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Canadian News

The Canadian Press
Joly urges more funding to hire Canadian diplomats as Ottawa cuts spending

CBC News
Most border agency criminal investigators lack basic training, audit says - Video

Global News
With car theft rising in Canada, what technologies are criminals using?

Global News
‘Scary’ secret report prompts MPs to suspend ArriveCAN hearings

The Canadian Press
Three Canadians taken by Israel in Gaza, says relative, decrying Ottawa’s response

Global News
Former Iranian official tells Canadian deportation hearing he was unaware of regime abuses

The Globe and Mail
Google launches AI chatbot Gemini in Canada after long delay - More

The Canadian Press
Bell to cut 4.8K jobs, sell 45 radio stations in major shake-up

Radio Canada International
A shallow, salty lake in B.C. could point to origins of life on Earth

CBC News
Pierre Poilievre tries to walk a fine line on transgender rights — and blames Trudeau - More

Radio-Canada
Monument : Ottawa a ignoré le choix du jury malgré les « risques à sa réputation »

Radio-Canada
Vols de voitures : Ottawa va bannir les dispositifs de piratage

La Presse canadienne
Le projet de loi des libéraux sur l’IA est trop vague, selon des géants du web

Radio-Canada
Le conglomérat BCE abolit 4800 postes, soit presque 10 % de sa main-d’œuvre

Canadian Commentary

Lawrence Martin | The Globe and Mail
Should Trudeau refrain from addressing the Trump threat?

Claude Lavoie | The Globe and Mail
We can all have federal workers’ ‘gold-plated’ pensions – just expand the CPP

Andrew Coyne | The Globe and Mail
Conservatives discover the Charter can work for them, too

The Editorial Board | The Globe and Mail
Danielle Smith’s transgender policies are about politics, not children’s health

John Ibbitson | The Globe and Mail
Pierre Poilievre’s carbon tax opposition is embarrassing his party on Ukraine

Konrad Yakabuski | The Globe and Mail
Poilievre turns his back on Ukraine - and Harper’s foreign policy legacy

Mahmoud Mushtaha | The Globe and Mail
As a journalist in Gaza, I never imagined I would write about my own suffering

Marsha Lederman | The Globe and Mail
King Charles has cancer - the type is none of our business

François Brousseau | Radio-Canada
Tucker Carlson : tapis rouge en Russie pour « l’ami américain »

International News

ABC News
US detects Russian aircraft flying in Alaskan ADIZ - Image

ABC News
Five missing Marines confirmed dead following helicopter crash

CNN News
Scientists just set a nuclear fusion record in a step toward unleashing the limitless, clean energy source

ABC News
Special counsel has finished Biden classified docs probe

The Associated Press
Biden taps aide who runs his Oval Office to be a deputy chief of staff

CBC News
Lifelong Republican, 91, defies Trump as Supreme Court tackles major ballot question

Newsweek
Judge Scoffs at Alina Habba's 'Entirely Pointless' Legal Move

BBC News
Why the Supreme Court is deciding if Donald Trump can be on Colorado's primary ballot

CNN News
Justices signaled they may side with Trump in historic case

CNN News
Biden responds to special counsel report on handling of classified documents

CNN News
Biden’s verbal slip-ups over dead European leaders put the focus on his age

BBC News
Volcano spews lava and smoke in new Iceland eruption - More - Video

Reuters News Agency
Finland's next president will be a pro-European globalist

BBC Sport
Paris 2024: Eiffel Tower metal in Olympics and Paralympics medals

Reuters News Agency
Siemens CEO hits out against extremism in Germany

Reuters News Agency
World just experienced its hottest January on record: EU climate agency

Reuters News Agency
Albania delays ratification of migrant deal with Italy

Reuters News Agency
Tractors choke Spanish city streets as farmers protest EU policy

Reuters News Agency
Lead Democrat on US Senate border talks hopes Trump does not tank Ukraine aid

The Associated Press
Zelenskyy removes top general in major military shakeup

Reuters News Agency
Russia attacks Avdiivka from all directions

The Washington Post
Front-line Ukrainian infantry units report acute paucity of soldiers

BBC News
Putin challenger Boris Nadezhdin barred from Russia's election - More

Newsweek
Massive Explosion Hits Russian Plant Making Nuclear-Capable ICBMs

Reuters News Agency
27 migrants missing after boat sinks off Tunisia, 13 dead

Reuters News Agency
Israeli lawmakers approve amended war budget for 2024 in initial vote

Reuters News Agency
Israeli forces intensify strikes on Rafah in southern Gaza

Reuters News Agency
German air defence frigate leaves port to join EU Red Sea mission

