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1. What we learned from Bill Gates's interview with Congress about Epstein

   

   Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates told a congressional panel that files released by the Justice Department in January only added to his embarrassment over interacting with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

2. Canadian peacekeepers' cemetery in Gaza completely destroyed, satellite imagery shows

   

3. Trump threatened new tolls in the Strait of Hormuz. What if other countries follow suit?

   

   U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to impose new tolls in the Strait of Hormuz last weekend, sparking worries that the practice of charging to pass through critical waterways could spread — with devastating consequences to the global economy. Iran has blocked the strait for much of the war, reportedly charging tolls as high as $2 million US for ships it allows to pass.

4. 'No need for panic' on Ebola case in France, WHO chief says

   

   WHO director generalTedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, speaking on Wednesday about the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, weighed in on the report of a recent case of Ebola in a doctor in France who had worked in Congo, saying the risk to the rest of the world remains low.

5. India’s Cockroach Party shows frustrated Gen-Zers are hard to crush

   

   India’s Cockroach Janta Party has extended its protest in Delhi to a fourth day, as it demands the resignation of the country's education minister. The CJP, which emerged just over a month ago, is aimed at India’s bulging youth demographic, which is frustrated over a lack of jobs and a test scandal in education.