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Canadian News

CBC News
Local journalism in Atlantic Canada in trouble

CBC News
Flair Airlines says it's offering flights for a looni

CBC News
You might want to wait until fall for your next COVID-19 shot, doctors say.

CBC News
Trump or Harris: Canada will work well with either one, ambassador to the U.S. says

CBC News
CBSA unaware of ISIS video allegedly showing father charged in terror plot during screening

La Presse canadienne
Résidence officielle à 9 M$ : le consul général du Canada à New York comparaîtra

Canadian Commentary

Scott Taylor | The Hill Times
Time to admit the obvious: The CAF’s status quo isn’t working

Scott Taylor | Esprit de Corps
CAF Called 'Early Quitters' in Afghanistan War

Tim Powers | The Hill Times
It’s the prime minister’s ship, and everyone is just along for the cruise

Andrew Latham | The Hill Times
Pivoting north as a middle power in a multipolar Arctic

Gwynne Dyer | The Hill Times
Western politicians turn to walls, deportations as public cools on migration

Fannie Olivier | Radio-Canada
Cabinet Trudeau : après l’écoute, l’action ?

International News

NPR News
Boeing faces hard questions about Starliner and its future in space

The Associated Press
Vance says Harris can 'go to hell'

Reuters News Agency
Trump shooter spent months looking for major event before picking Pennsylvania rally

Reuters News Agency
Trump staffers had 'verbal and physical altercation' with Arlington National Cemetery official - More

NPR News
Weird. Why the popular campaign insult stings more in Minnesota.

Agence France-Presse
New UK budget will be 'painful,' says PM Keir Starmer

Reuters News Agency
PM Keir Starmer in Berlin for talks to reset ties with Europe

Agence France-Presse
Macron struggles to launch new round of talks to form government

Reuters News Agency
French judges to decide next step in probe of Telegram boss Durov - More

The New York Times
The East Rises in Germany, and So Does Political Extremism

Reuters News Agency
Pope Francis says refusing aid to migrants a 'grave sin'

Reuters News Agency
Two more crew members from Lynch's yacht under investigation, source says

The New York Times
Scientists Have a New Theory About Why Orcas Are Attacking Boats

Reuters News Agency
Ukraine drones set oil depot ablaze in Russia's Rostov, governor says - More

The New York Times
For Russia, Repelling Incursion Matters Less Than Advancing in Donbas

Reuters News Agency
Kremlin, dismissing Zelenskiy's talk of plan to end war, says Russia will keep fighting

VOA News
'He was not a journalist,' Kremlin says about Reuters staffer killed in strike

Reuters News Agency
Russia reopens two airports in its Tatarstan region after briefly suspending operations

Reuters News Agency
Libya's years of crisis following 2011 uprising

Reuters News Agency
WFP launches probe into its Sudan operations as famine spreads

Reuters News Agency
Egypt sends arms to Somalia following security pact

NPR News
Biden pushed Gaza pier over warning it would undercut other aid routes, USAID IG says

The Associated Press
Israeli forces kill at least 10 in major operation in West Bank

Reuters News Agency
Israeli strike kills four fighters on Syria-Lebanon border

Reuters News Agency
At least nine Palestinians killed as Israel mounts major West Bank operation

The New York Times
With Hezbollah-Israel Conflict Contained, Iran’s Next Move May Be Modest

The Associated Press
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei opens door to talks with US over Tehran's nuclear program

Reuters News Agency
Bangladesh revokes ban imposed on main Islamic party by ex-PM Hasina

Reuters News Agency
Two more Chinese airlines to start flying COMAC C919 jet

Reuters News Agency
Kim Jong-un attends test-firing of rocket launcher

Reuters News Agency
South Korean teen activist hopes for landmark court ruling on climate change

Reuters News Agency
Japan issues emergency warning as powerful Typhoon Shanshan nears

CBC News
Australians now have the legal right to disconnect from work

Reuters News Agency
Scientists in Chile question if Antarctica has hit a point of no return

The Associated Press
Fears of stronger crackdown grow in Venezuela after Maduro appoints loyalist as interior minister

The Associated Press
Plus de 200 anciens collaborateurs républicains soutiennent Kamala Harris

Agence France-Presse
Les consultations s’éternisent en France, toujours sans premier ministre

International Commentary

Patsy Widakuswara | VOA News
What might Kamala Harris' Mideast policy look like?

Julien Laroche-Joubert | Le Monde
Trump, 'Air Force One' and the president who single-handedly takes down despicable terrorists

Thomas B. Edsall | The New York Times
What the World Looks Like if We Take Trump at His Word

Clive Irving | The New York Times
A Fiasco Only Boeing Could Create

Julien Laroche-Joubert | Le Monde
Trump Fictions : « Air Force One », seul aux manettes