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Canadian News

CBC News
Mark Carney says he's begun the process of renouncing Irish, U.K. citizenship

CBC News
Many public servants in biggest federal departments breaking remote work rules

Tony Keller | The Globe and Mail
It’s 1938. Canada is Austria. That’s how Mr. Trump sees it. Do we?

Andrew Coyne | The Globe and Mail
Whatever crazy, awful things Trump may have done to date, it’s only going to get worse

Shannon Proudfoot | The Globe and Mail
The Conservatives have had the rug pulled out from under them

David M. Shribman | The Globe and Mail
There was no winner in Trump and Zelensky’s unprecedented and public Oval Office confrontation

International News

CBC News
A look at Canada's last-ditch push in D.C. to avoid looming tariffs

The Washington Post
Pentagon orders up to 3,000 troops and Stryker combat vehicles to border

The Washington Post
Fresh Musk emails to workers lead to renewed chaos at federal agencies

BBC News
Starmer gives Zelensky 'full backing' in warm No 10 welcome

BBC News
Pope is 'stable' after breathing crisis, Vatican says

The Guardian
US shutdown of HIV/Aids funding ‘could lead to 500,000 deaths in South Africa’

BBC News
They lost their families in a plane crash - then came the online hate

The Guardian
Guyana triggers military response after Venezuelan vessel enters its waters

This Day in Aviation
2 March