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Canadian News

CBC News
Ottawa told a permanent resident his wife couldn't evacuate from Gaza

National Post
India presses Canada to deal with another alleged Khalistani terror threat

National Post
Trudeau issues two minister mandate letters but won't be issuing any others

Bloomberg News
David Rosenberg sees 'terrifying' mortgage math bringing Canada rates down quickly

The Canadian Press
Think scam calls are bad now? Experts warn growing use of AI will make problem worse.

Agence QMI
Guerre en Ukraine : un jeune Canadien de 25 ans perd la vie au front

Radio-Canada
Que reste-t-il du « jeudi noir » des Franco-Ontariens ?

Canadian Commentary

A. Walter Dorn | The New York Times
Measuring Israel by the Just-War Yardstick

Jonathan Kay | National Post
Give me the Freedom Convoy over antisemitic campus lunatics any day

Jesse Kline | National Post
Western media wilfully ignorant of Hamas using hospitals for war crimes

Tristin Hopper | National Post
Vivian Silver: 'The thought of yet another war drives me mad'

Randi Sommerfeld | CBC News
I used to work for an Israeli NGO promoting peace with Palestinians. Was it worth it?

International News

Reuters News Agency
US Senate panel moves toward ending abortion-related military promotions blockade

Reuters News Agency
US climate assessment lays out growing threats, opportunities as temperatures rise

Forbes
Biden Says China Has ‘Real Problems’ - More

BBC News
Climate change: US and China take 'small but important steps'

BBC News
US evangelicals drive Republican support for Israel

The Guardian
Ex-Trump lawyer says ‘boss’ was not going to leave White House - More - More

BBC News
With Democratic support, US House passes bill to avert shutdown

United Press International
George Santos' former fundraiser pleads guilty to wire fraud

United Press International
USCG searches for missing Carnival Glory cruise ship passenger

CBC News
Scientists warn of 'dangerous future' if global emissions aren't cut

BBC News
UK Supreme Court rules Rwanda asylum plan unlawful - More

BBC News
Accused Pelosi hammer attacker David DePape tearfully testifies of bizarre plot

CNN News
Sun temporarily halts communications between NASA and Mars missions

Reuters News Agency
Man arrested in Nottingham Panthers’ Adam Johnson neck slash hockey death

Reuters News Agency
Greta Thunberg pleads not guilty after arrest at London protest

Agence France-Presse
Five years on, France still scarred by 'yellow vest' revolt

Reuters News Agency
Russia will pay heavy price for Avdiivka, says Ukraine

The New Republic
Giuliani’s Top Ukraine Allies Charged With Being Putin Agents

United Press International
Ukrainian man jailed for life for providing Russia with missile coordinates for Kharkiv strike

BBC News
Ukraine Army claims foothold on bank of River Dnipro in south

United Press International
Man convicted of killing Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya pardoned

BBC News
Rwanda genocide: Former gynaecologist on trial in France

The Guardian
Erdoğan calls Israel a ‘terror state’ as he condemns Gaza hospital raid

BBC News
Irish-Palestinian family set to leave 'Gaza hell'

Reuters News Agency
Israeli troops enter Gaza's Al Shifa hospital in culmination of siege

The Guardian
Israeli soldiers raid al-Shifa hospital in escalation of Gaza offensive

The Guardian
France expresses ‘serious concern’ over al-Shifa operation; Israeli minister ‘suggests ceasefire will happen’

Reuters News Agency
Bombarded twice in Gaza, 4-year-old Ahmed loses parents, then legs

CBC News
Renowned doctor at Al-Shifa Hospital killed in Gaza City

Reuters News Agency
Iran's 'Axis of Resistance' against Israel faces trial by fire

The Associated Press
China's state media take a new tone toward the US

Reuters News Agency
Russian resources minister visits North Korea

Bloomberg News
North Korea Tests New Engines for Ballistic Missiles

BBC News
Health warnings as Brazil gripped by 'unbearable' heatwave

Bloomberg News
Panamanians protest over Canada’s First Quantum Minerals contract

Agence France-Presse
La Chine de Xi a de « vrais problèmes », déclare Biden

Agence France-Presse
Pékin et Washington vont créer un groupe de travail sur l'action commune pour le climat

Radio-Canada
« Cancer Alley », la zone sacrifiée des États-Unis

Agence France-Presse
Royaume-Uni : la Cour suprême juge illégal d'expulser des demandeurs d'asile au Rwanda

Agence France-Presse
Les concentrations de gaz à effet de serre battent des records en 2022

Agence France-Presse
La chaleur extrême risque de tuer cinq fois plus d'humains d'ici 2050

Agence France-Presse
Après les Beatles, l'IA redonne vie à Edith Piaf pour un biopic animé

Agence France-Presse
Protection des consommateurs : Amazon dans le viseur de la Commission européenne

Agence France-Presse
Ukraine : les assauts russes se multiplient dans l'est du pays, prévient Zelensky

Agence France-Presse
La Russie admet que Kiev a des positions sur la rive occupée du Dniepr

Agence France-Presse
Le Kremlin juge le sommet Xi-Biden « important » pour le monde entier

Agence France-Presse
Syrie : la justice française émet un mandat d'arrêt contre Bachar al-Assad

Agence France-Presse
Gaza : des raids israéliens contre l’hôpital al-Shifa

Agence France-Presse
Inde : ce que l’on sait des 40 ouvriers toujours piégés dans un tunnel effondré

International Commentary

Timothy Garton Ash | The Guardian
In our new world disorder, the old bipolar frames of reference won’t get us anywhere

Emma Brockes | The Guardian
Trump is facing multiple charges – but there is one that could seriously harm his reputation

Helene von Bismarck | The Guardian
In Europe, we can’t help laughing at David Cameron’s return – but we welcome it too

Martin Kettle | The Guardian
The Rwanda plan is dead in the real world, but will live on in the fantasyland of Tory politics

Polly Toynbee | The Guardian
Suella Braverman is sunk, and so are the Tories: a party of nihilists, led by a loser

The Economist
The battle of northern Gaza is almost over

Noah Feldman | The Atlantic
The Law of Worst-Case Scenarios

Idrees Kahloon | The Economist
An unpopularity contest between Joe Biden and Donald Trump looms

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