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Canadian News

CBC News
Veterans may have paid too much for long-term care for years

CBC News
Ontario sending $200 rebates to 15 million people

CBC News
Fake content is getting harder to suss out. Geoffrey Hinton has an idea to help.

Global News
Liberals ‘seriously in danger to fall,’ Bloc says - More

CBC News
Member of Modi's inner circle behind Canadian criminal plot, official says

Global News
Expect deeper deficits from Liberals after immigration changes: Desjardins - More

Global News
Canada Post workers could strike ahead of busy holiday season

CBC News
B.C. lieutenant-governor asks NDP Leader David Eby to form government

CBC News
Bloc leader to push for early election after government doesn't pass pension hike bill

National Post
Trudeau's half-brother urges Canadian government workers to quit - More

CBC News
Saskatchewan Party wins 5th consecutive majority government

National Post
Poilievre promises to release names of MPs who participated in foreign interference

TVA Nouvelles
Ancien partisan de Donald Trump : ce Québécois d’origine tente de rassembler les Floridiens autour de la poutine

TVA Nouvelles
Victoire de Trump : Pierre Poilievre craint une forte perte d'emplois au Canada

Canadian Commentary

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

Canadian Commentary

Peter MacKay | National Post
The West's only good option is to support Ukraine's victory plan

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

Derek Burney | National Post
Future looks dim for the embattled World Trade Organization

Tasha Kheiriddin | National Post
Canada had an immigration system we were proud of

Michel Maisonneuve | National Post
Our country is headed downward, but it doesn't have to go on like this

International News

The Guardian
Photographer killed after accidentally backing into plane propeller in Kansas - More

ABC News
Paul Pelosi attack: David DePape sentenced to life in prison in state trial

The Associated Press
After 142 years, Navy apologizes for destroying Alaska Native village

Agence France-Presse
Former Marine sentenced to seven years for white supremacist plot - More

Marine Corps Times
Marines continue to make female infantry officers, with little fanfare

Marine Corps Times
USMC gender study reveals importance of ‘explosive strength’

Marine Corps Times
Marines score aviation firsts with F-35 squadron, drone test and more

The Associated Press
Ballot drop boxes set on fire in Oregon and Washington - More - More

The Guardian
Trump accuses Harris of ‘campaign of hate’ one day after his racism-filled rally

The Guardian
Harris to warn that Trump is ‘unstable’ and ‘out for unchecked power’

BBC News
Inside Trump's push to recruit an army of volunteers in battleground Georgia

The New York Times
Where’s Ivanka?

The New York Times
Supreme Court Declines to Remove R.F.K. Jr. From Ballot in Two Key States

Le Monde
Donald Trump is once again ready to do anything to challenge the outcome if defeated

ABC News
Most voters ready to accept election results but doubt Trump will

ABC News
Trump proposes eliminating the income tax

ABC News
Is Starlink polluting space? Researchers call for the FCC to pause launches.

The New York Times
How Elon Musk Might Use His Pull With Trump to Help Tesla

The Washington Post
Musk’s plan to cut $2 trillion in U.S. spending could bring economic turmoil

The Guardian
Pennsylvania: Anger among Puerto Ricans in key swing state after racist remarks

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

NBC News
Trump threatens to drown out his own closing message

The Associated Press
Harris speaks in Washington as Trump stumps in Pennsylvania - More

Agence France-Presse
Trump rebuffs authoritarianism claims

ABC News
Melania Trump defends her husband: 'He is not Hitler'

NBC News
What will happen to Trump's legal issues after the election?

ABC News
Steve Bannon released from prison - More

ABC News
Kamala Harris delivers closing argument speech at the Ellipse - More

The Associated Press
Jaywalking legalized in New York City

The Guardian
Polar bears are back in Britain. But should they really be living here?

The Guardian
Former British colonies owe ‘debt of gratitude’, says Robert Jenrick

Le Monde
Depardieu's lawyer takes advantage of trial deferral to criticize prosecutor's 'biased' investigation

The Guardian
Climate crisis caused half of European heat deaths in 2022

RFE/RFL News
Zelenskiy in Iceland for Talks on 'Victory Plan' to End War in Ukraine

The Guardian
Kharkiv residents describe ‘pure horror’ after Russian attack on historic building

The Associated Press
Zelenskyy says war with Russia is being pushed ‘beyond borders’ as North Korea joins in

CBC News
Georgia's disputed election results raise red flag - More

France 24
Macron opens second day of state visit with speech to Morocco's parliament - More

VOA News
UN: 'Decisive action' needed to halt fighting in Sudan

BBC News
Attack on Chad military base kills at least 40 soldiers - More

The Associated Press
DR Congo wants UN peacekeepers gone, but war around minerals complicates that

VOA News
Turkey watches US presidential race closely

RFE/RFL News
Hezbollah Names Naim Qassem As Successor To Slain Chief Nasrallah - More

The Guardian
93 reported killed from Israeli attack in northern Gaza

The Guardian
Blackouts hide horrors of siege of north Gaza

The Guardian
What is UNRWA and why has Israel’s parliament voted to ban it?

