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Canadian News

CBC News
Billions of login credentials may have leaked

CBC News
Are you living next to a toxic ‘forever chemical’ hotspot? - More

CBC News
With no embassy in Tehran, Canada reacts to turmoil in Iran from afar

CBC News
Liberals' major projects bill passes House of Commons with Conservative support

CBC News
CSE says it 'improperly' shared Canadians' data with international partners

CTV News
Diesel, gas prices continue to climb in Canada

CBC News
Measles 'out of control,' experts warn, as Alberta case counts surpass 1,000

CBC Radio
National vaccine registry needed amid measles resurgence, Dr. Theresa Tam says

CBC News
Organizers pull the plug on Montreal's Canada Day parade

CTV News
Warnings of ‘danger’ as Ontario is set to face extreme heat: Phillips

Radio-Canada
Écrasement d’un hélicoptère sur la Côte-Nord : les recherches continuent - Plus

Radio-Canada
Des activistes qui ont tenté de se rendre à Gaza racontent leur périple

Radio-Canada
Drame d’Amqui : Steeve Gagnon coupable sur toute la ligne

Canadian Commentary

Nicole Mortillaro | CBC News
Under attack: How humanity is losing the night sky

Les Whittington | The Hill Times
That’s what dictators do

International News

The Guardian
Internet users advised to change passwords after 16bn logins exposed

CBC News
How music fuelled, and was fuelled by, the No Kings protests - More

ABC News
JD Vance visits LA amid tension over immigration policies

The Associated Press
Vance blames California Dems for violent immigration protests

BBC News
Belarus opposition leader's husband freed from prison

The Guardian
Banned from home for 40 years: Deportations are Russia’s latest move to ‘cleanse’ Ukraine

BBC News
British man arrested in Cyprus suspected of spying and terror offences

The Guardian
Nigerian communities to take Shell to high court over oil pollution

The Guardian
Discarded clothes from UK brands dumped in protected Ghana wetlands

ABC News
MAGA star Steve Bannon plays outsized role in Trump's Iran decision

The Guardian
Israel says it has killed two top al-Quds members - More

The Times of Israel
Houthis threaten to resume attacks on American ships

The Associated Press
U.S. repatriating citizens, Germany closes embassy as Israel-Iran war rages on

The Guardian
‘Very dangerous for everyone’ if US enters war, says Tehran

BBC News
Tulsi Gabbard now says Iran could produce nuclear weapon 'within weeks'

Reuters News Agency
Trump disavows DNI chief Tulsi Gabbard's take on Iran's nuclear program - More

Reuters News Agency
Pakistan to nominate Trump for Nobel Peace Prize - More - More

CNN News
‘Always a peacemaker’: How Trump decided to hold off on striking Iran

CNN News
US moves B-2 bombers to Guam - More - More

BBC News
Trump says US has bombed Fordo nuclear plant in attack on Iran - More

The Associated Press
Trump says U.S. has attacked Iranian nuclear sites

The Daily Beast
Trump Lists Reasons He Deserves Nobel Prize in Epic Meltdown - More - More - More

BBC News
At least eight dead in hot air balloon accident in Brazil

ABC News
Eruption at Hawaii's Kilauea volcano sends lava shooting 1,000 feet in air

Agence France-Presse
Libération de Mahmoud Khalil, figure des manifestations propalestiniennes à Columbia

Agence France-Presse
Gaza : la population "a désespérément besoin de plus d'aide", alerte la fondation GHF

Agence France-Presse
Israël affirme avoir éliminé un commandant iranien chargé de la coordination avec le Hamas

France 24
Ce que les images disent de l’infiltration israélienne en territoire iranien

France 24
Les bombardiers B-2 américains, la menace venue du ciel pour le nucléaire iranien

Radio-Canada
Les États-Unis ont mené une attaque sur des sites nucléaires iraniens, dit Trump - Plus

Les Observateurs
Le site d'Ispahan touché, pas de risque nucléaire selon l'AIEA

International Commentary

Peter Beaumont | The Guardian
Outcome of Israel’s war with Iran is uncertain even if US joins conflict

Moustafa Bayoumi | The Guardian
Trump’s coalition is self-destructing over the Iran war question

David Frum | The Atlantic
The mullahs of Iran join the bet that Trump always chickens out

Aluf Benn | The Guardian
Iran is the enemy Netanyahu has always wanted to destroy

The Economist
Trump v Iran: A negotiation made in hell

Fawaz Gerges | The Guardian
We’re on the brink of a disastrous, illegal conflagration in the Middle East

Heather Cox Richardson | Substack
ICE agents in plain clothes with their faces covered

Helaine R. Olen | MSNBC News
Trump’s complaint about ‘too many non-working holidays’ is part of a nasty history

Sophian AUBIN | France 24
En bloquant le détroit d'Ormuz, Téhéran "signerait son arrêt de mort"

Benjamin DODMAN | France 24
Le conflit Israël-Iran, dernier clou planté dans le cercueil de l’ordre mondial

Books

Katarina Zimmer | BBC Future
Why people are turning to bibliotherapy