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Canadian News

CBC News
Government falling short on promise to roll out automatic tax filing pilot

CBC News
Fake photos have been a problem for a long time

Global News
Winnipeg man was member of Chinese military branch behind cyber attacks on Canada

CBC News
Scientists say Canada benefits from new, high-security pathogen lab

CBC News
What to expect from today's Ontario budget

CBC News
Ontario extending gasoline, diesel fuel tax cut to end of year

CBC News
Auto insurance changes coming in Ontario budget: sources

CBC News
On strike, McGill TAs fed up with wages, working conditions

CBC News
Government falling short on promise to roll out automatic tax filing pilot

CBC News
Fake photos have been a problem for a long time

Global News
Winnipeg man was member of Chinese military branch behind cyber attacks on Canada

CBC News
Scientists say Canada benefits from new, high-security pathogen lab

BBC News
Canada's maple syrup reserve hits 16-year low

CBC News
What to expect from today's Ontario budget

CBC News
Ontario extending gasoline, diesel fuel tax cut to end of year

CBC News
Auto insurance changes coming in Ontario budget: sources

CBC News
On strike, McGill TAs fed up with wages, working conditions

Radio-Canada
Stratégie navale : un premier contrat officiel, mais modeste, pour Chantier Davie

Radio-Canada
Taxe carbone : Trudeau répond aux provinces réfractaires

Radio-Canada
Effondrement à Baltimore : les piliers des ponts bien protégés au Québec

Radio-Canada
À quoi s’attendre du budget de mi-mandat du gouvernement de Doug Ford ?

Radio-Canada
Budget de l’Ontario : pas de sauvetage du secteur postsecondaire en crise

Radio-Canada
Budget : le déficit de l’Ontario triple à 9,8 milliards pour 2024-2025

Radio-Canada
Le spectre d’une sécheresse prolongée plane sur l’Alberta

Radio-Canada
Un comité parlementaire enquêtera sur le scandale d’un laboratoire de Winnipeg

Radio-Canada
Frappes importantes de la GRC dans Montréal-Nord et dans Saint-Léonard

Radio-Canada
Interdire les initiations universitaires : « la question se pose », dit la ministre Déry - Plus

Radio-Canada
Les bourses pour contrer la pénurie de main-d’œuvre n’ont pas « l’effet wow » espéré

Radio-Canada
Bureau du Québec à Tel-Aviv : Martine Biron a « retenu de l’information », selon le PQ

Canadian Commentary

Scott Taylor | Esprit de Corps
The RCAF Is in Serious Crisis

Ruchi Kumar | The Globe and Mail
Afghanistan is becoming a safe haven for terrorists again

Sharlene Gill | The Globe and Mail
When it comes to early-onset cancer, the Princess of Wales is unfortunately not alone

André Picard | The Globe and Mail
Are we too fearful of cancer?

International News

Barron’s
Boeing Stock Has Dropped 40%. Its CEO Made Millions.

The Associated Press
Controversial military reproductive health care travel policy was used just 12 times in seven months

Bloomberg News
Tax the Rich is Actually a Popular Bipartisan Stance, Poll Shows

The Guardian
Judge dismisses ‘vapid’ Elon Musk lawsuit against group that cataloged racist content on X

The Hill
Kara Swisher says Musk ‘subtle as a brick’ with Trump support

The Huffington Post
Stephen Colbert Punches Through Trump's Favorite Myth About Himself

Bloomberg News
Biden Gains Ground Against Trump in Six Key States, Poll Shows

Bloomberg News
McDonald’s to Sell Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Across the US - More

The Associated Press
Bird flu, weather and inflation conspire to keep egg prices near historic highs

BBC News
RFK Jr picks California lawyer Nicole Shanahan as his running mate - More

The Associated Press
Container ship hits Baltimore’s Key Bridge, bringing it down - More - More

ABC News
'Heroic': Traffic onto Baltimore Key Bridge halted before collapse - More

BBC News
Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse: What we know about ship and bridge - More

The Washington Post
Supreme Court to hear arguments on abortion pill case - More

Politico
NYC mayor defends migrant debit card program as cost efficient and fraud resistant

BBC News
Asbestos is a global waste problem - here's how we might get rid of it

Reuters News Agency
U.S., U.K. accuse China of cyberespionage that hit millions

BBC News
Data centre power use 'to surge six-fold in 10 years'

Deutsche Welle
Julian Assange can appeal extradition, UK High Court rules - More

BBC News
Dogs can understand words for specific objects

Deutsche Welle
A call to arms: Polish civilians get military training

Los Angeles Times
Insider releases audio he says is proof of corruption in Hungarian government

Reuters News Agency
More than 63,000 people dead or missing while migrating over last decade, IOM says

