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Canadian News

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

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
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.

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

Canadian Commentary

Konrad Yakabuski | The Globe and Mail
Out with ‘tu’ and in with ‘vous’ as Quebec aims to restore respect in public schools

James Griffiths | The Globe and Mail
Trump tariff threat piles pressure on Canada to expand trade with Asia

John Rapley | The Globe and Mail
Mark Carney, heed the harsh lessons from the imploding British government

Francis Vailles | La Presse
Trump niaise le Canada

Emilie Nicolas | Le Devoir
Faire la paix

Karim Benessaieh | La Presse
La lettre de Trump soumise à l’épreuve des faits

International News

CBC News
Veteran U.S. diplomats baffled after mass layoffs at State Department

Politico
DOJ pressures DC's Muriel Bowser over antisemitism 'crisis' in Washington

BBC News
Trump says EU and Mexico face 30% tariff from August

NBC News
Trump threatens to take away Rosie O'Donnell's U.S. citizenship

The Associated Press
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed: Appeals court throws out plea deal for alleged mastermind of Sept. 11 attacks

NBC News
Immigration officials can't stop people based on race, their spoken language in Los Angeles, judge rules

NBC News
Louisiana reckons with Trump's megabill

The Associated Press
Dozens of Camp Mystic buildings removed from 100-year flood map by FEMA

CNN News
FEMA’s response to Texas flood slowed by Noem’s cost controls

Politico
Laura Loomer sharpens her knives for Pam Bondi

BBC News
Donald Trump and the Scots: A not-so special relationship

The Associated Press
Russia warns U.S., South Korea and Japan against forming security alliance targeting North Korea

The Associated Press
52 Palestinians in Gaza are killed by Israeli airstrikes or shot dead while seeking aid

The Guardian
‘Why did he cut off?’: What the report on the Air India Flight 171 crash found - More

Agence France-Presse
Une descente de la police de l’immigration vire à l’affrontement en Californie

The Associated Press
Un sondage montre un changement de l’opinion des Américains sur l’immigration

The New York Times
Face à la menace russe, l’Europe songe aux mines antipersonnel

Agence de presse Reuters
La Russie bombarde l'ouest de l'Ukraine avec drones et missiles

Agence de presse Reuters
Une nouvelle page s'ouvre pour la Turquie avec le désarmement du PKK, dit Erdoğan

Agence de presse Reuters
Un Américain battu à mort par des colons en Cisjordanie

Agence de presse Reuters
Les discussions sur Gaza butent sur l'ampleur du retrait israélien

International Commentary

Jonathan Martin | Politico
How the GOP Regulars Won Over Donald Trump

Jonathan Freedland | The Guardian
We’re becoming inured to Trump’s outbursts – but when he goes quiet, we need to be worried

Alexandra Petri | The Atlantic
Maybe We Don’t Need to Go to Space Anymore

Zoe Williams | The Guardian
A bit like AI, Elon Musk seems custom-built to undermine everything good and true in the world

Adam Gabbatt | The Guardian
Elon Musk claims his America party will change US politics. Experts disagree.

Lives Lived

The Associated Press
David Gergen has died aged 83

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