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1. U.S., Iran each dig in on Strait of Hormuz positions as their tenuous pact officially expires

   

   President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the U.S. has no planned talks with Iran, and none were scheduled, as Iran's top negotiator said the Strait of Hormuz will remain shut until the U.S. meets the conditions of ‌an interim deal inked in June.

2. Another duty to warn letter casts doubt on Carney's rapprochement with India

   

   The RCMP issued another "duty to warn" letter to a Sikh separatist, Inderjeet Singh Gosal, who replaced Hardeep Singh Nijjar as leader of the Khalistani referendum effort in Canada. The newest threat raises more questions about the Carney government's claim that threats from the Indian government in Canada have been neutralized.

3. ABC sues U.S. broadcast regulator over early licence reviews, calling it an 'existential threat'

   

   Further escalating its battle with the Trump administration, ABC on Tuesday took the rare step of suing the Federal Communications Commission on First Amendment grounds, saying the agency's demand for early review of broadcast licences posed an "existential threat" to its operations.

4. Our Milky Way galaxy gobbled up a smaller galaxy about 11.8 billion years ago, scientists find

   

   Scientists observing clusters of stars congregated near the Milky Way's centre have discovered evidence that our galaxy swallowed a smaller galaxy roughly 11.8 billion years ago, when the universe was less than 15 per cent of its current age.

5. Hoekstra's missteps in Canada are mild compared to some of Trump's ambassadors

   

   Pete Hoekstra's issues in Canada, which led over 200,000 Canadians to sign a petition calling for his ouster, are relatively mild when compared to some of the scandals other U.S. ambassadors have provoked in allied countries.