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Canadian News

CBC News
Tens of thousands of taxpayer accounts hacked

The Hill Times
Elizabeth May calls for official public inquiry a decade after Hill shooting

CBC News
Trudeau says he thinks about how angry messages affect his family

CBC News
Ottawa going ahead with high-speed rail between Quebec City and Toronto

CBC News
NDP pulls ahead in Surrey-Guildford vote count, moves closer to winning majority

The Hill Times
Tripling of boreal wildfire emissions since 2001 show ‘growing vulnerability’ of Canada’s northern forests

Radio-Canada
Ottawa ira de l’avant avec un train à grande vitesse entre Québec et Toronto

Radio-Canada
Des dizaines de milliers de contribuables canadiens piratés, des millions envolés - Plus

Radio-Canada
Le NPD formera le prochain gouvernement en Colombie-Britannique

La Presse canadienne
Des « seuils astronomiques » d’immigration peuvent nuire à la natalité, dit PSPP

Canadian Commentary

Janice Dickson | The Globe and Mail
Escape From Afghanistan: Operation Abraham’s Mission of Mercy - More

Scott Taylor | The Hill Times
CAF’s fear of publicity shouldn’t trump justice

Editorial | The Hill Times
There should be a public inquiry into the 2014 Hill shooting

The Editorial Board | The Globe and Mail
Canada’s past and present was built on immigration. Our future will be, too.

Sheila Copps | The Hill Times
Don’t expect Trudeau to follow in his father’s footsteps and take a walk in the snow this week

Robert Pattillo | The Globe and Mail
Why won’t some leaders leave? Their staff may be part of the problem.

Ben Eisen and Jake Fuss | The Globe and Mail
Ford government should stop the $200-cheque gimmick and finally cut taxes

Alexander Panetta | CBC News
Here's where hope lives for Kamala Harris: In the suburbs

Émilie Dubreuil | Radio-Canada
L’Amérique à la croisée des chemins : un mirage, Dieu et un Allemand

Ismaël Houdassine | Radio-Canada
Aux États-Unis, 100 ans d’obstacles pour la liberté de vote des Premières Nations

International News

USNI News
Marine Corps Bases’ ‘Operation Clean Sweep’ Takes New Tack to Improve Barracks Life

The Associated Press
FBI investigating after U.S. ballot boxes set on fire in Washington and Oregon - More

The Guardian
Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes: ‘We want to make America hate again’

NBC News
Jay Johnston sentenced in Jan. 6 Capitol attack

CNN News
Fact check: 32 false claims Trump made to Joe Rogan

MSNBC News
A week out from Election Day, the Supreme Court is being asked to step in on voting

NBC News
Extremists inspired by conspiracy theories pose major threat to 2024 elections, U.S. intelligence warns

The Guardian
Outcry over Trump’s hint at ‘little secret’ with House Republicans

NBC News
Before Election Day, Trump is increasingly sowing doubts about the results

CNN News
Bad Bunny shows support for Harris

BBC News
Puerto Ricans in must-win Pennsylvania say Trump rally joke won’t be forgotten - More

MSNBC News
Vance tries (and fails) to explain away condemnations from Trump’s own team

The New York Times
Early Voting Has Started. Here’s What to Watch.

The New York Times
Election 2024 Polls: Harris vs. Trump

The Guardian
Racist remarks and playing to the base: Key takeaways from Trump’s MSG rally - More

The New York Times
Trump at the Garden: A Closing Carnival of Grievances, Misogyny and Racism

The Guardian
Republicans in damage control after racist Puerto Rico comments at Trump rally - More - More

CNN News
Trump unveils the most extreme closing argument in modern presidential history

VOA News
Former top aides call Trump a fascist; Vance calls them ‘disgruntled former employees’

The Guardian
Elon Musk worked in US illegally in 1995 after quitting school

ABC News
Philadelphia DA sues Elon Musk over controversial $1 million voter giveaway

The Guardian
Anti-hate group vows to continue work after Elon Musk’s declaration of ‘war’

CNN News
The Washington Post is in deep turmoil as Bezos remains silent on non-endorsement

BBC News
Chief thought Skripal poisoning could be 'act of war'

BBC News
Smuggler reveals operation to help Vietnamese reach UK

BBC News
Gerard Depardieu asks for delay to sex assault trial - More

France 24
Full throttle as Europe tries to Trump-proof itself

The Guardian
ICC prosecutor allegedly tried to suppress sexual misconduct claims against him - More

Agence France-Presse
Bulgaria's centre-right GERB leads in snap elections, falls short of majority

BBC News
NATO says North Korean troops deployed to Russia's Kursk region

The New York Times
Zaporizhzhia: Civilians in Once Safe City Fear Growing Menace of Glide Bombs

