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Canadian News

CBC News
CAF firefighting crews to arrive in Sask. by Saturday

CBC News
Is Canada-US free trade dead?

CBC News
Swapping weather bombs for real bombs: The debate over climate change as national security heats up

CBC News
Some big grocers promoting imported food with Canadian branding

CBC News
Canada's trade team downplays chances of deal with Trump by Aug. 1

CBC News
Conrad the raccoon honoured with permanent memorial

CBC News
Quebec's anti-corruption unit investigating scams targeting students from Africa

BBC News
Rescue under way for three workers trapped by Canada mine collapse - More

CBC News
TTC blames 12-year-old boys for jokes about its new POO crew

Radio-Canada
Jasper pour toujours : un chantier collectif

La Presse canadienne
Audience de mise en liberté sous caution pour 3 hommes accusés de complot extrémiste

Radio-Canada
Une audience publique fera la lumière sur un exercice de tireur actif à Montréal

La Presse canadienne
Conrad, le raton laveur qui a séduit Toronto, obtient une plaque commémorative

Radio-Canada
Des milliers d’objets interceptés en près de deux ans dans 5 palais de justice du Québec

Radio-Canada
Trois personnes sont coincées sous terre dans une mine en Colombie-Britannique

Canadian Commentary

Andrew Coyne | The Globe and Mail
What makes supply management so uniquely vile? Let me count the ways.

The Editorial Board | The Globe and Mail
Things to say to our American friends

International News

NBC News
Elderly Seattle cat suffers 'terror' from Blue Angels, feline's owner says in lawsuit

The Independent
Trump admin seeks new jet for Pam Bondi and Kash Patel - More

Daily Mail
Pam Bondi sidelined by sudden medical condition - More

BBC News
Trump bickers with Powell over Federal Reserve renovation costs - More - More

CNN News
How Trump turned the tide in his trade war

Politico
Trump’s latest plan to undo the ‘holy grail’ of climate rules: Never mind the science - More

BBC News
Trump assassination attempt suspect can represent himself at trial, judge rules

CNN News
Gabbard releases more Russia documents to accuse Obama of ‘manufacturing’ intelligence

United Press International
Trump administration unveils new AI Action Plan

The Associated Press
Man who killed Idaho firefighters had been turned away by fire department, Army

The Wall Street Journal
Justice Department Told Trump in May That His Name Is Among Many in the Epstein Files - More

BBC News
DOJ official to meet Epstein accomplice Maxwell - More

Daily Mail
DOJ's Todd Blanche secretly meets with Ghislaine Maxwell

Axios
Judge denies Trump request to release Epstein transcripts in Florida

The Guardian
New photos and videos highlight close ties between Epstein and Trump

BBC News
Trump takes time out to open Scottish golf course

BBC News
Just 7,000 steps a day could cut health risks, study says

BBC News
Hydrogen: The precious 'white gold' fuel buried in the Earth

The Guardian
Emmanuel Macron and Brigitte sue rightwing US commentator Candace Owens for defamation

BBC News
Zelensky backtracks on law over anti-corruption bodies after protests

The Guardian
Eswatini opposition attacks US deal as ‘human trafficking disguised as deportation’

The Guardian
Skeletal children fill hospital wards as starvation grips Gaza

The Guardian
Hungry aid staff fainting’ as starvation spreads in Gaza and truce hopes fade

BBC News
France will recognise Palestinian state, Macron says - More

Axios
Iran worries U.S. will use nuclear talks as pretext for new attacks

Agence France-Presse
UN says Taliban committing 'rights violations' against Afghan returnees

France 24
At least 12 civilians killed as Thai, Cambodian border tensions spiral - More - More

Agence France-Presse
Plane carrying 49 passengers crashes in Russia's far east region

The Guardian
North Korea’s military is being transformed on the battlefields of Ukraine – so why is Seoul silent?

Axios
How Trump has shifted trade war psychology

BBC News
Australia to lift import ban on US beef after Trump tariffs tiff

The Guardian
Ex-Marine convicted of killing three people released to US in prisoner swap

Agence de presse Reuters
L'Europe ouvre dans le vert avec l'optimisme sur un possible accord commercial entre l'UE et les États-Unis

Agence France-Presse
Représailles économiques : face à la menace des droits de douane américain, l'UE dégaine ses armes

Radio-Canada
La loi anticorruption approuvée par Zelensky suscite la colère en Ukraine

Agence de presse Reuters
Un avion s'écrase dans l'Extrême-Orient russe avec près de 50 personnes à bord

International Commentary

Emma Brockes | The Guardian
So Ellen has fled Trump’s US for a ‘simpler’ life in the Cotswolds. Nice if you have the money, don’t you think?

Jeff Crisp | The New York Times
Trump Is Building a Machine to Disappear People

Heather Cox Richardson | Substack
The Epstein story is going away anytime soon

Agathe Perrier | La Tribune
UE-Chine : une relation complexe qui pèse des milliards