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Canadian News

The Globe and Mail
Thousands of Canadians remain stranded in Iran and Israel - More

CBC News
Carney, Trump to sit down Monday ahead of G7 start as work continues on tariff deal

BBC News
Trump and Carney meet as world leaders gather in Canada for G7 - More - More

The Associated Press
Trump muses about turning the G7 back into the G8 — or even the G9 with China

CTV News
Trump slammed for calling Russian G7 expulsion a ‘mistake’

BBC News
Trump cuts short G7 visit, citing Middle East conflict - More

Calgary Herald
Donald Trump and Mark Carney expect to sign new trade deal within 30 days - More

CBC News
Measles is surging in Alberta. Which vaccine-preventable disease could be next?

CBC News
Belleville remains under a state of emergency with little hope on the horizon

CBC News
Who owns an EV in Canada?

Canadian Commentary

The Editorial Board | The Globe and Mail
The Liberals are finally on the march

Campbell Clark | The Globe and Mail
Can Carney be the Trump whisperer for a while?

Richard Shimooka | The Hub
Should Canada be all in on the ‘Golden Dome’ defence system?

Trevor Tombe | The Hub
What a higher NATO military spending target means for Canada

Anessa L. Kimball | The Conversation
Canadian international relations experts share their views on global politics and Canada’s role

Shannon Proudfoot | The Globe and Mail
Mark Carney wants to help Canada lose those stubborn 10 pounds we can never seem to drop

International News

MSNBC News
Trump tries to redefine ‘America First’ in the face of MAGA backlash

CBS News
Former Coast Guard officer charged with threatening to kill President Trump

Reuters News Agency
Judge deems Trump's cuts to National Institutes of Health illegal

NBC News
Smugglers and migrants use deadlier routes into U.S.

CBS News
The Trump Organization is debuting a cellular phone service called T1 Phone at $47.45 a month

CBS News
Cuts to FEMA's storm prep program hammer communities that voted for Trump

The Guardian
Suspect in shootings of Minnesota lawmakers charged with two counts of murder - More

NBC News
Trump formalizes tariff cuts for U.K. as trade talks continue - More

Politico
Trump backs AUKUS defense pact after Starmer talks

BBC News
MI6 appoints first female chief in 116-year history - More

The Guardian
Iran and Israel trade attacks as conflict enters fourth day - More

The Guardian
‘There’s a smell of death in the air’: chaos in Tehran as residents try to flee or find shelter

BBC News
Israel says it has full control over Tehran's skies - More

The Guardian
Israel issues Tehran evacuation order as Iran threatens to leave nuclear weapons treaty

Axios
U.S. tells allies it won't join war unless Iran targets Americans

Axios
Trump: "Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran" - More

The Guardian
The Israel-Iran war in maps, videos and satellite images

The Guardian
Send in armed UN troops to protect aid convoys or risk ‘dystopia’, says expert

CBC News
Two different plane crash survivors say they sat in seat 11A

International Commentary

Fred Kaplan | Slate
This Weekend Exposed How Ineffectual Trump Is on the World Stage

Shirin Ali | Slate
Even Donald Trump Is Starting to See the Absurdity of Stephen Miller’s Deportation Targets

Simon Tisdall | The Guardian
Trump, Netanyahu and Khamenei – three angry old men who could get us all killed

Alberto Alemanno | The Guardian
Europe should be standing up to Trump and Putin – instead it is mirroring them

Esraa Abo Qamar | The Guardian
Starving, then shot. There is no longer hope for us Palestinians.

Alexander Smith | NBC News
Israel's Iran strikes might supercharge the global nuclear arms race

Robin Wright | The New Yorker
What Is Israel’s Endgame with Iran?

E. Tammy Kim | The New Yorker
The Atomic Bombs’ Forgotten Korean Victims