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Canadian News

La Presse canadienne
End Canada Post door-to-door delivery? Many residents have concerns.

CBC News
Mark Carney's to-do list is short, but steep

The Canadian Press
Conservatives secure two more seats after tight federal election recounts

CBC News
Canadian Harvard students grapple with Trump's attempt to bar foreign students

CBC News
Trump wants iPhones made in the U.S. Here are the facts

CBC News
Eastern Canadians are asking: What's with this crappy weather?

CBC News
Canada achieved measles elimination status in 1998. Now, it could lose it.

CBC News
RFK Jr. urges Canadian health officials to spare B.C. ostrich flock from cull

Canadian Commentary

Robyn Urback | The Globe and Mail
Joe Biden’s personal tragedy is also America’s betrayal

Andrea Pitzer | The Globe and Mail
The real goal of Trump’s mass detention centres? Unlimited power.

Jen St. Denis | The Tyee
Fact checking the science behind the order to kill 400 birds on a BC farm

International News

Reuters News Agency
At West Point, Trump rips DEI policies in rally-style speech - More

CBS News
DOGE cuts to weather balloon sites leave U.S. without crucial data, some meteorologists say

NBC News
Severe thunderstorms in the South threaten Memorial Day weekend travel

CBS News
Border czar Tom Homan's security detail costs around $1 million a month

NBC News
Who attended Trump’s crypto dinner? Photos and social media offer some clues

NBC News
Trump's tariff threat risks a trade war with Europe years in the making

Agence France-Presse
Trump signs executive orders to boost US nuclear energy - More

Reuters News Agency
White House National Security Council slashes staff in dramatic restructuring

Deutsche Welle
Pete Hegseth has introduced new rules limiting reporters' access to the Pentagon

NBC News
White House purges transcripts of Trump's remarks from its website

Deutsche Welle
Trump vs. Harvard: No more foreign students?

CBS News
"Rust" armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed released from prison after 13 months

CNBC News
Trump's iPhone tariff threat might not be enough to bring production to the U.S.

BBC News
Tensions rise as superpowers scrap for a piece of the Arctic

Politico
Belgium’s future queen caught up in Trump’s war on Harvard

Reuters News Agency
Germany considering reintroduction of military draft - More - More

BBC News
EU calls for 'respect' after Trump threatens 50% tariffs

BBC News
Eighteen injured in Hamburg knife attack - More

Deutsche Welle
Hamburg knife attack: Suspect sent to psychiatric clinic

Deutsche Welle
German residents called upon to locate remaining mobile phone dead spots

Deutsche Welle
Molodova's President Sandu receives German award for civil courage

BBC News
Massive Russian drone and missile strike hits Kyiv amid prisoner swap - More

BBC News
Hectic two weeks leaves Russia confident - and peace in Ukraine feeling no closer

BBC News
The Soviet plan to reverse Siberia's rivers with 'peaceful nuclear explosions'

BBC News
Rebuked by Trump but praised at home: How Ramaphosa might gain from US showdown

Reuters News Agency
Trump administration begins to lift Syria sanctions in place for decades

BBC News
Israeli strike kills nine of Gaza doctor's children, hospital says

BBC News
Chaos spreads as desperate Gazans wait for food to arrive

Le Monde
AI race: US-China chip war heats up

CBS News
Trump administration planning to send hundreds of border agents to support ICE arrests in U.S. interior

Reuters News Agency
Ecuador: Daniel Noboa vows to reduce murders, boost economy at inauguration - More

The Associated Press
Today in History: 25 May

This Day in Aviation
25 May

Le Figaro
Cet autre astéroïde potentiellement dangereux pour la Terre

La Tribune
Des frégates aux SUV, l'IA de Safran traque les engins militaires depuis l’orbite

Agence France-Presse
15 blessés à Kiev dans une attaque russe, Zelensky demande plus de sanctions

La Tribune
Zelensky demande plus de sanctions contre la Russie, après une nouvelle attaque nocturne

Le Monde
Le troisième échange de prisonniers entre la Russie et l’Ukraine aura lieu dimanche

Agence France-Presse
Au moins neuf morts dans une attaque jihadiste au Nigeria

Agence France-Presse
Séoul inquiet après une interdiction chinoise de navigation en mer Jaune

Agence France-Presse
L’aéroport de Mexico en partie bloqué par une manifestation d’enseignants depuis une semaine

International Commentary

Susan B. Glasser | The New Yorker
Donald Trump Stages an Oval Office Mugging

Heather Cox Richardson | Letters from an American
White House purges transcripts of Trump's remarks from its website

Nicholas Kristof | The New York Times
Trump Is Immensely Vulnerable

Steven Pinker | The New York Times
Harvard Derangement Syndrome

Dan Davies and Henry J. Farrell | The New York Times
Crypto Is a Threat to the U.S. Financial System

Editorial | Le Monde
The United States's alarming budgetary drift

Stephen Armstrong | The Observer
Die Die DEI

Patricia Clarke | The Observer
How has President Trump ushered in a new age of corruption?

Laura Ramalhosa | La Tribune
« Quand l'intelligence du vivant rencontre l'intelligence artificielle »

Éditorial | Le Monde
L’inquiétante dérive budgétaire américaine

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