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Canadian News

CBC News
They owned their cars for years. Now Ontario police say they're stolen property.

CBC News
With market prices for coffee jumping, could that cup of java be a jolt to your wallet?

CBC News
A lithium battery fire sent toxic gas over Montreal. Are we ready for such emergencies?

CBC News
Large wildfires can create decade-long heat island in the wild

Canadian Commentary

Chris Brown | CBC News
What the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah could mean for Israel and wars on its borders

Stewart Bell | Global News
Hezbollah in ‘disarray’ after leader’s death. What does it mean for Canada?

International News

The Associated Press
Hurricane Isaac and Tropical Storm Joyce move through the open Atlantic far from land

The Guardian
Trump leans into anti-immigrant rants and Harris barbs at Wisconsin rally

Reuters News Agency
Donald Trump, anxious for a win in Pennsylvania, to hold rally in Erie

The Guardian
European twin satellite mission bids to create total solar eclipse on demand

The Observer
Cows help farms capture more carbon in soil, study shows

Reuters News Agency
Austria votes in tight election with far right bidding for historic win

Reuters News Agency
Russia downs 125 Ukrainian drones, residential apartment hit in Voronezh - More

Reuters News Agency
Kremlin says Russia's updated nuclear doctrine is being formalised

Reuters News Agency
Search renews for missing migrants after nine die off Spain's Canary Islands

Reuters News Agency
Activists protest outside UK base in Cyprus escalating Middle East crisis

Reuters News Agency
US military says it killed 37 militants in airstrikes in Syria this month

Reuters News Agency
Israel pounds Lebanon, pressuring Hezbollah after killing its leader

Reuters News Agency
Body of Hezbollah leader has been recovered

The Guardian
Hezbollah confirms death of another senior military commander

Reuters News Agency
Diplomatic efforts for ceasefire with Israel underway, Lebanese minister says

The Guardian
European ministers call for immediate ceasefire in Lebanon

The Associated Press
Biden and Harris call the Israeli strike killing Hezbollah’s Nasrallah a ‘measure of justice’

Reuters News Agency
Nasrallah's killing reveals depth of Israel's penetration of Hezbollah

The Associated Press
Israeli military says it killed another high-ranking Hezbollah official

Reuters News Agency
Iran vows response to Guards deputy commander killing in Lebanon - More

Reuters News Agency
Nepal closes schools as deaths from heavy rains hit 129 - More

Reuters News Agency
China says US missile deployment in Philippines undermines peace

Reuters News Agency
Thousands gather in New Zealand to set haka world record - More

The Observer
Brazil’s ‘Paradise’ on fire: ‘The forest is burning. Animals are burning. Everything’s burning’.

Agence de presse Reuters
Reprise des recherches dans les Canaries, 48 migrants portés disparus

Agence de presse Reuters
Une actualisation de la doctrine nucléaire russe est en cours, dit le Kremlin

La Tribune
Crise alimentaire au Liban : l'ONU cherche 105 millions de dollars

Agence de presse Reuters
Israël pilonne le Liban et continue de faire pression sur le Hezbollah

Agence de presse Reuters
La France appelle à l'arrêt immédiat des frappes israéliennes au Liban

Agence de presse Reuters
Népal : Des pluies torrentielles font 100 morts, les écoles fermées - Plus

Agence de presse Reuters
Le futur Premier ministre Shigeru Ishiba opte pour la continuité

International Commentary

Peter Beaumont | The Guardian
Impact of Hezbollah assassinations may take months to emerge

Jason Burke | The Observer
The Middle East in crisis: 7 October, the day that changed the world

Peter Pomerantsev | The Observer
In tackling Vladimir Putin’s web of troll farms and hackers, we have one advantage: democracy

Editorial | The Observer
Sudan: Decisive action is needed to avert catastrophe, but where is the will?

Ed Pilkington \ The Guardian
Six days of horror: America’s thirst for executions returns with a vengeance

Books

Philip Oltermann | The Guardian
‘Death isn’t necessarily always sad’: The pathologist taking the French book charts by storm