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Canadian News

National Post
CAF veteran granted compensation for cancer after VAC denied his application

CBC News
B.C. man sues RBC after earning then losing $415M on Tesla stocks

Le Devoir
Sécurité renforcée dans les écoles et les universités à l’approche du 7 octobre

Le Devoir
Le SPVM se prépare à tout en vue des manifestations liées au 7 octobre

La Presse canadienne
Ottawa protégera « les droits fondamentaux » des demandeurs d’asile, rétorque Trudeau - Plus

Le Devoir
Des milliers de manifestants pro-Palestine ont défilé au centre-ville de Montréal samedi

Le Devoir
À Ottawa, davantage d’élus qualifient de « génocide » la situation à Gaza

Le Droit
Journée mondiale des enseignants : Célébrons ceux qui forment l'avenir

Le Devoir
Les zones humides tropicales provoquent une envolée des émissions de méthane

Canadian Commentary

Shannon Proudfoot | The Globe and Mail
What’s floating around between Justin Trudeau’s ears right now

Adam Gopnik | The Globe and Mail
The tragedy of our time is that antisemitism rises equally from the left and right

John Rapley | The Globe and Mail
Rumours of China’s economic resurgence are greatly exaggerated

Konrad Yakabuski | The Globe and Mail
Why Pierre Poilievre can’t crack the Quebec code

Andrew Coyne | The Globe and Mail
Nice little news network you got there. Pity if anything should happen to it …

The Editorial Board | The Globe and Mail
Show us your immigration math, Ottawa

Marc Garneau | The Globe and Mail
When it comes to space, Canada has always reached for the stars

Eric Reguly | The Globe and Mail
Lebanon’s economy was in dire shape even before the Israel-Hezbollah war

Collin May | National Post
The lessons we should have learned from October 7

Raymond J. de Souza | National Post
Israel’s history of short wars and long consequences

Mark Gollom | CBC News
Israel vs. Iran: Who has the stronger military?

Barbara Kay | National Post
October 7 erupted an antisemitism volcano that's still spewing hate

Amy Hamm | National Post
I’ll take political apathy over shilling for terrorism, thanks

Chris Selley | National Post
For anti-Israel protesters, October 7 anniversary is an unofficial citizenship test

Terry Glavin | National Post
Israel is winning: The IDF and Mossad have accomplished the nearly unimaginable

John Ivison | National Post
UN ambassador Bob Rae denies Canada is an unreliable friend to Israel

Conrad Black | National Post
Pro-Trump argument carries the house

Tristin Hopper | National Post
A cursory history of Trudeau ministers being surprised at things they've done

Konrad Yakabuski | Le Devoir
La loi et l’ordre selon Poilievre

Jean-François Lisée | Le Devoir
Contre-communiqué francophone

Lise Ravary | Le Droit
Transfert ? Le vrai mot c’est « expulsion ».

Michel David | Le Devoir
Les gros sabots

Sébastien Pierroz | Le Droit
De l’espoir en France pour l’Ontario

Louis Cornellier | Le Devoir
Gaza, à qui la faute ?

Magdaline Boutros | Le Devoir
La normalisation de la violence nous rend-elle moins sensibles au drame qui se joue au Proche-Orient ?

Mathieu Carbasse | Le Devoir
Le corps au Caire, la tête à Gaza

Gérard Bérubé | Le Devoir
Faire face au risque géopolitique

Marie-Christine Bonzom | Le Devoir
Les Américains, un peuple et un électorat en profonde mutation

Élisabeth Vallet | Le Devoir
Heureux comme un Finlandais

International News

Reuters News Agency
FAA OKs SpaceX Falcon 9 vehicle for Monday flight

The Guardian
Harsh terrain, extreme fatigue. Life as a wildland firefighter in a heatwave: ‘It’s not normal for humans’.

The Associated Press
A year into the Israel-Hamas war, students say a chill on free speech has reached college classrooms

The Guardian
Donald Trump makes a theatrical return to Butler, scene of assassination attempt

CNN News
Fact check: Six days of Trump lies about the Hurricane Helene response

The Washington Post
No, Biden didn’t take FEMA relief money to use on migrants — but Trump did - More

Time Magazine
Marjorie Taylor Greene Sparks Backlash With Comments on Weather

The Globe and Mail
How will natural disasters impact the U.S. presidential election?

The Guardian
Tropical Storm Milton expected to wallop Florida days after Helene

The Guardian
Shattered residents pick up the pieces after Hurricane Helene’s devastation

The Guardian
Helene-ravaged areas will feel health effects for years: ‘It’s unprecedented’

The Associated Press
Thousands of shipping containers have been lost at sea. What happens when they burst open?

