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Canadian News

The Canadian Press
Canada's annual inflation rate rises to 3.4 per cent in December - More

CBC News
Poor pay forcing civilian military workers to use food banks, union says

CBC News
Rachel Notley announces intention to step down as Alberta NDP leader

CBC News
Scientists say Canada's logging industry produces far more emissions than tallied

CBC News
Text messages leading up to James Smith stabbing massacre shared at first day of inquest - More

CTV News
'Saddest day of the year' may be a myth, but experts say winter blues are real

CBC News
SUV stolen from Toronto driveway shows up 50 days later — and 11,000 km away

Agence QMI
Élections américaines de 2024 : Trump inquiète les Canadiens

La Presse canadienne
Des députés canadiens visitent la Cisjordanie pour entendre les Palestiniens

Radio-Canada
Frappes contre le Yémen : les Houthis ne prévoient pas de riposte contre le Canada

Radio-Canada
Rebond des plaintes visant les groupes de télécommunications

Radio-Canada
Fermetures à ServiceOntario : la province défend l’arrivée de comptoirs dans les Staples

Radio-Canada
Une augmentation de 17,4 à 24,5 %, selon l’échelon, pour les enseignants du Front commun

Radio-Canada
Rio Tinto prépare un gros projet d’éoliennes sans Hydro-Québec

TVA Nouvelles
Télétravail : Québec veut imposer les règles à ses fonctionnaires

Radio-Canada
Trudeau annonce des funérailles d’État pour Ed Broadbent - Plus

TVA Nouvelles
Le chef conservateur de passage à Québec: le « gros bon sens » de Pierre Poilievre

Canadian Commentary

Scott Taylor | The Hill Times
Downsizing: The military fix not everyone wants to hear - More

Roger Cyr | The Hill Times
Want submarines? Canada should join AUKUS

Alexander Panetta | CBC News
In an Iowa gym, Republicans faced a choice. They chose Donald Trump.

Frédéric Arnould | Radio-Canada
Trump victorieux en Iowa, la course est-elle terminée ?

International News

The Associated Press
Dangerously cold temps blast much of the US

The Associated Press
Nearly 7,000 people without power in Las Vegas Valley

The Associated Press
Boeing to increase quality inspections on 737 Max aircraft

CBC News
Trump supporters mock concerns about Jan. 6

The Associated Press
Vivek Ramaswamy suspends his presidential bid

The Associated Press
Sen. Bob Menendez and wife seek separate trials on bribery charges

The Guardian
Rescuers in daring bid to save sheep trapped by Iceland volcano

The Guardian
Finland must crack down on hate speech, says presidential hopeful

The Guardian
Britons living abroad regain right to vote in UK elections as 15-year rule ends

The Associated Press
UK government says the lslamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir is antisemitic

The Associated Press
Rishi Sunak faces Conservative rebellion in Parliament over his Rwanda asylum plan

The Guardian
Eat, spray, love: a day in the life of one of Britain’s 80 million rats

The Guardian
Shell faces shareholder rebellion over climate activist resolution

The Associated Press
Macron to hold a prime-time news conference in a bid to revitalize his presidency

The Guardian
Europe should not fear standing alone if US adopts ‘America First’ policy in 2024, says Belgian PM - More

The Guardian
Davos day one: Von der Leyen warns against slackening support for Ukraine

The Guardian
Italy turns to Cuba to help revive ailing health system

The Guardian
Ocean fungi from twilight zone could be source of next penicillin-like drug

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

The Associated Press
Zelenskyy takes center stage in Davo - More

The Associated Press
With ‘God’s-eye view,’ secretive AWACS flights keep close watch on Russia and Ukraine

The Guardian
Kyiv urges civilians to leave villages near north-east front; Russian city hit by ‘Ukraine drone’

The Associated Press
Eight dead and an estimated 100 people missing after the latest Nigeria boat accident

The Associated Press
Tanzania blocks Kenyan Airways passenger flights

The Guardian
Cyclone Belal: First red cyclone warning for Réunion since 1989

The Associated Press
Turkish court convicts Somali president’s son over motorcyclist’s death

The Guardian
Kurdish PM says Iran is attacking civilians; dozens of Palestinians killed in northern Gaza, IDF says

Reuters News Agency
Empty Malta-flagged ship hit by missile off Yemen

The Associated Press
Arakan Army resistance force says it has taken control of a strategic township in western Myanmar

The Associated Press
China blasts president of the Philippines for congratulating Taiwan election winner

The Associated Press
Evacuation underway for stranded tourists after multiple avalanches trap 1,000 people in China

