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Canadian News

CBC News
The car theft debate is a battle over slogans and solutions

The Canadian Press
Toronto breaks 86-year temperature record as unseasonable warmth hits - More

CBC News
Thursday's round of job cuts is BCE's largest in nearly 30 years

Radio Canada International
Ford, Trudeau sign $3.1B health-care funding deal that will see Ontario hire more health workers

CBC News
Two female Inuit pilots made history flying together

The Canadian Press
Demolishing Montreal Olympic Stadium would be costly

CBC News
40 residents staying in hotel after explosion at CBRM seniors' complex

The Associated Press
Canadian writer Mark Steyn ordered to pay climate scientist $1M US after defamation trial

CBC News
Private jets, yachts and parties: Ontario landlords flaunted lavish lifestyle as business began to crumble

CBC News
Can the mysterious shipwreck that washed ashore in Cape Ray be saved?

Agence QMI
Attention sur la route : Pluie et verglas cette fin de semaine au Québec

Agence France-Presse
Des communautés du nord du Canada coupées du reste du monde à cause d'un hiver trop doux

Radio-Canada
Des chirurgies cardiaques menacées par une pénurie d’instruments médicaux

TVA Nouvelles
Bell venait de recevoir un allégement réglementaire de 40 millions $ d’Ottawa

La Presse canadienne
Le recours à l’IA en hausse dans la population canadienne

Radio-Canada
Des Winnipégois souhaitent des peines plus sévères pour les voleurs de voitures

Radio-Canada
Opération Dragon : les festivités du Nouvel An lunaire ont commencé

Canadian Commentary

Andrew Coyne | The Globe and Mail
First, Trump tried to overthrow American democracy. Now he is attempting to overthrow the rule of law.

Rhianna Schmunk | CBC News
With aging U.S. presidential hopefuls, how much will their running mates matter to voters?

Briar Stewart | CBC News
Putin sat down with Tucker Carlson and lectured him on the Ukraine war - More

Aurel Braun | The Globe and Mail
In his bizarre interview with Tucker Carlson, Putin drew on Soviet propaganda techniques

Dave Smith | The Globe and Mail
The conflict in Ukraine is a war between freedom and tyranny

The Editorial Board | The Globe and Mail
Why Conservatives (and conservatives) should support Ukraine

Marcus Gee | The Globe and Mail
The strengthening case for nuclear

Michael Harris | The Globe and Mail
Quiet is precious in our distracted world. Come on, repeal the noise.

International News

Reuters News Agency
Six people killed in a helicopter crash in Southern California

The Associated Press
Two killed in a fiery plane crash on a Florida highway - More

The Associated Press
Haley tells Trump to ‘say it to my face’ after he questions her military husband’s whereabouts

Deseret News
The Biden classified docs report, explained

Reuters News Agency
Ukraine aid bill inches forward in US Senate

Salon
Trump brags to NRA about lax gun control during his time in office - More

Politico
Haley to troll Trump in South Carolina with mobile billboard highlighting his age

Business Insider
Americans are moving within the country far less often than they once did

The Associated Press
Teen accused of shooting tourist in Times Square charged with attempted murder

The Associated Press
Magnitude 5.7 earthquake strikes Mauna Loa volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island

The Associated Press
Trump says he warned NATO ally: Spend more on defense

The Hill
White House calls Trump comments on NATO ‘appalling and unhinged’

Bloomberg News
Trump Says Ukraine War Must End

Reuters News Agency
King Charles thanks well-wishers after his cancer diagnosis

The Observer
Einstein on the run: He hid from Nazis in a Norfolk hut

The Guardian
Council of Europe calls on UK not to process asylum claims in Rwanda

BBC News
World record for matchstick Eiffel Tower after U-turn

Reuters News Agency
Hungarian president resigns over sex abuse case pardon - More

Reuters News Agency
Italy bids quiet farewell to Vittorio Emanuele, son of its last king

CBC News
Lunar New Year celebrated across the world - More

Newsweek
Ukraine War Maps Show Ground Won, Lost

Vox Media
Why Ukraine’s Col.-Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi is known as the “butcher”

CNN News
Russian forces push into Ukraine’s Avdiivka

BBC News
Kharkiv: Seven killed after Russia drone hits petrol station - More

Reuters News Agency
Ukrainian drones attack two oil refineries in southern Russia

