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Israel has escalated its attacks in Gaza in the five weeks since halting its joint bombing with the U.S. in Iran, redirecting its fire back on the ruined Palestinian enclave where the military believes Hamas fighters are tightening their grip. Source link

The ascendant Reform UK leader says Preston Manning, the wonkish Canadian populist pioneer, is his inspiration. Source link

A scarcity of aluminum cans due the war in Iran means there’s a Diet Coke shortage in India, where the drink only comes in cans. As a result, people there are hoarding the beverages and throwing parties to celebrate their favourite drink. Source link

Chemicals used to make fentanyl are streaming into the Port of Vancouver on their way to drug labs run by Mexican cartels on Canadian soil, the head of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration told senators in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday. Source link

Sexual violence was systematic, widespread and integral to the Hamas-led Oct. 7 attacks and their aftermath, a new report by an Israeli non-profit has found. Source link

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman took the witness stand Tuesday to defend his business record in a trial pitting him against Elon Musk, rebutting testimony that disparaged his leadership at a pivotal time for the ChatGPT maker. Musk, the world’s richest man, is seeking Altman’s ouster from the company leadership as part of a civil lawsuit […]

Russian forces launched attacks in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region on ‌Tuesday, killing at least six people, regional officials said, after the expiry of a U.S.-mediated ceasefire. Source link

After a gruelling 24 hours of treating gunshot wound patients and sheltering hundreds of residents, all while trying to avoid stray bullets, Doctors Without Borders has shut down its hospital in one of Port-au-Prince’s poorest neighbourhoods. Source link

FBI Director Kash Patel angrily lashed out at a Democratic lawmaker at a budget hearing Tuesday, calling allegations that he drinks excessively on the job and that staff have found him unreachable at times “unequivocally, categorically false.” Source link

The head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Marty Makary, is resigning after a rocky tenure that drew months of complaints from health industry executives, anti-abortion activists, vaping lobbyists and other allies of U.S. President Donald Trump. Source link