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Canadian News

CBC News
Toronto voters say federal byelection is a referendum on Justin Trudeau's future

The Canadian Press
Extreme heat deaths higher among seniors and in cities with more renters: StatCan

The Canadian Press
Residents ordered to flee Churchill Falls as out-of-control wildfire rages nearby

CBC News
Bad math and missing millions: Why the Toronto airport gold heist is far from solved

The Canadian Press
Toronto transit workers vote in favour of ratifying new contract with TTC

The Canadian Press
AI is making it easier to target people with more personalized scams: 1Password CEO

CBC News
Grolar bear hybrids in N.W.T. all traced back to same 'strange' female polar bear

TVA Nouvelles
Le secrétaire général de l’OTAN presse le Canada d’investir comme ses alliés - Plus

Radio-Canada
Le Canada inscrit le Corps des Gardiens de la révolution islamique comme groupe terroriste

Agence France-Presse
L'Iran juge « irresponsable » la décision du Canada de mettre les Gardiens sur sa liste noire

Radio-Canada
Un robot « espion » pour surveiller les fonctionnaires fédéraux au bureau ?

TVA Nouvelles
Poilievre galvanise ses troupes lors d’un rassemblement à Montréal - Plus

La Presse canadienne
Une vague de chaleur d’une intensité « rarement observée » à cette période de l’année

Agence QMI
Vagues de chaleur : près de 500 morts chaque été au Québec

Radio-Canada
Churchill Falls, au Labrador, évacué à cause d’un feu de forêt

Radio-Canada
Maintenant 600 000 immigrants temporaires au Québec - Plus

Agence France-Presse
Le Canada bloque une vente à la Chine de terres rares

Agence QMI
Toronto : la police saisit 18 armes à feu et plus de 3 millions $ de drogue

Canadian Commentary

Peter Armstrong | CBC News
The Bank of Canada's growing list of worries

Laurence Martin et Louis Blouin | Radio-Canada
Leadership de Trudeau : « C’est trop tard pour changer de chef »

François Brousseau | Radio-Canada
Russie et Corée du Nord : le « camp des parias »

Fabien Deglise | Le Devoir
En Corée du Nord, Moscou poursuit sa construction d’un axe anti-occidental risqué

Fabien Deglise | Le Devoir
Donald Trump mis en contradiction par son grand mensonge électoral

International News

The Associated Press
A look at where the U.S. Navy’s 11 aircraft carriers are now

Weather Network
The longest day of the year is here, and it's the earliest - More - More

BBC News
Boeing crash families demand record $25bn fine

The Guardian
Deluge of fake news websites threatens to drown out truth during US election

The Associated Press
Canal pipe breaks, threatening a northern Montana irrigation project and drinking water

The Associated Press
Climate change stoked US, Mexico heatwave - More - More

Reuters News Agency
Stonehenge sprayed with paint by environmental protesters - More

Reuters News Agency
Bank of England to keep rates at 16-year high

The Guardian
Economist suggests storing grain to prepare for next global emergency

The Guardian
Can France’s New Popular Front overcome electoral threat from far right?

The Associated Press
Macron, African leaders push for vaccines for Africa after COVID-19 exposed inequalities

The Guardian
Plan for Ukraine to finally start using F-16 jets this summer

The Associated Press
Russia obliterates front-line Ukraine towns by retrofitting bombs and expanding its air base network

CNN News
Russian court begins hearing treason case against US-Russian citizen

Reuters News Agency
Sudan's cemeteries swell with fresh graves as hunger and disease spread

Reuters News Agency
Somalia asks peacekeepers to slow withdrawal, fears Islamist resurgence

Reuters News Agency
South Africa's Ramaphosa vows to fight inequality as power-sharing begins

The Associated Press
The fate of the latest cease-fire proposal hinges on Netanyahu and Hamas’ leader in Gaza

The Guardian
Netanyahu rebukes IDF after army spokesperson warns that Hamas cannot be eliminated

Reuters News Agency
Israel pounds central Gaza camps, deepens invasion of Rafah

The Associated Press
A US aircraft carrier and its crew have fought Houthi attacks for months. How long can it last?

Reuters News Agency
Climate change threat hangs over haj pilgrimage as hundreds perish in heat

Reuters News Agency
Heatwave kills dozens of homeless in India's capital

BBC News
At least 34 die in India after drinking toxic alcohol

The Associated Press
Thousands of refugees in Indonesia have spent years awaiting resettlement. Their future is unclear.

CNN News
Putin arrives in Vietnam, seeking to strengthen ties in Southeast Asia - More - More

Reuters News Agency
China says Dalai Lama must 'thoroughly correct' his political views

Reuters News Agency
US, China to hold high-level talks on anti-narcotics cooperation

BBC News
China changed village names 'to erase Uyghur culture'

CNN News
North Korea defense pact permits all available means to assist each other if either nation attacked - More

The Associated Press
How did North Korean soldiers wander across the world’s most heavily guarded border?

The Guardian
How the small Pacific island nation of Vanuatu drastically cut plastic pollution

Agence QMI
Un ancien président de Google vend sa maison pour plus de 30 M$

Radio-Canada
Trump jouit-il de l’immunité présidentielle ? La Cour suprême est sur le point de trancher.

TVA Nouvelles
En avance dans les sondages, Trump arrivera au débat avec un avantage, selon un expert

Radio-Canada
La Louisiane impose l’affichage des dix commandements dans ses écoles

Agence France-Presse
Une Russo-américaine jugée pour « trahison » pour avoir voulu aider l'Ukraine

Agence QMI
Vague de chaleur : voici un procédé pour faire baisser la température

International Commentary

Kathleen Kingsbury | The New York Times
Where the World Plans to Test Nuclear Weapons Next

Serge Schmemann | The New York Times
Putin Has Tainted Russian Greatness

Simon Tisdall | The Guardian
Putin and Kim are the odd couple with a dual mission – cementing a new world order

Brody Mullins and Luke Mullins | The New York Times
If Donald Trump Wins, So Will Paul Manafort

Francis S. Barry | The Washington Post
In 1858, Lincoln made a mistake. President Biden, don’t make the same one.

Lee Hockstader | The Washington Post
France, teetering on the brink

Rokhaya Diallo | The Guardian
Macron’s reckless gamble shows how little he cares about the fate of French people like me

Allister Heath | The Telegraph
France is about to bring the EU to the brink of collapse

Emma Brockes | The Guardian
The question isn’t whether Trump or Biden is declining faster: It’s why the US is faced with this choice

Elizabeth Bruenig | The Atlantic
Trump Dreams of a Swifter Death Penalty

John McWhorter | The New York Times
What Donald Trump Talks About When He Talks About ‘Donald Trump’

Tom Gardner | The Guardian
From Nobel peace prize to civil war: how Ethiopia’s leader beguiled the world