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Canadian News

The Canadian Press
Anti-vax reservist gets $4,000 fine, reprimand in B.C. court martial - More

Global News
RCAF major charged for alleged gun smuggling from U.S. - More

CBC News
Trudeau takes first official flight on RCAF’s new Airbus A330-200 - More - More

Global News
Communities are commemorating Canadian veterans with poppy rocks - Image

National Post
Air Canada flight narrowly avoids crash-landing at Toronto Pearson Airport - More

Global News
Calgarian returns from Gaza: ‘It’s not safe’

The Gazette
Protest calling for Israel-Hamas ceasefire blocks Montreal's Jacques Cartier Bridge

CBC News
Cameron Ortis is accused of leaking special operational information to police targets

CBC News
Family members tell stories of loved ones held hostage in Gaza

CBC News
Personal info, including staff social insurance numbers, stolen in TPL cyberattack

CBC News
Nathaniel Veltman guilty of 1st–degree murder in attack on Muslim family - More

Radio-Canada
Justin Trudeau arrive en Californie pour le sommet de l’APEC à San Francisco

Le Journal de Montréal
Un premier vol pour Justin Trudeau dans son nouvel Airbus A330 - Vidéo

Radio-Canada
COVID-19 et influenza : pourquoi fait-on un nouvel appel à la vaccination ?

La Presse canadienne
Une situation « déchirante » à Gaza, dit Freeland après les reproches de Nétanyahou

Radio-Canada
De Gaza à Montréal : « Dans ma tête, ce qui se passe est irréel »

Radio-Canada
Les cartels de l’immigration

Canadian Commentary

Tristin Hopper | National Post
Canada's endlessly fumbling response to Israel-Hamas

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

Lama Alsafi | The Hill Times
Western media have contributed to loss of truth in Gaza

Tyler Dawson | National Post
A short recap of the quickly deteriorating relationship between Trudeau and Netanyahu

Andrew Caddell | The Hill Times
Marc Garneau would have been the right PM for these times

John Ivison | National Post
An agitated Liberal caucus is driving Trudeau’s Israel stance, John Baird says

Christopher Dummitt | National Post
Oh look, the progressive left suddenly cares about free speech

Joel Kotkin | National Post
Trudeau's Green Jihad holding Canada back

Rev. David Shearman | The Hill Times
It’s a privilege to be inclusive, says chaplain - More

International News

Aviation Week Network
USAF Considering Aerial Refueling For Early CCAs

Defense One
Boeing welcomes USAF interest in light-attack version of T-7 trainer

NPR News
VA attempts to crack down on predatory fees related to filing veterans’ claims

Defense One
USAF’s Cyber Command turns focus to information operations

CISA Alert
FBI and CISA Release Advisory on Scattered Spider Group

The Associated Press
Canadian David DePape convicted of attempted kidnapping, assault of Paul Pelosi

The Associated Press
Scathing ethics report concludes George Santos 'cannot be trusted' - More - More

Intelligencer
George Santos Drops Re-Election Bid - More

CNN News
Georgia judge issues order to prevent future leaks of sensitive evidence in Trump election racketeering case

BBC News
Five things we learned from the Biden-Xi meeting - More

CNN News
Biden assails Trump’s ‘vermin’ remark

The Independent
Gag order in Trump’s fraud trial paused by appeals court judge - More

Salon
Legal experts alarmed over “Judge Cannon’s bias” in new order setting up delay

CNN News
Trump’s second-term agenda would wield executive power in unprecedented ways - More

Intelligencer
Trump Tells Latino Voters He’s the Victim of Communists

NPR News
Floridians turn on DeSantis in his bid for president

United Press International
100 protesters injured in demonstration calling for Gaza cease-fire outside DNC

BBC News
US Congress averts government shutdown threat with stopgap bill - More

Reuters News Agency
OpenAI explores how to get ChatGPT into classrooms

BBC News
Iceland volcano: Reykjanes Peninsula faces 'decades' of instability - More

Reuters News Agency
'Staggering' rise in global measles cases last year, say leading health organizations

BBC News
Top general locked away evidence of SAS executions

The Guardian
Sixty women at MoD complain of widespread ‘toxic’ and ‘hostile’ behaviour - More

