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Canadian News

The Canadian Press
Trudeau calls Putin a “weakling”

Global News
Ford asks ‘who’s running the country’ in attack on Trudeau, Guilbeault

The Canadian Press
Ukrainians reflect on hard choices, fractured families

CTV News
Ukrainians and supporters gather in Moncton to remember second anniversary of war

The Canadian Press
Poland wants allies to 'remain engaged' in Ukraine war

La Canadian Press
Colourful perogy business helps Ukrainian family find safety and success - More

Global News
Ukrainians seeking refuge in Calgary worry about support faltering

Global News
Hundreds attend Ukrainian rally in Vancouver

CBC News
Man accused of smuggling Indian family that died near Manitoba-Minnesota border arrested

CBC News
As measles cases rise worldwide, local health officials urge you to check your vaccine status

CBC News
Case of unopened 1979 hockey cards from Sask. sells for over $5M

TVA Nouvelles
Bases militaires : déjà cinq semaines de grève pour des employés civils

Agence QMI
Deux années de guerre en Ukraine : les politiciens réaffirment leur soutien

La Presse canadienne
La prochaine saison des feux de forêt pourrait être pire que l’an dernier, dit Sajjan

Radio-Canada
Le prix du chocolat en ébullition à cause de la sécheresse

Agence QMI
Fonction publique : le SPGQ demande un conciliateur dans ses négociations avec Québec

Radio-Canada
Demandeurs d’asile et identité québécoise : « Une question de nombre », dit Roberge

Radio-Canada
Malgré la création d’une cellule de crise, les urgences du Québec débordent encore

Radio-Canada
Vidéo : D'où vient l’accent de Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes ?

Radio-Canada
Un autre cas de réduflation à l’épicerie ?

Radio-Canada
Deux ans après l’invasion russe, les Ukrainiens de Winnipeg prient pour leurs proches

Radio-Canada
Un homme est arrêté à Chicago en lien avec la mort d’une famille indienne à la frontière

Radio-Canada
Guerre dans l’est de la RDC : la diaspora congolaise au Manitoba demande l’aide du Canada

Canadian Commentary

Susan-Delacourt | Toronto Star
Think we're nothing like Americans? Some troubling findings in Canada are emerging, poll suggests,

Navneet Alang | Toronto Star
ChatGPT did a very strange thing and Air Canada has turned on its chatbot

Alexander Panetta | CBC News
After home-state humbling, the question now is: What's Nikki Haley running for?

Danny Lemieux | Radio-Canada
Faux souvenirs : la mémoire, une faculté qui trahit

International News

ABC News
Two National Guardsmen dead after AH-64 Apache helicopter crashes in Mississippi

ABC News
Mysterious balloon intercepted over Utah - Video

Daily Mail
Florida becomes the new epicenter of measles outbreak

The Washington Post
GOP elder statesmen’s message to Johnson: Stop dithering

Reuters News Agency
Trump defeats Nikki Haley in South Carolina primary - More - Video

The Guardian
Trump gives chilling CPAC speech on presidential agenda - Video - More

Vanity Fair
Trump: Black Voters Like Me Because of Legal Woes, Mugshot - More

ABC News
As speculation mounts on Trump's running mate, contenders pitch the base at CPAC

The Washington Post
What should I do if I get COVID while traveling these days?

The Guardian
Hundreds jailed for coming to UK in small boats to claim asylum

CBC News
As King Charles is treated for cancer, Prince William's role comes into sharper focus

CBC News
Concerns over tea shortages are brewing in the U.K.

The Guardian
Rewilding: Sussex estate boasts return of endangered species

The Associated Press
The Eiffel Tower reopens to visitors after a six-day closure

Agence France-Presse
Macron opens Paris agricultural fair

The Associated Press
Tractor protests threaten to drive the EU's green farming policies into a ditch

The Guardian
Abandoned pipelines could release poisons into North Sea, scientists warn

The Associated Press
Video: First anniversary of shipwreck that killed 94 migrants and refugees off Italy - More

The Associated Press
Corruption scandals cast a shadow over Portugal’s early general election

The Associated Press
Western leaders rally around Kyiv

Reuters News Agency
Ukraine tripled weapons production last year, minister says

The New York Times
Weary but Determined, Ukrainians Vow Never to Bow to Russia

The Guardian
West should seize more Russian assets, says Rishi Sunak

The Associated Press
Belarusians vote in tightly controlled election - More

The Globe and Mail
Former Tunisian president Moncef Marzouki given eight years in prison

The Guardian
Herd of puppets to trek 20,000km to highlight urgency of climate crisis - More

The Washington Post
U.S. struggles for influence in West Africa as military juntas rise

The Associated Press
Lebanese men ordered detained for bringing 146 Syrian refugees to Cyprus by boat

The Guardian
Israel war cabinet reportedly approves sending negotiators to Qatar for truce talks

The Associated Press
Israeli media report progress on reaching a temporary truce in Gaza

