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Canadian News

The Canadian Press
Canada Lt.-Gen. Jamie Speiser-Blanchet becomes first woman to head the RCAF - More

The Globe and Mail
Tactical gear company cuts ties with soldier accused in alleged Quebec extremist plot

CBC News
Canada aims for new U.S. trade deal by Aug. 1

CBC News
CUSMA-compliant goods exempt from Trump's latest tariff threat on Canada

CBC News
Canadian dairy producers are used to Trump calling them out, but worry remains

CBC News
Manitoba premier shoots back at U.S. lawmakers over smoke complaint

CBC News
Mayor of Beauval, Sask., says more crews needed after wildfire reached village

The Canadian Press
Got a weird text message? 'Smishing' scams likely rising because of AI, experts warn.

CBC News
No, David Suzuki hasn't given up on the climate fight

The Associated Press
Boeing reaches settlement with Canadian whose family perished in 2019 plane crash

La Presse canadienne
Une Québécoise devient la première femme à diriger l’Aviation royale canadienne

Canadian Commentary

Philippe Lagassé and Patrick Lennox | The Globe and Mail
More money for Canada’s military should mean more transparency and accountability

Andrew Coyne | The Globe and Mail
New leader, or new system? The Conservatives ponder life under two-party politics.

Robyn Urback | The Globe and Mail
Danielle Smith isn’t trying to be a MAGA leader. She’s trying to be the Wildrose one she once was.

Maryam Shafipour | The Globe and Mail
Iran’s new law aims to crush dissent – at home and abroad

International News

Agence France-Presse
Boeing evades MAX crash trial with last-minute settlement

NBC News
Dan Bongino weighs resigning from FBI after heated confrontation with Pam Bondi over Epstein files

NBC News
Looking for a job? An AI recruiter might interview you next.

NBC News
Trump's 'big beautiful bill' could deliver 45.5% 'SALT torpedo' for high earners

The Guardian
Donald and Melania tour areas hit by deadly Texas flooding - More

NBC News
Melania Trump offers condolences to Texas flood victims

Politico
Fallout Over Handling of Epstein Case Erupts Into the Open

The New York Times
Fallout Over Handling of Epstein Case Erupts Into the Open

NBC News
Treasury posts unexpected surplus in June as tariff receipts surge

NBC News
Trump readies blanket tariffs as he brushes off inflation worries

CNN News
The White House just took its most aggressive stance yet against Jerome Powell - More

The Guardian
Threats, delays and confusion: 10 key points to understand another week of Trump tariff turmoil

BBC News
Musk says Grok chatbot was 'manipulated' into praising Hitler

BBC News
Starmer and Macron plead for patience in an impatient world

France 24
France is Russia's 'main enemy' in Europe, General Thierry Burkhard says

Reuters News Agency
Solar was the leading source of electricity in the EU last month, says report

BBC News
Sea snot: The noxious plague troubling Istanbul's coast

NBC News
Ukraine suffers most civilian casualties in three years

BBC News
Ukraine to receive US air defence systems, says Trump

Agence France-Presse
Kurdish PKK fighters to begin disarming at key ceremony

France 24
Syria after Assad: Journey through a war-ravaged nation in transition

The Guardian
Almost 800 people killed in Gaza while trying to get food aid since end of May

France 24
Netanyahu nominates Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize

NBC News
Iran could recover some uranium, but Israel is watching - More

Sky News
Fuel to engines of Air India plane cut off moments before crash - More - More

CNN News
Sergey Lavrov to visit North Korea as Pyongyang gets pulled deeper into Russia’s war on Ukraine

Agence France-Presse
Trump se rend sur le site d’inondations meurtrières au Texas - Plus

Agence de presse Reuters
Starmer et Macron annoncent des partenariats "forts" sur l'immigration, la défense

Agence de presse Reuters
Accord Royaume-Uni/France sur un programme pilote de retour des migrants

France 24
Moscou a fait de "la France son principal adversaire en Europe"

Agence France-Presse
La Bosnie commémore le génocide de Srebrenica 30 ans après

Agence France-Presse
Une centaine de membres d'un gang tués dans une embuscade de l'armée au Nigéria

France 24
Dissolution du PKK : les combattants kurdes déposent les premières armes

Agence France-Presse
Près de 800 personnes tuées depuis mai à Gaza en tentant d’obtenir de l’aide

Agence France-Presse
Catastrophe d’Air India : l’alimentation en carburant coupée juste avant l’écrasement

The Associated Press
Un des fils d’« El Chapo » plaide coupable de trafic de drogue aux États-Unis

International Commentary

Haiyun Jiang | The New York Times
Trump’s Seesawing on Tariffs Gives the World Whiplash

Casey Michel | The Atlantic
America Has Never Seen Corruption Like This

Nick Miroff | The Atlantic
Trump Loves ICE. Its Workforce Has Never Been So Miserable.

Dunja Mijatovic and Kenneth Roth | The New York Times
The Law Is Not Enough to Stop War Crimes

Heather Cox Richardson | Substack
A nation and an administration in turmoil

Susan B. Glasser | The New Yorker
Did Trump Really Just Break Up with Putin?

Patrick Kingsley, Ronen Bergman and Natan Odenheimer | The New York Times
How Netanyahu Prolonged the War in Gaza to Stay in Power

Stéphanie TROUILLARD | France 24
Génocide de Srebrenica : "Il faut agir pour empêcher que des crimes similaires ne se reproduisent"

Bahar MAKOOI | France 24
La France manque-t-elle de Canadair pour lutter contre la multiplication des incendies ?

Books

Simon Garfield | The Globe and Mail
How Wikipedia became one of the greatest achievements of the modern age