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1. The Latest: Oil prices soar after Iran names new supreme leader and launches more attacks

   Iran has launched more attacks on Israel and Gulf countries, hours after Iranian state TV said Mojtaba Khamenei had been named supreme leader

2. Bag containing weed and cash accidentally donated to a New Zealand charity shop

   Police in New Zealand say a knapsack left in a donation area at a charity shop contained marijuana and more than $2,000 in cash

3. Australia expands age verification checks from social media to porn and explicit video games

   New mandate could impact children’s online privacy, experts say

4. Timothee Chalamet hit with fierce backlash over his comments on ballet and opera

   Sadler's Wells boss responds by saying dance actually ‘growing’ in popularity

5. Europe rallies around Cyprus during Iran war as Macron visits to show support for island

   French President Emmanuel Macron is traveling to Cyprus

6. Pulp Fiction star slams Quentin Tarantino’s use of N-word in films as ‘racist and creepy’

   Rosanna Arquette, who played the girlfriend of drug dealer Lance (played by Eric Stoltz) in ‘Pulp Fiction,’ says Tarantino has been given a ‘hall pass’ to use the word

7. Woman arrested after gunfire heard at Rihanna and A$AP Rocky’s home in Los Angeles

   Rihanna was reportedly home when the incident took place

8. From blacksmithing to needlepoint, young people are embracing ‘grandma hobbies’

   Droves of young people who are turning to tactile, analog hobbies and activities as a means of escaping technology and reconnecting with childlike creativity and exploration

9. Japan prepares for deployment of its first home-developed long-range missile

   Japan started deploying its first batch of domestically-developed long-range missile, with their launchers arriving at a southwestern Japanese army camp Monday as the country accelerates its strike-back capability in response to rising challenges in the region

10. Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky seeks Patriots in return for sending drone experts to Middle East

    Ukraine is facing an acute shortage of costly PAC-3 interceptor missiles supplied by US