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Canadian News

CBC News
Provinces told to destroy existing COVID-19 vaccines ahead of arrival of updated shots

CBC News
The NDP is ending its governance agreement with the Liberals - More

CTV News
Snowbirds and Red Arrows to fly over Ottawa-Gatineau Wednesday

The Globe and Mail
Information Commissioner Caroline Maynard chastises DND for ‘unacceptable’ response to records request

CBC News
Bank of Canada cuts key interest rate to 4.25%, citing cooling inflation

The Hill Times
Canada crafts plan to deploy Sudan-focused diplomats in Ethiopia

CBC News
Logging is the third highest emitter in Canada

CBC News
Crown seeks closed-door hearings for Abousfian Abdelrazik's torture lawsuit

The Guardian
Canada turning away more foreigners amid rise in anti-immigration sentiment

The Guardian
Racial profiling is systemic problem in Montreal police, judge rules

CTV News
Ontario man told his EV needs $33K battery. Software update fixes the problem.

Reuters News Agency
China hits Canada with anti-dumping canola probe after EV tariffs

Le Devoir
Une autre baisse des taux attendue de la Banque du Canada

Le Devoir
Trois travailleurs canadiens sur cinq fortement exposés aux effets de l’intelligence artificielle

Canadian Commentary

John Paul Tasker | CBC News
The Liberal-NDP deal is dead — but that doesn't necessarily mean a fall election

Nick Logan | CBC News
What's happening in Sudan?

Andrew Caddell | The Hill Times
GoC should stand up for the National Field of Honour

Marco Fortier | Le Devoir
« Les armes » : Incursion dans le côté sombre de l’armée canadienne - Plus

Jean-François Lisée | Le Devoir
Le Khmer bleu

Léo Mercier-Ross | Le Devoir
Pourquoi est-il si difficile de modifier la Constitution ou les règles de la Cour suprême ?

International News

The Associated Press
Uninhabited capsule to return to Earth soon

The Guardian
Georgia high school shooting leaves four confirmed dead and nine injured

The Guardian
Kamala Harris now leads in US polls but state-level data puts race on knife-edge

CBC News
U.S. accuses Russia of using unwitting influencers, fake news sites to sway presidential election - More

The Associated Press
U.S. says Russia used state media to spread 2024 election disinformation

VOA News
US seeks to reassure voters that presidential election will be safe - More

Reuters News Agency
Former aide to New York governor charged with acting as 'undisclosed' agent for China - More

The New York Times
Biden plays second fiddle to Harris as they rally for union support

The Associated Press
Phoenix weathers 100 days of 100-plus degree temps as heat scorches western U.S.

The Associated Press
World pumps out 57 million tons of plastic pollution yearly and most comes from Global South

The New York Times
Chicago Man Charged in Fatal Shootings of Four Sleeping Train Passengers

The New York Times
‘Pinnacle Man,’ Found in Cave Nearly 50 Years Ago, Has Been Identified

The Guardian
With over 280 million birds dead, how is the avian flu outbreak evolving?

The Guardian
Greta Thunberg arrested at Gaza war protest in Copenhagen

The Associated Press
Clearview AI faces $45.6M fine in the Netherlands for 'illegal database' of faces

Reuters News Agency
IMF mission starts fifth review of Ukraine program

Reuters News Agency
Russian air attack kills four members of same family in Lviv - More

Reuters News Agency
Lukashenko pardons 30 more convicted protesters in Belarus

The Guardian
More than 100 killed in attempt to escape DRC’s largest prison

Reuters News Agency
Congo expects first delivery of mpox vaccine doses on Thursday

The Associated Press
Ugandan opposition leader shot in leg after police confrontation

The Guardian
Daughter of South Africa’s ex-president Zuma to be Eswatini king’s 16th wife

Deutsche Welle
Is any part of Syria safe for deportations?

Reuters News Agency
Israel hits targets in Lebanon after missiles fired into northern Israel

Reuters News Agency
US charges Hamas leaders over Oct. 7 attack on Israel

VOA News
Netanyahu calls for Israel to maintain military presence in Gaza

CBC News
Man says IDF used him as a human shield when searching houses in Gaza

Reuters News Agency
UN officials welcome progress in Gaza polio campaign

Reuters News Agency
Pope Francis warns against religious extremism

Reuters News Agency
US expected to send senior Pentagon official to China military forum

Indo-Asian News Service
Kim Jong-un orders execution of 30 officials for 'failing' to prevent deaths in floods

Global News
Venezuela moves Christmas to Oct. 1, President Nicolás Maduro decrees

"> Netanyahu calls for Israel to maintain military presence in Gaza

Agence France-Presse
Alerte à la canicule en Californie

Agence France-Presse
La mission de SpaceX qui prévoit la première sortie spatiale privée programmée vendredi

Agence France-Presse
Ferrari et canard salé : une responsable de New York accusée de travailler pour la Chine

Agence France-Presse
« L’homme du Pinacle », retrouvé gelé dans une grotte il y a presque 50 ans enfin identifié

Agence France-Presse
Le défenseur des baleines Paul Watson fixé sur la prolongation de sa détention au Groenland

Agence France-Presse
Danemark : Greta Thunberg arrêtée lors d'une action propalestinienne - Plus

Agence France-Presse
Records de chaleur en août : une « alerte rouge » pour l'agence météorologique de l'ONU

Agence France-Presse
Serbie : le vice-premier ministre en Russie, une rencontre avec Poutine prévue

Agence France-Presse
Le chef de la diplomatie ukrainienne Kouleba annonce sa démission - Plus

Agence France-Presse
Au moins 49 morts et 219 blessés dans une frappe russe sur Poltava

Agence France-Presse
Poutine dit attendre Xi Jinping en Russie en octobre pour un sommet des BRICS

Agence France-Presse
La famille d'un humanitaire britannique tué à Gaza demande une enquête indépendante

Agence France-Presse
Cathay Pacific prévoit un retour à la normale d’ici samedi, après l’immobilisation de ses Airbus A350

Agence France-Presse
La Chine met en garde ses étudiants contre les « pièges amoureux » tendus par de « beaux » espions étrangers

International Commentary

David Ignatius | The Washington Post
Tomorrow’s Army is here. Can it get past yesterday’s bureaucracy?

Sidney Blumenthal | The Guardian
Donald Trump is deeply threatened by Kamala Harris – and desperately flailing

David Brooks | The New York Times
How Trump Wins (and Harris and the Democrats Blow It)

Ross Douthat | The New York Times
How Harris Wins (and Trump and the Republicans Blow It)

Emma Brockes | The Guardian
Kamala Harris is steering clear of Hillary Clinton’s feminist messaging – and it’s working

Andrea Bernstein | Slate
Trump Learned Every Lesson From the Roy Cohn Playbook, Except the Most Important One

David French | The New York Times
Civil Liberties Make for Strange Bedfellows

Nate Monroe | Jacksonville Florida Times-Union
Donald Trump can't decide if he dislikes abortion or Ron DeSantis more

Paul Krugman | The New York Times
Naked emperors and crypto campaign cash

Thomas L. Friedman | The New York Times
How Netanyahu Is Trying to Save Himself, Elect Trump and Defeat Harris

Azriel Bermant | The Guardian
If the UK really wants to stop Netanyahu’s aggression, here’s what it should do

Eduardo Porter | The Washington Post
Zero-sum thinking is destroying America

Editorial Board | The Washington Post
These are the asteroids that scare scientists. Are we prepared for them?

Katja Hoyer | The Guardian
There’s only one way to keep Germany’s far-right AfD at bay. Address the concerns it exploits

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