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1. Dr. Strangelove diplomacy: How the Pentagon’s symbolic defence board freeze with Canada could backfire

   

   Washington’s decision to suspend a symbolic Cold War-era defence body may have been meant to pressure Canada on military policy. Instead, experts say it risks reinforcing Canadians' distrust of the United States, complicates the politics of NORAD and missile defence, and makes future purchases of American military equipment even harder for Ottawa to sell domestically.

2. Cuba braces for possible U.S. military action as uncertainty follows Castro indictment

   

   Former Cuban president Raúl Castro will be "keeping his head down," experts say, as questions swirl over whether the U.S. plans to take him by force and bring him to American soil to face charges over an incident from three decades ago. Federal prosecutors announced criminal charges against Castro Wednesday in the 1996 downing of two small planes flown by Miami-based exile group Brothers to the Rescue.

3. Trump got revenge on his Republican critics. Here's why that could backfire

   

   U.S. President Donald Trump is celebrating back-to-back victories in his push to oust his critics from the Republican Party, but there are clear signs that his revenge campaign could come back to bite him.

4. As rare Ebola virus spreads in Congo, residents say 'nobody knows whether they are safe'

   

   As health officials scramble to respond to a virus that has spread undetected for weeks, or possibly months, people in Congo are gripped with fear.

5. My phone was one of thousands snatched in London this year. Like many others, it was trafficked to China

   

   London's Metropolitan Police are trying to crack down on sophisticated criminal networks that are snatching phones off the streets of London and exporting them in bulk to China.