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Canadian News

CBC News
U.S. 'unable to step up' on Ukraine aid, leaving Canada to fill the gap, says Freeland

CBC News
What week two of the foreign interference inquiry revealed

Global News
New foreign interference documents raise questions about special rapporteur report

The Canadian Press
Beijing is looking to improve relations with Ottawa

Postmedia News
Ottawa asked Facebook to suppress false report about Trudeau before 2019 election - More

CTV News
Ontario to lose enough energy to power half of Toronto during Monday's eclipse

CTV News
Canadian pilot who exposed Dominican Republic drug trafficking operation suing federal government

The Guardian
Time is ticking for Canada’s stranded orca orphan

CBC News
Fed up with high prices, people want to boycott Loblaws

Radio-Canada
Huit provinces dans le rouge : les déficits grimpent presque partout au pays

Radio-Canada
Quand la Lune camoufle le Soleil : du mystique au scientifique

Radio-Canada
Excédés, des dizaines d’agriculteurs manifestent en tracteur à Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu

La Presse canadienne
L’ex-employé d’Hydro-Québec Yuesheng Wang plaide non coupable de deux autres accusations

Canadian Commentary

Raymond J. de Souza | National Post
NATO is as crucial as ever for world peace

Michael Higgins | National Post
Trudeau isn't the solution, he's the problem

Samira Mohyeddin | The Globe and Mail
Canada has become a safe haven for officials from Iran’s monstrous regime

Shannon Proudfoot | The Globe and Mail
MPs targeted by China describe eerie patterns at foreign interference inquiry

Jesse Kline | National Post
A ceasefire in Gaza is out of the question

Editorial | National Post
The pro-Hamas puppet masters behind ‘pro-Palestinian’ protests

Avi Benlolo | National Post
Responsibility for the carnage in Gaza is lies with the terrorists alone

Jesse Kline | National Post
Netanyahu’s isolation a result of a failure of leadership

David M. Shribman | The Globe and Mail
Nothing is normal about Biden vs. Trump, including the divisions in the electorate

Nina L. Khrushcheva | The Globe and Mail
Rupert Murdoch’s new Russian-born fiancée brings him closer to Putin’s orbit

Conrad Black | National Post
A better approach than 'reconciliation'

International News

The Globe and Mail
USAF finds contractor who walked into propeller had become disorientated

Reuters News Agency
Trump eyes $43 million haul from biggest fundraiser yet

The Telegraph
UK ‘should consider Sweden-style selective conscription system’, says former chief of MI6

The Observer
Dozens of flights cancelled as Storm Kathleen hits west of UK

The Times
Prince Andrew ‘bullish’ as Netflix drama Scoop hits screens - More

Reuters News Agency
Greta Thunberg detained twice at demonstration in The Hague - More

BBC News
West facing 'authoritarian' alliance, says Jens Stoltenberg

BBC News
Mount Etna puffs 'smoke rings' in rare display

The Guardian
Ukraine’s air defence missiles are running out, Zelenskiy warns

The Guardian
Russia accused of using chemical gas attacks against Ukrainian soldiers

Reuters News Agency
Ukrainian forces still control eastern town of Chasiv Yar

Reuters News Agency
Russia calls for probe into Transdniestria drone attack

Reuters News Agency
Russian descent vehicle lands in Kazakhstan with three astronauts

The Guardian
Cyprus calls for EU help to manage record Syrian migration from Lebanon

BBC News
Tens of thousands of Israelis rally in Tel Aviv demanding Gaza hostage deal

The Telegraph
Bombed, killed by flu and shot by Hamas: The youngest victims of the Israel-Gaza war

NBC News
IDF recovers body of a hostage from Gaza in overnight operation

The Observer
David Cameron warns of Gaza famine as UK sends Royal Navy ship to boost aid effort

Reuters News Agency
Pakistan denounces Indian minister's remarks about pursuing suspects across border

BBC News
Myanmar military loses border town in another big defeat

Reuters News Agency
Philippines, China trade accusations over South China Sea encounter

Reuters News Agency
US, China hold military talks in Hawaii

The Observer
Record temperature jump in Antarctic raises fears of catastrophe

BBC News
A23a: Tracking the world's biggest iceberg as it drifts towards oblivion

Reuters News Agency
Grave robbers tap 'alien' fascination with Peru's ancient mummies

Reuters News Agency
Mexico suspends bilateral relations after ex-Ecuador VP seeking asylum is arrested

Agence de presse Reuters
Le directeur général de Boeing a perçu 33 millions de dollars de rémunération en 2023

Agence de presse Reuters
Meta change ses règles sur les contenus générés par l'IA ou modifiés

Agence de presse Reuters
Arrestation de Greta Thunberg lors d'une manifestation à La Haye

Agence de presse Reuters
Slovaquie : Un second tour de présidentielle serré sur fond de guerre en Ukraine

Agence France-Presse
Une nouvelle attaque russe de drones à Kharkiv fait six morts - Plus

Agence de presse Reuters
Tirs de missiles russes sur Zaporijjia, quatre morts

Agence France-Presse
Rupture d’un barrage en Russie : plus de 4000 personnes évacuées dans une région de l’Oural

Agence de presse Reuters
Une délégation du Hamas attendue au Caire le 7 avril pour des pourparlers

Agence France-Presse
Gaza : le corps d'un otage israélien retrouvé par Tsahal

Agence France-Presse
Trois membres présumés de Daech arrêtés en Iran

Agence France-Presse
Pour l’Aïd, le discret chef des talibans appelle à observer la charia

Agence France-Presse
Pakistan: des haut gradés sanctionnés « pour l'exemple » après un attentat contre des ingénieurs chinois

Agence France-Presse
États-Unis et Chine d'accord pour des discussions sur « une croissance économique équilibrée »

Agence de presse Reuters
Le Mexique suspend ses relations diplomatiques avec l'Équateur

International Commentary

Simon Tisdall | The Observer
Once a relic of the cold war, political assassins are back with a licence to kill

Patrick Wintour | The Guardian
The new world disorder: How the Gaza war disrupted international relations

Etan Nechin | The Guardian
Netanyahu wants to ban Al Jazeera to hide Gaza’s horrors – but reality is getting through

Hussein Ibish | The Atlantic
The United States and Israel Are Coming Apart

The Editors | The Atlantic
The Future of the U.S.-Israel Relationship

The Editorial Board | The New York Times
Help Ukraine Hold the Line

Fareed Zakaria | The Washington Post
How Trump fills a void in an increasingly secular America

Rachel Leingang | The Guardian
Trump’s bizarre, vindictive incoherence has to be heard in full to be believed

Margaret Hartmann | The Intelligencer
Everything We Know About Trump’s Budding DJ Career

Ed Kilgore | The Intelligencer
Don’t Get Too Attached to Speaker Mike Johnson

Elle Hunt | The Guardian
Prince Andrew squirms again on Netflix’s Scoop. But who benefits from these ‘real-life’ dramas?

Bill McKibben | The New Yorker
Is the Fight Against Climate Change Losing Momentum?