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Canadian News

CTV News
RCAF pulls SAR Hercs from B.C. amid new aircraft delays

BBC News
Canada hits back at US car tariffs with reciprocal measures

CBC News
Trump says he’s pausing global reciprocal tariff, raising tariffs on China

CBC News
Canada-U.S. trade tensions aren't stopping American tourists from visiting

CBC News
Poilievre digs at Carney's 'banker's haircut'

CBC News
Pierre Poilievre is boasting about his rallies

CBC News
Artist quits post after P.E.I. vet college tells him to remove painting based on U.S. politics

CBC News
Farmers cry foul over lack of spending by Yukon government

CBC News
Pussy Riot brings their punk rock protest to Canada

CBC News
U.S.-style gun culture reaching Canada has biggest impact on young men:

CBC News
A global recession is coming, economists warn

Canadian Commentary

Philip Preville | Macleans
Who Stands to Win in Poilievre’s Canada: The CAF

Derek Burney | National Post
Trump's tariffs may not be the world's worst worry

International News

ABC News
U.S. Army to go 'bigger' to mark its 250th anniversary

BBC News
Trump tariffs spark US government debt sell-off - More

The Daily Beast
Trump Insists ‘I Know What the Hell I’m Doing’ - More

Axios
Trump pauses reciprocal tariffs for 90 days for everyone but China

Yahoo! Finance
Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq rebound in volatile trading - More

Agence France-Presse
Trump signs executive order to 'turbocharge' coal mining - More - More

BBC News
Trump threatens to end pharmaceuticals tariff exemption - More

Yahoo! News
JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon says US recession now a 'likely outcome'

CBC News
Canadian permanent resident stranded in England after ID stolen

Agence France-Presse
Russian diplomat detained at Paris CDG airport

BBC News
German deal to form Merz government brings end to months of stalemate

BBC News
King Charles addresses parliament in Italian

Reuters News Agency
Ukraine's Colonel-General Oleksandr Syrskyi says new Russian offensive has begun

BBC News
Ukraine captures two Chinese nationals fighting for Russia - More

BBC News
Three Americans jailed over failed DR Congo coup returned home

BBC News
Israeli strike on Gaza residential building kills 29

BBC News
Can Trump convince Iran to ditch its nuclear programme?

Reuters News Agency
China raises its retaliatory tariff on the U.S. to 84% - More - More

CBC News
More countries fight back against Trump’s tariffs, with China and Canada leading

BBC News
Faulty antenna played role in fatal Australian helicopter crash

CBC News
There's a new comet in the sky

BBC News
Can the US return man deported to El Salvador?

BBC News
Death toll from Dominican Republic nightclub collapse rises

The Associated Press
Today in History: 9 April - More

This Day in Aviation
9 April

Le Figaro
l’Administration Trump limoge la vice-amiral Shoshana Chatfield, représentante américaine à l’Otan

Le Figaro
Wall Street ouvre en forte hausse mardi après plusieurs journées noires

Agence de presse Reuters
La Cour suprême autorise Trump à continuer les déportations via une loi de 1798

La Tribune
Trump annonce des discussions directes avec l'Iran, Téhéran dit qu'elles seront indirectes

La Tribune
Trump annonce des discussions directes avec l'Iran, Téhéran dit qu'elles seront indirectes

International Commentary

Tom Sharpe | The Telegraph
Britain’s fighter jet problem has only one solution

David Brooks | The Atlantic
I Should Have Seen This Coming

Jeremy Warner | The Telegraph
Trump’s billionaire backers are suffering a heavy dose of buyer’s remorse

Tom Sharpe :The Telegraph
F-35s or Typhoons? There’s only one answer for those who’d have to do the fighting.

Heather Cox Richardson | Substack
Elon Musk is one of the people Trump is ignoring to side with Peter Navarro

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