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Thursday, 25 April 2024 - Updated at 1715 hrs EDT

Canadian News

CBC News
El Niño is nearing its end. Does that mean global temperatures will cool down in 2024?

CBC News
Evacuation order issued in Chetwynd, B.C., due to wildfire

CBC News
Alberta enacts fire restriction as wildfire conditions grow extreme

CBC News
That offer to buy your time-share could be from a Mexican drug cartel

CBC News
Predators take big bite out of declining Atlantic mackerel population

CBC News
Ukraine's ambassador slams Canada for Airbus sanctions waiver on critical Russian titanium

The Ottawa Citizen
Defence Watch

The Maple Leaf
Defence Team News

Directorate of History and Heritage
Significant Dates in Canadian Military History

Radio-Canada
Sécurité nationale : la clause sur le secret ne viole pas le privilège parlementaire

Radio-Canada
Près de 40 ans après son arrivée en Ontario, Honda dévoile un nouveau chapitre - Plus

Radio-Canada
L’Ontario augmente la limite de vitesse à 110 km/h sur plus de tronçons d’autoroute

Radio-Canada
L’Ontario autorise l’intelligence artificielle à aider les médecins

La Feuille d’érable
Nouvelles de l’Équipe de la Défense

Direction - Histoire et patrimoine
Dates significatives dans l’histoire militaire canadienne

Canadian Commentary

Konrad Yakabuski | The Globe and Mail
Ottawa’s noble plan to fast-track francophone immigrants seems doomed to failure

Aaron Wherry | CBC News
With capital gains change, the Liberals grasp the tax reform nettle again

Althia Raj | Toronto Star
Pierre Poilievre is courting support from groups that spew hate

Lawrence Martin | The Globe and Mail
Can a female VP pick salvage Trump’s chances with American women?

Fabien Deglise | Le Devoir
Au coeur de la stratégie de défense de Donald Trump

International News

BBC News
USC: 93 pro-Palestinian protesters arrested as Gaza protests intensify

The Associated Press
Trump allies Meadows, Giuliani among 18 indicted in Arizona election interference case - More

The Associated Press
Supreme Court seems skeptical of Trump’s claim of absolute immunity - More

CNN News
Judges from around the country have said Trump can be held accountable for January 6

Reuters News Agency
Hush money testimony expected to focus on payment to ex-Playboy model

CNN News
Trump downplays deadly Charlottesville rally as a ‘peanut’ compared to Israel-Gaza protests

Reuters News Agency
David Pecker says he wrangled with Trump over who should buy sex stories - More

CNN News
Fact check: Biden repeats his false claim that he ‘used to drive an 18-wheeler’

CNN News
Harvey Weinstein's rape conviction is overturned by top New York court - More

Reuters News Agency
Explainer: Why was Harvey Weinstein's rape conviction overturned, and what's next? - More

The Associated Press
Russia vetoes UN resolution calling for prevention of nuclear arms race in space - More

Reuters News Agency
Scotland's Yousaf says end of coalition is in country's best interest

The Independent
Runaway Household Cavalry horse in serious condition undergoes operation - More

The Telegraph
Blood-soaked horse ‘Vida’ may never serve again after London rampage injuries - More

The Telegraph
Duke of Edinburgh pays tribute to fallen Australian and New Zealand troops on Anzac Day

BBC News
Moulin Rouge: Sails fall off Paris's famous cabaret club overnight

Reuters News Agency
'Europe could die': Macron urges stronger defences, economic reforms

The Telegraph
NATO nuclear weapons sent to Poland will be a priority target, Kremlin threatens

Reuters News Agency
North Macedonia's opposition surges with strong presidential vote lead

Reuters News Agency
US and allies aim to help Ukraine bolster defenses after aid gap

BBC News
Kyiv uses longer-range US missiles for first time

Reuters News Agency
Construction boss accused of bribing Russian minister as scandal widens

Reuters News Agency
Russian programmers play 'cat and mouse' game to outsmart censors

