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Canadian News

Canadian Commentary

Walter Dorn | The Globe and Mail
Canada is letting other nations do the heavy lifting on peacekeeping

Aaron Wherry | CBC News
Will voter fatigue and inflation be Trudeau's undoing?

Pouria Saffaran, John Vervaeke and Konstantinos Xanthios | The Globe and Mail
The death of Mahsa Amini has inspired Iranians to search for a place they can be at home - More

Andrew Coyne | The Globe and Mail
Home truths about Canada’s housing mess

Joe Castaldo | The Globe and Mail
The ABCs of AI

The Editorial Board | The Globe and Mail
The quest for scientific wonders will never cease

International News

Reuters News Agency
UAW, automakers to resume talks as strike starts to create parts shortage

The New York Times
Biden Defends Striking Autoworkers: They Deserve a ‘Fair Share’

ABC News
Hurricane Lee live updates: Storm downgraded to post-tropical cyclone - More

ABC News
Former Florida surgeon general rebukes DeSantis administration's claims on COVID vaccines

The Insider
A company planning an expedition to the Titanic next year says it's 'too soon'

The Guardian
Rishi Sunak considers banning Chinese officials from half of AI summit

Deutsche Welle
Oktoberfest: Munich mayor opens 188th beer festival

Reuters News Agency
Germany says it will keep taking in migrants from Italy after all

The Telegraph
Replica kit is scattered across Ukraine to fool Kremlin into wasting missiles

The New York Times
‘We Are Accidentally Alive’: A Muslim Cleric Reflects on His War Experience

Reuters News Agency
Russian-installed Crimea authorities to sell Ukrainian properties

Deutsche Welle
Ukraine updates: Russia may attack power grids in winter

BBC News
'Bodies still washing up' in Derna one week after Libya floods - More

Reuters News Agency
How mud-brick housing made the Morocco earthquake so deadly

Reuters News Agency
Derna facing long recovery as search for missing goes on

Deutsche Welle
Juntas of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso sign security pact

Reuters News Agency
France's ambassador in Niger being 'held hostage' at embassy by junta, Macron says

BBC News
Buthelezi funeral: South Africans mull legacy of divisive Zulu leader - More - More

Deutsche Welle
Erdoğan: Turkey can part ways with European Union

CBC News
In story and song, artists keep world's eyes on Mahsa Amini and the plight of Iran's women - More

Reuters News Agency
Iran's security forces briefly detain Mahsa Amini's father a year after her death

The Guardian
Jailed activist warns of totalitarianism after Mahsa Amini protests

Deutsche Welle
Afghanistan: Taliban detains NGO staff, including foreigner

BBC News
Diamonds and diplomacy: How ex-US Ambassador Richard Olson fell from grace

The Guardian
Li Shangfu: Speculation grows over fate of China’s missing defence minister

Reuters News Agency
A close encounter with the 'alien bodies' in Mexico

International Commentary

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