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Canadian News

CBC News
Canadian airlines revamp offerings as travellers ditch U.S. vacations

CBC News
Fractious debate sees leaders trade blows over Trump, Trudeau and the cost of living

The Canadian Press
Federal debates chief says he was unaware Rebel News had registered as advocacy group

The Canadian Press
Chris Barber, ‘Freedom Convoy’ organizer asks for stay of proceedings after guilty verdict

Canadian Commentary

Doug Saunders | The Globe and Mail
Donald Trump is killing ‘anti-woke’ politics in the rest of the world

The Editorial Board | The Globe and Mail
The prime minister that Canadians need

Campbell Clark | The Globe and Mail
The debate was a leader-versus-party contest between Poilievre and Carney – with no clear winner

Kenn Oliver | National Post
What is Canada's notwithstanding clause? And why Pierre Poilievre wants to use it.

Gary Mason | The Globe and Mail
If Danielle Smith loves Canada, she needs to prove it

Richard Shimooka | The Hub
Switching from the American to the European defence market sounds good, but …

Ben Cousins | Financial Post
The future of Old Age Security is making seniors anxious

International News

The Associated Press
Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer reenlists in USMC Reserves

CBS News
Virginia soldier killed during D-Day invasion accounted for

CBS News
Trump administration aims to reclassify some career civil servants so it's easier to fire them

CBS News
Trump administration replaces COVID websites, takes down COVID signage - More

BBC News
Anxiety at US colleges as foreign students are detained and visas revoke

The Washington Post
Sen. Van Hollen recounts meeting in El Salvador with wrongly deported man - More

BBC News
US senator says 'traumatised' man deported to El Salvador moved to new prison

BBC News
Anxiety at US colleges as foreign students are detained and visas revoke

The Washington Post
Sen. Van Hollen recounts meeting in El Salvador with wrongly deported man - More

CBS News
Dr. Oz swearing-in event cut short after family member faints - More

BBC News
Why everyone is suddenly so interested in US bond markets

The Washington Post
Travel to the U.S. from almost everywhere is falling

The Associated Press
Gov. Josh Shapiro recounts evacuating arson fire in pajamas

NBC News
Pregnant women are hit with military insurance snafus

The Associated Press
10,000 pages of records about Robert F. Kennedy’s 1968 assassination released

The Associated Press
Oklahoma City to mark 30 years since the bombing that killed 168 people

BBC News
Wendy's praises Katy Perry after 'can we send her back' space tweet

The Associated Press
NASA's Lucy spacecraft to zoom past asteroid this weekend at 30,000 mph

Deutsche Welle
French programme for US scientists draws flood of applicants

Politico
European eggflation slows down as American prices surge under Trump

The Associated Press
JD Vance visits Italy for tariff talks, Good Friday service at Vatican

Politico
Russia’s effort to get US to drop aviation sanctions hits EU resistance

Reuters News Agency
Russian drone hits bakery preparing Easter cakes, killing one

Reuters News Agency
US to 'move on' if peace is not reached, says Rubio - More

Deutsche Welle
Ukraine: Deserters returning to the front

BBC News
Ukraine minerals deal may not buy peace after Trump threat

Reuters News Agency
Ukraine hits Chinese firms with sanctions after accusing Beijing of arming Russia

The Associated Press
U.S. strikes on oil port held by Yemen's Houthi rebels kill dozens - More

BBC News
Hopes for Iran nuclear talks tempered by threats and mixed messages

BBC News
Trump's tariffs leave China's neighbours with an impossible choice

BBC News
Nvidia: The AI chip giant caught between US and China

BBC News
Designed in US, made in China: Why Apple is stuck

CBC News
Xi Jinping engages in charm offensive in Southeast Asia

The Associated Press
Power restored to nearly all customers in Puerto Rico

The Associated Press
Today in History: 09 May

This Day in Aviation
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International Commentary

Ross Barkan | Intelligencer
Harvard Knows One Big Thing: Trump Is Not All-Powerful

Margaret Hartmann | Intelligencer
Trump Tries ‘Termination’ Threat to Sway Fed Chair Powell

Chris Hughes | The New York Times
Do Not Sleepwalk Through Trump’s Attack on the Fed’s Independence

Falling Feeling | The Economist
Donald Trump’s approval rating is dropping

Editorial Board | The Washington Post
Keep working toward peace in Ukraine

David Ignatius | The Washington Post
As Ukraine-Russia talks founder, Trump’s attention wanders

Fareed Zakaria | The Washington Post
Trump revives a 1930s mistake that hurt more than it helped

Dana Milbank | The Washington Post
Trump is wrapping up 100 days of historic failure

Chris Lehmann | The Nation
If Trump Sounds Like He Wants a Police State, That’s Because He Does.

Elie Honig | Intelligencer
How Could the Kilmar Abrego Garcia Standoff End?

Lina Sinjab | BBC News
Syrians have more freedom after Assad, but could they soon lose it?

Book Reviews

Agence France-Presse
Book claims Vatican knew of abuse allegations against Abbé Pierre since the 1950s