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1. Arab parties offer Israel's political leaders a path to victory. Why does no one want to take it?

   

   The two front-runners after Israel's election don’t have the parliamentary seats for a workable majority and only one choice to get that support, a choice considered politically distasteful among many Jewish voters — to join with Arab parties.

2. Personal data of 40,000 U.S. Homeland Security employees leaked in security breach

   

   The leak website Distributed Denial of Secrets said on ‌Wednesday it has released data on more than 40,000 U.S. Department of Homeland Security employees, including details about officials working in sensitive fields such as surveillance and human intelligence.

3. Dolores Huerta, U.S. labour leader and civil rights icon, dead at 96

   

   Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the United Farm Workers union to improve working conditions in fruit and vegetable fields in the United States and coined the enduring "Sí, se puede!" rallying cry, has died. She was 96.

4. EU dropping associate membership title for its closer alliance with Canada

   

   The words "associate membership" were removed from a joint statement expected to be released at this week's Canada-EU summit, according to a draft seen by CBC News.

5. Calgary-developed wound treatment used on battlefields in Ukraine

   

   An innovative wound and burn treatment initially funded by Canada's Department of National Defence is now being delivered by drone to help wounded soldiers and civilians in war-torn Ukraine.