The Associated Press
Thousands Join Pro-Palestinian Rallies Around the Globe

The Guardian
Tens of thousands join pro-Palestinian protests in London

The Guardian
UK urges Israel to show restraint amid fears Middle East conflict could spread

The Associated Press
Kosovo’s leader says Russia prevailing in Ukraine would threaten 25 years of peace in the Balkans

The Associated Press
Pro-Palestinian march in Madrid ahead of October 7 anniversary

The Associated Press
Ukraine downs a Russian warplane and Russia claims gains in the east

The Associated Press
Tunisia votes Sunday in its third presidential election since the Arab Spring

BBC News
Rwanda starts vaccine trials against deadly Marburg virus

The Associated Press
Lebanese worldwide fear for their homeland and loved ones as violence escalates

The Guardian
Israeli military issues new evacuation alerts for areas in southern Lebanon after pounding Beirut overnight

The Associated Press
A strike on a mosque kills 19 as Israel bombards northern Gaza and southern Beirut

Reuters News Agency
Israeli strikes batter Beirut in heaviest bombardment so far

The Observer
‘The mosque was closed but the nightclub opened its doors’: Bombed-out families find shelter in Beirut venue

The Guardian
‘I had to evacuate five times’: A year in the life of a Gaza doctor battling to help victims

The Guardian
As war and religion rages, Israel’s secular elite contemplate a ‘silent departure’

National Post
New documentary reveals forgotten history of how Jews were expelled from Arab lands

The Guardian
Mainland China not the motherland, says Taiwan’s president, because our republic is older

The Guardian
Antarctica is ‘greening’ at dramatic rate as climate warms

Agence France-Presse
Washington : un homme tente de s'immoler lors de la manifestation contre la guerre à Gaza

Agence France-Presse
À Butler, les supporters de Trump saluent son « cran » - Plus

Le Devoir
Les efforts de Trump pour annuler l’élection de 2020 racontés de l’intérieur

The Associated Press
La tempête Milton pourrait devenir un ouragan, disent des météorologues

Agence France-Presse
Floride : après l’ouragan Hélène, l'état d'urgence déclaré à l'approche de la tempête Milton

Agence France-Presse
Ouragan Hélène : les habitants d'Asheville privés d'eau courante - Plus

Le Figaro
Ouragan Kirk : de fortes rafales de vent toucheront la France en milieu de semaine

Agence France-Presse
Livraison d’armes à Israël : le Crif «déplore vivement la déclaration» d’Emmanuel Macron

Agence France-Presse
La Croatie se décide à protéger ses cimetières juifs après des décennies de négligence

Agence de presse Reuters
La Russie a lancé des attaques aériennes nocturnes sur Kyiv et Odessa

Agence France-Presse
« Il y a eu un génocide » : le président algérien écarte l'idée d'une visite en France

Agence France-Presse
En Tunisie, le scrutin présidentiel a débuté, Kais Saied part largement favori

Le Devoir
Quitter l’Égypte, mais pour aller où ? L’épineuse question des réfugiés palestiniens.

Agence France-Presse
Liban : « violentes » frappes israéliennes au sud de Beyrouth

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Agence de presse Reuters
Israël poursuit ses frappes dans la banlieue sud de Beyrouth

Agence de presse Reuters
Au moins 24 morts après des frappes à Deir al Balah, nouvelle incursion dans le nord - Plus

Agence France-Presse
Nucléaire : le Kazakhstan vote sur un projet de première centrale

Agence France-Presse
Nouvelle-Calédonie : Michel Barnier se rendra sur l’archipel « le moment venu »

International Commentary

Editorial | The Observer
Middle East: A year on, there is only one way to a credible peace

David Smith | The Guardian
‘Undisciplined, unhinged and deranged’: will Trump’s strange behavior hurt him at the polls?

Josh Dawsey, Michael Scherer, Clara Ence Morse | The Washington Post
Harris is running a much bigger campaign than Trump. Will it matter?

Jim Newell | Slate
Did J.D. Vance Secure His Role as Trump Heir Apparent? Don’t Be So Sure.

Gloria Oladipo | The Guardian
‘It’s quite evil’: A US-based Palestinian on the ‘nightmare’ of having family left in Gaza

Howard Jacobson | The Observer
Tales of infanticide have stoked hatred of Jews for centuries. They echo still today.

Arwa Mahdawi | The Guardian
As a Palestinian living in the US, I have lost friends, job opportunities – and my faith in humanity

Sam Heller | Time Magazine
The Myth of Hezbollah Has Been Shattered

Andrew Anthony | The Observer
Giles Duley and Rwandan genocide survivor Olive Mutetamfura on resilience and forgiveness

Books

Rachel Cooke | The Observer
Barbara Kingsolver on JD Vance, the real Appalachia and why Demon Copperhead was such a hit

Jesse Kline | National Post
A new book explores how an irrational hatred of Israel led the left to betrayal