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Canadian News

CBC News
Millions of Canadians get their carbon tax rebates today

CBC News
Complaints soar as Enbridge customers face catch-up bills in the thousands

CBC News
Toronto bans tobogganing at 45 hills across city

Radio-Canada
Le premier remboursement de la tarification carbone de 2024 prévu lundi

La Presse canadienne
L’inflation devrait avoir crû en décembre, selon des économistes

Radio-Canada
Zones inondables : de mauvaises nouvelles attendent des riverains en 2024

Radio-Canada
Début de l’enquête du coroner sur les attaques au couteau de 2022, en Saskatchewan

Canadian Commentary

Michael Higgins | National Post
Mélanie Joly’s timidity a sign of Canada’s foreign policy cowardice

Raymond J. de Souza | National Post
The meaning of Justin Trudeau's petty falsehoods

Alexander Panetta | CBC News
Could Trump be disqualified from running?

Tristin Hopper | National Post
Trump is more popular among Canadians than Trudeau (and what that means)

Harry Rakowski | National Post
Weaponized plagiarism another unwanted escalation of culture war

Barbara Kay | National Post
Defamation case against antisemitic slander only the beginning

Editorial | National Post
Anti-Israel politicians need to sit down

Tristin Hopper | National Post
Inside the thoughts of the Toronto police

Jim Balsillie | National Post
An outdated myth about business investment is hurting the Canadian economy

Conrad Black | National Post
Hard currency standard the best way to fix Canada's teetering economy

Frédéric Arnould | Radio-Canada
Qui sera le candidat républicain le plus mobilisateur dans le froid polaire de l’Iowa ?

International News

The Associated Press
Ground collision of two Boeing planes in Chicago sparks FAA investigation

The Associated Press
Arctic freeze continues to blast huge swaths of the US with sub-zero temperatures

The Associated Press
Lloyd Austin is released from hospital

The Associated Press
Migrant deaths in Rio Grande intensify tensions between Texas, Biden administration over crossings

The Associated Press
Fueled by unprecedented border crossings, a record three million cases clog US immigration courts

The Associated Press
DeSantis and Haley race for second place in Iowa - More - More

The Associated Press
Iowa’s sparsely populated northwest is a key GOP caucus battleground

The Associated Press
Trump says MAGA votes can help him punish his enemies

Rolling Stone
Pentagon Rejects Fox News Conspiracy About Taylor Swift Being Recruited as an Asset

The Associated Press
Democrats target GOP strongholds Texas and Florida with Senate majority on the line

The Associated Press
Peregrine lunar lander will burn up in Earth’s atmosphere after failed moonshot

Reuters News Agency
How an election-packed 2024 could swing world markets

Reuters News Agency
Iceland volcano recedes after 'black day' of town fires - More

The Associated Press
President says Iceland faces ‘daunting’ period after lava destroys homes - More

The Guardian
French woman ‘heartbroken’ after losing job in UK after Brexit speaks out

The Associated Press
A quiet Dutch village holds clues as European politics veer to the right

Reuters News Agency
German farmers, tractors and trucks block Berlin avenue in tax protest

The Guardian
Why Europe’s farmers are protesting – and the far right is taking note

The Guardian
Germany on track for two-year recession as economy shrinks in 2023

The Associated Press
At Davos, conflict, climate change and AI get top billing

The Guardian
Human ‘behavioural crisis’ at root of climate breakdown, say scientists

The Guardian
AI will affect 40% of jobs and probably worsen inequality, says IMF head

The Associated Press
Kosovo remembers 45 people killed in 1999 and denounces Serbia for not apologizing

The Guardian
UK to send 20,000 troops to NATO military exercise

The Guardian
Ukraine veterans struggling with the trauma of war

The Associated Press
Ships and aircraft search for two Navy SEALs missing after mission to confiscate Iranian missile parts

The Associated Press
In Uganda, refugees’ need for wood ravaged the forest. Now, they work to restore it.

Reuters News Agency
La Reunion, facing cyclone Belal, declares weather emergency

The Associated Press
Hamas fights with a patchwork of weapons built by Iran, China, Russia and North Korea

The Associated Press
Yemen Houthi rebels fire missile at US warship in Red Sea

The Associated Press
U.S.-owned cargo ship struck by missile off coast of Yemen

Reuters News Agency
U.S. says it shot down anti-ship cruise missile from Houthi-controlled areas

The Guardian
US-UK strikes ‘dealt a blow’ to Houthis, says British defence secretary

Reuters News Agency
QatarEnergy halts Red Sea LNG shipping amid attacks

The Associated Press
Iran sentences imprisoned Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi to an additional prison term

Reuters News Agency
Why the Maldives wants Indian troops out

The Associated Press
What a new leader means for Taiwan and the world

Reuters News Agency
North Korean hackers, criminals share money laundering networks in Southeast Asia

Reuters News Agency
Why is North Korea testing hypersonic missiles and how do they work?

