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Canadian News

CBC News
South Korea, with its 'cheaper' stealth fighter, watches as Canada reviews F-35 deal - More

CBC News
Honda confirms it is not mulling any changes to Canadian operations - More

CBC News
CRA accounts hacked after 28,000 social insurance numbers stolen in data breach

The Canadian Press
Canadian university teachers warned against travelling to the United States

CBC News
Ontario throne speech condemns 'chaos and uncertainty' caused by U.S. tariffs, economic threats

Canadian Commentary

Alexander Panetta | CBC News
Three ways this Canada-U.S. dispute will end

The Editorial Board | The Globe and Mail
Mark Carney’s wordplay is not an answer

Jesse Kline | National Post
Renegotiating CUSMA early would be a huge mistake

Alan Kessel and Casey Babb | National Post
The wars in Ukraine and Gaza are not isolated regional conflicts.

International News

The Associated Press
West Point graduate becomes the first woman to compete in the grueling Army Ranger contest

CBS News
Senior adviser to Defense Secretary put on leave amid leak investigation

CBC News
Eggs are so expensive that some Americans are decorating potatoes this Easter

The Guardian
Farmers hit by Trump’s tariffs and cuts say they need another bailout

CBS News
IRS could cut up to 40% of workforce, memo indicates

Global News
History can help us try to understand Donald Trump’s tariffs, professor says

BBC News
Trump freezes $2bn in Harvard funding after university rejects demands - More

Global News
Bernie Sanders calls Coachella crowd to action against Trump

The Guardian
Trump donors eye potential bonanza if US succeeds with Greenland land-grab

The Guardian
Chinese researchers can access a half million UK GP records

BBC News
French prisons hit by wave of overnight attacks

The Guardian
Deadly floods and storms affected more than 400,000 people in Europe in 2024

CBC News
Ukraine just suffered its deadliest attack on civilians this year

BBC News
Trump blames Zelensky for starting war - More

The Guardian
Sudan in ‘world’s largest humanitarian crisis’ after two years of civil war

Agence France-Presse
Europe leads calls for ‘immediate’ end to fighting in Sudan as war enters third year

BBC News
Sudan: BBC smuggles in phones to reveal hunger and fear

BBC News
Iraq sandstorm leaves many with breathing problems

The Associated Press
USS Carl Vinson CSG in the Arabian Sea - More

BBC News
The Taliban banned Afghan girls from school. Low-paid carpet weaving is now their lifeline

The Guardian
Xi Jinping is in Vietnam to figure out how to ‘screw’ the US, says Trump

The Associated Press
Today in History: 29 May

This Day in Aviation
29 May

International Commentary

Johnny Ryan | The Guardian
Europe’s race to rearm is pointless if its adversaries are waging war online

Anne Applebaum | The Atlantic
Kleptocracy, Inc.: Under Trump, conflicts of interest are just part of the system

Phillips Payson O’Brien | The Atlantic
Trump’s Trade War Handed China a Strategic Advantage

John Hendrickson | The Atlantic
What Bernie’s Largest-Ever Rally Revealed

Will Sommer | The Bulwark
The Most Ridiculous MAGA Speech Ever Given

Finance | The Economist
Short-term pain, long-term gain, says Trump. Really?

Andrew Roth | The Guardian
The Trump administration trapped a wrongly deported man in a catch-22

Ray Brescia | MSNBC News
The Trump administration says it can’t return Kilmar Abrego Garcia. That’s false.

Ryan Teague Beckwith | MSNBC News
Trump's attacks on the IRS will encourage wealthy tax cheats

Hayes Brown | MSNBC News
Trump's tariff confusion is a bug, not a feature