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Canadian News

CBC News
Liberals' throne speech adopted without a recorded vote

CBC News
Canadian Forces corporal acquitted of sexual assault, forcible confinement charges

CBC News
Canada urged to join 'familiar family' in buying new submarines

Skies Magazine
Snowbirds cleared for 2025 airshow season

CTV News
D-Day in focus: Rare images show Canadian troops storming Juno Beach

CBC News
Sask. premier says thousands more may need to evacuate in coming days

The Canadian Press
Wildfire-hit areas in Manitoba, Saskatchewan not expected to get much rain

CBC News
La Ronge, Denare Beach face significant losses

The Globe and Mail
Wildfire smoke map: Which parts of Canada are under air quality warnings? - AQI - More

CBC News
Doubled tariffs raise concerns Canadian steel could be shut out of U.S.

CTV News
‘Unlawful and unjustified’: PMO responds to Trump doubling steel, aluminum tariffs

CBC News
How has Canada responded to Trump's tariff hike on steel and aluminum?

Financial Post
New U.S. ambassador says Trump's agenda will benefit Canada

CTV News
Some concerns among Canadian investors over Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’

CBC News
Facing 16 lawsuits for Toronto Pearson airport crash, Delta deflects blame

BBC News
The great iceberg hunt on Canada's epic new road

Radio-Canada
Le discours du Trône est adopté

La Presse
Droits de douane de 50 % sur l’acier et l’aluminium

Radio-Canada
Tarifs doublés sur l’acier : « Les 23 000 emplois sont à risque présentement »

La Presse canadienne
Un rapport propose d’accueillir 90 000 résidents permanents par année

Agence France-Presse
Canada : les feux de forêt progressent, la fumée s'étend aux États-Unis et à l'Europe

Canadian Commentary

Eliot Pence | The Globe and Mail
Ukraine showed that drones are the new bullets. Why doesn’t Canada get this?

Derek Burney | National Post
Is Trump being gamed by Putin in Ukraine ceasefire efforts?

J.D. Tuccille | National Post
Why Elon Musk's DOGE is a failure

International News

Defense One
Air Force Reserve faces steep fighter cuts, uncertain future

Defense One
Despite Golden Dome, Space Force budget would shrink again under 2026 spending plan

Defense One
Lockheed pitches pilot-optional F-35

Reuters News Agency
Official involved in withholding Ukraine aid confirmed for US defence post

The Hill
Trump unleashes MAGA rebellion on Federalist Society

NBC News
Karine Jean-Pierre says she is leaving the Democratic Party - More

The Hill
Trump calls for scrapping debt limit

ABC News
Elon Musk continues to blast Trump's bill in barrage of posts - More - More

CNBC News
OpenAI tops 3 million paying business users, launches new features for workplace

ABC News
Canadian wildfire smoke continues to worsen air quality in several US states

BBC News
The Indian pilot set for a historic space journey on Axiom-4

NBC News
A sweeping new ICE operation shows how Trump's focus on immigration is reshaping federal law enforcement

BBC News
Man accused of writing Trump assassination letters was framed, officials say

ABC News
Hegseth orders Navy to rename ship honoring gay rights activist Harvey Milk

ABC News
Army meets recruiting target months ahead of schedule

NBC News
White House asks Congress to codify DOGE cuts to USAID and

NBC News
Elon Musk calls Trump agenda bill 'disgusting abomination' - More

NBC News
Hakeem Jeffries pushes Democrats to flood the zone in opposition to Trump

ABC News
Trump's sons distance themselves from new Trump-branded crypto venture

BBC News
Trump's 50% tariffs on metals come into effect - More

ABC News
US economic outlook slashed by OECD

ABC News
Newark mayor sues Alina Habba for malicious prosecution

NBC News
Canned soup summer: Bargain hunters are ditching snacks for pantry staples

The Associated Press
FBI discovers cache of guns, armor and Nazi paraphernalia while raiding home in Washington state

NBC News
Chinese couple charged with smuggling a biological pathogen into the U.S.

BBC News
Panjandrum: The 'giant firework' built to break Hitler's Atlantic Wall

BBC News
Dutch government collapses after far-right leader quits coalition

Deutsche Presse-Agentur
NATO boss Mark Rutte confirms plans for massive defense capacity boost

The Guardian
EU proposes extending right for 4m Ukrainians to stay in bloc until 2027

The Guardian
Putin tells Trump Russia ‘will have to respond’ to Ukraine drone attack - More

BBC News
Ukraine says it hit Crimea bridge with underwater explosives - More

The Guardian
Satellite pictures show Russian warplanes prey to ‘Spiderweb’ - More

NBC News
Satellite images show destruction of Russian planes by Ukraine's drones

NBC News
Russia's Ukraine war troop casualties near 1 million, study says

The Guardian
Are Lindsey Graham’s contortions about to prod Trump into Russia sanctions?

The Guardian
Israel attacks Syrian targets after projectiles launched toward its territory

The Guardian
Bali bomb maker starts new chapter ‘brewing peace’ with coffee – but the trauma lingers for his victims

The Guardian
World won’t forget Tiananmen Square, US and Taiwan say

Reuters News Agency
North Korea pulls capsized warship upright after botched launch

BBC News
South Korea's new president has a Trump-shaped crisis to avert

NBC News
Lee Jae-myung wins South Korean presidency

Bloomberg News
Japan’s fertility rate hits record low despite government push

France 24
Elon Musk qualifie d' « abomination répugnante » le mégaprojet de loi budgétaire de Trump

Radio-Canada
Elon Musk poursuit sa croisade pour « tuer » le projet de loi budgétaire soutenu par Trump

Agence France-Presse
Les droits de douane américains sur l'acier et l'aluminium passent à 50 %

Agence France-Presse
Deux scientifiques chinois arrêtés par le FBI pour avoir introduit un champignon toxique sur le territoire

Agence France-Presse
Greenpeace rend la statue volée de Macron en la déposant devant le siège d'EDF

France 24
Pays-Bas : Geert Wilders provoque la chute du gouvernement

Agence France-Presse
Évacuation massive à Cologne pour le désamorçage de bombes de la Seconde Guerre mondiale

Agence France-Presse
En Allemagne, un ancien milicien syrien pro-Assad condamné à perpétuité

Agence France-Presse
L’attaque menée par Kiev contre le pont de Crimée n’a pas fait de dégâts, assure le Kremlin

Agence France-Presse
Gaza : au moins 12 morts dans une frappe israélienne au sud

Agence France-Presse
Gaza : colère au Conseil de sécurité de l’ONU après le veto américain

Agence France-Presse
Nucléaire iranien : le guide suprême juge la proposition américaine opposée aux intérêts nationaux

Agence France-Presse
Pakistan : Plus de 200.000 réfugiés afghans expulsés depuis avril

Agence France-Presse
Indonésie : non marié, un couple est fouetté en public pour des relations sexuelles

Agence France-Presse
Corée du Nord : le secrétaire du Conseil de sécurité russe rend visite à Kim Jong-un

International Commentary

Meghann Myers | Defense One
What will DOD civilians do at the border? The Pentagon won’t say.

Hannah Allam | Propublica
'The federal government is gone': Under Trump, fighting extremist violence is up to the states

Heather Cox Richardson | Substack
Planning for Operation Spider's Web took 18 months - Video

Kateryna Bondar | CSIS
How Ukraine’s Operation Spider’s Web Redefines Asymmetric Warfare

Lives Lived

Isaac Olson | CBC News
Marc Garneau has died aged 76

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