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Canadian News

CBC News
Dozens of Vancouver flights delayed or cancelled as Nav Canada warns of 'resource constraints'

CBC News
Trade war starting to show up in higher prices on some grocery items

Reuters News Agency
Bank of Canada holds rates at 2.75%

The Canadian Press
Inflation in Canada cooled slightly to 2.3% in March as gas prices fell

CBC News
Nearly 900,000 fewer people went to the U.S. in March

The Canadian Press
California governor urges Canadians to ignore Trump, come back

CBC News
Trump turmoil forcing Ottawa retiree back to work

CBC News
Alberta separatists getting organized

Canadian Commentary

Steven Globerman | Financial Post
Trump’s war on property, legal rights may backfire to Canada’s benefit

Jeffrey Jones | The Globe and Mail
On climate, will the real Mark Carney please stand up?

Amy Hamm | National Post
Carney has the charisma of an AI chatbot

Campbell Clark | The Globe and Mail
Which Poilievre will show up for the French debate?

Andrew Coyne | The Globe and Mail
In the U.S., defying the courts is a constitutional crisis. In Canada, it’s a simple matter of paperwork.

David Rennie | CBC Radio
When China and the U.S. fight, who wins?

International News

Navy Times
Trump signs shipbuilding order as Navy leaders call for 381-ship fleet

Defense One
Pentagon program could kickstart a new era of nuclear power

Army Times
Students sue Defense Department over book bans in military schools - More

USNI News
Gen. Dan Caine Sworn in as Chairman of Joint Chiefs - More

NBC News
Two U.S. service members assigned to U.S.-Mexico border duty killed in N.M. vehicle crash - More

Politico
Musk’s shadow grows over space industry

NBC News
Republicans reconsider their commitment to tax cuts for the rich

The New York Times
Law Firms Made Deals With Trump. Now He Wants More From Them.

NPR News
Retail sales jump as people rush to buy cars ahead of tariffs

The Associated Press
California to sue Trump administration over tariffs

Reuters News Agency
US State Department closing office aimed at countering foreign disinformation

NPR News
DOGE assigns staffers to work at NLRB where it allegedly removed sensitive data

Goats and Soda
Could polio be poised for a comeback?

BBC News
Biden attacks Trump in first speech since leaving White House - More

BBC News
Harvard just stood up to Trump. How long can it last? - More - More

The Guardian
DOGE unemployment ‘fraud’ discoveries are old finds from Biden era, experts say

Reuters News Agency
Judge says Trump administration officials could face criminal contempt charges

The Guardian
Nvidia expects to take $5.5bn hit as US tightens AI chip export rules to China - More

NPR News
Word of the Week: Coachella began as a typo

The Associated Press
UK Supreme Court rules the legal definition of a 'woman' refers to 'biological sex' - More

Agence France-Presse
Macron honours workers who helped restore fire-ravaged Notre-Dame

Politico
French defense minister heads to US for Hegseth talks

NBC News
Sweden’s hottest show? Nonstop live coverage of the epic moose migration.

Politico
EU names seven ‘safe’ countries for deporting migrants

The Guardian
Sumy buries dead after Russia’s Palm Sunday attack

Politico
Russian state hackers target European diplomats — with fake wine-tasting events

Agence France-Presse
Sudan’s paramilitary forces declare rival government two years after civil war erupts

Agence France-Presse
None spared in Nigeria gun, machete massacre

Al Jazeera
At least 50 killed after boat catches fire, capsizes in DR Congo

BBC News
Racially charged row between Musk and South Africa over Starlink

Reuters News Agency
Israeli troops to remain in Gaza buffer zone

France 24
Israeli army faces growing dissent: ‘I will never again serve under this government’

Reuters News Agency
Trump opposed a planned Israeli strike on Iranian nuclear sites

BBC News
India's Gandhis charged in money laundering case

Al Jazeera
Fifty years after fall of Phnom Penh, history weighs on Cambodian politics

BBC News
Trump's chips strategy: The US will struggle to take on Asia

The Guardian
China tells US to ‘stop whining’ over tariffs

Politico
Trump wants to make a deal with China

Agence France-Presse
Chinese economy grows 5.4%, surpassing quarterly forecasts

The Associated Press
Hong Kong post office will stop shipping parcels to the U.S. over tariffs

BBC News
Peru's ex-president and first lady sentenced to 15 years in jail

The Associated Press
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International Commentary

Anthony Zurcher | BBC News
What Trump really wants from Canada

David Frum | The Atlantic
Trump’s Bad Poker Hand

Bret Stephens | The New York Times
It’s a Mistake to Think the Biggest Problem With Iran Is Nuclear Weapons

Kyla Scanlon | The New York Times
Trumponomics Is a Delusion

Thomas L. Friedman | The New York Times
I Have Never Been More Afraid for My Country’s Future

Thomas Chatterton Williams | The Atlantic
Trump’s Harvard Whiplash - More

Stephen I. Vladeck | The Atlantic
What the Courts Can Still Do to Constrain Trump

Ed Kilgore | The Intelligencer
Trump Sees Defying Courts on Deportations As Good Politics