ABC News
US airstrike in Baghdad kills militia leader behind attacks on American forces

Reuters News Agency
Iraq says US strikes pushing government to end U.S.-led coalition's mission

Radio Canada International
With Imran Khan in jail, Pakistan gears up for election most voters don’t trust

Reuters News Agency
Nine killed as violence mars Pakistan election; mobile services suspended - More

BBC News
Mount Everest: Climbers will need to bring poo back to base camp

The Telegraph
The West hasn’t grasped the scale of the disaster facing China

Reuters News Agency
Taiwan thanks world, PLA shows simulated attacks in new year's messages

Reuters News Agency
Signs of rare unrest among North Korean workers in China, researchers say - More

Reuters News Agency
UN experts investigate 58 cyberattacks worth $3 bln by North Korea

Reuters News Agency
North Korea scraps all economic cooperation with South Korea

BBC News
South Korea: 'Dior bag scandal' a political manoeuvre, president says

The Associated Press
The Fukushima nuclear plant leaked radioactive water, but none escaped the facility

Reuters News Agency
Australia to allow workers to ignore after-hours calls from bosses

The Sydney Morning Herald
Hunter-class frigates in the firing line as government plans RAN overhaul - More

The Associated Press
Haiti's prime minister breaks his silence as violent protests seek his ouster

Agence France-Presse
États-Unis : échec au Sénat d'un vote sur l'Ukraine, Israël et l'immigration

Agence France-Presse
Fin de l'enquête sur la gestion de documents confidentiels par Biden

Agence France-Presse
« Le monde entre dans une ère de chaos », s’alarme le chef de l’ONU

Agence France-Presse
Islande : une nouvelle éruption volcanique est en cours

Radio-Canada
Au Royaume-Uni, un horizon économique qui tarde à s’embellir

Agence France-Presse
Canicule : plus de 5000 décès pendant l'été 2023 en France

Agence France-Presse
Le réchauffement de la planète dépasse 1,5 degré pour la première fois durant 12 mois consécutifs

Le Figaro
Après trois semaines printanières, les massifs français manquent « cruellement de neige »

Le Figaro
Fortes pluies, risque de crues : le Pas-de-Calais et le Nord placés en alerte orange

Le Figaro
Paris 2024 : découvrez à quoi ressemblent les médailles olympiques

Agence France-Presse
Scholz demande à l'UE et aux États-Unis de « faire plus » pour aider Kiev

Agence France-Presse
Terrorisme : incarcération d’un nationaliste corse après la destruction d'une villa

Agence France-Presse
L'interview de Poutine par l'animateur américain Tucker Carlson sera diffusée ce jeudi

Agence France-Presse
Tunisie : 13 migrants soudanais morts dans un naufrage, 27 disparus

Agence France-Presse
Éthiopie : le chef des services de renseignements est nommé vice-premier ministre

Agence France-Presse
Irak : une frappe de drone revendiquée par Washington fait trois morts - Plus

Agence France-Presse
Bagdad accuse la coalition internationale d'être un « facteur d'instabilité » pour l’Irak

Agence France-Presse
Élections au Pakistan : les services internet mobiles suspendus toute la journée

Agence France-Presse
La Corée du Nord renonce à sa coopération économique avec Séoul

Agence France-Presse
Japon : une fuite d'eau radioactive à Fukushima

International Commentary

Leader | The Economist
The dismissal of Valery Zaluzhny is a crucial new phase in the war

Analysis | The Economist
Bankers have reason to hope Trump triumphs

Bina Venkataraman | The Washington Post
Flying is a nightmare. Can it be fixed?

Eliot A. Cohen | The Atlantic
Zelensky Finds a General

David A. Graham | The Atlantic
The Cases Against Trump: A Guide

McKay Coppins | The Atlantic
Why Republican Politicians Do Whatever Trump Says

David A. Graham | The Atlantic
Welcome Back to the Chaos of the Trump Era

David A. Graham | The Atlantic
The 2024 U.S. Presidential Race: A Cheat Sheet

Pamela Paul | The New York Times
For Trump, Running With a Woman Would Be Just Another Con Job

Jason Willick | The Washington Post
The eyebrow-raising line in the Trump immunity opinion

Ronald Brownstein | The Atlantic
Trump’s ‘Knock on the Door’: Formulating Plans to Deport Millions of Migrants

Charles M. Blow | The New York Times
The Political Perils of a Black-Jewish Rift Over the War in Gaza

Hussein Ibish | The Atlantic
Blinken’s Make-or-Break Tour of the Middle East

Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib | The Atlantic
It’s Not Too Late to Give Gaza a Better Future

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