The Guardian
Nauru to sever diplomatic ties with Taiwan in favour of China

Reuters News Agency
Heavy Rio de Janeiro rains kill at least 11 people

Reuters News Agency
Reformist Arevalo sworn in as Guatemala president

Agence France-Presse
Taylor Swift au centre de théories du complot avant la présidentielle américaine

RFI
Les républicains de l’Iowa ouvrent le bal de primaires largement dominées par Trump

Agence France-Presse
Victoire éclair pour Trump à la primaire républicaine de l’Iowa

Agence France-Presse
L’administration Biden dénonce l’obstruction du Texas après la noyade de migrants

Agence France-Presse
Islande : des maisons en feu à Grindavik à cause d’une éruption volcanique

Le Figaro
Un Français sur deux affirme qu’il va diminuer sa consommation d’énergie cette année

Agence France-Presse
Duel très serré sur le sort du château natal de d'Artagnan

Le Figaro
La circulation des trains entre Marseille et Toulon interrompue en raison d’un sabotage

RFI
Allemagne : les agriculteurs en force à Berlin pour mettre la pression sur le gouvernement - Plus

Agence France-Presse
L’intelligence artificielle touchera 60% des emplois dans les économies avancées, selon la patronne du FMI

RFI
L’Italie peut-elle réellement tourner la page de son passé fasciste?

Agence France-Presse
L’ONU veut réunir 4,2 milliards de dollars pour les Ukrainiens en 2024 - Plus

Agence France-Presse
Kiev affirme avoir abattu deux appareils russes de commandement aéroporté - Plus

Agence France-Presse
La Russie dit avoir condamné plus de 200 prisonniers ukrainiens

Agence France-Presse
Russie : un étudiant accusé de collaborer avec l'Ukraine condamné à cinq ans de prison

RFI
Burkina Faso : l’armée reçoit un important lot de matériel

Agence France-Presse
Plus de 60 morts dans des frappes israéliennes « intenses »

Agence France-Presse
Les États-Unis ont abattu un missile qui visait un destroyer américain en mer Rouge

Agence France-Presse
L’Iranienne Narges Mohammadi, Nobel de la paix emprisonnée, à nouveau condamnée

Agence France-Presse
Iran : deux journalistes apparues sans voile à leur sortie de prison vont être poursuivies

Agence France-Presse
Otages libérés, prisons sous contrôle : la situation se normalise en Équateur

RFI
Tensions entre la Turquie et Israël après l'arrestation d'un footballeur israélien pour « incitation à la haine »

RFI
Iran : nouvelle procédure contre des journalistes récemment libérées

Agence France-Presse
Taïwan : le président élu Lai Ching-te remercie les États-Unis de leur « soutien fort »

Agence France-Presse
La Corée du Nord confirme avoir procédé à un tir de missile balistique de portée intermédiaire

Agence France-Presse
Guatemala : le social-démocrate Bernardo Arévalo investi nouveau président

International Commentary

Stephanie Sinclair | The Washington Post
In the new Afghanistan, it’s sell your daughter or starve

Joe Biden | The Washington Post
We must keep marching toward Dr. King’s dream

Trevor Timm | The Guardian
Elon Musk has become the world’s biggest hypocrite on free speech

Nesrine Malik | The Guardian
It’s not only Israel on trial. South Africa is testing the west’s claim to moral superiority.

Ben Jacobs | Slate
The Iowa Way

Ramesh Ponnuru | The Washington Post
The 2024 campaign has left Republicans in a state of confusion

Nate Cohn | The New York Times
A Big Reason to Pay Attention to Iowa? New Hampshire.

Gail Collins and Bret Stephens | The New York Times
The Weather in Iowa Is Not the Only Thing That Is Bitterly Cold

Jim Newell | Slate
The House Is Now Seeing What Kind of Speaker It Elected. Oops.

Zeynep Tufekci | The New York Times
A Strongman President? These Voters Crave It.

Andrea R. Flores | The New York Times
This Border Deal Is a Political Trap for Democrats

Neha Wadekar and Ruwaida Amer | Slate
The Women of Gaza Are Fighting for Their Families’ Lives

Fred Kaplan | Slate
This May Be the Only Way to Avoid a Broader Regional War in the Middle East

Jennifer Rubin | The Washington Post
How Israel and the Palestinians go from war to peace

Books

Martin Pengelly | The Guardian
The Truce: Kamala Harris takes hits in book on Biden

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