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Canadian News

CBC News
Col. Leif Dahl gets probation, conditional discharge

CBC News
Trudeau's Jamaica vacation cost far more than same trip the year before

CBC News
Montrealers get their chance to pay their respects to former PM Mulroney

BBC News
Canada to set first-ever cap on temporary residents

CBC News
Armed with injunction against fishers, Furey hopes to push delayed budget forward

CBC News
Police don riot gear as Furey's Liberals make second attempt at budget amid protests

The Globe and Mail
Procurement review finds nearly $5-million in fraudulent billing tied to three subcontractors

CBC News
Montrealers pay their respects to former PM Mulroney

National Post
Snow flurries lead to major collision involving 17 vehicles on Highway 401

CBC News
Landmark U.S. settlement could impact Canadian housing market

CBC News
Climate change is bringing earlier springs, but it's wreaking havoc on animals

Radio-Canada
Problèmes avec Phénix et Canada Vie : des fonctionnaires fédéraux à bout de nerfs

Radio-Canada
Près de 3000 ressortissants canadiens toujours coincés en Haïti

Radio-Canada
Les trois plus grandes sociétés de transport demandent un financement anticipé à Ottawa

Agence France-Presse
Polémique après la publication d'une caricature de Netanyahou

Canadian Commentary

John Ivison | National Post
Trudeau can be popular again. But he needs to leave, first

Lorrie Goldstein | Postmedia News
Liberal defence of their carbon tax divorced from reality

Christopher Ragan | The Globe and Mail
Carbon pricing has become our national dumpster fire

Kelly McParland | National Post
Canada, land of peace, order and government subsidies

Campbell Clark | The Globe and Mail
More than a year into ArriveCAN mess, the government runs to catch up to its procurement problem

Tristin Hopper | National Post
Secret RCMP report warns Canadians may revolt once they realize how broke they are

Colby Cosh | National Post
Even Princess Kate kneels to the all-powerful photo editor

Lorne Gunter | Toronto Sun
Liberals turning military into a farce - Video

Todd Hirsch | The Globe and Mail
So, what expenditures should Canada cut to meet its NATO obligations?

Heather Exner-Pirot | The Globe and Mail
This is the end of the road for electric-vehicle subsidies

Priscilla Plamondon Lalancette | Radio-Canada
De l’Amazonie au Québec, la face cachée de l’aluminium vert

International News

The Associated Press
U.S. government sues Apple for smartphone antitrust violations - More

BBC News
Apple becomes the latest tech giant under siege

Reuters News Agency
Dozens of former U.S. officials urge Biden to take harder line with Israel

ABC News
US submits draft UN resolution for "immediate cease-fire"

The Associated Press
US calls for vote Friday on UN resolution declaring that immediate Gaza cease-fire is `imperative’

The Washington Post
Texas immigration law is on hold. But the confusion is still mounting.

Reuters News Agency
What policies do Biden and Congress have for the US border?

The Associated Press
US Jews upset with Trump’s latest rhetoric

The Associated Press
Trump’s lawyers keep fighting $454M fraud appeal bond requirement

The Associated Press
Trump’s invite to major donors prioritizes the committee paying his legal bills over the RNC

ABC News
What happens if Trump can’t secure a bond for his $464M civil fraud judgment?

The Washington Post
Bankruptcy is one way out of Trump’s financial jam. He doesn’t want to take it.

Reuters News Agency
US Republicans have taken sharp populist turn in the Trump era, Reuters/Ipsos data shows

BBC News
Who will Donald Trump pick as his vice-president?

The Associated Press
Angela Chao was drunk when she drove into pond, police say

The Wall Street Journal
The Federal Reserve’s Conundrum: Interest Rates Are Both Too High — and Too Low

BBC News
The 'Ghost Army' veterans who fooled the Nazis in WW2

BBC News
‘I want to help people fly – and keep them safe’

Reuters News Agency
Estonian PM Kallas backs new EU defence industry commissioner post

Reuters News Agency
Terrorism threat against Denmark has increased, security service says

Reuters News Agency
Belgium welcomes EU proposal to give Ukraine profits from Russia assets

The Associated Press
EU leaders meet, with Ukraine ammunition production and Gaza aid at the top of their agenda

Reuters News Agency
Polish cenbank chief broke the rules, says motion to oust him

The Associated Press
Portugal’s center-right wins an election but surging populists want a say in the government

Reuters News Agency
Russia launches largest missile attack on Kyiv in weeks - More

The Associated Press
Russia’s Belgorod region is under attack again from Ukraine

Reuters News Agency
Russia says it is pushing Ukrainian forces back, will create two new armies

The Associated Press
Putin claims vote proves public support for his policies

The Associated Press
US announces over $47 million in humanitarian aid for war-torn Sudan

Reuters News Agency
Somali pirates' return adds to crisis for global shipping companies

The Associated Press
Taps have run dry across Johannesburg in an unprecedented water crisis

Reuters News Agency
Iraq warm to Turkey's proposed anti-PKK joint ops centre

The Associated Press
A Palestinian boy is shot dead after he lit a firework

Reuters News Agency
Israeli army: 50 Palestinian gunmen killed in fighting at Gaza's Shifa hospital