The Guardian
Russian forces thwart another attempted cross-border incursion, official says

Agence France-Presse
President Emmanuel Macron to visit Morocco in effort to repair ties

BBC News
Born in France but searching for a future in Africa

BBC News
Senior Malawi politician accused of plotting to kill president

The Guardian
‘Rumble in the Jungle’ 50 years on: How Muhammad Ali danced rings around apartheid

The Guardian
Israeli strikes in Gaza kill 70 - More

Reuters News Agency
Some 100,000 residents trapped in Israel's north Gaza assault

NBC News
Displaced Gaza girl, 6, who carried sister to safety says she wants to go back and see her family

The Guardian
Cutting off UNRWA would deeply harm Israel’s reputation, says UK minister

BBC News
Gaza aid fears as Israel bans UN Palestinian refugee agency

The Guardian
Israel’s strikes on Iran reportedly hit air defence systems protecting energy sites - More

BBC News
SL Ali Khamenei says Israeli attack should not be 'exaggerated or downplayed' - More

VOA News
UN Security Council to discuss Israeli attack on Iran

Agence France-Presse
Afghanistan morality ministry spreads 'living things' images ban

The Associated Press
Resistance forces push military regime close to brink in Myanmar

The Associated Press
A Philippine town in the shadow of a volcano is hit by landslides it never expected

Agence France-Presse
Duterte offers 'no apologies, no excuses' for deadly Philippine drug war

Reuters News Agency
Police out in force to prevent rowdy Halloween celebrations in Shanghai

USNI News
Chinese Surveillance Ships Now in Philippine Sea, PLAN Carrier Transits Taiwan Strait

BBC News
Japanese PM vows to continue ruling despite bruising loss

Agence France-Presse
Présidentielle américaine : à New York, Trump s'acharne sur Kamala Harris

Agence France-Presse
Tirages de 1 M$ pour que des électeurs s'inscrivent : poursuite contre Elon Musk en Pennsylvanie

Agence France-Presse
Trump remplit le Madison Square Garden, mais son rassemblement fait polémique

Agence France-Presse
Gérard Depardieu absent à son procès pour agressions sexuelles - Plus

France 24
« Les garde-fous ont disparu » : L'UE se prépare face à l'hypothèse d'une victoire de Trump

Radio-Canada
Élections en Bulgarie : les conservateurs en tête et en quête d’alliés pour gouverner

Agence France-Presse
Incursion dans le train secret qui évacue les soldats ukrainiens blessés

Agence France-Presse
Le Pentagone affirme que la Corée du Nord a envoyé 10 000 soldats en Russie

Agence France-Presse
Géorgie : une enquête sur des fraudes électorales réclamée, l'opposition appelle à manifester

Agence France-Presse
Au Maroc, Emmanuel Macron et Mohammed VI veulent sceller leur réconciliation

France 24
Frappe israélienne meurtrière au sud du Liban, la population de Tyr appelée à évacuer

Agence France-Presse
Le parlement israélien vote une loi interdisant les activités de l'Unrwa en Israël

Agence France-Presse
Présidentielle en Uruguay : duel entre un professeur de gauche et un vétérinaire conservateur

International Commentary

Dana Milbank | The Washington Post
Why I’m not quitting

Ruth Marcus | The Washington Post
For The Post, the wrong choice at the worst possible time

Alexandra Petri | The Washington Post
It has fallen to me, the humor columnist, to endorse Harris for president

Max Boot | The Washington Post
Israel strikes back against Iran. The Middle East is at maximum danger.

Max Boot | The Washington Post
Israel is trying to uproot Iran’s influence. Iraq shows how hard that is..

Nesrine Malik | The Guardian
The lesson of Israel’s unfathomably cruel war: Ours is still a world where might is right

Alexander Hurst | The Guardian
In the rush to defeat Trump, American voter overseas are suddenly on the frontline

Frank Bruni | The New York Times
Onstage in New York, Trump Gazes Lovingly at his Reflection - Photo

Gail Collins and Bret Stephens | The New York Times
Crazy Is Beginning to Sound Like an Understatement

Paul Klugman | The New York Times
Trump’s Biggest Con: Pretending to Support American Workers

Simon Jenkins | The Guardian
It’s easy for the British to insult Donald Trump – but here’s why it’s a very bad idea

Andrew Rawnsley | The Guardian
A Trump presidency will be a harrowing nightmare

Michael Tackett | The Atlantic
Mitch McConnell’s Worst Political Miscalculation - More

Natalia Antelava | The Guardian
In Georgia, Russia has just scored another victory against liberal democracy

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