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Canadian News

The Maple Leaf
Remembering the Medak Pocket Battle, 30 years later - More

CBC News
P.E.I. cadets 'honoured' to take over organizing Battle of Britain memorial - More - More

Global News
Ceremony rededicates Ypres resting site of Winnipeg soldier killed in First World War

CBC News
Blow-by-blow of what to expect when Hurricane Lee hits N.S., N.B. this weekend

CBC News
Why producing a barrel of oil causes higher emissions in Saskatchewan compared to Alberta

CBC News
How oceans could be used for carbon capture on a big scale

CBC News
Escaped murderer's goal was to land in Canada

The Globe and Mail
AI or human? Take this quiz to spot the fake.

Global News
Ontario 2018 mandate letters told ministers to limit climate law impact on businesses

The Canadian Press
Trudeau calls on major grocers to stabilize food prices, drawing industry pushback

National Post
'There's work to do': Trudeau on resigning amid tanking poll numbers

Canadian Commentary

Rick and Lillian Ekstein | National Post
Military families — the unsung heroes of our nation

Marsha Lederman | The Globe and Mail
Libraries must be curated, not culled with abandon

Rachel Warden | The Hill Times
Women peace-builders: an investment Canada cannot afford to overlook

Michael Taube | National Post
Orwellian commissars can't solve racism by purging books

Jessica Davis | The Globe and Mail
Canada should officially designate the Wagner Group as a terrorist organization

The Editorial Board | The Globe and Mail
The foreign interference film we deserve: Mr. Chong goes to Washington

Tristin Hopper | National Post
The comically ineffective ways Trudeau has tried to fix housing

Chris Selley | National Post
Public health officers are still oblivious to their self-destructed COVID credibility

Gwynne Dyer | The Hill Times
Lightyears away, another ocean exists

Frédéric Arnould | Radio-Canada
Vivek, le suppléant de Donald ?

International News

BBC News
Hurricane Lee heads towards New England and Canada

The Washington Post
DHS warns about 2024’s cyberthreats

Reuters News Agency
U.S. auto workers target Detroit Three with first simultaneous strike - More

BBC News
Gretchen Whitmer: Three men cleared of plotting to kidnap governor

Reuters News Agency
Judge temporarily halts New York fraud trial against Trump, pending appeal

BBC News
Wagner group formally banned as terror organisation in the UK

BBC News
Greta Thunberg charged after blocking Sweden oil port for second time

BBC News
Luis Rubiales given Spanish restraining order over World Cup kiss

BBC Sport
Spanish players to continue women's national team boycott until FA undergoes more changes

Reuters News Agency
Ukraine troops retake village south of Bakhmut

The Washington Post
Shuffle of Russian military chiefs preceded death of Wagner boss Prigozhin

Flightradar24 News
Ural Airlines A320 forced landing in a field

BBC News
Morocco earthquake: The teacher who lost all 32 of her pupils

Reuters News Agency
Iraq-Turkey oil pipeline ready to resume operations soon

Reuters News Agency
U.S. Treasury official says Iraq must act to avoid further action on banks

Reuters News Agency
Britain, France, Germany to retain ballistic, nuclear sanctions on Iran

Reuters News Agency
Oil set to rise for a third week on strong China economic data

Reuters News Agency
China sanctions Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin for arms sales to Taiwan

Reuters News Agency
China’s defence minister under investigation, being removed from post

CBC News
Tokyo begins largest military buildup since Second World War

Agence de presse Reuters
Hunter Biden inculpé de détention illégale d'arme à feu

Agence de presse Reuters
USA : Début d'une grève historique d'ouvriers d'usines automobiles

Agence de presse Reuters
WhatsApp nie envisager des publicités sur la plateforme

Agence de presse Reuters
France : Le prix de l'électricité n'augmentera pas de plus de 10% en 2024

Agence France-Presse
« C’est ma place » : Emmanuel Macron justifie sa présence à la messe du pape à Marseille

Agence France-Presse
L'UE assume le risque d'un bras de fer avec Pékin sur les voitures électriques

Agence de presse Reuters
Migrants : Le point de « non-retour » atteint à Lampedusa, a déclaré le maire

Agence France-Presse
Lampedusa : où seront envoyés les 7000 migrants débarqués sur l’île ?

Agence France-Presse
Baiser forcé : les Espagnoles refusent de rejouer pour la sélection malgré la démission de Luis Rubiales

Agence de presse Reuters
L'ex-patron du football espagnol devant la justice pour agression sexuelle

Agence de presse Reuters
Ukraine : L'armée dit avoir repris le village d'Andriivka, dans l'est

Agence France-Presse
Kim Jong-un visite des usines aéronautiques russes

Agence de presse Reuters
La Russie expulse deux membres du personnel de l'ambassade des États-Unis

Agence de presse Reuters
Le Kremlin dit voir les tensions s'aggraver autour du Haut-Karabakh

Agence France-Presse
Le Maroc « devrait » demander l'assistance de l'ONU « aujourd'hui ou demain »

Agence France-Presse
Libye : on ne connaît « toujours pas l'étendue » de la catastrophe, estime l’ONU

Agence de presse Reuters
La France dément tout boycott culturel des pays du Sahel

Agence de presse Reuters
Des rebelles houthis en route pour Ryad, pourparlers en vue

Agence de presse Reuters
Iran : Sécurité renforcée à l'approche de l'anniversaire de la mort de Mahsa Amini

Agence de presse Reuters
L'Iran est prêt à mettre en oeuvre l'accord d'échange de prisonniers conclu avec les USA

Agence de presse Reuters
L'Iran est prêt à mettre en oeuvre l'accord d'échange de prisonniers conclu avec les Etats-Unis

Agence de presse Reuters
Chine : Le ministre de la Défense sous le coup d'une enquête

Agence de presse Reuters
Séoul et Washington fustigent l'entente russo-nord-coréenne

International Commentary

David Ignatius | The Washington Post
In Afghanistan, the Taliban has all but extinguished al-Qaeda

David Von Drehle | The Washington Post
Democrats are crazy to insist only Biden can beat Trump

Catherine Rampell | The Washington Post
The House GOP’s plan is to blow up all the plans

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