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1. Above World Cup venues, fighter jets will be on patrol

   

   Fighter jets will be on patrol over Vancouver and Toronto over the next several weeks, protecting World Cup match venues and fan festivals.

2. Erin Brockovich takes aim at rapid growth of AI data centres with new project

   

   Erin Brockovich, the renowned consumer advocate and environmental activist who inspired an Oscar-winning movie staring Julia Roberts, is now setting her sights on AI data centres with a new website that maps their growth across the U.S. and asks residents to report their concerns.

3. Canada endorses plan to send remaining Marineland belugas to Spain, across U.S.

   

   The Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada has endorsed a rescue plan that would see all of Marineland's remaining beluga whales split up and sent to Oceanogràfic València in Spain or one of four U.S. locations.

4. Iranian drone attack hits Kuwait airport, causing injuries

   

   Kuwait said Wednesday it had suspended commercial flights after an Iranian drone attack hit the country's airport, injuring a number of people hours after Iran and the United States traded missile strikes in the region.

5. Trump administration is scrapping $1.8B US fund meant to compensate president's allies

   

   The Trump administration is scrapping plans to create a $1.8 billion US fund meant to compensate allies of the Republican president, the Justice Department's top official said Tuesday in retreating from a program that faced setbacks in the courts and a fierce political backlash that had threatened to stall key elements of the White House agenda