Friday, July 4, 2025

At least 13 dead in Texas following flash floods

A flood gauge in place on a road in Kerrville, Texas.

Months worth of heavy rain fell in a matter of hours on south-central Texas, killing at least 13 people and leaving more than 20 girls attending a summer camp unaccounted for Friday as search teams conducted boat and helicopter rescues in the fast-moving flood water.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/texas-hill-country-deadly-flooding-1.7577850?cmp=rss

Hamas says it's given 'positive' response to U.S. ceasefire proposal, but more talks needed

Smoke rises from Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip.

Hamas says it has given a “positive” response to the latest proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza but said further talks were needed on implementation.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hamas-israel-ceasefire-deal-positive-1.7577804?cmp=rss

Ontario architect's seal forged by remote worker believed to be North Korean fraudster

This blueprint for a 'boutique studio,' obtained by an X user called Cookier Connoisseur, contains a forgery of an architectural stamp belonging to Stephen Mauro, who is based in the Greater Toronto Area

In mid-May, an online researcher posted a series of professional stamps on X bearing the names of engineers across the United States. The researcher claimed they were being used by North Korean remote workers. Among them was the seal of Canadian architect Stephen Mauro.



source https://www.cbc.ca/television/the-fifth-estate/ontario-architect-seal-north-korean-remote-worker-1.7577096?cmp=rss

Meet the U.S. climate resistance

Headshots of Brandon Jones, Aru Shiney-Ajay, Glen Brand, and Dominique Browning

In this issue of our environmental newsletter, we meet some of the Americans fighting back against U.S. cuts to climate science and policies, visualize how hot our cities will feel by the end of this century and check out a new kind of cat litter made from waste.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/what-on-earth-us-climate-activists-1.7575978?cmp=rss