Reuters News Agency
US proposal for frozen Russian asset revenues gaining ground, G7 officials say

Reuters News Agency
More than 100 inmates escape after rain damages Nigerian prison

Reuters News Agency
Kenyan government recommends regulating, not banning, TikTok

Reuters News Agency
Egypt in renewed mediation push for Gaza truce

Reuters News Agency
US military starts pier construction off Gaza

BBC News
Searching for missing loved ones in Gaza’s mass graves

BBC News
Hersh Goldberg-Polin: Gaza hostage's parents urge him to 'stay strong' after new video

Reuters News Agency
Israeli government seeks another extension on ultra-Orthodox conscription dispute

Reuters News Agency
India's poll panel seeks responses to complaints against Modi, Rahul Gandhi

Reuters News Agency
Malaysia ex-PM Mahathir facing anti-graft probe in a case involving his sons

Reuters News Agency
China should have confidence to talk to us, Taiwan's president-elect says

Reuters News Agency
In China, Blinken urges fair treatment of American companies

Politico
US accuses China of backing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Reuters News Agency
China harbors ship tied to North Korea-Russia arms transfers, satellite images show

Reuters News Agency
Chinese military officials met US and Russian naval officials this week

ABC News
Anzac Day march not on the cards for one of Australia's oldest living World War II veterans

BBC News
Susan Coyle set to become first woman to lead a 'war-fighting domain' of ADF

BBC News
Haiti's PM Ariel Henry resigns as transitional council is sworn in

The New York Times
On This Day: April 25 - BBC - This Day in Aviation

The Associated Press
La condamnation pour viol d’Harvey Weinstein annulée en appel à New York - Plus

Agence France-Presse
Deux des cinq chevaux qui ont semé la pagaille dans Londres sont dans un « état grave »

Agence de presse Reuters
Cinq migrants meurent en tentant de traverser la Manche

Agence France-Presse
Mort de cinq migrants dans la Manche : un Soudanais arrêté au Royaume-Uni

Le Figaro
Défense aérienne, missiles longue portée, blindés : quelles armes les USA vont-ils envoyer à l’Ukraine ?

Agence France-Presse
Ukraine : quatre morts dans des frappes ukrainiennes en territoires occupés par la Russie

Le Figaro
L’ambassade de France à Moscou visée par des dégradations

Agence France-Presse
Nigeria : près de 120 détenus s'évadent de prison grâce aux fortes pluies

Agence France-Presse
Tanzanie : des pluies « liées à El Niño » font 155 morts

Agence France-Presse
Une extension du conflit à Gaza pourrait faire remonter l'inflation, avertit la Banque mondiale

Agence France-Presse
Chine : la mission spatiale Shenzhou-18 a décollé

Agence France-Presse
Le conseil présidentiel de transition prête serment et prend les rênes du pouvoir en Haïti

International Commentary

Mary Ziegler | The New York Times
How Biden Could Turn a Supreme Court Loss on Abortion Into a Win

Stuart Stevens | The New York Times
Trump’s Act Was Getting Stale. Being a Courtroom Victim Is Just What He Needed.

Jill Filipovic | CNN News
Melania’s complicated ‘stand by your man’ routine

Charlie Warzel | The Atlantic
Welcome to the TikTok Meltdown

Mike M. Mochizuki and Michael D. Swaine | The New York Times
A Dangerous Game Is Underway in Asia

Charles M. Blow | The New York Times
The Ghost of the 1968 Antiwar Movement Has Returned

Rear Adm. Mark Montgomery | The Hill
America needs to treat ‘the cloud’ as critical infrastructure

Zeynep Tufekci | The New York Times
This May Be Our Last Chance to Halt Bird Flu in Humans and We Are Blowing It

Lora Kelley | The Atlantic
How Bird Flu Is Shaping People’s Lives

Luke Kemp and Colleagues | BBC News
Do societies grow more fragile and vulnerable to collapse?

Books

Deborah Dundas | Toronto Star
Sophie Gregoire Trudeau gets candid about her Justin Trudeau split

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