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Canadian News

CBC News
NDP widens lead but B.C. election remains too close to call

CBC News
Ontario to effectively bar international students from medical schools starting in 2026

National Post
Voters cast a ballot for change as Trudeau faces caucus revolt

The Canadian Press
Ontario grocers feel 'hoodwinked' by alcohol bottle return rules

Agence France-Presse
Le Canada freine sur l'immigration et réduit le quota de résidents permanents

TVA Nouvelles
Dans un Québec pays : les demandeurs d’asile hébergés un mois dans des hôtels supervisés par l’État

TVA Nouvelles
Crime organisé : une flambée de conflits aux quatre coins du Québec

Canadian Commentary

Aaron Wherry | CBC News
Polling shows Canadians' enthusiasm for immigration may be cooling off

Jennifer Yoon | CBC News
More adults think they have ADHD. But many are struggling to get diagnosed.

Shannon Proudfoot | The Globe and Mail
The mincing coup attempt on Justin Trudeau failed, but it wouldn’t have helped much had it succeeded

Marsha Lederman | The Globe and Mail
We can do better than calling each other Karen

John Rapley | The Globe and Mail
One neat trick to fix the economy that Canada can learn from the U.K.

Marcus Gee | The Globe and Mail
Like Doug Ford, Robert Moses was hell-bent on building more, better, wider roads - More

Chris Selley | National Post
I'll take my $200 cheque from Doug Ford over letting bureaucrats spend it

Tristin Hopper | National Post
The imagined text of the 'oust Trudeau' petition

International News

Agence France-Presse
NASA astronaut hospitalized after return from International Space Station

CBC Radio
In the Arizona desert, a race to help migrants who have just crossed the border

The Guardian
Democrats panicking for no reason, pollsters say - More

BBC News
Trump and Vance possible targets of China-backed cyber attack

The Associated Press
Harris rallies with Michelle Obama, Trump courts Arab vote in all-important Michigan

The Associated Press
Who does Trump see as 'enemies from within'?

BBC News
Woman alleges Trump groped her in front of Jeffrey Epstein

BBC News
Spanish anti-tourism spills into winter season

BBC News
High-stakes vote decides Georgia's future path in Europe - More

The Guardian
Four in 10 deaths in war zones last year were women, UN report finds

Agence France-Presse
At least 50 killed, more than 200 injured in single attack by Sudanese paramilitaries

France 24
DR Congo's dawn of digital sovereignty

The Associated Press
UN peacekeepers stationed in Lebanon speak of their concerns

The Associated Press
Israel attacks Iran in series of pre-dawn airstrikes - More - More

The Guardian
Israel strikes military targets in Iran in reprisal - More

The Guardian
Iranian soldiers killed in Israeli attack - More

Agence France-Presse
Pakistani Taliban kills 10 police at checkpoint near Afghan border

France 24
Are relations between China and India about to thaw?

Agence France-Presse
Taiwan president says island 'won't yield an inch' of its territory

BBC News
Mining giants sign $30bn settlement for 2015 Brazil dam collapse

Agence France-Presse
Venezuelan opposition says detained activist has been murdered

BBC News
Cubans endure days without power as energy crisis hits hard

Agence France-Presse
Beyoncé soutient Kamala Harris lors d'un meeting au Texas - Plus

Agence QMI
Leonardo DiCaprio annonce son soutien à Kamala Harris

France 24
Harris et Trump dans l'état clé du Texas

France 24
En Arizona, quatre ans de déni du camp Trump

Agence France-Presse
Elon Musk échangerait régulièrement avec Vladimir Poutine

Agence France-Presse
En Géorgie, des législatives décisives pour l'avenir européen du pays - Plus

Agence France-Presse
Avoirs russes : accord du G7 sur un prêt de 50 milliards de dollars à l'Ukraine

Agence France-Presse
Ukraine : quatre morts et 20 blessés, dont des enfants, dans une attaque russe à Dnipro

Agence France-Presse
Soudan : Une attaque des paramilitaires fait au moins 50 morts, selon un groupe prodémocratie

France 24
Ses dirigeants éliminés, comment le Hezbollah arrive-t-il encore à riposter ?

France 24
Frappes meurtrières d'Israël sur l’Iran

Agence France-Presse
L'Iran assure avoir « le devoir de se défendre » après les frappes israéliennes

Agence France-Presse
L'Iran rapporte des « dégâts limités » après les frappes israéliennes sur des sites militaires

Agence France-Presse
Le Commonwealth reconnaît que « le temps est venu » de discuter de la réparation de l'esclavage - Plus

International Commentary

Nicholas Kristof | The New York Times
Trump Acts Erratically. Is This Age-Related Decline?

The Editorial Board | The New York Times
The Only Patriotic Choice for President

Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar | The Guardian
Pakistan’s budding democracy is on the verge of collapse. It has two options – change tack or implode.

Ross Douthat | The New York Times
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