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Canadian News

CBC News
Carney's cabinet asked to find 'ambitious savings' ahead of fall budget

Reuters News Agency
Trump announces tariff rates for numerous countries — but not Canada

CBC News
Trump's global tariff pause is supposed to expire soon. What's at stake for Canada?

CBC News
CBC anchor Travis Dhanraj says he was 'silenced' and 'forced to resign' after raising systemic issues

The Canadian Press
Safety concerns still linger as Lac-Mégantic marks 12th anniversary of rail tragedy

Canadian Commentary

Marcus Gee | The Globe and Mail
How Trump could make Canada better

John Ibbitson | The Globe and Mail
Ontario’s wounded economy is dragging down Canada’s growth

Themrise Khan | The Globe and Mail
How the Carney government can do foreign aid differently

Grace Lee Reynolds and Jo-Anne St. Godard | The Globe and Mail
To fix Canada’s economy, we must fix the government procurement mess

David Oliver and Othón León | National Post
The retrenchment of Russian power and influence in the Middle East

Irwin Cotler, Brandon Silver and Maryam Shafipour | National Post
The Iranian regime's new war targets its own people

Chris Selley | National Post
We aren't slaves to AI, unless we want to be

Raymond J. de Souza | National Post
America's 1775 invasion of Quebec ended in retreat. Trump should ponder that.

Conrad Black | National Post
The West dominates. Don't believe lies to the contrary.

International News

NBC News
Trump to extend key tariff deadline to Aug. 1

The Guardian
Trump and commerce secretary say tariffs are delayed until 1 August, sparking confusion

NBC News
Major medical groups sue Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over vaccines

NBC News
Summer sales could offer the last pre-tariff bargains on many goods this year

The Guardian
Donald Trump clashes with Elon Musk

The Associated Press
Texas flooding death toll tops 100 as rescuers brace for more rain

BBC News
What early warnings did flood-hit Texas receive? - More - More

CBS News
Chantal, now a tropical depression, brings flash flooding to North Carolina

The Associated Press
King Charles leads 20th-anniversary commemoration of 7/7 London bombings

Agence France-Presse
Paris shuts Seine swim spots day after reopening due to rain

The Guardian
EU leaders race to secure a deal as deadline looms in Trump trade talks

The Guardian
Ukraine says four killed and more than 30 injured in another round of Russian strikes

The New York Times
Ukraine Turns to Fishing Nets to Catch Russian Drones

BBC News
Netanyahu visits US as Trump puts pressure to agree Gaza ceasefire deal - More

Agence France-Presse
Netanyahu says Trump meeting could 'advance' Gaza deal ahead of Doha talks

The New York Times
How Syria’s Dictator Buried His Victims

The Associated Press
Israel, Yemen's Houthi rebels exchange airstrikes and missile fire

The Guardian
Iran rushes deportation of 4 million Afghans before deadline - More

BBC News
UK experts inspect F-35B stuck in Thiruvananthapuram for three weeks

La Tribune
Aéronautique : la bataille française pour remplacer le Canadair

International Commentary

Heather Cox Richardson | Substack
MAGA's attempt to destroy the modern U.S. government

Ed Kilgore | Intelligencer
No President Has Ever Had Something Like Trump’s Megabill

Jason Zengerle | The New York Times
The Ruthless Ambition of Stephen Miller

Elizabeth Kolbert | The New Yorker
Sheldon Whitehouse’s Three-Hundredth Climate Warning

Editorial Board | The Washington Post
Japan is a case study in how not to cultivate an ally

Lee Hockstader | The Washington Post
Don’t believe the conventional wisdom. Ukraine can still lose.

Le groupe Mars | La Tribune
Iran/Israël/Etats-Unis : « Bombing for Peace » ?

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