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Canadian News

CTV News
Canada should not join Trump’s Golden Dome defence system: Nanos

CBC News
Carney lays out Canada's G7 summit priorities

The Canadian Press
Wildfires in the Prairies affecting air quality across Canada

CBC News
Canadian military to assist in Sandy Lake First Nation wildfire evacuations, says Carney

CBC News
Construction workers safe after huddling in shipping container as wildfire raged around them

CBC News
B.C. wildfire fighters experience slight reprieve, but more wind forecast

The Canadian Press
Nova Scotia’s ambitious ‘Wind West’ offshore energy plan wins support with conditions

CBC Radio
Potholes are costing Canadians billions. But there are some solutions.

The Canadian Press
Company that worked on ArriveCan app barred from government contracts for 7 years

The Canadian Press
U.S. ambassador says Canadians facing device searches, detainment 'not a pattern'

The Canadian Press
Alberta buying U.S. alcohol again, months after pause meant to fight tariffs

CBC News
Canadian universities grapple with evaluating students amid AI cheating fears

CBC Radio
Stepping into the unknown is good for us — and being an explorer doesn't require skydiving

CBC News
Doug Ford's Bill 5 is now law in Ontario

La Presse canadienne
Les fouilles de cellulaires aux douanes sont des exceptions, dit l’ambassadeur américain

Canadian Commentary

Ashifa Kassam | The Guardian
Canada won’t become the 51st US state – but could it join the EU?

International News

The Associated Press
National Guard troops arrive in Los Angeles on Trump's orders - More

NBC News
Tom Homan threatens arrest for immigration interference

CNN News
U.S. Army preparing for largest military parade on DC's streets in decades

Axios
What to know about counterprotests to Trump's June 14 parade

Axios
Where America's remaining WWII veterans live

CBS News
Goodyear Blimp celebrates its 100th anniversary

CBC News
A jet crashed into their neighborhood. Now they live in dread below an active flight path.

NBC News
CO2 levels just broke another record. Here's what that means.

The Associated Press
Salmonella outbreak tied to eggs makes dozens sick across 7 states

NBC News
Los Angeles immigration protests continue after day of ICE operations - More

The Guardian
Trump authorizes 2,000 national guard troops to deploy to LA amid Ice protests - More

ABC News
National Guard members begin arriving in Los Angeles

The Associated Press
How can Trump use the national guard on US soil? - More

CBS News
Trump's deportation program nets positive approval

BBC News
Trump says relationship with Musk is over

NBC News
Trump warns Musk of ‘very serious consequences’ if he backs Democrats - More - More

BBC News
Trump-Musk row fuels 'biggest crisis ever' at NASA

ABC News
Amid recent string of attacks, some experts worry counterterrorism not a priority

BBC News
Schwarzenegger: Hey, stop whining, do something on climate change

France 24
As Arctic ice vanishes, maritime traffic boom fuels the climate crisis

CNN News
Apple is about to answer a burning question about its future

France 24
Searching for radioactive waste in the depths of the Atlantic

The Observer
Our sights on 5% of GDP for defence spending, says Healey

The Observer
Evidence suggests the universe may stop expanding

The Guardian
Germany plans rapid bunker expansion amid fears of Russian attack

CBS News
U.S. soldier dies during training incident in Hungary, Army says

BBC News
Italian citizenship referendum polarises country

CBS News
American Airlines passengers forced to take a bus after airplane wasn't allowed to land because it was too big

BBC News
Families of Ukraine's missing fear peace will not bring them home

ABC News
Ukraine drone barrage targets Moscow as Zelenskyy demands accountability for Putin

NBC News
Israel vows to stop aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg from reaching Gaza

The Associated Press
Body of Thai hostage kidnapped into Gaza on Oct. 7 is retrieved in special military operation

Agence France-Presse
Iran blasts Trump for ‘racist mentality’ and hostility to Muslims over travel ban

The Guardian
Kabul at risk of becoming first modern city to run out of water, report warns

BBC News
Kyrgyzstan: Central Asia's tallest Lenin statue taken down

NBC News
Hong Kong opera puts Trump on stage with Mao, Kim and more

CBC News
Antarctic treaty under stress as member countries gather in Italy

Reuters News Agency
Colombian presidential candidate Miguel Uribe shot at campaign event - More

Agence France-Presse
Manifestations en Californie : Trump déploie 2000 membres de la Garde nationale - Plus

Le Monde
À Los Angeles, les images des manifestations contre la police de l’immigration

Agence France-Presse
À Washington, une marche mondiale des fiertés en pied de nez à Trump

Le Monde
À la recherche de l’« âge d’or » promis par Donald Trump, à Abilene, sur les traces de « Ike »

Agence France-Presse
Une centaine de blockhaus de la Seconde Guerre mondiale menacés de disparition en Gironde

Agence France-Presse
En Italie, un référendum organisé sur la naturalisation et le droit du travail

Agence France-Presse
L’armée russe annonce attaquer la région ukrainienne de Dnipropetrovsk - Plus

Agence France-Presse
Le pape Léon XIV appelle à « ouvrir les frontières » et condamne l’« esprit d’exclusion »

Le Monde
En Afrique, le « travel ban » à géométrie variable de Donald Trump

Agence France-Presse
Israël ordonne à l’armée d’empêcher l’arrivée à Gaza du bateau humanitaire - Plus

Agence France-Presse
« Une menace pour la santé publique et la paix » : en Iran, plusieurs villes interdisent de promener les chiens

Agence France-Presse
L’Australie veut élargir ses accords commerciaux face à des droits de douane américains « injustifiés »

Agence France-Presse
Colombie : un prétendant à la présidence touché par trois balles, dont deux à la tête

International Commentary

Simon Tisdall | The Guardian
Britain has escalated the global nuclear arms race – and is bringing us closer to armageddon

Steve Biddulph | The Observer
No wonder they’re man babies: Neither Trump nor Musk received the nourishment boys need

Jeffrey Goldberg and Thomas Friedman | Washington Week
Trump’s instability and the potential of a post-American world

Heather Cox Richardson | Substack
Ten Steps to Revolution

Jeremy Bowen | BBC News
Israel is accused of the gravest war crimes - how governments respond could haunt them for years to come

Jon Ungoed-Thomas and James Tapper | The Observer
The battle to stop Africa’s waters being ravaged by China’s dark fishing fleets

Books

Shaun Walker | BBC News
Daughter of Chechen activist publishes book she vowed to pen after mother’s murder

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