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Canadian News

The Canadian Press
Government chatbots? It’s one possibility under Ottawa’s new AI strategy.

The Canadian Press
Parks Canada: Jasper blaze is largest in 100 years

The Canadian Press
Cool, wet weather helping wildfire fight in B.C.

The Canadian Press
Wildfires force evacuation of Slocan, B.C.

Radio-Canada
Feux de forêt : le Canada a-t-il besoin d’une agence nationale d’urgence?

La Presse canadienne
Danielle Smith veut que les évacués puissent voir les dégâts à Jasper en autocar

La Presse canadienne
Ottawa songe à l’intelligence artificielle pour certains services fédéraux

Agence QMI
Scandale d'espionnage : Ottawa interrompt son financement aux membres du personnel suspendus par la FIFA

Radio-Canada
Éviter un « désastre » : l’entente entre la CTT et ses employés coûtera 176M$ à la Ville

Canadian Commentary

Emilie Nicolas | Le Devoir
La peur et la raison

International News

BBC News
Huge California wildfire tears through 5,000 acres every hour

The Associated Press
Technology's grip on modern life is pushing us down a dimly lit path of digital land mines

The Associated Press
New blood tests could help doctors diagnose Alzheimer’s disease faster and more accurately

The Associated Press
Harris raised $200M in first week of White House campaign and signed up 170,000 volunteers

The Observer
Trump tells supporters they won’t have to vote in the future: ‘It’ll be fixed!’

The Observer
Voters to choose between two starkly different candidates in US ‘Armageddon election’

The New York Times
For Epidemics to Cross Oceans, Viruses on Ships Had to Beat the Odds

The Guardian
One dead and dozens rescued in latest attempt to cross Channel

BBC News
SNCF completes infrastructure repairs after arson attacks

BBC Sports
Triathlon swim training scrapped because of pollution

Agence France-Presse
France honours six African soldiers killed on French army orders during World War II

The Associated Press
Viktor Orbán warns EU on path to ‘self-destruction’ - More

The Observer
Western DJs accused of ‘normalising war’ for playing at Russian techno events

The Barents Observer
Ukrainian drone hit Tu-22M3 bomber at Olenya airfield, intel report claims - More

Reuters News Agency
Putin warns US against deploying long-range missiles in Germany

The Associated Press
Strike in Israeli-controlled Golan Heights kills at least 12 - More

The Guardian
Israel strikes Lebanon as diplomats try to prevent regional war - More - More

BBC News
What is Hezbollah in Lebanon, and will it go to war with Israel?

RFE/RL News
Dozens Dead After Land Feud Sparks Sectarian Fighting in Pakistan

The Guardian
North Korea-backed cyber espionage campaign targets UK military

The Guardian
Four million vaccine doses for children and pregnant women flown to North Korea

Reuters News Agency
North Korea vows to ‘totally destroy’ enemy as regime marks Korean war armistice

The Associated Press
US-Japan security talks focus on bolstering military cooperation

The Associated Press
Olympic surfers sleep on a cruise ship in Tahiti, a first for the Games

The Associated Press
Venezuelan election could lead to seismic shift in politics - More

The Associated Press
Ex-diplomat, political newcomer, grandpa. That's Edmundo González, Venezuela's Maduro rival

The Observer
Mexican drugs lord ‘El Mayo’ has been captured, but does targeting kingpins work? - More

Californie : le mégafeu en cours devient l'un des plus gros jamais enregistré dans cet État

France 24
Comment la dimension raciale a pris une place centrale dans la campagne de Kamala Harris

Agence France-Presse
« Le bitcoin représente la liberté » : Donald Trump se fait le chantre des cryptomonnaies

Agence France-Presse
Londres : la police arrête neuf personnes après des manifestations

France 24
Sabotages SNCF : un trafic normal est prévu dès lundi - Plus - Plus

Agence France-Presse
La France fait un geste mémoriel inédit dans le dossier du massacre de tirailleurs au Sénégal

France 24
« Touristes, rentrez chez vous » : en Espagne et ailleurs, le tourisme de masse excède les locaux

Agence France-Presse
Washington prend le risque d'une nouvelle crise des missiles, accuse Poutine - Plus

France 24
Niger : fête nationale un an après le coup d'État

France 24
Au Niger, deux rébellions le FPJ et le FPL appellent à la libération de Bazoum

France 24
L'armée israélienne a mené des frappes de représailles contre des cibles du Hezbollah au Liban

Agence France-Presse
L'ayatollah Khamenei approuve officiellement Massoud Pezeshkian comme nouveau président

Agence de presse Reuters
La Corée du Nord promet de « détruire totalement » ses ennemis

Agence France-Presse
Les États-Unis et le Japon dénoncent le rapprochement entre Pékin et Moscou

Agence France-Presse
Présidentielle sous haute tension au Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro brigue un nouveau mandat

Agence France-Presse
Nicolás Maduro dit qu'il fera «respecter» les résultats de l’élection présidentielle

International Commentary

Brian Klaas | The Atlantic
Trump Says Americans ‘Won’t Have to Vote Anymore’ If He Wins

Margaret Hartmann | Intelligencer
The Real Origin of Trump’s Hannibal Lecter Obsession

Karen Tumulty | The Washington Post
JD Vance is giving Republicans buyer’s remorse

Matt Stieb | Intelligencer
J.D. Vance Can’t Stop Saying the Dumbest Things Imaginable

Shirin Ali | Reuters News Agency
Three Ways That Jack Smith Could Resurrect the Classified Documents Case

Nicholas Kristof | The New York Times
A.I. May Save Us, or May Construct Viruses to Kill Us

Sam Altman | The Washington Post
Who will control the future of AI?

Susan B. Glasser | The New Yorker
Biden’s Exit, Harris’s Moment

Ross Douthat | The New York Times
Kamala Harris and the Audacity of Desperation

Editorial | The Observer
Kamala Harris has risen above doubters, now she must stay on high ground

Arwa Mahdawi | The Observer
Kamala Harris still needs to define herself – but she is the ultimate anti-Trump candidate

Jonathan Blitzer | The New Yorker
The Real Story of Kamala Harris’s Record on Immigration

Will Hutton | The Observer
Rupert Murdoch’s secret succession drama is a warning to rein in the super-rich

Freda Kreier | The Atlantic
About Every 500 Years, a Major Quake Body-Slams Middle America - More

Books

Margaret Hartmann | Intelligencer
Melania Trump’s Book May Be More Money Grab than Memoir

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