US AND CANADA

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Italian fashion house Prada has acknowledged the Indian origins of its new footwear line following a controversy in India. The sandals, which were showcased at Milan Fashion Week last week, feature an open-toe braided design closely resembling traditional Kolhapuri sandals from the Indian states of Maharashtra and Karnataka.

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US President Donald Trump has urged Israel to either "pardon" or drop the corruption case against  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is on trial. In a social media post, Trump also claimed the US had "saved" Israel and would now also "save" Netanyahu. Netanyahu denies charges of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust, and has been on trial since 2020.

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Bumble CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd announced the dating app will lay off nearly a third of its workforce, citing an "inflection point" in the dating industry and pressures facing the company. In a note to staff, Wolfe Herd said the move is necessary to "restructure to build a company that's resilient, intentional, and ready for the next decade," as Bumble struggles to grow and investors lose confidence.

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Japan has criticized US President Donald Trump for equating recent US strikes on Iran to the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that ended World War II. "That hit ended the war," Trump said on Wednesday, adding, "I don't want to use an example of Hiroshima, I don't want to use an example of Nagasaki, but that was essentially the same thing."

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Eight people tragically lost their lives in a recent boating accident in Lake Tahoe.

Josh Pickles, a 37-year-old San Francisco DoorDash executive, and his parents, Terry Pickles, 73, and Paula Bozinovic, 71, were among the victims, the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office Coroner's Division told ABC 7 San Francisco. According to a family spokesperson who spoke to the outlet, Josh's uncle Peter Bayes, 72, also perished in the accident.