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Canadian News

CTV News
Four Quebecers, including members of CAF, arrested - More - More

CBC News
A major defence contract is set to favour U.S. supplier, regardless

CBC News
Trump says he will impose 50% tariff on copper

Global News
Canada Post, union say still no date for offer vote

CBC News
Federal Court says RCMP must hand over solicitor-client information in terror plot case

CBC News
Is Canada prepared for floods like the one that happened in Texas? - More

La Presse canadienne
Un partisan d’Al-Qaïda arrêté à Montréal maintenant accusé de terrorisme

La Presse canadienne
Une entreprise chinoise de caméras conteste l’ordonnance d’Ottawa de plier bagage

Radio-Canada
Fusion nucléaire : un leader canadien à la croisée des chemins

Canadian Commentary

Claude Lavoie | The Globe and Mail
America is sinking, and Canada cannot go down with the ship

Michael Bonner | The Hub
Are we witnessing the last gasp of Iran’s Islamic Republic?

Rania Massoud | Radio-Canada
Un cessez-le-feu au-delà de Gaza

International News

CBS News
Sens. Warren, Sheehy team up on bipartisan military bill backed by Trump administration

NBC News
Supreme Court allows Trump to move forward with mass firings at federal agencies

The Associated Press
Troops and federal agents briefly descend on L.A.'s MacArthur Park in largely immigrant neighborhood

NBC News
AI voice used to impersonate Marco Rubio in messages to high-level officials

NBC News
Grok, Elon Musk's AI chatbot, seems to get right-wing update

Reuters News Agency
Trump's tariff deadline delay brings hope, confusion to trade partners, businesses - More

CNBC News
Trump says he will impose 50% tariff on copper imports

CNBC News
Boeing delivers most airplanes since late 2023

CBS News
Passengers at some U.S. airports no longer have to remove footwear

CBC News
Death toll in devastating Texas flash floods climbs to at least 110

The Washington Post
161 people known to be missing in Texas floods as death toll rises to 109

NBC News
In Texas, cutting-edge weather forecasts hit their limits as Trump budget cuts loom

People
Pamela Brown, Who Attended Camp Mystic, Says ‘It’s Too Much to Bear’ - More

The Guardian
Ted Cruz ensured Trump spending bill slashed weather forecasting funding - More

The Associated Press
Migrants deported to El Salvador prison remain under U.S. control, Salvadoran officials tell UN

NBC News
Trump administration sued after it ends program for 60,000 Hondurans, Nicaraguans and Nepalese

The Associated Press
Bee attack leaves dozens of people injured in French town

CBC News
Trump says U.S. will send more weapons to Ukraine, after halting some shipments

MSNBC News
The truth about America's pausing weapons shipments to Ukraine

The New York Times
Trump Escalates Criticism of Putin - More

NBC News
Trump unloads on Putin after promising more military aid to Ukraine

The Guardian
Russia’s former transport minister dies from gunshot hours after sacking

The Associated Press
As U.S. abruptly ends support, Liberia faces empty health clinics and unplanned pregnancies

The Associated Press
Trump administration revokes terrorism designation of new Syrian leader’s group

NBC News
New Israeli report says Hamas used sexual violence as a 'weapon of war' in Oct. 7 attack

The Guardian
Palestinians fear razing of villages in West Bank, as settlers circle their homes

The Guardian
Saudi Arabia executing ‘horrifying’ number of foreigners for drug crimes

The Guardian
Dozens missing after flash floods and landslides in Himachal Pradesh

Agence de presse Reuters
Les USA vont prélever des droits de douane de 50% sur le cuivre

Radio-Canada
Trump relance sa guerre commerciale tout en repoussant l’échéance des droits punitifs

Agence France-Presse
L’administration Trump révoquera le statut légal pour les Honduriens et les Nicaraguayens

Agence France-Presse
Cantal : virulente attaque d'abeilles à Aurillac, 3 personnes hospitalisées - Plus

Agence France-Presse
Trump promet d’envoyer plus d’armes « défensives » à l’Ukraine

Agence France-Presse
Trump reçoit Nétanyahou pour rechercher un accord sur Gaza

Agence de presse Reuters
Trump va de nouveau s'entretenir avec Netanyahu mardi soir

Radio-Canada
Cinq soldats israéliens tués dans une embuscade à Gaza

Agence France-Presse
Deux navires attaqués en mer Rouge en 24 heures

Agence France-Presse
Iran : le président Pezeshkian accuse Israël d’avoir tenté de l’assassiner

Agence de presse Reuters
Boeing a livré 60 avions en juin, dont huit à la Chine

International Commentary

Heather Cox Richardson | Substack
The concept that presidents have control of foreign affairs

Mark Bowden | The Atlantic
Dan “Razin” Caine, Trump’s New Favorite General

Tom Nichols | The Atlantic
Who’s Running American Defense Policy?

David Brooks | The Atlantic
Why Do So Many People Think That Trump Is Good?

Fred Kaplan | Slate
The Message Trump’s Ukraine Weapons Pause Is Sending to Putin