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1. Blockade on Iran will continue, Trump says, after Iran says it will reopen Strait of Hormuz

   

2. 10-day ceasefire in Lebanon takes effect as Trump predicts war with Iran to end 'pretty soon'

   

   A 10-day truce appeared to be holding in Lebanon early Friday, promising a pause in fighting between Israel and the Hezbollah militant group and possibly clearing one major obstacle to a deal between Iran and the United States and Israel to end weeks of devastating war.

3. Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen reflects on his mission — its challenges and its joy

   

   Jeremy Hansen sat down with CBC News to share some of his insights, like how he felt during lift-off, the joy the mission brought him, and that one time he accidentally let a water bag explode in the capsule.

4. Canadian firm ignored worker complaints over drug cartel-management links at Mexican gold mine, sources say

   

   Several workers for a Canadian-owned Mexican gold mine received no response after making complaints to the company’s workplace ethics hotline saying that local management was working with a prominent organized crime group to force out the existing union, according to two former local union members.

5. Trump rails against latest court decision on stalled White House ballroom project

   

   U.S. President Donald Trump railed against a federal judge's decision on Thursday that continues to block above-ground construction of a $400-million US White House ballroom, allowing only below-ground work on a bunker and other "national security facilities" at the site.