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An Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip killed a member of the Islamist militant Hamas group on Thursday and wounded three others, Hamas sources and medical officials said. The Israeli military confirmed in a statement that it had carried out an airstrike. Source

OTTAWA -- Quebec provincial police say a woman has been arrested after allegedly abducting her three young kids. The Surete du Quebec says there was an arrest warrant for the 42-year-old woman who is accused of abducting her eight-year-old son, and two daughters, aged eight and five. Source

Having started a trade war with China and enraged U.S. allies with steel tariffs, President Donald Trump is primed for his next fight. He is targeting a product at the heart of the American experience: cars. Source

Canada's border agency is set to announce changes aimed at releasing more refugee claimants and other foreign nationals safely into the community while their immigration status is being resolved. An expanded framework for alternatives to detention will provide "risk-based, nationally consistent programming" for individuals deemed suitable for release, according to the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). Source

MONTREAL -- At least three Greenpeace members climbed the outside of the Olympic Stadium tower in Montreal on Thursday to protest the Trans Mountain pipeline. The climbers, who were equipped with cables and harnesses, began their ascent just after dawn. Source

WASHINGTON -- So which Democrat would U.S. President Donald Trump most like to run against in 2020? He says it's Joe Biden. Trump tells CBS News in an interview broadcast Thursday that "I dream about Biden. Source

Thousands of Indigenous families living on-reserve will miss out on a boost to the federal Liberals' signature child benefit that government MPs plan to tout at dozens of events Thursday. Almost every family in the country receives the monthly benefit, but take-up rates for families on-reserve has consistently lagged behind the wider population — largely chalked up to lower tax filing rates among Indigenous families. Source

MADRID -- A Spanish Supreme Court judge on Thursday dropped his extradition requests for six Catalan separatist politicians wanted on rebellion charges, including ex-regional president Carles Puigdemont. Puigdemont fled to Belgium after an Oct. Source

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Thursday that Pope Francis must sack an Australian archbishop convicted of concealing child sex abuse. In May, Archbishop Philip Wilson, 67, became the most senior Catholic cleric to be convicted of not disclosing to police the abuse happening at the hands of another priest. Source

Astronomers may have caught a relatively nearby star munching on a planet or mini-planets. A NASA space telescope noticed that the star suddenly started looking a bit strange last year. The Chandra X-Ray Observatory spotted a 30-fold increase in iron on the edge of the star, which is only 10 million years old, along with pronounced dimming. Source