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Canadian News

Reuters News Agency
Canada to train troops from Caribbean nations for Haiti mission

Global News
Albertans who found their way back from Haiti call crisis worst ‘ever seen’

The Weather Network
Canada’s solar eclipse forecast may hinge on cold air in Asia

Yahoo News
Photos of people looking at solar eclipses from 1907 to the present day - More

Global News
Justin Trudeau’s pay will top $400K on April 1 as politicians get raises

CBC News
Doug Ford calls on federal workers in Ottawa to return to office

Reuters News Agency
Mild winter disrupts key ice road to Canada's remote Arctic diamond mines

CBC News
The federal government promised to plant two billion trees. How’s that going?

CBC News
Half of Canadians support TikTok ban, with U.S. concerns 'trickling' north

Radio-Canada
Haïti : des militaires canadiens en Jamaïque pour former les troupes de la CARICOM

Radio-Canada
Évacuations en Haïti : aide supplémentaire réclamée au gouvernement canadien

Radio-Canada
Des livres du complotiste Alex Jones mis en vente par le gouvernement fédéral

Radio-Canada
Record de plaintes pour harcèlement en 2023 : 81 % proviennent de femmes

Radio-Canada
Doug Ford souhaite une présence rehaussée des fonctionnaires au centre-ville d’Ottawa

Radio-Canada
Il y a 25 ans, le Nunavut devenait un territoire

Canadian Commentary

Andrew Coyne | The Globe and Mail
On foreign interference, Canada has been a sitting duck

Marcus Gee | The Globe and Mail
What Trudeau should say about the carbon tax

Gus Carlson | The Globe and Mail
Boeing’s crisis is why money guys shouldn’t run a company - More

Chris Iorfida | CBC News
Trump's 'law and order' message more complicated this time around on campaign trail

Louis Blouin | Radio-Canada
Le budget fédéral 2024, un spectacle à grand déploiement

International News

Reuters News Agency
The USAF wants a diverse officer corps. It's not working.

Reuters News Agency
Two Black cadets and the struggle for diversity at USAFA

The Telegraph
Trump too dumb to destroy US democracy, says John Bolton

The Associated Press
Volunteers uncover fate of thousands of Lost Alaskans sent to Oregon mental hospital a century ago

The Associated Press
American Airlines is relaxing its pet policy

Politico
Airlines report GPS signal jamming: Russia gets the blame

The Associated Press
UNLV releases video of campus shooter killed by police after three professors shot dead

The Associated Press
Closed bridges highlight years of neglect, backlog of repairs awaiting funding

Forbes
How Stability AI’s Founder Tanked His Billion-Dollar Startup

Reuters News Agency
Dutch nightclub hostage drama ends peacefully with arrest of suspect

The Associated Press
France asks for foreign police and military help with Paris Olympics security challenge

Politico
War looms for Europe, warns Donald Tusk

Reuters News Agency
A former Austrian domestic intelligence official has been detained on suspicion of spying

Reuters News Agency
Aleksandar Vučić nominates ally Miloš Vučević as Serbia's prime minister designate

Reuters News Agency
Greece arrests member of gang that raked in $21 billion from fuel-product smuggling

The Globe and Mail
In dark times, Ukraine’s mothers in exile find hope in new life

The Telegraph
Ukraine builds decoy weapons out of drainpipes to divert Russian attacks

Reuters News Agency
Ukraine says Russian drone, missile attacks damage power facilities - More

Reuters News Agency
Foreign diplomats lay flowers in memory of Russia's concert hall attack victims

Reuters News Agency
Tajikistan says migrants fleeing Russia after concert hall attack

Reuters News Agency
Three UN observers and a translator wounded in south Lebanon

The Associated Press
A Lebanese nun’s request to pray for Hezbollah fighters highlights schisms over the group’s weapons

Reuters News Agency
Truce talks between Israel and Hamas to resume Sunday in Cairo

Reuters News Agency
Jordan says Gaza 'famine' can be tackled quickly if Israel opens crossings

Reuters News Agency
Second shipment with more than 300 tons of food for Gaza leaves Cyprus port

Reuters News Agency
Palestinian teen shot dead during Israeli West Bank raid

The Associated Press
Netanyahu says Israel will return to table for cease-fire talks with Hamas

The Associated Press
The US welcomes the new Palestinian government

Reuters News Agency
Firefighters tackle massive blaze at Indonesian ammunition store

Reuters News Agency
Indian Navy rescues Iranian fishing vessel hijacked by pirates in the Arabian Sea

Reuters News Agency
Malaysia arrests three suspected of supplying Israeli man with firearms

Reuters News Agency
U.S. updates export curbs on AI chips and tools to China

Politico
US, Japan, Philippines plan joint South China Sea naval patrols

Reuters News Agency
Peruvian president rules out resignation amid Rolex inquiry

Reuters News Agency
Outspoken Cuban priest cries foul as country marks Good Friday

Agence France-Presse
Un premier morceau du pont de Baltimore doit être retiré ce week-end

The Associated Press
L’armurière du film Rust devra rester en détention jusqu’à son retour en cour

Radio-Canada
Pays-Bas : tous les otages relâchés, le suspect arrêté

Radio-Canada
Sans déblocage de l’aide américaine, l’Ukraine devra battre en retraite, dit Zelensky

Agence France-Presse
Ukraine : des bombardements russes tuent deux personnes dans l’Est

Agence France-Presse
Attentat de Moscou : Vladimir Poutine absent des hommages

Agence France-Presse
Perquisition au domicile de la présidente du Pérou pour des montres de luxe non déclarées

International Commentary

Eva Hartog | Politico
Putin the autocrat comes of age

David Axe | The Telegraph
F-22 Raptor gets an upgrade for war against China

Richard Kemp | The Telegraph
It’s disgraceful to allow soldiers to grow beards

Isabel Brooks | The Guardian
Young people like me are still feeling the effects of COVID – and they’re not all bad

Aditya Chakrabortty | The Guardian
Sam Bankman-Fried will grow old in jail. But don’t forget those who basked in his orbit.

Books

Celia Walden | The Telegraph
Brigitte Macron’s daughter: ‘The conspiracy theories about my mother are grotesque’