reports have been coming in and it has been very hard to confirm what has happened, but the fear is that this number of people may have lost their lives at sea in the region,” said UNHCR spokesman Babar Baloch.