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Canadian News

CBC News
Winners of Afghan war memorial design competition claim they were 'cheated' by Ottawa

National Post
These people are painstakingly identifying anonymous Canadian remains in Europe - More

CBC News
Three new polls suggest a growing number of Canadians want more money spent on defence

The Hill Times
DND spent around $1.2-billion on consultants last year

CBC News
Nearly 250,000 still without power as spring storm rolls through Quebec

CBC News
Former senior BlackBerry employee accuses company's CEO of sexual harassment

CBC News
Ford delays start of EV production at Oakville plant until 2027

CBC News
Now that bird flu is spreading among cows, scientists worry where H5N1 will jump next

CBC News
Canada's wildfires blamed for rise in global loss of tree cover

CBC News
Public servants, retirees travelling and working overseas wait months for reimbursement

The Canadian Press
Top brass from intelligence, diplomatic services testify at foreign meddling inquiry - More

CBC Radio
Trudeau is courting Gen Z and millennials

CBC News
Buried rivers flow under Canadian cities, hidden in a labyrinth of tunnels and sewer pipes

The Canadian Press
Rescuers plan helicopter airlift of orca calf stranded in lagoon near Zeballos

Radio-Canada
Des architectes « floués » menacent de traîner Ottawa devant les tribunaux

Radio-Canada
L’OTAN est créée le 4 avril 1949

La Presse canadienne
Taïwan : deux Canadiens parmi un groupe bloqué par des éboulements après le séisme

Agence QMI
Séisme à Taïwan : les Canadiens auront le soutien nécessaire, dit Trudeau

TVA Nouvelles
Jacob Flickinger : un père du Québec tué à Gaza durant une frappe israélienne

La Presse canadienne
Une bordée de neige printanière cause de nombreuses pannes de courant au Québec

Radio-Canada
L’ingérence étrangère a coûté des sièges aux conservateurs en 2021, selon O’Toole

Canadian Commentary

Murray Brewster | CBC News
NATO at 75: Is Canada losing its grip on the world's greatest military alliance?

Lawrence Martin | The Globe and Mail
Trudeau shouldn’t reject Chrétien and Harper’s offer on 24 Sussex

Tristin Hopper | National Post
Trudeau's weird habit of denouncing his own government

Terry Glavin | National Post
Trudeau said nothing, did nothing about MP's recruitment of Chinese students

Peter Armstrong | CBC News
Tesla's 'unmitigated disaster' exposes trouble ahead for the electric vehicle market

Kean Birch | The Globe and Mail
Generative artificial intelligence is simply a waste of our time and money

Randall Denley | National Post
Ontario’s MPPs are spending fools. They might as well get a pay raise.

Gwynne Dyer | The Hill Times
Senegal is a beacon of hope

International News

Time Magazine
Is It Safe to Fly During a Solar Eclipse?

The Economist
SSH: A stealth attack came close to compromising the world’s computers - More

VOA News
Egg producing plant shut down after discovery of H5N1 bird flu

NPR News
What to know about the risks of the bird flu outbreak - More

NPR News
Concrete structures meant to protect Baltimore bridge appear unchanged for decades

The Associated Press
What we know about the Baltimore bridge collapse as the cleanup gets underway

The Washington Post
The crane helping the Baltimore bridge cleanup has Cold War CIA origins

The Associated Press
NY state is demanding more information on Trump's $175 million appeal bond - More

The Associated Press
New York man charged with sending threats to state attorney general and judge in Trump civil suit

NBC News
Judge rejects Trump bid to dismiss election interference charges on free speech grounds - More

ABC News
Judge denies Trump's bid to have classified documents case tossed - More - More

Politico
Jeffrey Clark’s bid to aid Trump election scheme violated attorney rules, DC Bar panel finds

The Guardian
Trump Media saved in 2022 by Russian-American under criminal investigation - More

The Economist
Why robots should take more inspiration from plants

Reuters News Agency
Finland extends Russia border closure indefinitely

Reuters News Agency
Finland school shooting looks premeditated, police say

Reuters News Agency
Russia's Novatek may scale back Arctic LNG 2, focus on Murmansk

Reuters News Agency
Sweden wants Mark Rutte as next NATO chief

Reuters News Agency
UK judges, intelligence experts call for halt to Israeli arms sales

Reuters News Agency
Macron says he has no doubt Russia will target Paris Olympics

Reuters News Agency
Serbia to boost defence industry cooperation with France, Aleksandar Vučić says

NPR News
Chasiv Yar’s mayor aids his town's few remaining people, as Russia closes in

Reuters News Agency
Ukrainian soldiers, engineers toil round the clock to build defences