Le Monde
Gaza genocide accusation constitutes unprecedented test for international justice

The Associated Press
Satellite photos show Israeli strike likely hit important Iran Revolutionary Guard missile base

VOA News
Iran executes Iranian-German dissident - More

RFE/RFL News
This Afghan Family Is Surviving On Leftovers From Neighbors

The Associated Press
Fireworks explosion injures more than 150 people at a temple in India

VOA News
South Korea says Russia-North Korea military cooperation ‘poses significant security threat’

VOA News
For Japanese Unit 731 survivor, speaking truth carries a cost - More

BBC News
Australian PM accused of seeking upgrades from Qantas boss

The Guardian
Thousands more people than expected are at COP16 in Cali, and hotels are full

The Associated Press
Soldiers, police fence off El Salvador neighbourhood, in search for gang members

BBC News
PhD student finds lost city in Mexico jungle by accident - More

Le Monde
En Arizona, un ingénieur à la retraite jugé pour avoir tiré sur une permanence du Parti démocrate

Agence de presse Reuters
USA 2024 : Une campagne électorale émaillée de violences politiques

France 24
Porto Rico pourrait secouer la course à la Maison Blanche - Plus

Agence France-Presse
« Je ne suis pas un nazi », se défend Donald Trump

Agence France-Presse
Des jeunes Américains votent pour la première fois et ce sera pour Trump

Le Monde
La Géorgie en ordre de bataille pour empêcher une nouvelle déstabilisation par Donald Trump

Agence France-Presse
Jeff Bezos tente de justifier la neutralité du « Washington Post » dans l’élection

Agence de presse Reuters
Les États-Unis et l'Otan confirment la présence de soldats nord-coréens en Russie

Agence France-Presse
Quelque 12 000 soldats de Corée du Nord « bientôt » en Russie, affirme Zelensky

Agence France-Presse
Géorgie : un recomptage partiel des votes annoncé après des législatives controversées

France 24
Emmanuel Macron réaffirme à Rabat le soutien à la « souveraineté marocaine »

Agence France-Presse
Massacre au Burkina : HRW accuse le gouvernement d'avoir exposé des civils

Agence France-Presse
Au moins 11 morts au Mozambique dans des manifestations postélectorales

France 24
Frappe meurtrière à Gaza, Naïm Qassem nouveau chef du Hezbollah - Plus

Agence France-Presse
« Plus de 55 » personnes tuées dans une frappe israélienne

Agence France-Presse
Israël : le vote d'une loi interdisant les activités de l'Unrwa provoque un tollé international - Plus

Agence France-Presse
L'Iran exécute un dissident irano-allemand et provoque la colère de Berlin

Agence France-Presse
Au Pakistan, deux autres policiers tués lors d'une campagne antipolio

Agence France-Presse
Inde : trois militants séparatistes tués par l'armée au Cachemire

Agence France-Presse
Inde : plus de 150 blessés dans une explosion accidentelle lors d'un feu d'artifice

Agence France-Presse
La Chine enverra mercredi un nouvel équipage vers sa station spatiale

Agence de presse Reuters
La Chine annonce des mesures pour stimuler le nombre de naissances

Agence France-Presse
Fukushima : Redémarrage d'un réacteur nucléaire

International Commentary

Dan Sabbagh | The Guardian
If Trump wins the election, NATO can expect more turbulence ahead

J. Michael Luttig | The New York Times
Trump Betrayed America. My Fellow Republicans Must Put Country Above Party.

George Monbiot | The Guardian
Trump’s greatest feat has been convincing ordinary Americans that he’s on their side. He is not.

Jennifer Rubin | The Washington Post
Voting for Trump means putting Vance in charge

Eli Merritt | The Washington Post
There’s a better term for Trump than ‘fascist’

Anne Applebaum | The Atlantic
Trump Wants You to Accept All of This as Normal

Shirin Ali | Slate
Now Trump Wants to Deport Jack Smith

Franklin Foer | The Atlantic
How the Trump Resistance Gave Up

Peter Wehner | The Atlantic
How to Prevent the Worst From Happening

Luke McGee | Foreign Policy
The rest of the world isn’t ready for months of chaos in Washington

Steven Pinker | The New York Times
Trump Says the Country Is ‘Dying.’ The Data Say Otherwise.

Nina L. Khrushcheva | Project zsyndicate
Donald Trump’s increasingly unhinged campaign rhetoric bears the hallmarks of a dangerous dictator

Zoe Williams | The Guardian
I followed Trump and Joe Rogan into the manosphere – and it was not pretty

Lydia Polgreen | The New York Times
BRICS: We’ve Just Had a Glimpse of the World to Come

Books

CBC News
Margaret Atwood isn't worried about artificial intelligence

Julian E. Zelizer | Foreign Policy
The 50-Year-Old Book That Explains Everything About U.S. Politics —- Including This Election

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