The Guardian
James Cleverly fails to deny calling Rwanda deportation policy ‘batshit’ in private

BBC News
How factories are deploying AI on production lines

The Guardian
Microplastics found in clouds could affect weather and global temperatures

BBC News
Finland to close some crossing points on Russia border

The Guardian
Rise in asylum seekers from Russia is Kremlin act of revenge, says Finnish president

The Guardian
Turbulence in Balkans over renaming of Dubrovnik airport

Reuters News Agency
Vatican confirms ban on Catholics becoming Freemasons

Deutsche Welle
Spain: Pedro Sánchez secures new term in divided country - More

Deutsche Welle
Russia jails artist over anti-war supermarket protest - More

Reuters News Agency
Sweden's NATO bid delayed in Turkish parliament

NPR News
A former Israeli soldier calls for international intervention to stop settler violence - More

CBC News
Netanyahu faces growing criticism at home and abroad

The Guardian
UN Security Council backs resolution calling for humanitarian pause in Gaza - More

Reuters News Agency
Hamas tunnel found at Gaza's Al Shifa hospital, says Israel

Deutsche Welle
Disease 'inevitable' in Gaza — UN

BBC News
Israel targets Hamas leader's Gaza house - More

BBC News
BBC goes inside Al-Shifa hospital with the Israeli army

The Telegraph
Hamas terrorist who paraded festival-goer’s body in Gaza has been killed

CNN News
UN Human Rights Chief ‘alarmed’ by reported abuse of Afghan refugees in Pakistan

The Telegraph
Iran tells Hamas it will not enter the war with Israel

CBS News
Mark Esper says defeating Hamas means dealing with Iran "once and for all"

Reuters News Agency
How an Indian startup hacked the world

Reuters News Agency
More Myanmar troops fleeing rebel attacks enter India

The Guardian
In change of rhetoric, China praises ‘warm’ Xi-Biden meeting - More - More

CBS News
China could send more pandas to the U.S., Xi Jinping suggests

Reuters News Agency
Biden removes sanctions from Chinese institute in push for fentanyl help

Reuters News Agency
Japanese and Chinese leaders set for first face-to-face talks in a year

CBS News
U.S. military veterans turn to psychedelics in Mexico for PTSD treatment

Agence France-Presse
Allemagne : la police s'en prend aux soutiens du Hezbollah pro-iranien

Agence France-Presse
L'armée russe accentue sa pression sur la ville disputée d'Avdiïvka

Agence France-Presse
Quatre blessés dans une attaque près de Jérusalem, trois assaillants abattus

Radio-Canada
Guerre entre Israël et le Hamas, jour 40 : les faits saillants

Agence France-Presse
Israël-Hamas : l'ONU exige une enquête internationale sur les violations du droit humanitaire

Agence France-Presse
Xi décrit comme un « dictateur » par Biden : Pékin dénonce une « manipulation politique »

International Commentary

Leader | The Economist
Donald Trump poses the biggest danger to the world in 2024

Gail Collins | The New York Times
Trump’s Love-Hate Relationship With the World Is Mostly Hate

Tom Nichols | The Atlantic
Donald Trump, the Most Unmanly President

Ben Mathis-Lilley | Slate
Nikki Haley Is Surging and Still Completely Irrelevant

Yair Rosenberg | The Atlantic
Elon Musk’s Disturbing ‘Truth’

Zoe Williams | The Guardian
Suella Braverman’s letter to Rishi Sunak is a key contribution to a hilarious new Tory genre

Ziad in Gaza | The Guardian
Gaza diary part 22: ‘I feel the guilt of being alive while others are dying’

Rund Abdelfatah | The Atlantic
The Children of Gaza

Isaac Chotiner | The New Yorker
How to Define Genocide

Susan B. Glasser | The New Yorker
The Left Comes for Biden on Israel

Anna Gibbs | The Atlantic
Pandastic News: China May Be Making the U.S. a Cuddly Offer It Cannot Refuse

Robin Wright | The New Yorker
What Comes After Panda Diplomacy?

Books

Arthur C. Brooks | The Atlantic
Why You Maybe Shouldn’t Write a Memoir

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