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Canadian News

The Canadian Press
Animals, like those in Jasper, know how to dodge wildfires, say biologists

The Canadian Press
Wildfire update planned in B.C. as crews battle about 350 blazes

The Canadian Press
Ontario to buy five police helicopters for $134M - More

The Globe and Mail
Ontario is putting an abrupt end to its Wastewater Surveillance Initiative this week

Global News
The vanishing flu strain: Why Canada’s seasonal vaccine is changing

CBC News
Be on the lookout for another northern lights display this week

The Canadian Press
Internal federal public service report details racism in the Privy Council Office

Global News
Canadian seniors are getting a top-up to old age benefits

CBC News
Canadians flagged at border for house-sitting say U.K. company misled them

The Canadian Press
WestJet, Air North announce deal for single-ticket travel involving both airlines

Global News
Can more competition drive down Canadian airfares? Watchdog launches probe.

The Canadian Press
Lawyers to make final arguments in Coutts case

The Canadian Press
After months, Dalhousie University in Halifax dismantles pro-Palestinian encampment

Radio-Canada
L’Ontario achète cinq hélicoptères plutôt que quatre pour la police

Radio-Canada
Une coalition d’organismes dénonce de la discrimination au Bureau du Conseil privé

Radio-Canada
Ingérence étrangère : un groupe d’experts surveillera toutes les partielles fédérales

Canadian Commentary

Scott Taylor | The Hill Times
The Royal Canadian Navy’s AOPS remains adrift

Declan Hill | The Globe and Mail
The unethical behaviour we are seeing in the drone-spying scandal is all too common in sport

Cathal Kelly | The Globe and Mail
It’s time for Canada’s Olympic heel turn

David M. Shribman | The Globe and Mail
J.D. Vance is turning out to be more than the Republicans bargained for

Brock Wilson | CBC News
Elon Musk shared an AI video of Kamala Harris. Here's why it matters.

Gwynne Dyer | The Hill Times
Gaza deaths are being used as a tragic pawn

Emilie Nicolas | Le Devoir
La peur et la raison

International News

CISA Alert
Apple Releases Security Updates for Multiple Products

The Economist
California's Highway 1 is showing the limits of man's ingenuity

BBC News
California suspect in court accused of starting huge wildfire

Reuters News Agency
Raging California wildfire grows bigger than city of Los Angeles

BBC News
Giant Zoom calls fuel record fundraising behind Harris campaign

The Guardian
Vance reportedly told donors Harris was a threat

BBC News
'He likes family': Trump defends JD Vance's cat-lady slur

The Guardian
Donald Trump repeats controversial ‘You won’t have to vote any more’ claim

Reuters News Agency
Head of Project 2025 policy group Paul Dans steps down - More - More

Reuters News Agency
Republicans call Harris a failed border czar

BBC News
McDonald's to 'rethink' prices after sales fall

Reuters News Agency
Radical UK Islamist preacher Anjem Choudary jailed for life for terrorism offences

BBC News
Crews tackle Dorset heath blaze as temperatures soar

CBC Sports
Men's Olympic triathlon postponed due to pollution concerns in Seine

The Associated Press
Paris Olympics is bracing for a heat wave following a soggy start - More

BBC Sports
'60% chance' triathlons take place on Wednesday

The Associated Press
Olympics bet against climate change with swimming in Seine and may lose. Scientists say ‘told you so’

The Associated Press
France reverses course to back Moroccan autonomy plan for disputed Western Sahara

BBC News
Greece imposes restrictions to tackle 'goat plague'

The Guardian
Ukraine war briefing: F-16 fighter jets to carry advanced US weapons

Reuters News Agency
Russia launches drone attack on Ukraine capital Kyiv

Reuters News Agency
Russian dissidents disappear from prison in sign a prisoner swap with the West may be close

Reuters News Agency
US Army stops paying soldier imprisoned in Russia, may prosecute him

Reuters News Agency
Russian navy starts major exercises involving most of its fleet

The Associated Press
Morocco releases imprisoned journalists after pardons from King Mohamed VI

The Guardian
Ukraine military intelligence claims role in deadly Wagner ambush in Mali

