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1. Renewed U.S.-Iran exchanges send oil price back over $100 US for first time in several weeks

   

   Iran said Wednesday it had attacked 10 ships near the Strait of Hormuz after the U.S. sank five Iranian oil tankers, with the attacks ‌in and around the vital waterway sending the international Brent crude benchmark over $100 US a barrel for the first time since July.

2. Pilot of Amazon plane flagged excessive speed before deadly Miami crash, investigators say

   

   One of the pilots of the Amazon cargo plane that careened off a Miami runway and killed five people repeatedly warned they were coming in too fast nearly two minutes ahead of time and at the last second urged them to abort the landing, according to highlights of the cockpit recording that investigators released Wednesday.

3. Rescuers search for missing passengers after deadly ferry fire in Philippines

   

   A fire broke out on a passenger ferry in waters off the western Philippines, leaving dozens of people missing, the coast guard said Thursday. At least five people were killed.

4. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits Canada

   

   Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is in Canada this week for his first visit to the country in nearly a year as his country copes with an onslaught of deadly airstrikes.

5. AI researchers 'earnestly believe' it could kill all humans within the next decade, Anthropic researcher says

   

   There is a more than 10 per cent chance that AI could kill all humans within the next decade, a researcher at Anthropic estimated in a post, hours after social media posts went viral from someone saying they had just quit Anthropic over concerns that AI companies are “gambling with our lives” in the AI development race.