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Sunday, 24 November 2024  - Some links might have expired.

Canadian News

Defense One
Canada, Australia jointly pledge $474M to research hypersonic missile defense tech

The Canadian Press
Canada Post down eight million parcels amid strike

The Canadian Press
Colleges and universities face job cuts, deficits amid international student cap

CBC News
Canadian government apologizes to Inuit in Nunavik for mass killing of sled dogs - More - More

CBC News
Out on a limb: Ottawa is falling behind on its promise to plant 2 billion trees

Canadian Commentary

Amina Zafar | CBC News
Why family doctors across Canada are turning to AI scribes — and what it means for patients

International News

The Associated Press
The V-22 Osprey’s safety issues caused deaths. Pilots still want to fly it.

Marine Corps Times
Could a F/A-18E Super Hornet software upgrade have saved this pilot’s life?

Navy Times
Navy removes CO of VAW 115

Defense One
NIST sets up new task force on AI and national security

Breaking Defense
Lockheed, Pentagon reach handshake deal for next 2 F-35 production lots

The Associated Press
Record dryness in US Northeast should change water behavior

NBC News
General's promotion blocked in first sign of Trump retaliation for Afghanistan pullout

The Observer
Biden must Trump-proof US democracy, activists say: ‘There is a sense of urgency’

CBC News
Expect years of pitched battles between Trump and Democratic-run states

BBC News
Just how big was Donald Trump’s election victory?

BBC News
Can RFK Jr make America's diet healthy again?

The Guardian
Wire cutters: How the world’s vital undersea data cables are being targeted

Deutsche Welle
Nordic countries ramp up civil defenses

The Guardian
World will be ‘unable to cope’ with volume of plastic waste in 10 years, warns expert

Deutsche Welle
German leaders denounce US artist's fiery Israel speech

Deutsche Welle
Romania votes for a new president with far-right seeking win

The Guardian
Russia ‘aggressive’ and ‘reckless’ in cyber realm and threat to NATO

The Guardian
No ‘red lines’ when it comes to support for Ukraine, says French foreign minister

Defense One
What does Russia’s launch of an ‘experimental’ weapon at Ukraine mean for allies?

Defense News
Russian forces test flying flamethrower to target Ukrainian firedrones

Deutsche Welle
Russia offers debt relief to recruits for Ukraine war

The Guardian
Taiwan’s former president urges US to prioritise aiding Ukraine over Taiwan for now

BBC News
Sudan in danger of becoming a failed state, aid chief warns

BBC News
Burning old TVs to survive: The toxic trade in electrical waste

Reuters News Agency
Gunman dead, police injured in shooting near Israeli embassy in Jordan

Agence France-Presse
Hamas says Israeli female hostage killed in north Gaza combat zone

The Associated Press
Israel cracks down on Palestinian citizens who speak out against the war in Gaza

The Associated Press
Israel says seven injured after Hezbollah launches massive rocket, projectile volley

The Associated Press
U.A.E. arrests three after missing rabbi found dead - More

The Guardian
COP29 agrees $1.3tn climate finance deal but campaigners brand it a ‘betrayal’

BBC News
$300bn deal at COP criticised as 'too little, too late' for scale of climate challenge

MIT Technology Review
Who’s to blame for climate change? It’s surprisingly complicated.

BBC News
Dozens killed in Pakistan sectarian violence

The Associated Press
Pakistan partially stops mobile and internet services ahead of pro-Imran Khan protest - More

BBC News
India's 'rebel' Muslim princess who shot tigers and drove a Rolls-Royce

Deutsche Welle
Asia's chronic pollution has high health costs

Defense One
Russian submarine tech could help China out-pace the US, says INDOPACOM chief - More

BBC News
South Korean man dodged draft by binge eating

Defense News
Boeing’s F-15 jet is undergoing a renaissance in Asia

Defense One
In Fiji, defense diplomacy and rain-soaked rugby - More

The Associated Press
Haiti wonders what’s next as gang violence surges and UN peacekeeping mission flops

NBC News
Flight ban strains humanitarian efforts and frustrates Haitians trying to fly home

Agence France-Presse
Three Mile Island : la réouverture d'une centrale nucléaire suscite enthousiasme et effroi

Agence France-Presse
Présidentielle en Roumanie : les bureaux ont ouvert, possible percée de l'extrême droite

France 24
En RD Congo, l'opposition fait front contre le projet de réforme constitutionnelle

France 24
Au Liban, la citadelle romaine de Baalbek menacée par les frappes d'Israël

France 24
Le Liban fait état de plus de 50 morts dans des raids israéliens

France 24
Le Hezbollah tire des missiles sur Israël, l'UE appelle à un « cessez-le-feu immédiat »

France 24
COP29 : un accord trouvé « dans la douleur » et un résultat « pas à la hauteur des enjeux »

France 24
Qianfan, le groupe chinois qui veut devenir Starlink à la place de Starlink

International Commentary

Peter Pomerantsev | The Observer
Trump depends on the EU and UK to act as peacemakers more than he thinks

James Tapper | The Observer
Don’t know what to buy your loved ones for Christmas? Just ask ChatGPT.

Eva Wiseman | The Guardian
An open letter to the microplastics living in my body

Books

Lloyd Green | The Guardian
Bill Clinton grapples with his past in memoir – too much, too little, too late - More

Emma Sarappo | The Atlantic
Cher: What a 16-Year-Old Doesn’t Yet Know - More