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Canadian News

CBC News
Memorial unveiled in Kamloops to honour fallen Snowbirds PAffO Jennifer Casey

La Presse canadienne
PSAC's court challenge of return-to-office order will proceed

CBC News
Federal government can spend $46B more a year and remain sustainable over long term: PBO

The Canadian Press
EVs cheaper to run but cost must come down to drive sales: PBO

CBC News
City of Calgary warns of water shortage — but is anyone listening?

CBC News
Are provinces with upcoming elections ready to deal with foreign meddling?

CBC News
Supreme Court won't hear Maxime Bernier's appeal over vaccine mandates for air travellers

The Canadian Press
U.S. escalates efforts to halt Ottawa's digital services tax

Toronto Star
Police met with accused in Markham realtor homicide before he left country

CBC News
Poilievre asks Singh to pull support for Liberal government to prompt fall election

La Presse
Le pont Victoria rouvre entièrement après une inspection d’urgence

La Presse
Grosse dégringolade du taux de réussite en français

Canadian Commentary

Phillip Morgan | Toronto Star
It’s time to mothball the Canadian International Air Show and start new traditions

Alexander Panetta | CBC News
Harris's first campaign interview a spring cleaning for her political résumé

Lawrence Martin | The Globe and Mail
Donald Trump has the Trudeau problem - voter fatigue

Andrew Phillips | Toronto Star
Justin Trudeau bends over backwards for America

Marsha Lederman | The Globe and Mail
Studies show the obvious: Smartphones don’t belong in classrooms

The Editorial Board | The Globe and Mail
Political upheaval in B.C. crystallizes the choice in October

Ben Rowswell | The Globe and Mail
Canada’s ‘pragmatic’ foreign policy could create a lose-lose scenario in Venezuela

Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo | The Globe and Mail
Telegram arrives at a moment of truth

Martin Regg Cohn | Toronto Star
Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives look like fools for crying scandal over NYC condo

International News

Reuters News Agency
Harris vows tougher approach on migration, supports weapons for Israel - More

CBC News
Modern parenting is so stressful that the U.S issued a health advisory. Parents say it's overdue.

Reuters News Agency
As students and protests return to campus, Columbia tries new restrictions, leadership

The New York Times
Turbine Blades Have Piled Up in Landfills. A Solution May Be Coming.

Reuters News Agency
Pavel Durov's lawyer says the case is 'absurd'

Reuters News Agency
Behind the arrest of Telegram boss, a small Paris cybercrime unit with big ambitions

Reuters News Agency
Paralympics organisers forced to change Triathlon plans over Seine water quality concerns

Reuters News Agency
EU must step up arms production, play stronger role in defence, Commission chief says

Reuters News Agency
German authorities warn of incendiary devices in packages

Reuters News Agency
Germany resumes deportations to Afghanistan

Reuters News Agency
Czech police detonate World War Two bomb at Orlen's Litvinov refinery

Reuters News Agency
Ukraine's incursion into Russia's Kursk region is legitimate, says NATO's Stoltenberg

Reuters News Agency
Ukraine says US partners helping F-16 crash investigation

The New York Times
Zelensky Dismisses the Head of the Air Force Days After F-16 Crash - More

Reuters News Agency
Ukraine's officials tell US it needs stronger air defense

Reuters News Agency
Russian bomb hits high-rise building in Ukraine's Kharkiv, killing seven

Reuters News Agency
Russian attack kills two, injures 11 in Ukraine's Sumy

Reuters News Agency
Kremlin says it made no deals with Telegram's Durov

Reuters News Agency
Kremlin says military corruption investigations will lead to trial

Reuters News Agency
Tunisian court allows prominent politician Daimi to run in presidential election

Reuters News Agency
Burkina Faso massacre survivor describes 'horrible' bloodshed in trenches

Reuters News Agency
Israeli forces kill local Hamas commander in West Bank

CBC News
With Gaza population already displaced, some fear Israel has similar plans for West Bank

