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Canadian News

CBC News
Toronto police link ServiceOntario staff to fake VIN scheme

CBC News
How Rumble went from a family-friendly Canadian startup to a megaphone for U.S. election deniers

CBC News
A 2024 study found two-thirds of women said they'd experienced abuse while running

National Post
Sophie Grégoire speaks on cutting ties and bouncing back from heartbreak

CBC News
How the U.S. election could impact the loonie and your investments

CBC News
This is why you like to speed up podcasts, movies and music

CBC News
John Little, whose paintings showed the raw side of Montreal, has died aged 96

Canadian Commentary

Ken Dryden | The Globe and Mail
It does matter, in the end, if you win or lose

Andrew Coyne | The Globe and Mail
The U.S. is about to be thrown into chaos. The only real question is for how long.

Gary Mason | The Globe and Mail
Liz Cheney is the last true Republican hero

John Rapley | The Globe and Mail
Whoever wins the U.S. presidential election may live to regret it

Konrad Yakabuski | The Globe and Mail
Whether it’s Trump or Harris, U.S. foreign policy is headed into uncharted territory

Marsha Lederman | The Globe and Mail
A Trump presidency would be bad for women (and men)

Keith Payne | The Globe and Mail
Most Americans have no political ideology. So what are they fighting about?

Aaron Wherry | CBC News
Trudeau hopes a 'silent majority' is still willing to listen

Doug Saunders | The Globe and Mail
Escalating a war to elect a U.S. president: Is this the Netanyahu strategy?

Brandon Ambrosino | The Globe and Mail
When ‘weirdness’ trumps godliness

Adrian Lee | The Globe and Mail
Tony Hinchcliffe broke a cardinal rule of comedy

Jim Balsillie | The Globe and Mail
Productivity, productivity: Canada keeps talking about it but sees no results

Peter Warwick< | CBC News
When most of Canada switches from daylight saving time, I won't participate

Joseph Wilson | The Globe and Mail
The whole notion that AI will overtake humanity relies on a false premise

Christopher Dummitt | National Post
The cancellation mob comes for an 1840s governor general

Kelly McParland | National Post
For Republicans, staying home would be better than voting for Trump

International News

The Associated Press
New Yorkers urged to conserve water after driest October in 150 years

CBC News
How The Washington Post lost 10% of its subscribers in five days

The Guardian
RFK Jr could lead US health and food safety in a second Trump term

CBC News
Americans are weighing multiple priorities this election

The Washington Post
A chaotic presidential transition could embolden U.S. adversaries

The Associated Press
Harris and Trump zero in on Sunbelt states

Reuters News Agency
Trump, Harris head to North Carolina - More

The Guardian
Republicans and Democrats search for unicorns in crucial Wisconsin

The Guardian
‘Improbably tight’ polls questioned by experts as race enters final days

The New York Times
Trump, Preparing to Challenge the Results, Puts His 2020 Playbook Into Action

The New York Times
‘Cesspools,’ ‘Hellholes’ and ‘Beautiful Places’: How Trump Describes the U.S.

The Guardian
For Donald Trump, election day is also judgment day

The Guardian
33 pivotal US presidential moments captured on camera

Deutsche Welle
Boeing hopes to end strike as losses mount

Reuters News Agency
Kemi Badenoch wins race to become new leader of Britain's Conservatives - More

Deutsche Welle
Victims of East Germany's dictatorship hope for compensation

Deutsche Welle
UNESCO reports surge in journalist killings

Reuters News Agency
Serbia opens probe into railway building disaster that killed 14

Agence France-Presse
Spain to deploy ten thousand more troops, police - More

The Associated Press
Zelenskyy urges allies to act before North Korean troops reach the front

Reuters News Agency
Russia targets Kyiv in hours-long drone attack

The Guardian
Israel abducts alleged Hezbollah official in unprecedented sea raid

The New York Times
How Missile Defense Works (and Why It Fails)

Reuters News Agency
Delayed Gaza polio vaccinations to resume on Saturday, agencies say

France 24
After banning UNRWA, Israel has yet to propose alternative aid structure for Palestinians

Agence France-Presse
Air pollution levels in Lahore rise 40 times above WHO limit

Reuters News Agency
India slams Canada for linking home minister to Sikh plots

Agence France-Presse
Chinese crew blasts off on 'dream' mission to Tiangong space station - More

The Guardian
Robot retrieves radioactive fuel sample from Fukushima nuclear reactor site

Agence France-Presse
Dernière ligne droite pour Kamala Harris et Donald Trump

Le Figaro
Entre Harris et Trump, une bataille des images qui tourne à l’avantage du Républicain

Le Figaro
En plein meeting, Donald Trump esquisse un geste obscène avec son micro

Le Figaro
Tucker Carlson révèle avoir été «physiquement mutilé» dans son lit par un « démon »

France 24
Changement climatique, urbanisation... Le risque d'inondations pèse aussi sur la France

Agence France-Presse
Espagne : 211 morts selon un nouveau bilan, 10.000 soldats et policiers envoyés en renfort - Plus

Agence France-Presse
Les États-Unis annoncent une nouvelle aide militaire à l'Ukraine de 425 millions de dollars

Agence France-Presse
Ukraine : Kiev cible d'une vaste attaque de drones russes

Le Figaro
La Russie revendique la prise de deux nouvelles localités dans l'est de l'Ukraine

Agence France-Presse
« Nous resterons aux côtés de nos camarades russes jusqu'à la victoire » en Ukraine : Moscou et Pyongyang

France 24
Non, la France n’est pas derrière un trafic d’organes génitaux en République centrafricaine

Agence France-Presse
Le Hezbollah libanais dit avoir visé des « industries militaires » au nord de Haïfa

France 24
Le silence des pays arabes sur Gaza et le Liban, une « nouvelle Nakba » pour les Palestiniens

France 24
le guide suprême Khamenei menace de riposter aux attaques contre l'Iran et ses alliés

Agence France-Presse
Pakistan : record de pollution à Lahore, plus de 40 fois supérieur au niveau acceptable de l'OMS - Plus

Agence France-Presse
Ultime bras de fer à la COP16 autour des financements

International Commentary

Simon Tisdall | The Observer
Donald Trump is a superspreader of a craziness that has split America in two

Tom Nichols | The Atlantic
Trump Needs Help

Franklin Foer | The Atlantic
The Unique Danger of a Trumpist Oligarchy

Sidney Blumenthal | The Guardian
Donald Trump’s freakshow continues unabated

Arwa Mahdawi | The Guardian
When Trump says he’s going to ‘protect’ women, we know he means ‘control’

Jonathan Freedland | The Guardian
Here’s how the winner of the 2024 US presidential election did it

John Naughton | The Observer
Better, faster, stronger? Tech titans’ obsession with turbocharged computer power could be our downfall.

Books

Martin Pengelly | The Guardian
The Biden Crime Family by Rudy Giuliani: Hapless is as hapless does