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1. Remember that electric-vehicle spat with the U.S.? The Europeans are still steaming

   

   Canada managed to resolve its most pressing complaint about the Buy-American provisions in the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act. But the Europeans are still steaming over what it could mean for electric vehicle manufacuring. The French president's visit to Washington highlights lingering trade tensions at a perilous trans-Atlantic moment.

2. This man fled Qatar in fear of persecution because he's gay. Now he's pushing back

   

   Referred to as Qatar’s first person to come out publicly as gay, Dr. Nasser Mohamed thought having the World Cup on his home soil was the perfect opportunity to shed light on the country’s mistreatment of LGBTQ2+ people.

3. Man charged with murder in connection with Takeoff's death

   

   Police have arrested a 33-year-old man in the fatal shooting of rapper Takeoff, who was killed last month outside a bowling alley in Houston.

4. U.S. dismissing charges against Huawei's Meng Wanzhou

   

   U.S. prosecutors on Thursday asked a judge to dismiss bank fraud and other charges against Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of China's Huawei Technologies whose 2018 arrest strained relations between the U.S. and China.

5. Ex-police officer indicted over shooting of teen who was eating in McDonald's parking lot

   

   A former Texas police officer who shot and wounded a 17-year-old as the teen put his car in reverse while eating a hamburger has been indicted by a grand jury on two counts of aggravated assault by a public servant and one count of attempted murder, prosecutors said Thursday.