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  1. Iran seizes container ships in Strait of Hormuz for first time since war began

    A large container ship loaded with colorful cargo containers travels across a body of water. In the distant background, a city skyline with several high-rise buildings is visible under a hazy, overcast sky.

  2. At least 3 killed in Israeli strikes on south Lebanon, state media says, ahead of scheduled talks

    Two men use construction equipment to remove rubble.

    Israeli strikes killed at least three people in southern Lebanon on Wednesday, Lebanon's state news agency reported, and Hezbollah said it launched an attack drone at Israeli forces in the south, further straining a ceasefire between the two countries.

  3. U.S. Supreme Court rules for Michigan in its fight to shut down an aging energy pipeline

    Fresh nuts, bolts and fittings are ready to be added to the east leg of the pipeline near St. Ignace as Enbridge prepares to test the east and west sides of the Line 5 pipeline under the Straits of Mackinac in Mackinaw City, Mich., on June 8, 2017. L

    Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote for a unanimous court that the Enbridge energy company waited too long to try to move the case to federal court.

  4. John Keats’s love letters to his fiancée found roughly 37 years after they were stolen

    Side-by-side framed portraits of a young man and young woman from the 18th century

    The bound volume of 37 love letters, some handwritten, is worth $2.75 million. But Romantic scholars say its value is greater than money.

  5. EU approves huge new loan for Ukraine, just days after objector Orban's defeat in Hungary

    An older blonde-haired woman in an orange blazer and collared shirt stands behind a podium, with a backdrop that says

    European Union ambassadors approved on Wednesday the disbursement of a promised 90 billion euro ($144 billion Cdn) loan to Ukraine as well as a ‌new package of sanctions against Russia, after Hungary lifted its veto, the bloc's Cypriot presidency said.