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The Globe & Mail
WNBA and players’ union report progress in CBA talks as key issues remain
NBA owners will work on expansion again next week, with Vegas and Seattle the targets, source says
Israel expands its ground invasion of southern Lebanon to try to eliminate Hezbollah fighters
The war in the Middle East already has one big winner: Russia
The Globe's Eric Reguly visits the site of an Israeli strike in Lebanon that killed 11
The Guardian
Middle East crisis live: Trump vents frustration with allies over strait of Hormuz; Iran denies report of direct contact with US
Supreme court will hear arguments in challenge to legal protections for Haitian and Syrian immigrants – US politics live
Thousands of flights canceled as winter storm marches across US
Brentford’s European hopes take a hit as Arokodare caps Wolves’ comeback
Inside the Rage Machine review – we’re all doomed, totally doomed
ABC
Mothers in WA's north to be left without a private midwife
Man's body found after search on Hobart's waterfront
Police arrest man over death in western Victoria
Sceptical mine boss won over by uni's copper refining breakthrough
Towns pick up pieces after loss of Commonwealth Games that should have started today
BBC
Watch: Reunion resident gets close to lava from erupting volcano
UN receives reports alleging torture of detainees in Venezuela continues
'My mother cried out one last time': Palestinian boy, 12, describes how Israeli forces killed his family in car
Wary allies show there's no quick fix to Trump's Iran crisis
Russia agrees to stop using Kenyan recruits in Ukraine conflict, Kenya says
CBC
The broken economic argument for Trump’s war on Iran | About That
Cuban officials report country-wide blackout amid U.S. energy blockade
EU shows 'no appetite' to expand naval mission in Mideast
Susie Wiles, Trump's chief of staff, diagnosed with breast cancer but plans to keep working
Why the U.S. is sending 2,500 marines to the Gulf — and what they might do there
National Post
‘Door open’ for Canada’s military help with shipping crisis in Gulf, defence minister says
‘Mean tweets’ video of Avi Lewis has Alberta New Democrat calling for apology
John Ivison: Carney offers the NDP a revival, if it’s shrewd enough to take it
Carney’s planned Privy Council Office budget higher than Trudeau’s despite vow to ‘spend less’
Why Iranian drones are hard to stop
Al Jazeera
‘Fourth world nation’: Trump slams Somalia, Ilhan Omar
Ten ICU patients killed in hospital fire in eastern India
Who is answering Trump’s call for help with Strait of Hormuz?
Cuba electric grid collapses amid US oil blockade causing national blackout
BBC files motion asking US court to throw out Trump’s $10bn lawsuit
Times of India
Afghanistan accuses Pakistan of killing over 200 in Kabul hospital strike
Cause of Odisha hospital fire not yet known
Indian crude hits $137, up 93% since start of conflict
Cross-voting helps NDA in RS polls in Odisha, Bihar
India backs talks with Iran as US seeks naval coalition to secure Hormuz
New York Times
Nvidia Debuts New A.I. Product at GTC Developer Conference
A Judge Strikes Down Kennedy’s Vaccine Policies
Cuba Ready to Accept Outside Investment, Top Official Says
Judge Strikes Down RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Policies in Blow to Trump’s Health Agenda
4 Are Dead, Including a Child, in Fast-Moving Queens Fire
Nation Africa
Shauri Moyo building collapse: Bodies recovered, three rescued as search for victims continues
State House wades into Nairobi Hospital crisis after top medics seek intervention
Man City can stage comeback against Real Madrid, Pep Guardiola says
Serial killer or opportunistic criminal? Unravelling man behind Nyeri double murder
Inside Ruto’s Western Kenya charm offensive to counter political rivals
South China Morning Post
How China is beating the US in new weapons race with a fraction of the budget
Cuba’s national electric grid collapses, leaving millions without power
Iran war shows urgency of Hong Kong’s green shipping transition
Trump says the US has requested that China delay Beijing summit by ‘a month or so’
200 killed after Pakistan strikes hit drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul, Taliban says
National Public Radio
Supreme Court to hear expedited arguments on protected status for migrants
A new drug could be the beginning of the end for sleeping sickness
Cuba hit by island wide blackout as energy crisis deepens
Vaccine critics keep the pressure on, even as RFK Jr. shifts focus
Gasoline prices are still rising as the Iran war stretches into its third week
Japan Times
Nissan management shake-up plans reported as sharks circle
Japanese sake brewery to make foray into Indian market
Toyota eyes lunar rover powered by regenerative fuel-cell tech
British PM Rishi Sunak avoids wipeout in key local elections
Extreme heat and weather conditions attributed to stagnant jet stream