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1. Academy announces major overhaul to rules

   The new rules focus on areas such as AI protections for writers and actors and expanded eligibility for international films.

2. Taiwan's Lai lands in Eswatini in a trip delayed by lack of overflight clearance

   Eswatini remains the only African nation without tariff-free access to China's market due to its ties with Taiwan.

3. Banksy confirms new statue installed in central London is his work

   The statue in Waterloo Place, which appeared early Wednesday, depicts a man proudly hoisting a flag— but the flag is blinding him.

4. Imprisoned Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner in critical condition

   Narges Mohammadi, an Iranian activist and 2023 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, was hospitalized after collapsing in prison. Her family says her condition has deteriorated since a March heart attack.

5. Opinion: The everyday tragedy of gun violence

   The White House Correspondents Association Dinner was one of several incidents of gun violence in the U.S. last week. Others ended in injuries and fatalities.

6. Can Trump's latest pick for surgeon general make it through confirmation?

   Nicole Saphier, a breast cancer radiologist, is the president's third nominee for surgeon general. Will she get confirmed?

7. Americans aren't sleeping enough. Here's what could help

   Nearly a third of Americans get less than the recommended seven hours of sleep a night. A lot of us struggle to get to bed as we power through tasks or get lost in endless scrolling. Here's help.

8. New Netflix documentary reexamines Winnie Mandela's divisive legacy

   Winnie Madikizela-Mandela is one of the most revered — and controversial — women in South African history. In a new documentary her granddaughters examine the liberation icon in all her complexity.

9. After Assad's fall, Syria's Kurds are left in limbo, feeling abandoned by the U.S.

   Caught in limbo after the fall of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, Kurdish families struggle with cold, loss and uncertainty — feeling abandoned by the U.S. allies they once fought alongside.

10. 2026 Senate races to watch: From most likely to flip to Democratic long shots

    Democrats could have a narrow path to winning the Senate, with these specific states on the table.