Friday, July 28, 2023

Buoy barriers in Texas do little to deter migrants

Buoy barriers in Texas do little to deter migrants

Groups of people easily wade around a line of buoys in the Rio Grande in Texas meant to keep migrants from crossing the Mexico-U.S. border as work continues to extend the floating barricade.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/buoy-barriers-in-texas-do-little-to-deter-migrants-1.6921543?cmp=rss

German hiker's remains ID'd 37 years after disappearing on Swiss Alps

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The remains of a German mountain climber who disappeared while hiking along a glacier near Switzerland's iconic Matterhorn mountain in 1986 have been recovered, as melting glaciers have led to the reemergence of bodies and objects thought to be long-lost.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/swiss-alps-body-discovery-1.6921279?cmp=rss

Threads has lost half its users since launch, Zuckerberg tells staff

Meta Twitter Rival

Meta Platforms executives are heavily focused on boosting retention on their new social media app Threads, after it lost more than half of its users in the weeks following its buzzy launch, CEO Mark Zuckerberg told employees on Thursday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/threads-users-zuckerberg-1.6920983?cmp=rss

Singapore executes woman for 1st time in nearly 20 years for drug offence

Malaysia Singapore Execution

Singapore conducted its first execution of a woman in 19 years on Friday — its second hanging this week — for drug trafficking. It comes despite calls for the city-state to cease capital punishment for drug-related crimes.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/singapore-drug-offence-executions-1.6920909?cmp=rss

Randy Meisner, founding Eagles member, dead at 77

The Eagles, performing together in 1998

Randy Meisner, a founding member of the Eagles, who added high harmonies to such favourites as Take It Easy and The Best of My Love, and also stepped out front for the waltz-time ballad Take It to the Limit, has died, the band said Thursday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/randy-meisner-eagles-obituary-1.6920748?cmp=rss