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Canadian News

CBC News
Canada took 4 months to send money after deciding to buy air defence system for Ukraine

The Globe and Mail
Big Six banks all hold contentious Israeli defence stock

CBC News
International students now limited to working 24 hours a week

The Canadian Press
Mild earthquake rattles three Quebec cities

City News
Pilot dead in plane crash near Fort Vermilion

The Hill Times
Nearly half of Canada’s public servants are now millennials

Radio-Canada
Casey : Incursion en images dans une ancienne base militaire - Plus

TVA Nouvelles
« Pour lui, la politique est un jeu » : Pierre Poilievre torpillé par ses adversaires

La Presse canadienne
Passagers bloqués 10 heures dans un train

Radio-Canada
Le b.a.-ba de la coqueluche, l’infection respiratoire qui s’abat sur le Canada

Canadian Commentary

Scott Taylor | The Hill Times
Canada’s combat cupboard is empty

Sally Armstrong | The Globe and Mail
A new Taliban law is silencing women’s voices in Afghanistan

John Ibbitson | The Globe and Mail
Liberal staffers’ rebellion reveals growing tension over party’s stand on Gaza conflict

Karthik Nachiappan | The Globe and Mail
It’s a brave new era of international trade, and Canada is unprepared for it

Steven Tufts | The Globe and Mail
A perfect storm is coming as Air Canada pilots prepare for strike

David M. Shribman | The Globe and Mail
To succeed Joe Biden, Kamala Harris needs to step out of his shadow

Nathan Prier | The Hill Times
Ottawa off base with claim public servants are needed in office to boost collaboration

International News

The Guardian
Astronaut Butch Wilmore reports ‘strange noise’ from Boeing Starliner spacecraft

Reuters News Agency
Biden, Harris campaign in Pennsylvania

The New York Times
Trump Campaign Uses Statements From Gold Star Families to Attack Harris

The Guardian
Trump ridiculed after accusing Kamala Harris of mistreating Mike Pence

Reuters News Agency
Finland plans to ban Russians from buying property

Reuters News Agency
Far-right state win shakes Germany's fragile coalition

Reuters News Agency
Rhine water in Germany falls again, ships only partly loaded

Reuters News Agency
Romanian government approves draft law to give Patriot defence system to Ukraine

The New York Times
In a Kyiv Classroom, Cries for Help From Children Scarred by War

Reuters News Agency
Russian missile attack rocks Kyiv and other parts of Ukraine

Reuters News Agency
Kharkiv struck by missiles after Ukraine launches mass drone attack on Russia

Reuters News Agency
Head of Ukraine's power transmission network sacked

Reuters News Agency
IAEA head to visit Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

Reuters News Agency
Ukraine's attacks on Belgorod disrupt school sessions

Reuters News Agency
Putin says Russia advancing fast in eastern Ukraine

Reuters News Agency
Putin says his young family members speak fluent Mandarin Chinese

Reuters News Agency
Russia says Telegram boss Durov is a victim of his own independence

Reuters News Agency
U.S. researchers find probable launch site of Russia's new nuclear-powered missile

Reuters News Agency
Africa faces steep costs as temperatures soar, says WMO

Reuters News Agency
Tunisia police arrest presidential candidate as pre-election tension rises

Reuters News Agency
Egypt counts on foreign funds to buy gas as power crisis worsens

Reuters News Agency
Nigeria charges protesters with treason, inciting military

Reuters News Agency
Mpox patients lack medicine, food, in east DR Congo hospital

Agence France-Presse
Israeli strike kills two in southern Lebanon

The New York Times
‘Moving in the Dark’: Hamas Documents Show Tunnel Battle Strategy

CBC News
Children in Gaza receive polio vaccines

Reuters News Agency
Israeli action kills dozens in Gaza

Reuters News Agency
Hamas says hostage guards in Gaza have been operating under new instructions

The Associated Press
Workers across Israel go on strike in push for ceasefire deal - More

Reuters News Agency
Thousands line streets for funeral of American-Israeli hostage killed in Gaza

Reuters News Agency
US military says Yemen's Houthis attacked two crude oil tankers in Red Sea

Reuters News Agency
Tropical storm Yagi kills seven in the Philippines

Reuters News Agency
Trump 'has a lot on his plate', misunderstands Taiwan's chip role, minister says

Reuters News Agency
China says its vessels passing through Tokara Strait have right of transit

Reuters News Agency
If China wants Taiwan it should also take back land from Russia, president says

Reuters News Agency
South Africa's Ramaphosa asks China's Xi for better-balanced trade

The Guardian
India’s backing of ousted Bangladesh leader Sheikh Hasina leaves it in a bind

Reuters News Agency
Climate change high on Pope Francis' Asia-Pacific agenda

Reuters News Agency
Ukraine criticises Mongolia's failure to arrest Putin

The Guardian
Hong Kong schools begin rollout of Xi Jinping Thought

The Guardian
North Korean table tennis players may be punished for Olympic podium selfie with rivals from South

Reuters News Agency
South Korea denies hospital emergency rooms collapsing as army doctors deployed

The Guardian
Extreme heat hits Brazil, fuelling risk of wildfires

Reuters News Agency
Venezuela issues arrest warrant for opposition leader Gonzalez

Reuters News Agency
US seizes Venezuelan president's plane in Dominican Republic

Agence QMI
Faux comptes en soutien à Donald Trump : « C’est la pointe de l’iceberg », selon un expert

Agence France-Presse
Biden et Harris doivent rencontrer les négociateurs américains sur les otages à Gaza

Agence QMI
Bain de soleil : écrasée par une autopatrouille pendant qu’elle se faisait bronzer sur une plage

Agence France-Presse
Guerre à Gaza : le Royaume-Uni annonce une suspension partielle des exportations d’armes à Israël

Le Parisien
1,60 euro le litre, le gazole au plus bas depuis le début de la guerre en Ukraine

Agence France-Presse
Ukraine : au moins 20 missiles détruits au-dessus de la capitale

Agence France-Presse
Liban : un ministère fait état de deux morts lors d'une frappe israélienne dans le Sud

Agence France-Presse
Biden juge que Netanyahou « n’en fait pas assez » pour parvenir à un accord sur la libération des otages

Agence France-Presse
Israël : mouvement de grève inégalement suivi pour la libération des otages

Agence France-Presse
Iran : l’écrasement d’hélicoptère de l’ex-président dû aux conditions météorologiques

Agence France-Presse

Agence France-Presse
Inde : une attaque de drone meurtrière attribuée à des rebelles dans l'État du Manipur

Deux navires marchands touchés par des attaques au large du Yémen

Agence France-Presse
Des pluies torrentielles font 25 morts dans le sud de l'Inde

Agence France-Presse
Philippines : la tempête tropicale « Yagi » fait onze morts, près de toucher terre

Agence QMI
Une fillette enfermée dans les toilettes d’un avion par deux passagères

International Commentary

Casey Michel | Intelligencer
Trump Is Making New, Sketchy Foreign Business Deals

Gail Collins and Bret Stephens | The New York Times
This Is Not What Trump Had in Mind

Ted Genoways | The New York Times
Trump Said Democrats Will Take Away Your Hamburgers. He’s the One Who Might.

The New York Times
Meandering? Off-Script? Trump Insists His ‘Weave’ Is Oratorical Genius.

Kevin Roose | The New York Times
How Do You Change a Chatbot’s Mind?

Books

Fred Kaplan | Slate
Trump Isn’t the Only One H.R. McMaster Takes to Task in His New Book

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