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Canadian News

CBC News
Verdict delayed in sex assault case of retired vice-admiral Edmundson - More

UK Aviation News
Red Arrows head off to Canada for Maple Hawk 2024

CBC News
Toronto workers have longest commutes in Canada: StatsCan

CBC News
Rules discourage Canadians from generating more solar power than they use - More

CBC News
There are cellphone bans in schools around the world. Do any of them work?

La Presse canadienne
Verdict reporté pour l’ancien vice-amiral Edmundson

La Presse canadienne
Le nombre d’incendies de forêt continue de diminuer en Colombie-Britannique

TVA Nouvelles
Caméras de surveillance chinoises: des organismes demandent qu’on interdise leur vente au Canada

TVA Nouvelles
Une entreprise de Brossard soupçonnée par les États-Unis d’avoir soutenu l’effort de guerre russe

Radio-Canada
Les jeunes caquistes prônent le retour de la discipline dans les écoles

La Presse canadienne
Concordia signale une baisse de 30 % des inscriptions de l’extérieur du Québec

TVA Nouvelles
Dès le 1er avril prochain : une prime de 800$ par an pour les fonctionnaires fidèles

International News

Reuters News Agency
U.S. officials ground SpaceX launches after Falcon 9 rocket fails in landing attempt

Reuters News Agency
Harris widens lead over Trump, poll finds

Axios
Trump's Arlington Cemetery dispute escalates - More

VOA News
Former Nevada official found guilty of murdering journalist

The Guardian
Met Office releases names for next season of storms expected to batter UK

The Guardian
Smoking could be banned in UK pub gardens and outdoor restaurants

Reuters News Agency
Poland seeks to strip immunity from ex-PM's top aide

Reuters News Agency
Telegram boss's lawyer dismisses probe against Durov as absurd

Reuters News Agency
Ukrainian war amputee fights his way to Paris Games

The Globe and Mail
‘A test case for German democracy’: Populists ride high before state elections

The Guardian
Refugee NGOs attack EU shipwreck ‘double standard’ after Bayesian effort

Reuters News Agency
Hundreds of thousands of dead fish blanket Greece tourist port of Volos after flooding

The Guardian
Ukraine steps up calls to use allies’ weapons inside Russia as EU ministers meet

Reuters News Agency
Ukraine says it downed two missiles, 60 drones during Russia's overnight attack

Reuters News Agency
Russia opens fraud case against former deputy defence minister

VOA News
Russia bans 92 Americans from entering the country

The Guardian
US and UN call for talks in Libyan dispute over control of central bank

Reuters News Agency
Flood surge in Sudan bursts dam, destroying villages and killing dozens

Reuters News Agency
Nigeria and Niger sign security deal, despite rift since coup

The Guardian
Netanyahu hints at partial Gaza truce to allow polio vaccination campaign

Reuters News Agency
Fighting rages in Gaza as Palestinians hope for a pause for polio vaccinations

Reuters News Agency
Israeli troops kill five Palestinian fighters inside West Bank mosque

Reuters News Agency
Iran's president calls for investigation into case of death in custody

VOA News
Afghan girls, women suffer three years after US withdrawal

VOA News
Myanmar's largest rebel group quietly gains strength amid civil war

The Guardian
Two Stand News journalists in Hong Kong found guilty of sedition - More

The Guardian
Xi Jinping holds surprise meeting with Jake Sullivan in Beijing - More

Reuters News Agency
US government funding yielded hundreds of patents for China-based researchers

The Guardian
‘Hyper-violent’ Typhoon Gaemi was made fiercer by climate crisis, say scientists

Reuters News Agency
Millions told to evacuate as Typhoon Shanshan pummels Japan

Reuters News Agency
Bolivian farmers pack up and flee as wildfires burn woodland

The Guardian
Brazil minister declares ‘war’ with fire as smoke cloaks Brasília and São Paulo

The Guardian
Venezuela braces for protests, as Maduro regime accused of kidnapping lawyer

The Guardian
‘Being on camera is no longer sensible’: Persecuted Venezuelan journalists turn to AI

Agence France-Presse
Les fusées Falcon 9 de SpaceX clouées au sol après un incident

Agence QMI
États-Unis : un ex-politicien reconnu coupable du meurtre d’un journaliste

Agence France-Presse
Sarah Palin obtient le droit à un nouveau procès en diffamation contre le « New York Times »

Agence France-Presse
Une « augmentation notable » des problèmes de comportement de passagers en avion

Agence QMI
Tentative de meurtre de Donald Trump : le FBI partage quatre nouvelles photos de l’enquête

Agence France-Presse
France : le PDG de Telegram inculpé et remis en liberté sous strict contrôle judiciaire

Agence QMI
Surtourisme : voici les 15 villes européennes à éviter

Agence France-Presse
Restrictions sur les armes occidentales : Kyïv demande à l'UE de faire pression sur Washington

Agence France-Presse
Russie : un mort, deux blessés dans des frappes ukrainiennes dans la région de Belgorod

Agence France-Presse
Cisjordanie : l'armée israélienne dit avoir « éliminé » cinq combattants palestiniens

Agence France-Presse
Le Jihad islamique confirme la mort d'un de ses commandants dans les raids israéliens

Agence France-Presse
Des Afghanes défient les talibans face à l’interdiction de faire entendre leurs voix

Agence France-Presse
Inde : au moins 28 morts dans des inondations provoquées par la mousson

Agence France-Presse
Les objectifs climatiques de Séoul jugés insuffisants par la justice

Agence France-Presse
Le Japon frappé par un typhon extrêmement puissant, des victimes et des dégâts - Plus

International Commentary

Charles Sykes | The Atlantic
Trump Dishonors Fallen Soldiers Again

David French | The New York Times
Kamala Harris Is the Antidote

Editorial | The Guardian
France ungoverned: A humbled president must learn humility

Margaret Sullivan | The Guardian
The Kamala Harris campaign is fighting on Trump’s level – and it’s working

Ruth Marcus | The Washington Post
A new indictment points to Trump’s illegal acts — and justices’ errors

Peter Kuras | The New York Times
This Is Germany, the Last Country Anyone Wants to Make Great Again

Nicholas Kristof | The New York Times
Is Europe a Model for America? Or a Warning?

Megan K. Stack | The New York Times
He Made El Salvador Feel Safe. Does That Mean a President Can Do Anything He Wants?

Martin Kettle | The Guardian
A warning from the No 10 garden and an EU olive branch. We are finally seeing Starmerism in action.

Books

John Kaag | The Atlantic
What a 100-Year-Old Trial Reveals About America