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Canadian News

CBC News
NASA delaying moon missions

National Post
Passengers agitated, police called as Air Canada flight delayed by 24 hours

The Canadian Press
Ottawa appeals court decision finding its use of Emergencies Act was unreasonable

The Canadian Press
Canada sanctions 10 more people in Russia

Yahoo News Canada
Beyond the frontlines: Two years of Ukraine-Russia conflict in photos

CBC News
Trudeau in Kyiv to sign $3 billion security deal

The Canadian Press
China wants Canadian private investment in Belt and Road projects, amid scrutiny

The Canadian Press
Interference inquiry head says feds have signalled need for closed-door hearings

National Post
Information commissioner investigating allegations of destroyed government ArriveCAN records

The Globe and Mail
Doug Ford says it’s his right to appoint ‘like-minded’ judges - More

Radio-Canada
La GRC victime d’une cyberattaque « alarmante », mais aucune menace pour la sécurité

Radio-Canada
Justin Trudeau en visite surprise à Kiev

La Presse canadienne
La Commissaire à l’information lance son enquête sur ArriveCAN

Radio-Canada
Attendez-vous à payer plus cher vos légumes d’hiver

Canadian Commentary

John Rapley | The Globe and Mail
Artificial intelligence is fuelling a bubble, and it will eventually burst

Frank Trentmann | The Globe and Mail
Is Germany falling apart?

Campbell Clark | The Globe and Mail
Call in more ArriveCAN investigators

Daryn Lehoux | The Globe and Mail
On the study of ‘useless’ subjects

Barbara Kay | National Post
Israel is a true Indigenous success story

Tristin Hopper | National Post
'Revenge': Now that millennials are Canada’s largest cohort, an imagined journey into their thoughts

Brad Hunter | Toronto Sun
There are very big rewards in smuggling guns into Canada – and very little risk

Rahim Mohamed | National Post
Trudeau's gun crackdown isn't a legislative magic bullet, new report shows

Tristin Hopper | National Post
Trudeau claims he's not an 'eastern bastard'

Toronto Star
Is Canada ready for Trump 2.0?

Shree Paradkar | Toronto Star
A Stephen Harper tweet was the latest reminder of the depth of Western bias on Israel-Palestine

Raymond B. Blake | The Conversation
40 years after his famous walk in the snow, a look back at Pierre Trudeau’s resignation

Mélanie Meloche-Holubowski | Radio-Canada
Elles ont quitté l’Ukraine, mais leur cœur brisé y est toujours

Étienne Leblanc | Radio-Canada
Le catastrophisme comme outil de déni climatique à grande échelle

Ivanoh Demers | Radio-Canada
Dans l’œil d’Ivanoh : le parcours de trois combattants

International News

The Guardian
Trump ‘would’ve lost mind completely’ if Putin admitted interference, Fiona Hill says

The Observer
Car industry was warned keyless vehicles vulnerable to theft a decade ago

The Observer
Home Office accused of cover-up over ‘golden visas’ for super-rich Russians

Reuters News Agency
Angry French farmers storm into agriculture fair in Paris

Reuters News Agency
Police beatings of pro-Palestinian schoolchildren spark outrage in Italy

The Observer
On the run from Russia: The defector to Ukraine shot dead on the Costa Blanca

Reuters News Agency
After fleeing home, Ukrainians face uncertain future across Europe

The Observer
Zelenskiy hosts western leaders in Kyiv

Reuters News Agency
European leaders in Kyiv pledge to back Ukraine - More

Reuters News Agency
Ukraine says it struck big Russian steel plant

Toronto Star
Russia faces growing problem with deserters after two years of war in Ukraine

Reuters News Agency
Russia's military uses volunteer fighters to plug gaps in Ukraine

Reuters News Agency
Navalny's body handed over to his mother - Plus

Reuters News Agency
ECOWAS lifts sanctions on junta-led Niger

CBC News
Israeli claims of UN bias have ramped up since the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks

The Observer
Ceasefire talks raise Gazan hopes but 1.5m trapped in Rafah fear the worst

Reuters News Agency
USS Mason shoots down missile launched into Gulf of Aden

The Observer
US and UK launch missile strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen

The Observer
Antarctica sea ice reaches alarming low for third year in a row

Reuters News Agency
Venezuela receives $500 million payment from Haiti

Radio-Canada
Un ballon d’origine non identifiée détecté dans l'espace aérien américain

Agence France-Presse
La sonde lunaire d'Intuitive Machines a probablement aluni sur le côté

Agence France-Presse
Bonbons Trump, Biden en nazi, « larmes woke »... Les conservateurs américains font leur grand-messe

Radio-Canada
Donald Trump sommé de payer 450 M$ d’ici 30 jours - Plus

Agence France-Presse
Wayne LaPierre, l'ex-patron du lobby américain des armes NRA, jugé coupable de corruption

Agence de presse Reuters
Les États-Unis sanctionnent 93 entités liées à la Russie

Le Figaro
Colère des agriculteurs : Emmanuel Macron plaide pour un prix plancher

Agence de presse Reuters
Gaza : Les négociations sur le cessez-le-feu ont débuté à Paris

Agence de presse Reuters
La Suisse organisera d'ici l'été la conférence de paix pour l'Ukraine

Agence de presse Reuters
Une attaque de drones russes fait un mort à Odessa

Agence France-Presse
La Russie jure qu’elle va se « venger » des nouvelles sanctions occidentales

Radio-Canada
« Il faut combattre jusqu’à la fin » : l’auteur ukrainien Andreï Kourkov

Agence France-Presse
Les autorités russes menaceraient d’enterrer Navalny sur le terrain de sa prison

Agence France-Presse
La veuve d’Alexeï Navalny accuse Poutine d'avoir « pris en otage » la dépouille de l'opposant

Agence de presse Reuters
Sénégal : L'opposition rejette le dialogue national du président Sall

Agence France-Presse
Guerre Israël-Hamas : nouveaux pourparlers sur une trêve

Agence France-Presse
Chine : au moins 15 morts dans l'incendie d'un bâtiment résidentiel

Agence France-Presse
Semi-conducteurs : le géant taïwanais TSMC ouvre une méga-usine au Japon

Agence France-Presse
Colombie : début en avril de l'extraction du trésor du légendaire galion San José

International Commentary

Simon Tisdall | The Observer
A failing British nuclear arsenal reliant on the goodwill of Donald Trump? It’s a terrifying thought.

Russell Berman | The Atlantic
How Democrats Could Disqualify Trump If the Supreme Court Doesn’t

Derek Thompson | The Atlantic
The Americans Who Need Chaos

Elaina Plott Calabro | The Atlantic
The Return of the John Birch Society

Katherine Miller | The New York Times
Nikki Haley’s Republican Party of One

Ross Douthat | The New York Times
Should We Fear the Woke A.I.?

The Editorial Board | The New York Times
A U.S. Call for a Humanitarian Cease-Fire in Gaza