Deutsche Welle
Drones boost Ukrainian defense against Russia

Reuters News Agency
Kremlin refuses to be drawn on claim of link between Moscow attackers and Ukraine

The Guardian
Terrorism and the battle for the truth in Moscow

The Wall Street Journal
Russian Court Extends WSJ Reporter Evan Gershkovich’s Detention

Reuters News Agency
Russian investigators question Moscow attack suspects' families in Tajikistan

The Associated Press
Tajikistan: Russian massacre suspects’ homeland is plagued by poverty and religious strife

The Guardian
Libya to investigate claims oil smuggling is fuelling Sudan civil war

The Associated Press
Senegal’s opposition leader Bassirou Diomaye Faye is named the next president - More

BBC News
Gazans reportedly drown after rush for aid drop in sea

Reuters News Agency
UNRWA calls on Israel to revoke ban on food deliveries to north Gaza

Reuters News Agency
Dozens killed in Israeli strikes on north and south of Gaza

Deutsche Welle
UN Security Council passes Gaza cease-fire resolution

The Associated Press
UN demand for Gaza cease-fire provokes strongest clash between US and Israel since war began

The Associated Press
Israel and Hamas dig in as international pressure builds for a cease-fire

CBC News
Palestinians, and some Israelis, see Marwan Barghouti as key to peace

Deutsche Welle
India, Germany push to boost defense ties

Reuters News Agency
Thai rights groups flag deportation risk to 19 stateless children

The Guardian
Former head of China football association jailed for life for taking bribes

Reuters News Agency
South Korea has 'grave concerns' over China using water cannons against Philippine ships

The Associated Press
Japan approves plan to sell fighter jets to other nations

The Guardian
More than 100 cattle die on export ship travelling from Australia to Indonesia

NBC News
New Zealand follows U.S., U.K. in accusing China-backed hackers of cyberattacks

Deutsche Welle
Brazil probes Jair Bolsonaro's stay at Hungarian embassy - More

The Associated Press
Venezuela’s main opposition coalition unable to register a presidential candidate

The Associated Press
About 2,000 migrants begin a Holy Week walk in southern Mexico

Radio-Canada
Six personnes manquent toujours à l’appel dans le port stratégique de Baltimore - Plus

Le Figaro
Elon Musk se prononce en faveur des républicains et appelle à « une vague rouge » - Plus

Agence France-Presse
Extradition de Julian Assange : la justice britannique demande de nouvelles garanties - Plus - Plus

Agence France-Presse
La Défenseure des droits s'alarme d'une « banalisation des atteintes aux droits » en France en 2023

Le Figaro
Terrorisme : le «risque zéro» n’existe « jamais », avertit Macron

Le Journal de Dimanche
Attentat de Moscou : la France propose à la Russie une « coopération accrue » dans la lutte anti-terroriste

Le Figaro
La France « n’exclut pas » des réquisitions dans l’industrie pour passer en « économie de guerre »

Agence France-Presse
Attentat de Moscou : un huitième suspect placé en détention provisoire

Agence France-Presse
La justice russe rallonge la détention du reporter américain Evan Gershkovich jusqu'au 30 juin

Agence France-Presse
Tchad : sept soldats tués par une mine dans une zone repaire des djihadistes

Le Monde
Au Sénégal, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, candidat souverainiste, remporte la présidentielle - Plus

Agence France-Presse
Turquie : 147 personnes soupçonnées d'appartenance à l'EI arrêtées

La Presse canadienne
Quatre Canadiens détenus en Syrie implorent la Cour suprême de revoir leur requête

Agence France-Presse
Syrie : des raids aériens sur des positions pro-Iran font au moins neuf morts

Radio-Canada
Bureau du Québec à Tel-Aviv : une première mission discrète pour le chef de poste

Agence France-Presse
Venezuela : un poids lourd de l'opposition en candidat surprise face à Maduro

Agence France-Presse
La France, en plein « réarmement diplomatique », ouvre une ambassade au Guyana

Agence France-Presse
La Chine accusée de cyberattaques par Washington, Londres et Wellington

La Presse canadienne
Un premier groupe de 36 Canadiens évacué d’Haïti vers la République dominicaine

International Commentary

Simon Jenkins | The Guardian
Does China spy on Britain? Of course. But we have more important things to discuss with them.

Simon Tisdall | The Guardian
Putin’s lethally negligent failure can’t be covered up. The Moscow attack leaves him weaker than ever.

Kateryna Busol | The Guardian
Russia’s weaponising of sexual violence, and Ukraine’s response, reveals a grim war of values

Ties Dams | The Guardian
Geert Wilders won’t be Dutch PM, but he can still harm Europe

Yasmeen Serhan | Time Magazine
Why Getting Rid of Netanyahu Is Unlikely to Shift Israel’s Approach to Gaza