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Canadian News

CBC News
Chinese-made EVs are now subject to a 100% tariff

CBC News
Tiny and unregulated, UFPs have the potential to cause major health problems

Radio-Canada
Marc Garneau règle ses comptes avec Justin Trudeau

La Presse canadienne
Le fils de deux victimes des frappes israéliennes au Liban demande à Ottawa d’agir

Radio-Canada
Mélanie Joly demande des cessez-le-feu au Moyen-Orient

Radio-Canada
La Journée de la réconciliation devrait être un jour férié en Ontario, dit un député

La Presse canadienne
Mission en France : Legault rencontrera le premier ministre Barnier et le patron d’Alstom

Radio-Canada
Immigration au Québec : des zones d’attente comme en France ?

Radio-Canada
Scott Moe déclenchera les élections provinciales mardi

Canadian Commentary

Scott Taylor | The Hill Times
The Three Stooges of Canadian defence

Preston Manning | The Globe and Mail
Canada’s federal and provincial governments should stay in their own lanes

Chris Selley | National Post
Mary Simon is busting bilingualism's myth that anyone can learn French

John Ibbitson | The Globe and Mail
Bloc’s demands for Trudeau government are both terrible ideas

Robyn Urback | The Globe and Mail
The Bloc’s ransom demands are terrible. The Liberals should tell them to kick rocks.

David Soberman | The Globe and Mail
What high grocery prices say about the dysfunction in Canada’s economy

Iain Boekhoff | The Globe and Mail
As Jimmy Carter turns 100, the world is close to eradicating Guinea worm disease - More

George Monastiriakos | National Post
The U.S. waffles on Iran’s 'Axis of Resistance' as Israel readies to break it

Jesse Kline | National Post
The West must confront Iran after missile attack on Israel

Shannon Proudfoot | The Globe and Mail
J.D. Vance isn’t a turncoat, he’s a shape-shifter - and always has been

Don Braid | National Post
Alberta premier says she's seen no evidence of 'chemtrails' but the U.S. would be behind them

Patrice Roy | Radio-Canada
Panel : Les libéraux peuvent-ils remonter la pente ?

Hugo Lavallée | Radio-Canada
Politisation de l’immigration : une responsabilité partagée

International News

The New York Times
Wreck of ‘Ghost Ship of the Pacific’ Found Off California

Reuters News Agency
North Carolina searches for survivors cut off by Hurricane Helene

Reuters News Agency
New NATO boss Rutte pledges support for Ukraine, plays down Trump fears

Reuters News Agency
Austria's conservatives want far right to be given chance to form coalition

Reuters News Agency
Swiss glacier melt exceeds average in 2024 after hot summer

Reuters News Agency
Kyiv's defence chief dismisses deputies in ministry reshuffle

Reuters News Agency
Ukraine investigating alleged shooting of 16 POWs by Russia

Reuters News Agency
Russia is ready for long confrontation with US, senior diplomat says

Reuters News Agency
Russia orders Discord to remove almost 1,000 posts it says contain illegal materials

Reuters News Agency
Russia calls on Israel to withdraw troops from Lebanon

Reuters News Agency
Two migrant boats sink off Djibouti, leaving 45 dead

Agence de presse Reuters
France says it is sending helicopter carrier to eastern Mediterranean

Reuters News Agency
As Israeli jets hit Beirut, people flee to sleep on the beach

Reuters News Agency
Israel vows response after Iran hits it with salvo of ballistic missiles - More

France 24
Iran launches salvo of missiles against Israel

Reuters News Agency
Hamas praises Iranian missile strikes

Reuters News Agency
Israeli airstrikes kill at least 37 in Gaza

Reuters News Agency
Iran says it has finished attack on Israel

Reuters News Agency
US bases would be target if US joins any response against Iran, Iraqi armed groups say

Reuters News Agency
School bus fire in Thailand kills at least 23

Reuters News Agency
Marcos-Duterte battle in focus ahead of Philippines midterm election

Reuters News Agency
Taiwan warns of storm surge from powerful Typhoon Krathon, mobilises troops

Reuters News Agency
Taiwan shuts down ahead of Typhoon Krathon's arrival, torrential rain forecast

Reuters News Agency
North Korean defector in South stole bus in bid to return to DRK

Reuters News Agency
Japan's new PM Ishiba unveils cabinet ahead of snap election

Reuters News Agency
Magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes Tonga

Reuters News Agency
I chose freedom over justice, Julian Assange says in first comments after release

Reuters News Agency
In Argentina's poverty-hit barrios a food emergency takes hold

Reuters News Agency
Claudia Sheinbaum sworn in as Mexico's first woman president

Agence France-Presse
États-Unis : l’ex-président américain Jimmy Carter fête ses 100 ans

Le Figaro
États-Unis : les dégâts impressionnants causés par l’ouragan Hélène

Agence France-Presse
L'armurière de Rust se voit refuser un nouveau procès et reste en prison

Agence France-Presse
En Bretagne, un projet de parc éolien débouté pour protéger des menhirs

Le Figaro
IBM ouvre son premier data center quantique en Europe

Agence France-Presse
Autriche : le chancelier Karl Nehammer conforté par les conservateurs après la victoire de l'extrême droite

Agence France-Presse
Tunisie : le candidat à la présidentielle, Ayachi Zammel, condamné à 12 ans de prison

Agence France-Presse
La compagnie allemande Lufthansa prolonge la suspension de ses vols vers Beyrouth jusqu'au 30 novembre

Agence France-Presse
Yémen : un navire touché par un drone

Agence France-Presse
Thaïlande: plusieurs décès après l’incendie d’un bus transportant des écoliers

Agence France-Presse
Taïwan : des milliers d'évacuations à l'approche du typhon Krathon

Agence France-Presse
Corée du Sud : le président prévient que Kim Jong-un risque la fin en cas d’utilisation de l’arme nucléaire

Agence France-Presse
Pérou : 18 ans de prison pour un ancien militaire condamné notamment pour meurtre de civils

International Commentary

Ben Coates | The New York Times
Is This Just What NATO Needs?

Editorial Board | The Washington Post
How military recruitment could be all it can be - More

Opinion | The New York Times
What Does Trump’s Record Say About a Second Term? Nothing Good.

Charles M. Blow | The New York Times
Trump Thinks Harris’s Sisterhood is Just a ‘Sorority Party.’ Think Again.

Robert Reich | The Guardian
Donald Trump is gaining on Kamala Harris in the polls. I have some theories why.

David A. Graham | The Atlantic
Trump Is Taking a Dark Turn

Matthew A. Seligman | The New York Times
How JD Vance Disqualified Himself From Becoming Vice President

Ross Douthat | The New York Times
Vance’s Dominant Debate Performance Shows Why He’s Trump’s Running Mate

Nicholas Florko | The Atlantic
The Bird-Flu President

Fred Kaplan | Slate
The Biggest Questions After Israel’s Killing of Hezbollah’s Leader

Thomas L. Friedman | The New York Times
The First Volleys of a Ballistic Missile War in the Middle East

Bret Stephens | The New York Times
Actually, We Absolutely Do Need to Escalate in Iran

Shirin Ali | Slate
Jack Smith Is Trying to Offer the Public His Evidence Against Trump

Books