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Canadian News

The Canadian Press
Canada hosts more old passenger jets than any other country — by far

CBC News
Liberals will table a budget this fall, Prime Minister Mark Carney says

CBC News
King Charles's upcoming visit to Canada is unprecedented in many ways

CBC News
Fire forces Puvirnituq, Que., to declare state of emergency as water shortage continues

The Canadian Press
Carney travelling to Rome with Liberal MPs for Pope's inaugural mass

CBC News
Mosquitoes emerge 'all at once' in Ottawa after spring melt, warm spell

CBC Radio
Canada needs more homes. Prefabricated houses could fill the void

CBC News
'Wall of fire' in Nopiming park brings 'devastating' end to friends' camping trip

CBC News
Canadians recall blast, fine ash from 1980 volcanic eruption at Mount St. Helens

CBC News
Zelenskyy calls for pressure on Russia during 1st face-to-face meeting with Carney

Radio-Canada
Plusieurs recrues quittent l’armée canadienne dès leur première année, selon un rapport

Radio-Canada
Des scientifiques canadiens de retour d’une expédition en Antarctique

Canadian Commentary

Eric Ham | CTV News
U.S. trade negotiations offer blueprint for Canada

Shannon Proudfoot | The Globe and Mail
Mark Carney tells Canadians how to play Mouse Trap properly

Marcus Gee | The Globe and Mail
What Doug Ford could learn from Paris, the city where car was once king

Alex Hutchinson | The Globe and Mail
We should turn off GPS – it’s a no-brainer

Kelly McParland | National Post
Trump is behaving like a self-serving monarch

International News

The Associated Press
Joe Biden diagnosed with 'aggressive' prostate cancer that has spread to his bones

The Associated Press
Mexican tall ship strikes Brooklyn Bridge, snapping masts and killing two crew members - More

CNBC News
Trump meme coin dinner likely to include mostly non-Americans

BBC News
New era beckons for Air Force One after Qatari offer

CBC News
1 in 4 new cars sold in 2025 will be electric, new report says

CBC News
The Moment Harvard discovered its copy of the Magna Carta was real

BBC News
Warsaw's liberal mayor leads Polish presidential vote – exit poll - More

The Associated Press
Pro-EU centrist wins Romanian presidential race over hard-right nationalist

The Associated Press
Pope Leo XIV's inaugural mass attracts tens of thousands, including PM Carney

NBC News
Pope Leo XIV urges rejection of hatred and division at his inaugural mass

The Canadian Press
Carney meets Zelenskyy in Rome

Reuters News Agency
Russia plans to launch intercontinental ballistic missile on Sunday, Kyiv says

BBC News
Kenya's ex-justice minister 'deported' from Tanzania

The Associated Press
Israeli strikes across Gaza kill dozens and force a main hospital to close

The Associated Press
Israel launches new ground operations in Gaza as airstrikes kill at least 103 people

BBC News
Israel says it will allow 'basic amount' of food into Gaza, ending 10-week blockade

The Associated Press
Indian space agency’s satellite mission fails because of technical issue in launch vehicle

CBC News
Scientists gobsmacked by never-seen footage of earth rupturing during Myanmar quake

NBC News
Caught between the U.S. and China, young people in Taiwan just want things to stay the same

CBC News
The CIA is openly calling on Chinese officials to spy for the U.S. Will they listen?

The Associated Press
Today in History: 20 May

This Day in Aviation
20 May

Agence France-Presse
Aux États-Unis, un projet de téléréalité pour remporter la nationalité américaine

Agence France-Presse
États-Unis : au moins 20 morts après le passage de tornades

France 24
L'ancien directeur du FBI a-t-il appelé au meurtre de Donald Trump avec une photo de coquillages ?

Agence France-Presse
Nicolas Sarkozy, en libération conditionnelle, n'a plus de bracelet électronique

Le Figaro
Près de Bordeaux, des compétiteurs vont s’affronter aux championnats du monde de lancer d’avions en papier

Agence France-Presse
Le pape Léon XIV ouvre son pontificat en critiquant une économie qui marginalise les pauvres - Plus

Agence France-Presse
Le chef de la diplomatie russe Lavrov et son homologue américain Rubio se sont parlé au téléphone

Agence France-Presse
Attaque record de drones russes en Ukraine, Poutine veut "éliminer les causes" du conflit

Agence France-Presse
L'accès à la nationalité russe simplifié pour les habitants des régions séparatistes géorgiennes

Agence France-Presse
La rencontre Ukraine-Russie à Istanbul a été « extrêmement importante », estime Erdoğan

Agence France-Presse
La levée des sanctions américaines contre la Turquie est en vue, estime Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Agence France-Presse
Gaza : l’Espagne et l’Italie appellent Israël à « arrêter le massacre »

Agence France-Presse
À Gaza, « tous les hôpitaux publics » seraient hors service dans le nord de l’enclave

Agence France-Presse
Yémen : le tir de deux missiles sur Israël revendiqués par les Houthis

France 24
Conflit Inde-Pakistan : les armes chinoises sous le feu des projecteurs

Agence France-Presse
Des doutes sur l’auteur de la « Petite fille au napalm » - Photo

International Commentary

Simon Tisdall | The Guardian
Will we ever see despots like Putin in court? It’s unlikely – and that’s the west’s fault too

Book Reviews

David Smith | The Guardian
Original Sin: book on Biden’s health decline reopens Democratic party’s wounds

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