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1. Russia is accused of deporting thousands of Ukrainian children. 17 returned home this week

   

   This week, 17 children were brought back to Ukraine from Crimea, where they were staying in camps and at a special boarding school after being taken there by Russian authorities.

2. Why Canada is pushing back at U.S. pressure to put boots on the ground in Haiti

   

   Canada appears to have resisted U.S. pressure to lead an intervention force in Haiti. CBC News spoke with Canadian military experts who say that a police action in Haiti would be a difficult mission for the Canadian Forces — one with no guarantee of success.

3. Mothers in Syrian detention camps given 'cruel' choice to keep children or send them to Canada: advocates

   

   More than two dozen women and children held in northeastern Syrian detention camps are due to arrive on Canadian soil any day, but the fate of 10 of those children is unknown after their mothers were given the “cruel” choice of giving them up or keeping them in “inhumane” conditions, according to advocates.

4. TikTok CEO finds no allies among U.S. lawmakers in tense Congress grilling

   

   The CEO of TikTok made a high-profile appearance on Thursday before a U.S. congressional committee, where he faced a grilling on data security and user safety amid a recent flurry of actions from Western governments to curtail use of the app.

5. Hershey's aims to reduce lead, cadmium in dark chocolate

   

   Hershey Co. is looking to reduce "trace" amounts of lead and cadmium in its chocolate, chief financial officer Steve Voskuil told Reuters on Wednesday, after Consumer Reports found that some dark chocolate bars had potentially harmful levels of the heavy metals.