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Canadian News

CBC News
British-Canadian lieutenant identified 107 years after his death

CBC News
North Bay and DND move to remediate 'forever chemicals' site

CBC News
New report says world was 1.45°C above pre-industrial levels in 2023

CBC News
Wildfires made Canada's air quality worse than the U.S. for the first time

CBC News
Mild winter to blame for early pollen release in southern Ontario

CBC News
Dignitaries, public invited to pay tribute to Brian Mulroney

CBC News
From Tehran to St. John's: An Iranian dissident's harrowing journey to safety

CBC News
NDP motion on Palestinian statehood passes after major amendments - More

CBC News
Quebec and Ottawa reach deal to increase federal health transfers by $900M

National Post
Some crew members from Pakistan International Airlines have been pulling a vanishing act upon arrival

Radio-Canada
Toujours impossible de renouveler un passeport en ligne au Canada

Radio-Canada
Chapelle ardente pour Brian Mulroney à Ottawa

Radio-Canada
Ottawa et Québec concluent une entente de principe sur les transferts en santé

La Presse canadienne
Ottawa permettra à plus de familles de Gaza de faire une demande pour venir au pays

Radio-Canada
« Personne ayant un vagin » : l’opposition à Québec s’explique à son tour

Canadian Commentary

The Editorial Board | The Globe and Mail
Political hot air has scorched the carbon tax

Conor Healy and Margaret McCuaig-Johnston | The Globe and Mail
Canada needs to take TikTok’s security threats seriously

Kelly Cryderman | The Globe and Mail
Is Danielle Smith winning?

John Ivison | National Post
Liberals dodge a Palestinian bullet, but the NDP's bill is yet to come

Saad Hammadi | The Globe and Mail
We are being exploited for our data, and we need to take back control

Adam Pankratz | National Post
Guilbeault's EV fantasy crashes into reality

Alec Castonguay | Radio-Canada
Justin Trudeau sur le champ de bataille jusqu’à la fin

Tamara Altéresco | Radio-Canada
La Russie, l’Ukraine et la nouvelle doctrine d’Emmanuel Macron

Karl Eychenne | Le Devoir
Nous sommes encore « groggy » de la pandémie

Ezra De Muns | Le Devoir
Une motion lourde de conséquences

Marc Tremblay | Le Devoir
Le mirage Poilievre

David Sanschagrin | Le Devoir
John Diefenbaker et la transformation symbolique de l’État canadien

International News

The Associated Press
Five-year study finds no brain abnormalities in 'Havana Syndrome' patients

BBC News
The US just announced an asbestos ban. What took so long?

NBC News
Ex-US generals who oversaw Afghan exit describe chaos and challenges of withdrawal - More - More

CNN News
Elon Musk puts his conspiratorial thinking on display for the world to see

BBC News
Is TikTok really a danger to the West?

The Daily Beast
Trump Golf Club Settlement Hangs Alina Habba Out to Dry

ABC News
Trump claims Liz Cheney and Jan. 6 committee should be jailed - More

Reuters News Agency
Trump says Jews who vote for Democrats hate their religion, Israel

The Washington Post
Stormy Daniels documentary is a portrait of a woman destroyed by Donald Trump

The Associated Press
Trump hurtles toward deadline to pay $454 million fraud penalty

BBC News
Trump sues ABC News and host Stephanopoulos over rape claim

CNN News
Hertz CEO out following electric car ‘horror show’

Reuters News Agency
US Supreme Court says Texas can arrest and jail migrants - More

CNN News
The maker of Ozempic is funding a new Nvidia-powered AI supercomputer

CNN News
Astronomers are expecting a “new star” to appear in the night sky sometime soon

Reuters News Agency
Video released of 'happy and relaxed' Princess Catherine - More

BBC News
How Kate body-double conspiracy theory spread on social media

CNN News
Pricess Kate’s photo of late Queen was doctored, agency says

Reuters News Agency
Britain's deputy PM defends Israel but calls for 'immediate ceasefire' in Gaza

CBC News
Getty flags 'digitally enhanced' picture of Queen Elizabeth

The Associated Press
Notre Dame Cathedral’s restoration has been a five-year journey of dedication and recovery

The Guardian
Slovakia’s opposition sounds alarm over Russia tilt as election looms

The Guardian
Missing migrants’ families say they were asked to pay hundreds for information on relatives

Reuters News Agency
Armenia's PM says he must return disputed areas to Azerbaijan or face war

Reuters News Agency
Ukraine's survival in danger, Lloyd Austin warns

Reuters News Agency
Drones are key to gain advantage over Russia, Ukraine army chief says - More

Reuters News Agency
Around 9,000 children to be evacuated from Russia's Belgorod

Reuters News Agency
Posterchild for Russia's removal of Ukraine orphans says he was coached, threatened

The Guardian
Libya coastguard accused of hampering attempt to save more than 170 people

The Guardian
Marwan Issa, key Hamas organiser behind 7 October attacks, killed, says US - More

Bloomberg News
Biden and Netanyahu Ease Their Feud But Suspicions Linger - More

Reuters News Agency
Gaza's catastrophic food shortage means mass death is imminent, monitor says

The Associated Press
Jared Kushner praises ‘very valuable’ potential of Gaza’s ‘waterfront property’

CNN News
Some Palestinian patients in East Jerusalem hospitals will be sent back to Gaza

The Guardian
Who congratulated Putin on his election victory and what does it say about global alliances?

