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Canadian News

Global News
Microsoft vulnerability can strike before users open ‘malicious’ email: CSE centre - More

CBC News
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim rejects 'insinuations' he won election due to Chinese interference

CBC News
Ottawa's proposed firearms law could extend to airsoft guns

CTV News
Canada to hold ceremony to mark coronation of King Charles III

CTV News
Fewer than one-in-five Canadians want monarchy to continue

The Canadian Press
Some federal public servants get remote-work extension as others face deadline - More

CBC News
Some in Canada's tech industry are feeling jittery after SVB's collapse

CTV News
Border concerns, defence priorities to be discussed during Biden's visit to Canada

The Canadian Press
Court temporarily stays order to repatriate four Canadians from Syria, pending appeal

CTV News
High activity of aurora borealis in Canada following 'rare' solar eruption

Canadian Commentary

International News

Stars and Stripes
Army Golden Knight killed in parachute training jump in Florida

Stars and Stripes
Army brings back ‘Be All You Can Be’ recruiting pitch

Navy Times
Retired Navy captain sentenced for role in ‘Fat Leonard’ scandal

Stars and Stripes
Military service member found dead in Pentagon parking lot

Army Times
How a veteran helped rescue the Afghan interpreter who saved his life

BBC News
Giant, stinky seaweed bloom headed for Florida - More

CNN News
NASA and Axiom unveil spacesuits astronauts will wear on the moon

ABC News
Suspect crashes helicopter after trying to steal it from Sacramento airport

The Associated Press
Trump’s VP? Some in GOP already jockeying for consideration

The New York Times
Sold: Yacht With a Waterfall. Price: $19 Million. Broker: George Santos.

The Associated Press
Scientists: Largest US reservoirs moving in right direction

The Associated Press
TikTok dismisses calls for Chinese owners to sell stakes

BBC News
Chat GPT4: Is the world prepared for the coming AI storm?

The New York Times
How Siri, Alexa and Google Assistant Lost the A.I. Race

BBC News
TikTok to be banned on UK government phones

The Associated Press
Macron’s pension plan advances despite strikes across France - More

The Associated Press
Macron uses special power to enact pension bill without vote

Agence France-Presse
France to force Paris binmen back to work as trash stacks up - More

BBC News
Cocaine production reaches record levels as new trafficking hubs emerge - More

BBC News
Entire Russian spy network dismantled in Poland

The Associated Press
Poland to give Ukraine a dozen MiG-29 jets - More

CNN News
Spain’s Crown Princess Leonor to start three-year military training

France 24
Quickly providing munitions 'very important' for Ukraine, says Olaf Scholz

BBC News
Bakhmut: Russian casualties mount but tactics evolve

BBC News
US releases footage of Russian jet crashing into drone - More

The Associated Press
US, Russian military chiefs resume contact to discuss downed drone - More

The Associated Press
Russia has committed 'wide range' of war crimes in Ukraine, UN inquiry finds

The Guardian
Italian princess, conspiracy theorists and Steven Seagal: Meet Russia’s friends overseas

Reuters News Agency
Death toll from record-breaking cyclone Freddy jumps to 225 in Malawi

BBC News
Libya uranium: Missing barrels recovered, say eastern forces - More

Reuters News Agency
U.S. military conducts first maritime exercises with West African forces

Reuters News Agency
Son of Uganda's president says to stand for leadership in 2026

Reuters News Agency
No White House visit for Benjamin Netanyahu as US concern rises

The Associated Press
Israelis step up protests after Netanyahu rejects judicial compromise proposal

The Associated Press
Many killed in mysterious helicopter crash in Iraq's north

Reuters News Agency
Iraqi ambush of Americans made a mockery of 'Mission Accomplished'

The Associated Press
With Saudi deals, US, China battle for influence in Middle East

CNN News
Child detainees in Iran subjected to flogging, electric shocks and sexual violence, says Amnesty

Agence France-Presse
Mahsa Amini remains a symbol of resistance in Iran six months after her death

Reuters News Agency
India-Russia defence firm eyes $200 mln missile deal with Indonesia

Reuters News Agency
China's answer to ChatGPT? Baidu shares tumble as it unveils Ernie Bot. - More

The Associated Press
North Korea launches ICBM before South Korea-Japan summit

CNN News
Japan and South Korea agree to mend ties

The Associated Press
Seoul: Japan agreed to lift export controls on South Korea

CBC Radio
South Korea and Japan improving relations doesn't erase dark WW II history, says expert

The Associated Press
Brazil reintroduces visa requirement for US tourists, others

The Associated Press
Musk’s Starlink brought internet to Brazil’s Amazon. Criminals love it.

The Associated Press
Honduras ditching Taiwan raises larger geopolitical concerns

Agence France-Presse
First Republic, la banque américaine sous le feu des projecteurs

Radio-Canada
Mobilisation contre le réforme des retraites : Macron « pense qu’on va s’épuiser »

Agence France-Presse
Varsovie va transférer quatre avions de chasse MiG-29 à Kiev

France 24
Washington publie les images de l'interception de son drone par les Russes

Agence France-Presse
Mer Noire : Moscou veut récupérer le drone américain, Washington enquête

Agence France-Presse
Le transfert d’enfants ukrainiens par la Russie est un « crime de guerre », selon l’ONU

Agence de Presse Reuters
Deux tonnes d’uranium ont disparu d’un site en Libye, selon l'AIEA

Agence France-Presse
Le Malawi appelle à l’aide après le passage d’un cyclone ayant fait au moins 225 morts

Agence France-Presse
Cisjordanie : quatre Palestiniens tués dans un raid militaire israélien à Jénine

France 24
La désobéissance civile s'installe en Iran

France 24
Les Baloutches, à l’avant-poste des manifestations en Iran depuis la mort de Mahsa Amini

Agence France-Presse
Aux Philippines, les internautes pris dans un torrent de désinformation médicale

Agence France-Presse
La Chine fustige les « attaques » américaines contre TikTok

The Associated Press
Les Canadiens devront à nouveau obtenir un visa de touriste pour visiter le Brésil

La Presse Canadienne
Les blindés canadiens livrés en retard nuisent à la lutte contre les gangs, dit Haïti

Agence France-Presse
Un ancien gouverneur mexicain condamné à neuf ans de prison aux États-Unis

International Commentary

Editorial Board | The Washington Post
Republicans enable voter fraud in the name of fighting it

Arwa Mahdawi | The Guardian
Conservatives hate wokeness. Don’t trigger them by asking what it means.

Charles M. Blow | The New York Times
Donald Trump Must Be Prosecuted

Gail Collins | The New York Times
The Kamala Removal Fantasy

Julian Borger | The Guardian
How the Iraq war altered US politics and led to the emergence of Trump

Kelli María Korducki | The Atlantic
Don’t Be Misled by GPT-4’s Gift of Gab

James Bridle | The Guardian
The stupidity of AI

Chris Stokel-Walker | The Washington Post
Banning TikTok is a bad solution to the wrong problem

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