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Canadian News

CBC News
Canada isn't looking to join EU, Carney says, but still wants closer ties

CBC News
Carney's 'nation-building' projects bill faces uncertain future in unpredictable Senate

The Canadian Press
First named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season forms

CBC News
Flin Flon wildfire evacuees prepare to go home nearly a month after being forced out

CBC News
Maine governor comes face to face with Canadian travel fears

The Canadian Press
DHL Express Canada reaches tentative agreement with union

The Canadian Press
Western Canadian glaciers melting twice as fast as they did a decade ago

CBC Radio
Nobody likes to take exams — but they might be more valuable than you think

Canadian Commentary

James Pierlot | The Globe and Mail
Where’s the economic calculus in Canada’s bold new defence pivot?

Michael Taube | National Post
Carney goes about meeting our NATO target in the most Liberal way possible

Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer | The Hub
The case for a Nobel Peace Prize for Donald Trump

The Editorial Board | The Globe and Mail
Donald Trump and the art of nuclear diplomacy

Anthony Koch | National Post
Sometimes, war is the answer

Michael Higgins | National Post
After Trump's airstrikes on Iran, the world is a safer place

Adam Zivo | National Post
Iran’s desperate supporters use deepfakes to fabricate victory

Robyn Urback | The Globe and Mail
The right and left have converged in their moral confusion on Iran

Shannon Proudfoot | The Globe and Mail
Donald Trump’s discovery of some hard truths about the world

R. David Harden | The Globe and Mail
The U.S. military’s show of force in Iran sends a message to every global capital

David M. Shribman | The Globe and Mail
Americans think their country is the best on Earth. But patriotism is tearing the United States apart.

Thomas d’Aquino | The Globe and Mail
A new treaty could stabilize Canada’s relationship with the U.S.

David McLaughlin | The Globe and Mail
Michael Sabia faces an uphill climb in reforming Canada’s civil service

Janetta McKenzie | The Globe and Mail
Does being an ‘energy superpower’ really mean more oil and gas?

Tristin Hopper | National Post
Just how far behind the world Canada has been allowed to lag on LNG

Alykhan Velshi | The Hub
Canada will never build another new pipeline

John Turley-Ewart | The Globe and Mail
Canada, prepare for a decade of thrift and lower living standards

Colby Cosh | National Post
The flaccid state of Alberta's separation movement

Carson Jerema | National Post
Bombing Iran's nuclear sites was the right thing to do

J.D. Tuccille | National Post
Politicians must shoulder much of the blame for America's political violence

Kamel Bouzeboudjen | Radio-Canada
Iran-Israël : qui a gagné la guerre ?

Raphaël Goyer-Pétrin | Radio-Canada
L’IA générative davantage en valeur dans les résultats des moteurs de recherche

International News

Axios
Dems join GOP to kill vote impeaching Trump over Iran strikes

Axios
Trump's "big, beautiful bill:" What's in, what's out

BBC News
Americans brace for Trump's welfare cuts

The Guardian
Pam Bondi denies knowing Ice agents wore masks during raids despite video evidence

CBS News
Kilmar Abrego Garcia to stay in jail

NBC News
Fired, rehired and fired again, some NOAA employees get letters demanding money

BBC News
Smoke seen from plane engine after takeoff from Las Vegas

BBC News
RFK Jr's vaccine panel to review long-approved jabs for children

CBS News
CDC to hire former head of anti-vaccine group founded by RFK Jr.

The Associated Press
With its stock in sharp decline, Trump’s media company will buy $400 million of its own shares

Reuters News Agency
Planned presentation to U.S. vaccine advisory panel cited a study that doesn't exist

The Associated Press
NTSB chair says systemic failures led door plug to fly off Boeing 737 Max midflight

Aviation Week Network
The virtually abandoned Florida airport being turned into 'Alligator Alcatraz'

NBC News
Teen DOGE staffer 'Big Balls' has left the Trump administration

CBS News
Andrew Cuomo concedes NYC Democratic mayoral primary to Zohran Mamdani - More

NBC News
FBI returning agents to counterterrorism work after diverting them to immigration

CBS News
ICE arrests 11 Iranian nationals in 48 hours

NBC News
ICE has arrested only 6% of known immigrant murderers

The Guardian
‘Yuck factor’: Eating insects rather than meat to help the planet is failing, study finds

BBC News
Truth about UK nuclear veterans 'covered up', says Andy Burnham

The Guardian
Trump praises NATO states as summit prepares to lift defence spending target

CBS News
How much do NATO members spend on defense?

The Guardian
At least 16 people killed and 400 injured in Kenyan protests

BBC News
Gaza mediators intensifying ceasefire efforts, Hamas official says

CBC News
Retired U.S. major 'skeptical' ceasefire will ever happen between Iran, Israel - More - More

BBC News
CIA director says Iran's nuclear sites 'severely damaged' - More

The Guardian
Trump claims Iran’s nuclear capabilities ‘obliterated’ despite UN watchdog comments - More

The Guardian
Trump and Hegseth admit doubts about level of damage to Iranian nuclear sites

BBC News
Damaged or destroyed - how much does leaked US report on Iran's nuclear sites tell us?

Axios
Trump claims U.S. and Iran will hold meeting next week - More

CBC News
After 12 days of intense airstrikes, many hope delicate truce between Iran and Israel can succeed

Reuters News Agency
Iranian government turns to internal crackdown with arrests, executions

NBC News
Iran's strategic blunders paved the way for humiliating defeats, experts say

The Guardian
Voice of America aired Trump’s message to Iranian people during US bombings

The Guardian
Swarms of tiny nose robots could clear infected sinuses, researchers say

BBC News
South Korea banned dog meat. So what happens to the dogs?

Agence France-Presse
Mexico’s president threatens to sue over SpaceX debris from rocket explosions

Agence de presse Reuters
Cuomo concède sa défaite à la primaire démocrate de New York

Agence de presse Reuters
Le Royaume-Uni va se doter d'une force de dissuasion nucléaire aéroportée

Agence de presse Reuters
Sept soldats israéliens tués lors de combats dans le sud de la bande de Gaza

Agence de presse Reuters
Le Parlement iranien approuve une loi suspendant la coopération avec l'AIEA

Agence France-Presse
Trêve entre l’Iran et Israël, doutes sur l’efficacité des frappes américaines

Agence de presse Reuters
Trump dit au Congrès que l'Iran avait un programme d'armes nucléaires

Agence de presse Reuters
Trump affirme que le programme nucléaire iranien a été retardé de "plusieurs décennies"

Radio-Canada
Comprendre la vie en Corée du Nord grâce aux déchets de ses habitants

International Commentary

Kasra Naji | BBC News
When Iran's Supreme Leader emerges from hiding he will find a very different nation

Rafael Behr | The Guardian
Trump is angry with a world that won’t give him easy deals

Sina Toossi | The Guardian
Trump and Netanyahu aim to remake the Middle East with bombs

Marina Hyde | The Guardian
Dear heads of state: Donald Trump may be the worst boyfriend the world has ever seen

Heather Cox Richardson | Substack
ICE's detentions continue to create a backlash

Devi Sridhar | The Guardian
How can RFK Jr ‘Make America healthy again’?

Daniel Boffey | The Guardian
Killing machines: How Russia and Ukraine’s race to perfect deadly pilotless drones could harm us all

Jane Qiu | The Guardian
The Covid ‘lab leak’ theory isn’t just a rightwing conspiracy – pretending that’s the case is bad for science