Reuters News Agency
Fighting at Shifa hospital rages, with Blinken in Cairo for Gaza talks

NBC News
Israel seizes trove of intelligence on Hamas in Gaza offensive, with U.S. help

Reuters News Agency
Blinken meets with Saudi Crown Prince to discuss Gaza

Reuters News Agency
Three killed, 12 injured in Afghanistan suicide bombing

Reuters News Agency
US says Arunachal Pradesh is part of India, amid Indo-China tensions

Reuters News Agency
China's Tibet offers college exam takers a spot if their parents invest $400,000

The Associated Press
Indonesia presidential runner-up alleges widespread fraud as he contests official election results

The Associated Press
Dozens of Rohingya refugees rescued after night on hull of capsized boat - More

The Associated Press
Indonesia’s rescue of Rohingya refugees at sea is a reminder of an ordeal that began in Myanmar

Reuters News Agency
Vietnam names acting president after legislature votes to remove Thuong

Reuters News Agency
Citing safety risk, Taiwan recommends president not visit South China Sea

Reuters News Agency
China considers launching maritime talks with Australia

Reuters News Agency
Fiji to sign ports deal with Australia in shipbuilding boost

The Associated Press
Australia and UK sign defense and security treaty to meet ‘contemporary challenges’

Reuters News Agency
Australia tightens student visa rules as migration hits record high

The Associated Press
New Zealand slips into its second recession in 18 months

The Associated Press
As election nears, Venezuelan government keeps arresting opponents allegedly tied to criminal plots

Reuters News Agency
Haiti suspected gang members set on fire as conflict spreads to capital suburb

The Associated Press
Gang attacks kill at least 12 in upscale neighbourhoods of Haitian capital

TVA Nouvelles
Trump en « mode panique » à l'approche de la date limite pour payer sa caution - Plus

Agence QMI
Deux Chinois accusés de complot pour vol et vente d’une technologie de Tesla

Agence de presse Reuters
La Federal Reserve voit toujours trois baisses de taux en 2024 malgré une inflation et une économie fortes

Agence France-Presse
Washington va appeler l’ONU à un « cessez-le-feu immédiat » à Gaza - Plus

Agence France-Presse
Salman Rushdie estime que l'IA pourrait conquérir l’écriture de scénario et de certains genres littéraires

France 24
Avec sa nouvelle « superpuce », Nvidia en situation de « quasi-monopole » sur le marché de l’IA

Le Figaro
Le musée du Louvre cible d’une menace d’attentat

Agence de presse Reuters
France : L'activité du secteur privé chute plus que prévu en mars

Le Figaro
Le moustique tigre est officiellement implanté dans toute la France

Le Figaro
Des élèves d’une quarantaine d’établissements scolaires menacés de décapitation dans un courrier

Agence de presse Reuters
L'UE va discuter de l'utilisation des revenus des actifs russes gelés pour armer l'Ukraine

Agence de presse Reuters
Le président portugais nomme Luis Montenegro comme Premier ministre

Agence France-Presse
Des explosions entendues dans le centre de Kyïv - Plus

Agence France-Presse
L'Ukraine annonce avoir abattu 31 missiles russes visant Kyïv

Agence France-Presse
Russie : « situation difficile » pour 13 mineurs bloqués au fond d'une mine d'or

Agence France-Presse
La Russie « veut punir » l'Arménie, accuse Gabriel Attal

Agence France-Presse
Tchad : 42 morts dans de nouveaux combats entre deux communautés dans l'Est

Agence France-Presse
Raid israélien à Tulkarem en Cisjordanie : quatre Palestiniens tués

Radio-Canada
Israël acceptera-il de libérer Marwan Barghouti ?

Agence France-Presse
Tsahal dit avoir tué «plus de 140» combattants palestiniens dans le complexe hospitalier al-Shifa de Gaza

Radio-Canada
Blinken au Moyen-Orient pour discuter d’une trêve à Gaza, au bord de la famine

Agence de presse Reuters
La mission de l'Onu sur les crimes de l'EI en Irak va prendre fin

Agence France-Presse
Indonésie : 69 réfugiés rohingyas ont été sauvés en mer après le naufrage de leur bateau

Agence France-Presse
Taïwan dit avoir détecté 32 avions de guerre chinois autour de l'île

Agence France-Presse
Japan Airlines annonce la commande de 32 Airbus et 10 Boeing

Agence France-Presse
Le Royaume-Uni et l'Australie signent un nouvel accord de défense

France 24
Haïti : l'insécurité menace l'activité des petits commerçants

Agence France-Presse
Transition politique en Haïti : les négociations avancent

International Commentary

Charles M. Blow | The New York Times
The Potency of Trump’s ‘Lost Cause’ Mythmaking

Astra Taylor and Leah Hunt-Hendrix | The New York Times
The One Idea That Could Save American Democracy

Roger Lowenstein | The New York Times
It Hurts to See Biden Imitating Trump on Trade

Jennifer Rubin | The Washington Post
We ignore Trump’s defects at our peril

Michael Kranish | The Washington Post
Shadowing Trump’s attacks on mental fitness — his own father’s dementia

Karla Adam | The Washington Post
Chins lifted, waists cinched: A history of royal portrait retouching