Reuters News Agency
Ceasefire agreed in eastern Congo conflict, mediator Angola says

Agence France-Presse
Lebanon braces for Israeli retaliation after deadly Golan Heights strike

Reuters News Agency
Israel claims to kill Hezbollah senior commander in Beirut strike

Reuters News Agency
Israel's targeted killings in Lebanon since Gaza war began

Reuters News Agency
Don't bomb Beirut: U.S. leads push to rein in Israel's response

CBC News
A highly contagious skin disease is spreading across parts of the Gaza Strip

BBC News
Israeli protesters enter army base after soldiers held over Gaza detainee abuse

Reuters News Agency
Israeli forces quit east Khan Younis, Palestinians recover dozens of bodies

Reuters News Agency
Turkey says it killed 13 Kurdish militants in northern Iraq

Reuters News Agency
US carries out strike in Iraq as regional tensions worsen

The Associated Press
The Taliban disavows some Afghan diplomatic missions abroad and rejects their consular services

Reuters News Agency
Landslides after heavy rain in India's Kerala kill 106, many still trapped

BBC News
Taiwan and China reach deal over fishermen's deaths

Reuters News Agency
Venezuelan streets fill with protesters opposing Maduro claim of election victory

Reuters News Agency
Opposition says it has proof Maduro rival won as Venezuela braces for more unrest

The Guardian
Son of El Chapo pleads not guilty in Chicago as mystery cloaks cartel arrests

France 24
Joe Biden veut réformer en profondeur une Cour suprême ultra-conservatrice

Agence France-Presse
Donald Trump bientôt interrogé par le FBI sur la tentative d'assassinat

Agence France-Presse
Au Royaume-Uni, deux enfants tués lors d'une attaque au couteau dans une école de danse - Plus

Agence France-Presse
Royaume-Uni : perpétuité pour le prédicateur islamiste Anjem Choudary

France 24
Ultragauche, manipulation étrangère… ce que l'on sait de l'enquête sur les actes de sabotage

Agence France-Presse
Grèce : Amnesty International dénonce les « abus » contre les migrants au centre fermé de Samos

Agence France-Presse
L’armée russe dit avoir capturé une autre localité dans la région de Donetsk

Agence France-Presse
Sibérie : un habitant condamné à 14 ans de prison pour participation à une « organisation terroriste »

Agence France-Presse
La France a-t-elle reconnu la « marocanité » du Sahara occidental ?

France 24
Sahara occidental : pour la France, le plan du Maroc est « la seule base » de règlement du conflit

Agence France-Presse
Mali : l'armée admet « un nombre important » de morts, un groupe affilié à Wagner confirme des pertes

Agence France-Presse
Ouganda : 17 crânes humains découverts dans des boîtes métalliques

Agence France-Presse
L'armée israélienne dit avoir touché une dizaine de cibles du Hezbollah au Liban

Agence France-Presse
Une ONG fait état de frappes israéliennes dans le sud de la Syrie

Agence France-Presse
En Inde, des glissements de terrain font plus de 90 morts et de nombreux blessés

Agence France-Presse
Crise au Bangladesh : le plus grand parti islamiste va être interdit, sur fond de journée de deuil

Agence France-Presse
Philippines : les États-Unis promettent une aide militaire de 500 millions de dollars

Agence France-Presse
Contre la « menace de la Chine », Taïwan appelle les démocraties à s'unir

Agence France-Presse
Des milliers de Vénézuéliens protestent contre la réélection de Maduro

Agence France-Presse
Haïti : le premier ministre évacué lors d'une visite après des tirs de gangs

International Commentary

The Economist
Trump risk index: Which countries would be most affected by a second Trump term?

Alexandra Petri | The Washington Post
When Trump said we ‘won’t have to vote’ again, he meant something else

Kristen Soltis Anderson | The New York Times
What the Polls Tell Us About Harris vs. Trump

Dan Brooks | The Guardian
Do you ever get the feeling that we’re living in a postmodern fiction? You’re not alone.

Kim Ghattas | The Atlantic
The Big War No One Wants in the Middle East

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