Texas floods: Evacuations begin across Hill Country as forecasters warn of ‘deadly wave’

Emergency officials have urged residents living near rivers to move to higher ground. Texas is once again battling life-threatening flooding as relentless rainfall triggered flash flood emergencies across parts of the Hill Country and South Texas early Thursday, forcing evacuations, prompting dozens of water rescues, and reviving painful memories of last year’s catastrophic floods.Emergency officials…

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Jeff Bezos’s wife Lauren Sánchez could not afford a prom dress growing up. Now she and the Amazon founder are donating $34 million to fashion

Lauren Sánchez and Jeff Bezos Growing up, Lauren Sánchez could not afford to buy a prom dress from a department store, so she hand-stitched her own red gown. Today, as vice chair of the Bezos Earth Fund, she and her husband, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, are donating $34 million to help reshape the future of…

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An Australian cyclist accidentally trapped a 2-metre venomous eastern brown snake in her bike chain, then it bit her | World News

A routine ride through northern New South Wales turned into an unusual wildlife incident after a cyclist unknowingly rode over a large snake on a popular rail trail. What followed unfolded in a matter of moments. As reported, the reptile became caught in the bicycle’s chain mechanism, leaving part of its body trapped while the…

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Did Kushner, Witkoff profit from Middle East war? What Iran claimed in private message to Vance

Iran accused Kushner, Witkoff of profiting from war leaks in private message to Vance, report Iranian negotiators had reportedly sent a private message to US vice president JD Vance during US-Iran talks in Switzerland in late June, warning that the continued presence of President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner would…

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A 67-million-year-old T. rex discovered on a South Dakota ranch has sold for $50.1 million, becoming theA most expensive dinosaur fossil ever auctioned | World News

For decades, Tyrannosaurus rex has occupied a unique place in popular culture, appearing as both a scientific subject and a symbol of prehistoric power. Now, one exceptionally preserved specimen has made history for a different reason: its price. A T. rex fossil known as Gus has sold for $50.1m at auction in New York, setting…

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A woman with a Stanford PhD in mathematics has been claimed to have cracked the lottery algorithm after winning the lottery four times and collecting more than $20 million | World News

At first glance, Joan R. Ginther’s story sounds almost too extraordinary to be true. The American mathematician, who earned a doctorate in statistics from Stanford University, won four major Texas Lottery prizes between 1993 and 2010, collecting more than $20 million in total. Her repeated success quickly sparked speculation that she had discovered a mathematical…

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Serhii Koretskyi: Ukraine gets new PM: Parliament approves Serhii Koretskyi amid cabinet shuffle

Ukraine parliament appoints Serhii Koretskyi as new prime minister after cabinet shake-up Ukraine’s parliament on Thursday approved Serhii Koretskyi, the head of state energy company Naftogaz, as the country’s new prime minister as part of a major government reshuffle initiated by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.Koretskyi was nominated by Zelenskyy, who said his experience in the energy…

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During Tanzania’s deadly 1993 drought, an elephant matriarch’s memory helped save her entire herd, while a younger leader stayed behind and more calves died | World News

During a brutal drought in Tanzania back in 1993, one elephant’s memory ended up making the difference between life and death for her entire family. Researchers tracking family groups in Tarangire National Park found that herds led by older matriarchs, elephants who had lived through droughts before, left the park entirely in search of water…

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Norway is drilling the world’s longest and deepest undersea road tunnel through fault zones and rock that keeps letting seawater in | World News

While most coverage of Norway’s Rogfast tunnel focuses on the record it will hold, the world’s longest and deepest undersea road tunnel, the real story engineers are dealing with sits underground, in rock that has spent millions of years being crushed, fractured and folded into some of the most unpredictable terrain along the entire Norwegian…

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