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Canadian News

CBC News
DND expected to find savings even as its budget balloons

The Guardian
RCMP seizes largest ever weapons cache in terrorism inquiry

CBC News
What we know (so far) about the plot to seize land in Quebec - More

CBC News
Canadian wildfire smoke ruining Americans' summer - More - More

CBC News
Two student pilots killed in mid-air crash near Steinbach

The Canadian Press
RCMP release photos of suspects in explosion at B.C. cabinet minister's office

CBC News
That white guy who can't get a job at Tim Hortons? He's AI

UPI News
Blueberry spill causes traffic jam in British Columbia

CTV News
Coal, last surviving cat of cherished Parliament Hill colony, dies - More

Radio-Canada
Compressions budgétaires au fédéral : « C’est faisable », dit le DPB

Radio-Canada
Deux suspects recherchés après l’explosion au bureau d’une ministre en C.-B.

Radio-Canada
Rats à Toronto : Metrolinx et la ligne Ontario montrés du doigt

Radio-Canada
Une fusillade d’une violence « sans précédent », dénonce une juge de Toronto

Radio-Canada
Trump annonce des droits de douane de 50 % sur le cuivre

Canadian Commentary

Omar Saleh and Paul Ziadé | The Globe and Mail
Canada’s age-old stigma against defence spending will cost us dearly

Marsha Lederman | The Globe and Mail
With more budget cuts on the horizon, should we expect more tragedy?

Blayne Haggart | The Globe and Mail
The U.S. is not our friend any more. Has anyone told Mark Carney?

Preston Manning | The Globe and Mail
Carney risks boosting Western alienation by leaning on his ‘wise men from the East’

Ian Buruma | The Globe and Mail
Iran is the latest example of the great strategic bombing delusion

R. David Harden | The Globe and Mail
With Trump’s support, Netanyahu is poised to get his way in Gaza

Vivian Bercovici | National Post
Trump wants a big, beautiful peace deal, but Hamas is standing in the way

Rudyard Griffiths | The Hub
The AI news revolution is upon us

Tristin Hopper | National Post
The remarkably few elbows Carney has thrown at Trump: Zero elbows, actually

Terry Newman | National Post
Travis Dhanraj is a journalist. He doesn't belong at CBC.

Jeffrey Reynolds and Michel Maisonneuve | National Post
Canada's future is a choice — dither and decline or scale and soar

Mélanie Meloche-Holubowski | Radio Canada
Utiliser ChatGPT diminue-t-il notre activité cérébrale?

International News

NBC News
Trump administration targets Comey and Brennan with new investigation - More

BBC News
'I can't drink the water' - life next to a US data centre

CBS News
Hundreds of earthquakes detected at Mount Rainier in Washington

The Associated Press
The U.S. faces more frequent extreme weather events

CBS News
EPA employees sweat through workplace discomfort

NBC News
Texas officials approved Camp Mystic's operating plan days before the fatal floods

The Guardian
Musk’s AI firm forced to delete posts praising Hitler from Grok chatbot

NBC News
Trump sends more letters dictating high tariff rates around the world

NBC News
Families and immigrant detainees allege 'horrible' conditions at 'Alligator Alcatraz'

NBC News
Trump talks trade and security with African leaders; additional tariff rates released

NBC News
Trump says the president of Liberia speaks 'good English'

The Washington Post
As tariff deadline passes, White House is 88 trade deals short

The Washington Post
Trump’s moves on immigration, Epstein, Ukraine roil MAGA base

The Guardian
Far-right conspiracy theories spread online in aftermath of the Texas floods

CBS News
New Mexico flash flooding kills at least 3, prompts dozens of rescues, sweeps house away

The Washington Post
Gabbard’s team has sought spy agency data to enforce Trump’s agenda

ABC News
Trump supporters angry over Justice Department's Epstein memo

Axios
Senate Republicans brace for intra-party fight over foreign aid cuts

Axios
GOP senators start turning against Jerome Powell

BBC News
Transportation Secretary Duffy will be NASA's interim head

The Guardian
BoE: Threat of Trump tariffs ‘puts businesses at risk of going bust’

The Guardian
Climate breakdown tripled death toll in Europe’s June heatwave

Defense One
Army aims to quadruple Patriot missile procurement

The Associated Press
Intelligence officials worry a sabotage campaign blamed on Russia is growing more dangerous

The Guardian
Russia launches major attack on Ukraine - More - More

The Associated Press
Russia batters Ukraine with more than 700 drones

BBC News
Russia's summer push in Ukraine targets three fronts but faces stern resistance

The Associated Press
Tunisia sentences prominent opposition leader to lengthy prison term

Reuters News Agency
Rescuers search for crew of cargo ship that sank after being attacked in Red Sea

The Guardian
ICC issues warrant for Taliban’s supreme leader for persecution of women

BBC News
India and China strive to reset ties but with caution

BBC News
Chinese students sleep off heatwave in libraries and tents

The Guardian
China’s coal heartland fighting for a greener future

BBC News
Trump threatens Brazil with 50% tariff and demands Bolsonaro's trial end

Agence France-Presse
2e rencontre avec Nétanyahou : Trump dit vouloir la fin de la « tragédie » à Gaza

Agence France-Presse
Le programme nucléaire iranien retardé de « plusieurs mois à coup sûr »

International Commentary

Mark Bowden | The Atlantic
The Lesson of Israel’s Success in the Air

John R. Bolton | The Atlantic
How the West Can Ensure Iran Never Gets the Bomb

David Frum | The Atlantic
The Courts Won’t Save Democracy From Trump

Shane Harris | The Atlantic
CIA Director John Ratcliffe wants to rewrite history

Heather Cox Richardson | Substack
MAGA Republicans are turning Republican rhetoric into reality

Rafael Behr | The Guardian
Macron and Starmer talk Trump, boats and Ukraine – but Brexit is the ghost at the banquet

Lawrence O'Donnell | MSNBC News
The public knows Trump is lying about tariffs. Why doesn't the White House press corps?

Paul Krugman | Substack
Trump's Dictator Protection Program

John Pfaff | MSNBC News
Trump‘s megabill gives billions to ICE, but hiring 10,000 new agents won't be easy

Jen Psaki | MSNBC News
Amid Trump's FEMA phase-out, disasters make stark the need for federal help

Karen Tumulty | The Washington Post
Lynda Bird Johnson Robb recalls how Camp Mystic shaped her childhood

Arwa Mahdawi | The Guardian
Ghislaine Maxwell was not Jeffrey Epstein’s sole enabler. So why is she the only one in prison?

Editorial | The Guardian
Israel and Gaza: They make a desert and call it peace

Keith Johnson | Foreign Policy
Everything We Still Don’t Know Ahead of Trump’s Big Tariff Week