The Observer
UNRWA ‘at breaking point’ after $450m budget shortfall

ANI News
Nepal rolls out national campaign to vaccinate 5.7 million children against measles, rubella

The Associated Press
Many in Myanmar consider fleeing to Thailand to escape conscription

The Associated Press
Trump exchanges a close hug with Argentine President Javier Milei

The Guardian
Colombia vows to put nature at the heart of global environmental negotiations

The Associated Press
Search for two people who were on yacht allegedly hijacked by three escaped prisoners

The Observer
‘Highway to horror’: 14 wrecked slavers’ ships are identified in Bahamas

Agence France-Presse
Primaire en Caroline du Sud : Trump bat Nikki Haley, qui reste dans la course - Plus

Agence France-Presse
Affaire Gérard Depardieu : nouvelle plainte pour une agression sexuelle présumée en 2021

Agence France-Presse
Paris : heurts et sifflets contre Macron au Salon de l’agriculture - Plus

Agence de presse Reuters
Ukraine : Une réunion à Paris pour lutter contre le catastrophisme ambiant - Plus

Agence de presse Reuters
L'Ukraine envisage la possibilité d'inviter la Russie au sommet sur la paix

Agence de presse Reuters
Ukraine : 31.000 soldats ukrainiens ont été tués depuis le début du conflit - Plus

Agence France-Presse
La victoire de l'Ukraine « dépend de vous », dit Zelensky à l'Occident

Radio-Canada
La protection du patrimoine ukrainien, « une ligne de front »

Radio-Canada
Réfugiés ukrainiens et russes en exil sous un même toit

Agence France-Presse
Bélarus : Alexander Loukachenko se présentera à sa propre succession en 2025

Agence France-Presse
Deux membres du Hezbollah tués dans une frappe israélienne en Syrie

Agence France-Presse
Guerre Israël-Hamas : un accord de trêve ne ferait que « retarder » la victoire totale de Tel-Aviv

Agence France-Presse
Gaza menacée par la famine, avertit l’ONU

Agence de presse Reuters
Gaza : Incertitudes autour d'un potentiel cessez-le-feu, les combats se poursuivent

Agence de presse Reuters
Le Qatar va accueillir des pourparlers entre le Hamas et Israël

Agence France-Presse
Nouvelles frappes américano-britanniques contre les Houthis au Yémen - More

Agence France-Presse
Sri Lanka : Russes et Ukrainiens privés de visas longue durée

International Commentary

Ronald Brownstein | The Atlantic
In South Carolina, Nikki Haley’s Bill Comes Due

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

Kathleen Parker | The Washington Post
Haley may have lost, but she’s not finished

Jamelle Bouie | The New York Times
It’s Not as Easy as Just Getting Biden to Drop Out

Norman L. Eisen And Adam Klasfeld | Slate
Trump’s Appeal of His $450 Million Penalty Will Cost Him

Molly Jong-Fast | MSNBC News
Lara Trump stands to inherit a fundraising mess of Trump's making

Jeffrey Rosen | The Washington Post
The Founders’ antidote to demagoguery is a lesson for today

Jędrzej Nowickin with Anne Applebaum | The Atlantic
Photographs of how two years of war transformed Ukraine’s society

Michael O’Hanlon | The Washington Post
Ukraine remains stronger than you might think

Adam Entous and Michael Schwirtz | The New York Times
The Spy War: How the C.I.A. Secretly Helps Ukraine Fight Putin

Mohamad El Chamaa and Suzan Haidamous | The Washington Post
As Lebanon teeters on the edge, a war with Israel would be catastrophic

Maureen Dowd | The New York Times
Sex and the Capital City

Arwa Mahdawi | The Guardian
The latest billionaire trend? Doomsday bunkers with a flammable moat.

Dahlia Scheindlin | The Observer
Israelis take little heed of global anger. But their contempt for Netanyahu is growing.

James Meek | London Review of Books
Two Armies in One: Russians in Ukraine

Catherine Bennett | The Observer
Prince William has pontificated about Gaza, but was David Cameron the right person to plagiarise?

Matt Williams | The Guardian
Contrasts in cold and heat break records in China

Aymann Ismail | Slate
The Final Twist in the Gretchen Whitmer Kidnap Case

Gurvan Le Guellec | Rue 89
Suis-je en train de vivre la fin d’une civilisation ?

Books

Debbi Christinck | The Eganville Leader
Book on Almonte Train Wreck shows impact on lives of people in the Valley - Video - More

The Ottawa Citizen
Wartime tragedy: The Almonte train wreck of 1942 - More

Luke Harding | The Observer
In Kyiv’s newest book store, readers fear how Ukraine’s story will end

Martin Pengelly | The Guardian
The Washington Book review: Carlos Lozada on Trump and other targets

Eli Zaretsky | London Review of Books
Israel and the Crisis in Judaism

Sophie Elmhirst | The Elmhurst
Rocking the boat: Would your marriage survive being shipwrecked together?

Lives Lived