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More than 80 human rights and sport advocacy groups have called on the ‌International Olympic Committee to abandon reported plans to introduce universal genetic sex testing for female athletes and impose a blanket ban on transgender and intersex competitors. Source link

After decades of mystery, an investigation by Reuters, spanning from Ukraine to New York, may have just revealed the street artist Banksy’s identity. Reporter Blake Morrision, talks about his investigation and if knowing who the artist is changes our relationship with his work. Source link

Joe Kent, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, announced his resignation on Tuesday, saying he “cannot in good conscience” back the Trump administration’s war in Iran. Source link

Cuba faces a nationwide blackout as its energy and economic crises deepen and its power grid continues to crumble. Source link

U.S. President Donald Trump is struggling to persuade other countries to help protect commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz — a development analysts say is partly the result of how he has treated allies since returning to the White House last year. Source link

Afghanistan accused Pakistan of targeting a hospital for drug users in the Afghan capital late Monday, saying the airstrike had killed at least 400 people. It marked a dramatic escalation of a conflict that began late last month and has seen repeated cross-border clashes as well as airstrikes inside Afghanistan. International calls for a ceasefire […]

Calling Cuba a ‘failed nation’ with a ‘nice landscape,’ U.S. President ‌Donald Trump said Monday that ⁠he thinks ‌he will have the ‘honour’ of ⁠taking ⁠Cuba, adding he could do anything he wants with it. Source link

Andrew Chang explains the economic impact of the U.S.-Israel war against Iran and how it contradicts President Donald Trump’s claim that rising oil prices benefit the U.S. economy. Images provided by The Canadian Press, Reuters, Adobe Stock and Getty Images Source link

The Ministry of Energy and Mines on X noted a “complete disconnection” of the country’s electrical system and said it was investigating. Source link

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas says despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s appeal for other countries to help police the Hormuz Strait, there is “no appetite” to change the EU’s current mission in the region, which consists of a fleet patrolling the Red Sea to protect transiting ships from attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebel group. […]