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1. Canada’s Mexico visa requirements limit country’s tourism potential, says tour operator

   

   The Canadian government sees Mexico as a growing market for tourism and projects visits to rise by 40 per cent over the next four years, hitting nearly half a million visitors spending about $1 billion a year by 2030.

2. Zelenskyy to address UN, as Rubio of U.S. says Ukraine, Russia have interest in limited ceasefire

   

   Russia pounded Kyiv with drone strikes on Wednesday, hitting railway infrastructure, warehouses and fuel stations, just hours before Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

3. Trump's 'Board of Peace' earmarks $2.45B US in blueprint to rebuild war-torn Gaza

   

   The U.S.-backed Board of Peace is proposing a six-month, $2.45 billion US plan to begin reconstruction and governance in Gaza as President Donald Trump's ceasefire plan struggles to stay afloat.

4. Hurricane Polo in the Pacific Ocean considered 'one of the strongest storms ever'

   

   Hurricane Polo has grown into one of the most powerful Pacific cyclones in decades, and it was expected to skirt Mexico's southwestern coast as a Category 5 storm.

5. Germany is electing far-right and socialist parties. What does it mean for the country's floundering centre?

   

   The rise of both Germany’s far-right and hard-left signals a significant shift for a country that founded its postwar political system on stability.