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Canadian News

CBC News
Is rising patriotism the fuel the Snowbirds need?

CTV News
Rising Canadian pride fueled by optimism and U.S. contrast

The Canadian Press
Carney meets with car industry CEOs as U.S. trade talks continue

CBC News
City of Victoria pledges over $10M for public safety following violent long weekend

CBC News
Wildfire closest to Lytton, B.C., being held — but fire north of village grows

CBC News
Communities evacuated as new wildfires in northwest Sask. threaten road access

Canadian Commentary

Murray Brewster | CBC News
Is Canada beating ploughshares into swords with its NATO 5% pledge?

The Editorial Board | The Globe and Mail
The time for Ottawa’s war games is over

Thomas Homer-Dixon and Toby Shannan | The Globe and Mail
Would you die for Canada? Polling suggests Canadians are more willing to fight for their country.

Tayo Bero | The Guardian
With his immigration bill, Canada’s prime minister is bowing to Trump

International News

The Guardian
Pentagon reviews arms exports to allies as munition stockpiles reportedly drop

The Associated Press
Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump gets life in prison for plot on FBI

The New York Times
Trump Says Jerome Powell Should ‘Resign Immediately’

CBS News
Elon Musk vows to start a new political party after Trump feud

The New York Times
Trump’s Finances Were Shaky. Then He Began to Capitalize on His Comeback.

The Guardian
Trump administration raises possibility of stripping Mamdani of US citizenship

NBC News
Republicans scramble to corral support for Trump megabill ahead of House vote

BBC News
Here are the sticking points as House holdouts stall Trump's budget bill

CBS News
Opposition from House GOP holdouts threatens final passage of BBB

NBC News
Paramount agrees to settle Trump lawsuit for $16 million - More - More

CBS MoneyWatch
Business owner used 1.8 million credit card points to handle tariff costs

Axios
Pentagon releases 150 California National Guard troops from federal duties

NBC News
App that allows people to share ICE sightings gets boost in downloads

The Guardian
Kilmar Ábrego García was tortured in Salvadorian prison, court filing alleges

Axios
New NOAA document spells out further deep Trump cuts

The Associated Press
US to breed billions of flies and dump them out of aircraft in bid to fight flesh-eating maggot

CBC News
Microsoft says it is cutting thousands of jobs in second round of layoffs

The Associated Press
Tesla sales slump for second year

CBC News
Astronomers may have discovered thirrd-known interstellar visitor

The Guardian
Heathrow substation fire ‘caused by fault first identified seven years ago’

The Guardian
Why does Switzerland have more nuclear bunkers than any other country?

The Guardian
EU may as well be ‘province of China’ due to reliance on imports, says industrialist

The Guardian
Italy limits outdoor work as heatwave breaks records

The Guardian
Spanish police investigate Catalan wildfire deaths

The Guardian
Ukraine launches one of its deepest drone strikes into Russia, killing three

The Guardian
Kim Jong-un pays rare public tribute to North Korean soldiers killed in Ukraine

The Observers
West Bank: Israeli settlers continue to harass Palestinians

The New Arab
Spies and scapegoats: Inside Iran's sweeping crackdown after war with Israel

Agence France-Presse
Iran charges French detainees Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris with spying for Israel

Reuters News Agency
US strikes set back Iran nuclear program by up to two years, says Pentagon

CBC News
The Dalai Lama has shared plans for his succession. China has other ideas. - More

The Guardian
Japan’s Tokara islands hit by 900 earthquakes in two weeks

Agence France-Presse
Colombia seizes first unmanned narco-submarine with Starlink antenna

The Guardian
Drone attacks help Haitian government wrest control of capital from criminal gangs

The Guardian
Trump’s asylum ban at US-Mexico border ruled unlawful - More

The Guardian
Twenty bodies discovered in Sinaloa as Mexican cartel violence surges

Agence de presse Reuters
Microsoft va supprimer 4% de ses emplois alors qu'il investit massivement dans l'IA

Agence de presse Reuters
Tesla : Les livraisons baissent plus fortement que prévu au T2

International Commentary

David Frum | The Atlantic
Trump’s Betrayal of Ukraine

Jonathan Chait | The Atlantic
Twenty-Four Hours of Authoritarianism: Donald Trump had a very busy Tuesday

Amy Hawkins | The Guardian
‘A billion people backing you’: China transfixed as Musk turns against Trump

Colin Demarest | Axios
The U.S. military can't quit the Middle East

Jonathan Chait | The Atlantic
Trump's BBB: They Didn’t Have to Do This

Belén Fernández | Al Jazeera
Did God want Trump to bomb Iran?

Russ Buettner | The New York Times
Trump’s Finances Were Shaky. Then He Began to Capitalize on His Comeback.

Agathe Perrier | La Tribune
Arrêt des livraisons d’armes à l’Ukraine une vraie fausse surprise des États-Unis

Books

Noah Hawley | The Atlantic
The Making of Kurt Vonnegut’s Cat’s Cradle