Emina Kapo is braced for an emotional and bittersweet match between her two countries on June 12, and promises the Bosnian diaspora will party whatever the result.

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• What countries can learn from Ukraine's innovative combat style
• A new documentary explores IKEA's alleged ties to Romania's 'Timber Mafia'
• Examining the unfolding drama at 60 Minutes
• The new book from the author of Hamnet is another rich historical fiction, but should you read it?
• Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz

An economist says the price at the pumps has little to do with war or market forces

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• One Canadian's story of being captured and detained by Israeli forces on board a Gaza-bound flotilla
• Why ads for burgers, cars and vacations have disappeared from Amsterdam's streets
• How comedian Scarlet Chen turned cultural whiplash into comedy gold
• Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz

Why local discussions about data centres are becoming more contentious.

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• How fungi thriving in scorched earth could help landscapes recover from wildfires
• Why strippers in Montreal are taking labour action on one of the busiest weekends of the year
• Inside the vast scam centres of Southeast Asia -- and the human trafficking schemes that help them run
• Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

Meet the Muppet designer who created Montreal's beloved mascot, Youppi!

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• It’s been a huge week for the PWHL. So why are the games so hard to find on TV?
• Comedian Matt Lieb says Israel’s campaign to win Eurovision speaks volumes about state propaganda
• It’s not your imagination; stolen food really does taste better
• American military historian says hubris leads to failed campaigns, from Vietnam to Iran
• Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

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• Jessi Cruickshank’s bid to get women back out dancing — and back home in time for a good night’s sleep
• The latest adaptation of Orwell’s Animal Farm is an animated film with fart jokes
• Why thousands in the UK want their government to cut ties with tech giant Palantir
• Why aren't we tallying the environmental cost of war?
• Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

How Sudan became the world's forgotten conflict.

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• The moment Buffalo Sabres fans stepped up to sing the Canadian national anthem
• More countries look to move off fossil fuels as the Iran war squeezes fuel supplies
• In his 19th season with the Stratford Festival Tom McCamus brings two iconic characters to the stage
• Celebrated operatic tenor Russell Thomas reflects on unrequited love as he returns to the COC
• Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

How a tiny dot on the map came to have an outsized influence on the world.

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• The long-awaited Michael Jackson biopic is here. Should you watch it?
• Pope Francis helped convert a Popemobile into a mobile clinic for Gazan children. A year after his death, it still can't get in
• Namesake documents a First Nation’s effort to get a B.C. city to address its colonial roots
• What King Charles can learn from Queen Elizabeth’s visits with 12 U.S. Presidents
• Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

As we buy more and more things online, companies are using personal data to offer different prices to different people with the goal of finding the maximum price you will pay at that moment.

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• What’s behind the Trump administration’s feud with the Pope?
• The case for putting Mariah Carey in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
• Can community ownership decommodify real estate?
• Canadian actor Sugith Varughese's one-man play about how he came to play a doctor 26 times
• Remembering the Kroftt brothers’ weird, trippy vision for kids TV
• Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.