Reuters News Agency
Kremlin says Russia and NATO are now in ’direct confrontation‘

Reuters News Agency
Russia says dialogue with NATO at 'zero' but it doesn't seek open conflict

Reuters News Agency
Sergei Lavrov says Chinese peace plan on Ukraine is most reasonable so far

Reuters News Agency
Russia can't be target for Islamic fundamentalists, Putin says

Reuters News Agency
EU criticises Georgian foreign agent bill, Kremlin defends it

Reuters News Agency
Somalia sends home Ethiopian ambassador over port deal

Reuters News Agency
Hezbollah attacks displace 60,000 Israelis, six months on

Reuters News Agency
A brief history of Gaza's centuries of war - More

Reuters News Agency
Six months on, how war has hit the Gaza Strip

Reuters News Agency
Hamas sticking to ceasefire conditions including Israeli Gaza pullout

Bloomberg News
Biden Tells Netanayhu US Support Hinges on Protecting Civilians

Salon
Biden calls for immediate cease-fire in Gaza following deaths of seven aid workers

Reuters News Agency
Israel boosts defences after Iran revenge threat

Reuters News Agency
Kuwait holds first parliamentary election under new Emir

VOA News
Myanmar opposition group claims drone attack in capital

Reuters News Agency
Helicopter rescues Taiwan miners as earthquake injuries exceed 1,000

Reuters News Agency
Why was Taiwan so well prepared for the earthquake? - More

VOA News
Treasury Secretary Yellen visits China for high-level talks

Reuters News Agency
Slavery tribunal? Africa and Caribbean unite on reparations.

Agence France-Presse
Serveurs infiltrés par des pirates chinois : les États-Unis reprochent à Microsoft une « cascade d'erreurs »

Agence France-Presse
Trois entreprises en lice pour développer le prochain rover lunaire de la NASA

Agence France-Presse
Apple envisage de fabriquer des robots personnels

TVA Nouvelles
Accroché à une falaise, il est sauvé in extremis par hélicoptère

Radio-Canada
Trump échoue dans une nouvelle tentative pour reporter son procès criminel

Agence France-Presse
Une visite guidée inédite du Palais de Buckingham aura lieu cet été

Agence France-Presse
75 ans de l'OTAN : les États-Unis et l'Europe « plus forts » ensemble

Agence France-Presse
François Hollande recommande de n'avoir «aucun contact» avec la Russie

Agence France-Presse
Attentat de Moscou : Le Drian dénonce une instrumentalisation « délétère et intolérable »

Agence France-Presse
Serbie : deux personnes arrêtées pour le meurtre d'une enfant disparue

Agence France-Presse
Croatie : trois policiers blessés et des dizaines d'arrestations après le match Split-Zagreb

Agence France-Presse
Ukraine : cinq morts dans des frappes russes nocturnes

Agence France-Presse
Afrique du Sud : la présidente démissionnaire du Parlement arrêtée pour corruption

Radio-Canada
Les pressions sur Nétanyahou s’intensifient pour tenir des élections - Plus

Agence France-Presse
Netanyahu peut-il survivre politiquement?

Agence France-Presse
Amnistie internationale dénonce une « effroyable vague d’exécutions » en Iran en 2023 - Plus

Agence France-Presse
Iran : au moins cinq membres de forces de l'ordre tués dans des attaques jihadistes

Agence France-Presse
Birmanie : les mines terrestres ont fait trois fois plus de victimes en 2023

Agence France-Presse
Puissant séisme à Taïwan : les sauveteurs recherchent des dizaines de personnes piégées

Agence France-Presse
Chine : huit personnes disparues après la collision d'un cargo avec un bateau de pêche

Agence France-Presse
Un séisme de magnitude 6 secoue le nord-est du Japon, pas d'alerte au tsunami

Agence France-Presse
Vie d'aventures et argent facile : la guérilla colombienne recrute les jeunes sur TikTok

International Commentary

David A. Graham | The Atlantic
The Trump Two-Step: Once You Recognize the Pattern, You’ll See It Everywhere

Jennifer Rubin | The Washington Post
Israel is at a crisis point: The world has had enough

Leader | The Economist
Xi Jinping’s misguided plan to escape economic stagnation

Michelle Goldberg | The New York Times
Terrified Parents, New Age Health Nuts, MAGA Exiles — Meet the R.F.K. Jr. Faithful

Amanda Ripley | The Washington Post
How to survive another Trump-Biden election

Books

Will Hutton | The Observer
The UK is trapped in a cycle of political, social and financial turmoil. But there is a way out…