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Canadian News

CBC News
CDS says CAF looking for 'clarity' on Ottawa's budget plans

Western Standard
Canadian Army unveils new branding with pixelated moose - More - Video

The Canadian Press
Princess Anne to take part in North Vancouver ceremony for HMCS Max Bernays - More - More

Lookout Newspaper
Esquimalt community commemorates a dark chapter in local naval history - More

CBC News
Hacker demands ransom from B.C. libraries after data breach

KING5 News
Magnitude 5 earthquake recorded off the coast of Vancouver Island - More

CBC News
Public inquiry into foreign meddling in Canada's elections to release its first report - More

CBC News
Americans arrested for allegedly swindling Canada out of 12 million COVID masks

CBC News
Canada's greenhouse gas emissions climbed in 2022, after pandemic slowdown

The Canadian Press
Progressive Conservatives win both Ontario by-elections - More

The Hill Times
Federal procurement already feeling blowback from ArriveCAN scandal, say experts

Saugeen Times
3 May 1915 – In Flanders Fields is penned by Dr. John McCrae

Canadian Commentary

Andrew Coyne | The Globe and Mail
It’s Donald Trump vs. the U.S., and it’s far from clear the U.S. will win

Terry Glavin | National Post
Finally, a terrorist sympathizer is arrested

Tristin Hopper | National Post
What the Gaza encampments want and who’s organizing them

John Ivison | National Post
Madness in the House is the prelude to a powerful reckoning

Susan Delacourt | Toronto Star
Death threats. A toxic culture. Is it any wonder MPs are saying, ’‘politics is no longer for me’?

Bhagwant Sandhu | The Hill Times
Disgruntled demagogue or holier-than-thou PM? These are your options, Canada.

International News

Reuters News Agency
Boeing sending first astronaut crew to space after years of delay - More

The Associated Press
An AI-controlled fighter jet took Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall for a historic ride

Axios
Microsoft cracks down on security after attacks

The Associated Press
Biden awards Medal of Freedom to Rep. Nancy Pelosi, swimmer Katie Ledecky, others

The Associated Press
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem erroneously describes meeting with Kim Jong-un

CNN News
Lindsey Graham says the FBI is investigating a possible hacking of his phone

CNN News
Fact check: Trump falsely claims he’s not allowed to testify at hush money trial

Reuters News Agency
Trump trial hears Michael Cohen was 'despondent' he was denied a government post

CNN News
Hope Hicks testifies in hush money trial - More

NPR News
Who is Hope Hicks?

CNN News
The far side of the moon is wildly different from what we see - More

BBC News
Irish student body fined €214k over Gaza protests

BBC News
Small Donegal earthquake confirmed by officials - More

Reuters News Agency
UK's new climate action plan unlawful, London's High Court rules - More

The Guardian
Attacks on press freedom around the world are intensifying, index reveals

The Guardian
Macron hits out at ‘hidden Brexiteer’ European nationalists

Reuters News Agency
ICC prosecutor calls for end to intimidation of staff, statement says

The Guardian
Germany says Russians behind ‘intolerable’ cyber-attack last year

Reuters News Agency
Ukraine may have talks eventually with Russia, deputy chief of intelligence says

The Guardian
Russian FSB claims it killed Ukrainian agent targeting fuel terminal

Reuters News Agency
Russian activist sentenced to 15 years for slew of anti-war acts

The Guardian
Venomous snakes likely to migrate en masse amid global heating, says study

Axios
CIA director in Cairo as talks for Israel-Hamas deal reach critical point

Reuters News Agency
Chad prepares to vote in a coup-hit region, wary allies look on

Reuters News Agency
Heatwaves and outages test support for juntas in Chad and Mali

BBC News
Russians sent to Niger airbase occupied by US troops

BBC News
Liberia's President Joseph Boakai to set up first war crimes court

Reuters News Agency
Ethiopia's Amhara militia says resettlement plan 'beats war drum'

The Associated Press
M23 rebels seize key tantalum mineral mining town in eastern Congo

BBC News
Kenya orders flood evacuations as it warns dams could spill

Reuters News Agency
Turkey says it killed 32 Kurdish militants in northern Iraq

Reuters News Agency
Rafah operation could result in 'slaughter', UN official says

Reuters News Agency
Nearly 80,000 homes destroyed since Israeli military operation began, according to UN - More

BBC News
Myanmar stops men from working abroad as war intensifies

Reuters News Agency
China launches historic mission to retrieve samples from far side of the moon - More

International Commentary

Timothy Garton Ash | The Guardian
A new cold war? World war three? How do we navigate this age of confusion? - More

Tom Nichols | The Atlantic
A Failure of Imagination About Trump

Eric Lach | The New Yorker
Trump Is Turning Victimhood Into His Legal Strategy

Peter Wehner | The Atlantic
What's Left to Restrain Donald Trump?

David A. Graham | The Atlantic
Trump’s Naps Are Actually Worrying