Monday, July 29, 2024

A highly contagious skin disease is spreading across parts of the Gaza Strip

A woman in a black dress holds a toddler on her laps with his arms up and a skin rash

Reports on social media and in the news show a highly contagious skin rash mainly affecting kids in the Gaza Strip. The red welts are on arms, legs, faces and chests, and are very itchy blisters that eventually burst and turn into a dark yellow crust.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/gaza-disease-nasser-hospital-contagious-1.7279254?cmp=rss

Elon Musk shared an AI video of Kamala Harris. Here's why it matters

A man in a grey suit gestures while speaking.

Elon Musk recently amplified a deepfake video that uses AI to mimic Kamala Harris’s voice. It’s raising concern about the power of artificial intelligence ahead of the U.S. presidential election in November.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/elon-musk-deepfake-kamala-harris-video-1.7278911?cmp=rss

Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro officially declared president — after he and opposition each claimed victory

A man in a purple and yellow track jacket smiles and raises both his arms at a crowd.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/venezuela-election-maduro-challenge-1.7278355?cmp=rss

Multiple children stabbed in attack in British town

Police officers stand behind police tape on the street.

At least eight people, some of them children, were injured in stabbings in northwest England on Monday, emergency services said.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/children-stabbed-britain-1.7278639?cmp=rss

4,000 firefighters battle California's wide-ranging Park Fire

Trees are lit by orange fire in the dark in a forest.

Winds and temperatures were expected to increase slightly amid a drop in humidity, California officials said in an update early Monday, as the Park Fire had scorched an area greater than the city of Los Angeles.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/california-us-wildfires-monday-1.7278413?cmp=rss

Venezuela's Maduro, opposition each claim presidential victory

A man in a purple and yellow track jacket smiles and raises both his arms at a crowd.

 Venezuela's opposition claimed victory in Sunday's presidential election, setting up a showdown with the government, which earlier declared President Nicolas Maduro the winner.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/venezuela-election-maduro-challenge-1.7278355?cmp=rss