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Canadian News

Reuters News Agency
Canada to send ammunition, missiles to support Ukraine's air defence

The Canadian Press
Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin is suing the government - More

CBC News
Former governor general David Johnston to oversee foreign interference probes - More

Global News
Canada can take ‘lessons’ from Australia on registry for foreign interference: Trudeau

CBC News
Lisa LaFlamme is not done telling stories that matter most to her

CBC News
Haiti's sudden turn for the worse puts Trudeau on the spot

The Canadian Press
INKAS rejects Haiti’s claim it hasn’t lived up to its word - More

CBC News
Following recent travel chaos, Canada's major airlines hit with fines for hundreds of violations

CTV News
Radiation-detecting satellite by team of Canadian students successfully launched into space

The Globe and Mail
Canada’s banks are quietly picking up SVB clients as U.S. sale process stalls

The Canadian Press
Groups alleged to be operating as Chinese police station offer co-operation with RCMP

CTV News
Radiation-detecting satellite by team of Canadian students successfully launched into space

CTV News
Mid-March nor'easter brings messy mix of rain, snow to the Maritimes - More

The Canadian Press
Vehicular attacks hard to prevent, but some urban design measures can help: expert

CTV News
'Freedom Convoy' lawsuit expands to include more Ottawa residents, new defendants

CBC News
Trudeau has 'inspired a lot of suspicion' about election results, Poilievre says

Canadian Commentary

Scott Taylor | The Chronicle Herald
Canadian military faces serious shortages

John Ivison | Postmedia News
Ignoring defence spending is not an option, but we'll probably do it anyway

Kelly Cryderman | The Globe and Mail
We should be paying attention to foreign interference in our provincial elections

The Editorial Board | The Globe and Mail
Canada’s cult of confidentiality

Marcus Kolga | The Globe and Mail
As Ottawa balks at an election interference inquiry, public trust in our democracy is draining away

Brian Madden | The Globe and Mail
Silicon Valley Bank collapse shows Canada’s concentrated banking sector is a good thing

Peter McKenna | The Chronicle Herald
Haitians will continue to suffer in the absence of political will

Frederick Vettese | The Globe and Mail
Here’s how long Canadian men can expect to live in retirement

International News

The Associated Press
Another atmospheric river pounds California, 27K to evacuate

The Washington Post
When will spring come? Or has it already? Look up where you live.

Global News
Tables have turned: Vinyl records outsell CDs for first time since 1987

The Associated Press
How Washington came to rescue US banks after the SVB collapse

The Associated Press
Texas drove out Chinese firm, not the wind farm it planned

The Guardian
Stormy Daniels meets with prosecutors to discuss Trump role in payout

Reuters News Agency
TikTok could face U.S. ban if Chinese owners don't divest, company says

Reuters News Agency
Meta to cut 10,000 jobs in second round of layoffs

Reuters News Agency
Microsoft-backed OpenAI starts release of powerful AI known as GPT-4

CISA Alert
Microsoft Releases March 2023 Security Updates

CISA Alert
Mozilla Releases Security Updates for Firefox 111 and Firefox ESR 102.9

The Associated Press
Webb Space Telescope captures image of star on cusp of death

Reuters News Agency
Richard Branson's satellite launch company Virgin Orbit pauses operations

Reuters News Agency
Britain extends household energy support scheme to June

Reuters News Agency
Britain and Japan to pay for most of fighter project agreed with Italy

Reuters News Agency
UK defence minister says Russia should respect international airspace

The Associated Press
Political tensions, new protests over French pension bill

Reuters News Agency
North of Bakhmut, another key battle tests Ukraine's defences

France 24
What happened to the US drone downed near Ukraine? - More - More

The Guardian
Russia plans to recover wreckage of US drone downed over Black Sea

Reuters News Agency
Kremlin: relations with US in dire state

Reuters News Agency
Moscow warns U.S. aircraft away from its air space after drone crash - More

France 24
Protesters back Senegal's opposition leader ahead of trial

Agence France-Presse
Blinken arrives in Ethiopia as part of bid to boost US engagement in Africa

Agence France-Presse
Top UN official seeks progress in visit to divided Cyprus

The Associated Press
Hopes of rebuilding Syria dim as war enters year 13

The Guardian
Israeli president: civil war is ‘within touching distance’

The Associated Press
US troops remain in Iraq 20 years after ‘shock and awe’

France 24
More clashes in Pakistan as police try to arrest Imran Khan - More - More

Reuters News Agency
Pakistan police postpone arrest of ex-PM Imran Khan, easing unrest

France 24
'Dissident club': The fight for freedom of expression in Pakistan

The Guardian
Myanmar is a failing state, led by a junta fuelled by Russian arms, says UN rights envoy

France 24
Are US military exercises in Asia-Pacific a veiled attempt to curb Chinese power?

Reuters News Agency
China's economy shows gradual recovery after COVID reopening

Reuters News Agency
Time and money for love: China brainstorms ways to boost birth rate

Reuters News Agency
Samsung Electronics to invest $230 bln through 2042 in South Korea chipmaking base

Reuters News Agency
China, North Korea loom large as South Korea and Japan try to make amends

The Associated Press
Musk’s Starlink internet kits a boon for bad actors in Amazon rainforest

The Associated Press
Honduras will seek ties with China, spurning Taiwan - More

France 24
Faillite de la Silicon Valley Bank : une panique dopée aux réseaux sociaux

Agence France-Presse
L’inflation au plus bas depuis un an et demi aux États-Unis

Radio-Canada
Paris serre la vis pour mieux encadrer ses loyers

Agence France-Presse
Accident de train en Grèce : les journalistes en grève, poursuite des protestations

Agence France-Presse
Ukraine : trois missiles abattus au-dessus de la région russe de Belgorod

Agence France-Presse
Drone américain : Moscou réclame la fin des vols « hostiles »

Agence France-Presse
Niger : l'armée a tué une trentaine de « terroristes » ayant fui le Nigeria

France 24
En Éthiopie, Antony Blinken va devoir déployer une « diplomatie schizophrénique «

Agence France-Presse
Cyclone Freddy : le bilan humain continue de s'alourdir au Malawi et au Mozambique

Radio-Canada
En Afrique du Sud, seulement 15 % de la population sait nager

Radio-Canada
Depuis 20 ans, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan dirige la Turquie

France 24
Le rapprochement entre l'Arabie saoudite et l'Iran, une première étape pour la paix au Yémen ?

Agence France-Presse
Iran : 11 morts et plus de 3500 blessés lors de la fête du feu

Agence France-Presse
Indonésie : le bilan d'un glissement de terrain atteint 50 morts

Agence France-Presse
La Corée du Sud annonce construire « le plus grand centre de semi-conducteurs au monde »

Agence France-Presse
Corée du Sud : l'obligation de service militaire pour le groupe BTS freine la croissance mondiale de la K-pop

International Commentary

Max Boot | The Washington Post
Russia’s population crisis is making Putin more dangerous - More

David Frum | The Atlantic
Is Ron DeSantis Flaming Out Already?

Michael Schuman | The Atlantic
China Plays Peacemaker

Lee Moak | The Washington Post
Airline safety is at a breaking point. We can’t wait for tragedy to fix it.

Drew Harwell and Nitasha Tiku | The Washington Post
GPT-4 has arrived. It will blow ChatGPT out of the water.

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