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1. The battle that made Canada bleed: Operation Medusa, 20 years later

   

   It has been 20 years since Canadian soldiers walked into a Taliban killing ground west of Kandahar. Operation Medusa became Canada’s largest battle since Korea — a brutal test against a disciplined, entrenched enemy. Canada prevailed, but at a terrible cost, in a fight that changed the Afghan war and those who survived it.

2. Plane spotter or Chinese spy? Ontario university student suspected of espionage at airports

   

   A University of Waterloo student is suspected of espionage after the FBI said he admitted to accessing airport facilities in Toronto and Chicago, to take photos on behalf of a shadowy figure from China. Weiheng Zeng, himself a Chinese citizen, was arrested in Michigan on Aug. 23 and charged with making false statements.

3. The U.S. could control 20% of Venezuela's oil reserves. Canada's oilpatch isn't worried

   

   U.S President Donald Trump is continuing his pursuit of Venezuela's oil jackpot, announcing a new deal aimed at boosting production in the South American country. And while Trump is flaunting the potential controlling stake in a portion of Venezuela's oil reserves as a warning to Canada, experts say there is little cause for concern in Western Canada.

4. Day of attacks by U.S. and Iran marks most serious escalation of conflict in weeks

   

   The U.S. launched new air strikes on Iranian targets on ‌Tuesday, in a move that threatened to reignite the six-month-old conflict that has driven global energy prices higher and weighed heavily on U.S. President Donald Trump's popularity at home.

5. Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong pleads guilty in 2nd national security case

   

   Prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiracy to collude with foreign forces to endanger national security under a Beijing-imposed law that has effectively stifled the city's once-thriving pro-democracy movement.