The Associated Press
North Korea will no longer pursue reconciliation with South because of hostility, Kim Jong-un says

The Associated Press
Korean Air plane bumps parked Cathay Pacific aircraft at a Japanese airport

The Associated Press
Fukushima nuclear plant operator in Japan says it has no new safety concerns

The Guardian
Papua New Guinea picks up the pieces in wake of widespread looting

The Associated Press
Rio de Janeiro state confronts flood damage after heavy rain kills at least 12

The Associated Press
Colombia extends cease-fire with FARC splinter group in bid to reduce rural violence

The Associated Press
Wave of transgender slayings in Mexico spurs anger and protests

Agence France-Presse
Élections : OpenAI lance une application pour lutter contre les fausses informations

Agence France-Presse
Royaume-Uni : l’ONU n’approuve pas le projet d'expulsion des migrants vers le Rwanda

Le Figaro
Des billets de 0€ bientôt mis en vente en France

Agence France-Presse
Trump : les 27 ne doivent pas craindre son éventuel retour à la Maison-Blanche, affirme le premier ministre belge

Agence France-Presse
Guerre en Ukraine : les eurodéputés s'alarment de la faiblesse du soutien européen à Kiev

Agence France-Presse
Accrochages à la frontière entre Israël et l'Égypte

Agence France-Presse
Guerre Hamas-Israël : la « phase intensive » des combats au sud de Gaza touche à sa fin, selon l'État hébreu

Agence France-Presse
Les États-Unis affirment avoir saisi des pièces détachées de missiles iraniens destinées aux rebelles houthis

Agence France-Presse
Turquie : à Istanbul, les étrangers doivent désormais payer pour visiter Sainte-Sophie

Agence France-Presse
Frappes iraniennes en Irak et en Syrie : Paris dénonce des «violations inadmissibles»

Radio-Canada
L’Iran affirme avoir attaqué un centre du « Mossad israélien » en Irak

Agence France-Presse
Netflix retire un film à succès après des pressions des militants nationalistes hindous en Inde

Agence QMI
Vol retardé de 13 heures à cause de la météo : un passager furieux attaque un pilote

Agence France-Presse
Taïwan : Pékin dit avoir convoqué l'ambassadeur des Philippines à cause d'une déclaration sur la présidentielle

Agence France-Presse
Chine : nomination du fils de l'ancien président Hu Jintao au poste de vice-ministre

Agence France-Presse
Pyongyang dissout les agences œuvrant pour la réunification avec le Sud

Agence France-Presse
Japon : un Boeing contraint de se poser après la découverte d'une fissure sur un hublot

Agence France-Presse
Japon : un avion de Cathay Pacific heurté au sol par un appareil de Korean Air

Agence France-Presse
Japon : après le séisme du Nouvel An, les autorités vont doubler le fonds d’urgence

International Commentary

Brian Klaas | The Atlantic
The World Is Falling Apart: What Chaos Theory Has to Teach Us About Human Events

Eliot A. Cohen | The Atlantic
The Decatur Option: The U.S. Knows How to Put an End to Attacks on Shipping

Arwa Mahdawi, Lloyd Green, et al | The Guardian
Trump’s Iowa win marks a comeback for him and a step backwards for the country

Dana Milbank | The Washington Post
The last remnants of the Republican Party died in Iowa

Paul Farhi | The Atlantic
Fox News Isn’t a Kingmaker

Karen Tumulty | The Washington Post
Trump’s coronation officially gets underway - More

McKay Coppins | The Atlantic
You Should Go to a Trump Rally

Jennifer Rubin | The Washington Post
With Trump’s win, Liz Cheney and anti-MAGA GOP voters face a choice

Moira Donegan | The Guardian
Trump won Iowa handily. The idea that he won’t be the nominee is absurd.

Ronald Brownstein | The Atlantic
What Trump’s Victory in Iowa Reveals

Jerusalem Demsas | The Atlantic
Texas Pulls an Ugly Stunt on the Border

Jordana Timerman | The Guardian
Ecuador is copying El Salvador’s war on gangs – but it will only add to the spiral of violence

Editorial | The Guardian
North Korean women: A daughter’s rise does nothing to help others

Richard Sugg | The Guardian
The incredible story of Merlin the spaniel shows how little humans know about dogs

Kyle Chayka | The Guardian
The tyranny of the algorithm: why every coffee shop looks the same

Caroline Mimbs Nyce | The Atlantic
The Internet Is Being Ruined by Bloated Junk

Books

Ajit Niranjan | The Guardian
Akshat Rathi: ‘Cheaper to save the world than destroy it’: Why capitalism is going green