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Canadian News

CBC News
Power restored in Kimmirut, Nunavut, after three-day outage

CBC News
U.S. ambassador to Canada says democracy will 'easily' survive outcome of Tuesday election

Bloomberg News
Canada’s CEOs Are Jolted by Trudeau’s Surging Rival

The Canadian Press
Ottawa to require oil, gas companies to cut carbon emissions by one-third

CBC News
Hundreds of Rogers, Bell and Telus customers angry prices can increase during contract

Radio-Canada
La GRC entend infiltrer des groupes extrémistes en ligne

Radio-Canada
Trois arrestations après une manifestation qui a débuté devant un temple hindou - Plus

Radio-Canada
Relations Inde-Canada : une manifestation tourne au vinaigre à Brampton

Radio-Canada
Les employés de la SAQ en grève lundi

Canadian Commentary

John Gilmour | The Globe and Mail
Could Iran avenge Israeli strikes by unleashing Hezbollah terror overseas?

Frédéric Arnould | Radio-Canada
Entre la grande confiance républicaine et l’anxiété démocrate, qui va gagner ?

Daniel Blanchette Pelletier | Radio-Canada
Dur, dur de voter aux États-Unis

Étienne Leblanc | Radio-Canada
Biodiversité : que faire avec les 70 % des territoires non protégés?

International News

CBC News
Hurricane Helene washed away homes in North Carolina. It also galvanized the early vote

The Guardian
US election offices increase security measures amid ongoing threats

The Washington Post
GOP’s closing election message on health baffles strategists, worries experts

The Guardian
Trump leans into anti-migrant rhetoric at final Georgia rally

The Guardian
Third parties could take enough votes from Trump or Harris to affect election

The Washington Post
Election deniers were aimless. Now, with Musk’s help, they’re an army.

The Washington Post
Trump escalates false claims of fraud, setting stage to cry foul if he loses

The New York Times
Trump Says He ‘Shouldn’t Have Left’ the White House - More

The Guardian
‘No social life, no plans, no savings’: Americans aren’t reaping benefits of booming US economy

Bloomberg News
Dollar Drops as Some US Polls Shift Toward Harris: Markets Wrap

Bloomberg News
The New York Times Increases Digital Subscribers on Election Eve

The Guardian
Trump donor fined for pollution leads a fight to end methane emission penalties

The New York Times
This Retired General Settled the 9/11 Case. Then Lloyd Austin Took Charge. - More - More

The Guardian
Decontamination of landfill waste leads to increase in toxic chemicals, says study

The Guardian
UK says it voted against UN nuclear war panel because consequences already known

The Guardian
Four wounded by axe used in fight on Paris suburban train

Bloomberg News
Russian Tycoon Usmanov Pays €4 Million to Settle German Criminal Probe

The Guardian
Moldova’s president wins western praise for election triumph - More

The Guardian
Spain: Searchers scour car parks and malls amid fears death toll will rise - More

The Guardian
Europe still hasn’t accepted the realities of extreme weather

Bloomberg News
Extreme Rainfall Is Becoming More Frequent and Deadly

The Guardian
Israel claims to have killed Hezbollah commander inside Lebanon

France 24
UNRWA says Israeli ban would lead to 'collapse' of Gaza humanitarian work

Agence France-Presse
Two members of Iran's Revolutionary Guards killed in helicopter crash

Bloomberg News
Musk’s Close Ties With Trump Give Xi a Friend With Influence - Video

Bloomberg News
South Korea Weighs Buying More US Energy If Trump Wins Election

The Guardian
COP16: Governments stress links between climate and nature collapse

Radio-Canada
Le contrôle du Congrès, l’autre bataille du 5 novembre

France 24
Présidentielle américaine : quand des paris électoraux pro-Trump s'érigent en sondages

Agence France-Presse
La Suède annule des projets éoliens en mer Baltique pour des raisons de sécurité

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

Agence France-Presse
Le couple royal espagnol et Pedro Sanchez conspués par des sinistrés en colère

Le Figaro
« Objet lumineux » au Soudan : Air France suspend ses survols de la mer Rouge jusqu'à nouvel ordre

France 24
Ouganda : 14 morts et plus de 30 blessés dans un camp de réfugiés frappé par la foudre

France 24
L'Unrwa dit que son interdiction pourrait provoquer « l'effondrement » de l'aide à Gaza

Agence France-Presse
Turquie : accusés de «terrorisme», trois maires prokurdes destitués

Agence France-Presse
Iran: deux Gardiens de la révolution tués dans un accident d'hélicoptère

Agence France-Presse
Indonésie : une éruption volcanique fait dix morts

International Commentary

Jan-Werner Müller | The Guardian
What if Trump’s campaign is cover for a slow-motion coup?

Timothy L. O'Brien | Bloomberg Opinion
Trump Is Unfit for the White House. Don’t Let Him Back In.

David Smith | The Guardian
Is the race for the White House ‘a real Armageddon election’?

Sam Levine | The Guardian
Fraud, lawsuits, chaos: How Trump is preparing to contest the 2024 election

Heather Long | The Washington Post
Are Americans better off than they were four years ago?

Ann Telnaes | The Washington Post
Ted Cruz, man of integrity

Jeremy Stahl | Slate
Donald Trump has spent his whole career evading the law. But the law helped him escape.

Matthew Schmitz | The New York Times
Win or Lose, Trump Has Already Won

E.J. Dionne Jr. | The Washington Post
If Trump loses Pennsylvania, he’ll have no one to blame but himself

Editorial Board | The Washington Post
Donald Trump’s retro economic plan could be a disaster

Books

Agence France-Presse
Prix Goncourt: Kamel Daoud wins France's literary prize for Algerian Civil War novel ‘Houris’

France 24
Remembering Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, France's flying storyteller