Business Insider
Putin wasted no time buttering up China after his election victory

The Guardian
Indonesia fishing village flooded with tide of rubbish after heavy rains

The Guardian
Only seven countries meet WHO air quality standard, research finds

CNN News
World’s worst polluted cities are in Asia - More

Reuters News Agency
Blinken lauds 'extraordinary' expansion of defence ties with Philippines

The Guardian
In the busy waters between China and Taiwan, the de facto border is being tested

BBC News
Evergrande: China property giant and its founder accused of $78bn fraud

Reuters News Agency
Hong Kong passes security law which critics say further threatens freedoms

Reuters News Agency
Kim Jong-un oversees firing of 'super-large' rocket launchers

Business Insider
South Koreans are dealing with burnout and loneliness by adopting pet rocks

The Guardian
US and Japan push for ban on nuclear weapons in space with UN security council resolution

The Guardian
Japan raises interest rates for first time since 2007 - More

The Associated Press
US officials say pact with strategically key Pacific island nations underscores American commitment

The Associated Press
Jair Bolsonaro indicted for allegedly falsifying COVID-19 vaccination status - More

BBC News
Haiti central bank raid leaves at least three dead

The Guardian
Cuba blames US for stoking protests amid power cuts and food shortages

Agence France-Presse
Elon Musk estime que sa consommation de kétamine est bénéfique aux investisseurs

Radio-Canada
Procès pénal de Trump à New York : Michael Cohen et Stormy Daniels pourront témoigner

Radio-Canada
Procès pour fraudes financières : Trump incapable d’obtenir une garantie de 455 M$ US

Radio-Canada
Trump réécrit l’histoire de l’assaut du Capitole du 6 janvier 2021

Agence France-Presse
Peter Navarro commence à purger sa peine de quatre mois de prison

Agence France-Presse
La Finlande, le pays le plus heureux du monde pour la 7e année, selon un rapport

Agence France-Presse
Nouvelles images de la princesse Kate, souriante, avec William

Le Figaro
Une expérience unique d’Albert Einstein découverte dans les réserves d’un musée près de Lyon

Agence France-Presse
Grèce : un Airbus A330 de Lufthansa se pose en urgence à cause d’un problème électrique

Agence de presse Reuters
Paris prend acte de la réélection de Poutine, dénonce les conditions du scrutin

Agence France-Presse
La Russie poursuit sa progression dans l’est de l’Ukraine

Agence QMI
Les restrictions d’Israël à Gaza pourraient être un crime de guerre, selon l'ONU

Agence France-Presse
« 100% » de la population de Gaza subit une « insécurité alimentaire grave », déplore Blinken

Agence France-Presse
Biden somme Israël d'envoyer une délégation à Washington pour tenter d'éviter une opération à Rafah

Agence France-Presse
Les États-Unis détruisent des drones et des missiles antinavire houthis au Yémen

Agence France-Presse
Les États-Unis confirment leur engagement à défendre les Philippines contre les appétits chinois

Agence France-Presse
Hong Kong durcit son arsenal répressif avec une nouvelle loi sur la sécurité

Agence France-Presse
Corée du Nord : des lance-roquettes « de très grande taille » testés

Agence France-Presse
La Corée du Nord a envoyé 7000 conteneurs d’armes à la Russie, affirme Séoul

Agence France-Presse
Biden recevra les dirigeants du Japon et des Philippines en avril pour contrer la Chine

Agence France-Presse
Quatorze corps retrouvés près de Port-au-Prince en Haïti

Agence France-Presse
Une attaque contre la Banque centrale d’Haïti repoussée, plusieurs assaillants tués

International Commentary

David Frum | The Atlantic
The Ego Has Crash-Landed

Elliot Ackerman | The Atlantic
War-Gaming for Democracy

Holly Ellyatt | CNBC News
What we could see from six more years of Putin

Samantha de Bendern | The Guardian
Putin had to contrive a ‘landslide’ – because he knows cracks are showing in Russian society

Tom Nichols | The Atlantic
Putin’s Nuclear Theatrics

Graeme Wood | The Atlantic
A Suspicious Pattern Alarming the Ukrainian Military

Jim Geraghty | The Washington Post
Mike Johnson’s ‘political stance is actually costing lives’ in Ukraine

Mahmoud Shalabi | The Guardian
Famine is ‘imminent’ in north Gaza

Bret Stephens | The New York Times
An Arab Mandate for Palestine

Andrew Exum | The Atlantic
Is the Destruction of Gaza Making Israel Any Safer?

Fred Kaplan | Slate
What Trump Really Means When He Says He Would End the War in Gaza “Quickly”

Jim Newell | Slate
The Telling Way Republicans Keep Endorsing Donald Trump

Shirin Ali | Slate
Who knows when Donald Trump will face trial for any of the criminal charges he faces

Paul Krugman | The New York Times
Are Immigrants the Secret to America’s Economic Success?

George Monbiot | The Guardian
Britain is becoming a toxic chemical dumping ground – yet another benefit of Brexit

Simon Jenkins | The Guardian
Loyalty was once the glue that held the Tories together. But now they’ve come unstuck.

Matteo Wong | The Atlantic
Elon Musk Just Added a Wrinkle to the AI Race

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