BBC News
Ros Atkins on… How the Ukraine war has stagnated

Reuters News Agency
Russia says it foiled Ukrainian drone attack on civilian cargo ships in Black Sea

BBC News
Ukrainians are 'disappearing' in Russia's prisons

Reuters News Agency
Russia's military drone production ramping up, says Sergei Shoigu

BBC News
Tucker Carlson interview: Fact-checking Putin's 'nonsense' history - More - More

Reuters News Agency
Russia closes presidential race candidate registration with Putin, three others

The Guardian
EU leaders unveil €210m Mauritania deal in bid to curb people-smuggling

BBC News
Senegal: Clashes spread over election postponement

The Guardian
Fresh Del Monte says it cannot be held liable after violence at Kenyan farm

Reuters News Agency
U.S.-led coalition blocks attacks at Conoco oil field in Syria

The Daily Beast
Israel Makes It Impossible to Safely Follow Their Orders in Gaza

Reuters News Agency
Hamas had command tunnel under UNRWA headquarters, IDF says - More

Reuters News Agency
Body of Gaza girl trapped under Israeli fire found after 12 days

Reuters News Agency
Palestinians brace for Rafah assault as Israel promises evacuation plan - More

BBC News
Hind Rajab, 6, found dead in Gaza days after phone calls for help

BBC News
Gaza residents surviving off animal feed and rice as food dwindles

Reuters News Agency
Yemen's Houthis hold funeral for 17 militants killed in US-UK air strikes

BBC News
Iraq could be pushed into conflict, minister warns

Reuters News Agency
Iran says it has exchanged messages with US

Reuters News Agency
Pakistan election: Imran Khan's party wants to form government, threatens protests

BBC News
Pakistan army urges unity as ex-PMs both declare election win

The Guardian
Beijing accused of using spying, threats and blackmail against Tibetan exiles

Reuters News Agency
Canadian man opens Thai Airways plane door before takeoff in Thailand

Reuters News Agency
Indonesia scraps plan to buy Mirage fighter jets from Qatar

BBC News
Philippines landslide: Child rescued after 60 hours under rubble

The Associated Press
The Lunar New Year of the Dragon flames colourful festivities across Asian nations and communities

The Guardian
Penny Wong warns against ‘miscalculation and accident’ in Indian Ocean

Reuters News Agency
Myanmar junta enforces mandatory military service for young people

Reuters News Agency
Philippine landslide death toll climbs to 35

The Guardian
Venezuela building up troops on Guyana border, satellite images show

Reuters News Agency
Ex-DEA informant sentenced to life in prison for 2021 killing of Haitian president - More

Reuters News Agency
Cuba charges 30 over massive chicken heist

TVA Nouvelles
« Les démocrates sont aussi exaspérés que les républicains peuvent être odieux et insultants »

Agence France-Presse
Les appels robotisés avec des voix générées par l’IA interdits aux États-Unis

Agence France-Presse
Le camp Biden contre-attaque sur l’âge du président

TVA Nouvelles
154 personnes sont malades à bord du bateau de croisière « Queen Victoria »

Agence QMI
L’écrasement d’un avion Challenger 600 de Bombardier en Floride fait deux morts

Agence France-Presse
« Là pour mourir » : l'amertume des mercenaires népalais de l'armée russe

Agence France-Presse
Gaza : Joe Biden hausse sérieusement le ton face à Israël

Agence France-Presse
La prison à vie pour un homme impliqué dans l’assassinat du président haïtien

International Commentary

Marina Hyde | The Guardian
Trump is too old and incited a coup. Biden is too old and mixes up names. America, how to choose?

Amy Hawkins \ The Guardian
In the Year of the Dragon, will China breathe fire into its deflating economy?

Adam Gabbatt | The Guardian
‘Talkshow or a serious conversation?’ Tucker Carlson’s interview of Putin offered neither.

Martin Kettle | The Guardian
In sickness or health, a new path will be needed for the British monarchy and the nation

Rokhaya Diallo | The Guardian
Macron wants more French babies – but his meddling fertility plan isn’t the answer

Tess Reidy | The Observer
Shoes on or off indoors? Fear of germs settles the long-running debate.

Books

Arthur White-Crummey | CBC News
These books were challenged at Ottawa's libraries last year

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