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

Reuters News Agency
UN to vaccinate Gaza's children against polio during pauses in fighting

Reuters News Agency
Salvage of stricken oil tanker in Red Sea expected in coming days

Reuters News Agency
US CENTCOM says it conducted raid in Iraq, 15 Islamic State operatives dead

Reuters News Agency
Thousands evacuated, schools shut as India, Pakistan brace for rare August cyclone

Reuters News Agency
Bangladesh garment industry short on cotton as floods worsen protest backlog

Reuters News Agency
'Disappeared' victims emerge in Bangladesh, seek justice despite hurdles

Reuters News Agency
China's cabinet passes draft regulations on data security management

Reuters News Agency
Typhoon Shanshan drenches Japan, prompting landslide and flood alerts

Reuters News Agency
Pacific Islands to boost regional policing after leaders meeting

Reuters News Agency
Judge orders Musk's X to shut down immediately in Brazil - More

The New York Times
They Traveled Home After Defending Ukraine, and Ended Up in a Russian Prison

Agence QMI
Première entrevue pour Kamala Harris : « Il va falloir qu’elle surperforme », juge un expert

Agence France-Presse
Un biopic explosif sur Trump sortira dans les salles américaines avant l'élection

Agence QMI
Bousculade et pleurs : une fausse alerte de tireur actif crée la panique à Disney World

Agence France-Presse
Wall Street termine en hausse, quatrième record de la semaine pour le Dow Jones

Agence QMI
Morte au travail : son cadavre passe cinq jours au bureau sans faire sourciller les collègues

Agence QMI
Une ville américaine offre 20 000 $ US pour y résider

Le Monde
La nouvelle Commission européenne bien loin de la parité espérée par Ursula von der Leyen

Agence QMI
« Tragique accident » : deux garçons en vacances enterrés vivants dans un trou sur la plage

Agence France-Presse
Allemagne : premières expulsions d'Afghans depuis le retour au pouvoir des talibans

France 24
L'Ukraine confirme la perte d'un F-16 qui s'est écrasé en repoussant une attaque de missiles russes

TVA Nouvelles
Écrasement d’un F-16 : les chasseurs sont-ils devenus les chassés ?

Agence France-Presse
Volodymyr Zelensky limoge le commandant de l'armée de l'air après le crash d'un F-16

Agence France-Presse
Quatre morts dans des frappes russes sur Kharkiv

Agence France-Presse
CPI : le Kremlin pas inquiet quant à une éventuelle arrestation de Poutine en Mongolie

Agence France-Presse
Ukraine : deux morts dans une frappe sur la ville de Soumy

Agence France-Presse
Turquie : arrestation de 119 personnes soupçonnées d'appartenance à l'EI

Agence France-Presse
Vaste opération israélienne en Cisjordanie occupée : au moins 16 Palestiniens tués en 48 heures

Agence France-Presse
Vingt Palestiniens tués en trois jours dans des raids israéliens en Cisjordanie

Agence France-Presse
Afghanistan : la police des mœurs des talibans « ne coopérera plus » avec la mission de l'ONU

Agence France-Presse
Pakistan : douze personnes tuées dans l'effondrement de leur maison à cause de la mousson

Agence France-Presse
Les îles du Pacifique rejettent les appels à évincer Taïwan

Agence France-Presse
Un juge ordonne de suspendre le réseau social X au Brésil

Agence France-Presse
Venezuela : les arrestations massives plongent le pays dans la peur

Agence France-Presse
Colombie : la douloureuse recherche des enfants disparus à Bogotá

Agence France-Presse
Le Honduras annule le traité d'extradition pour éviter « un complot » américain

International Commentary

David A. Graham | The Atlantic
Mark Robinson’s Dereliction of Duty

Éditorial | Le Monde
Des Rafale à surveiller en Serbie

Faustine Vincent | Le Monde
Jeu de dupes entre l’Ukraine et la Biélorussie

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