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Photo credit: WSJ The US military began a naval blockade of Iranian ports on Monday, as reopening the Strait of Hormuz remains a sticking point in talks between the US and Iran over negotiations to end the war. ABC News reports that late Tuesday night, the head of US Central Command, Adm. Brad Cooper, said the…

Photo credit: Jamaica gleaner Jamaica could move to drill for oil off the coast of St. Thomas within the next two years, following encouraging early findings from a recent geochemical survey. The Gleaner reports that the study, conducted by independent oil company United Oil and Gas, confirmed the presence of hydrocarbons in offshore soil samples –…

Photo credit: Toronto Today On any given night in Midtown Toronto, while most kitchens are winding down, a small team of high school students is just getting started. Toronto Today reports that Sharing Excess Toronto, a youth-led nonprofit, was launched last summer by Nikhil and Rohan Gupta and Brandon and Caden Situ. “Basically, what we do…

Photo credit: Bradford Today Ontario is planning a massive expansion of jails over the next few decades. Toronto Tofay reports that the province’s jails are bursting and have been significantly over capacity for years, with the situation worsening. Ontario plans to add nearly 6,000 beds by 2050, according to documents obtained by University of Ottawa researchers through…

Photo credit: Reuters Three Mexican boat captains pleaded guilty to federal charges Tuesday in connection with two separate incidents last year in which small vessels carrying undocumented migrants capsized off the coast of San Diego County, leaving a total of nine people dead, including a 14-year-old Indian boy and his 10-year-old sister. The incident involving the siblings occurred…

Photo credit: BBC About 250 Rohingya and Bangladeshis, including children, are missing after their boat capsized last week in the Andaman Sea, according to the United Nations’ refugee and migration agencies. The BBC reports that the trawler, which had departed from Bangladesh and was bound for Malaysia, “reportedly sank due to heavy winds, rough seas and overcrowding”, the…

Photo credit: The Boston Globe President Donald Trump refused to apolologize to Pope Leo XIV on Monday after crisizing the pontiff for his opposition to the war in Iran – and he sought to explain away a now-deleted social media post depicting himself as Jesus by saying he had thought the image was of him as a doctor. Asia One…