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Canadian News

CBC News
Should Canada build a human-focused, foreign intelligence service?

CBC News
Canadians warned of U.S. border officers' power to search electronic devices

CBC News
Tariffs on Canadian goods having a 'devastating effect,' U.S. farmers say

CBC News
Amid Trump threats, Canadian War of 1812 re-enactors are skipping American battles

CBC News
Cherry blossoms bloom across Metro Vancouver

CBC News
William sends signals as he becomes 'quite an active' Prince of Wales

International News

The Associated Press
At least 16 dead in flooding and tornadoes as storms slash US South and Midwest

The Associated Press
Nearly half of National Weather Service offices have 20% vacancy rates

The Associated Press
50-plus countries have reached out for tariff talks with WH

CNN News
Dow futures tumble more than 1,500 points

The Daily Beast
Trump Has Another Miracle Golf Victory

The Guardian
How the Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg got added to the WH Signal group chat

The Observer
How will the world respond to Donald Trump’s tariffs?

BBC News
Oxford college to honour WW1 German soldiers - Photo

The New York Times
‘0 to 1939 in 3 Seconds’: Anti-Elon Musk Satire Is Flourishing in Britain - More

The Observer
Keir Starmer orders UK economic reset

Will Hutton | The Observer
Britain should seize opportunities in Europe, Canada and beyond

France 24
French far right rally in Paris against Marine Le Pen conviction

Agence France-Presse
Marine Le Pen slams 'witch hunt' against her party

The Associated Press
Bungled entry leaves French paratrooper dangling from rugby stadium roof

The Associated Press
Pope makes surprise appearance at St. Peter’s Square - More

Agence France-Presse
Russia launches missile attack on Kyiv

The Guardian
Unsafe for Russia to restart Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, says Ukraine energy chief

France 24
US to revoke all visas for South Sudanese over repatriation row

Agence France-Presse
Turkey's main opposition calls for elections by November amid unrest

The Guardian
Netanyahu heads to Washington to talk tariffs, Gaza and Iran

The Associated Press
Israeli strikes on Gaza kill 15, mostly women and children - More

The Guardian
Israeli military changes account of Gaza paramedics’ killing after video of attack

The Associated Press
Yemen Houthi rebels say US strikes kill 4

Dave Lawler | Axios
Trump just blew up America's China policy

The Japan Times
Japan's Nikkei plunges further on Trump tariff concerns - More

The Associated Press
Today in History: 6 April - More

This Day in Aviation
6 April