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Canadian News

CBC News
Evacuation orders issued for nearly 400 properties on Vancouver Island

CBC News
Number of active wildfires in B.C. doubles in 24 hours

Global News
Carney ‘disappointed’ in Trump’s 35% tariff on Canada - More

Global News
Ford wants Carney to ‘hit back’ Trump’s tariffs

The Associated Press
Stocks sink on Bay and Wall Streets, but loonie rises

BBC News
Five things now pricier in Canada due to tariffs

CBC News
Unionized workers at Canada Post vote against latest contract offer

Global News
Quebec’s Lacolle border crossing sees surge in asylum seekers

Radio-Canada
Un conducteur percute « intentionnellement » le quartier général de la GRC

Radio-Canada
D’autres habitants sommés d’évacuer à cause d’un feu près du lac Cameron

La Presse canadienne
Mauvaise qualité de l’air dans plusieurs régions du Canada samedi et dimanche

La Presse canadienne
Ottawa prolonge des mesures pour les Palestiniens au Canada

Radio-Canada
Pierre Poilievre ne bénéficiera pas d’une tradition courtoise dans Battle River-Crowfoot

Canadian Commentary

Mike Crawley | CBC News
Trump didn't chicken out. So what's Canada's next move?

Tracy Moran | National Post
'You may not have the best hand': Former U.S. ambassador on Canada negotiating with Trump

John Rapley | The Globe and Mail
Beneath the bluster, the U.S. is losing the trade war

The Editorial Board | The Globe and Mail
Israel must stop helping Hamas to win

Marcus Gee | The Globe and Mail
Why it is a mistake to recognize a Palestinian state

Michael Higgins | National Post
Mark Carney abandons Canadian principles for pinky promises on Palestine

Jesse Kline | National Post
Carney's futile attempt to will a Palestinian state into existence

Raja G. Khouri | The Globe and Mail
Does the recognition of a state answer the ‘Palestine question?’

Vivian Bercovici | National Post
Carney, and the media, simply don't understand the complexities of 'Palestine'

Irwin Cotler and Noah Lew | National Post
We support a two-state solution. But not this way

Chris Selley | National Post
What did we get for 100,000 new federal civil servants?

Gary Mason | The Globe and Mail
How Norway cracked the electric vehicle code

Lawrence M. Krauss | The Globe and Mail
The war on science isn’t limited to the U.S.

Terry Glavin | National Post
Is Trump's lionization of James Polk an ominous sign of things to come?

Starre Vartan | The Globe and Mail
Women aren’t the weaker sex – they’re superheroes

The Editorial Board | The Globe and Mail
Free speech is the right to say horrible things

Sam Quinones | The Globe and Mail
How the ‘discovery’ of fentanyl changed North America

International News

NBC News
Office of Special Counsel launches investigation into ex-Trump prosecutor Jack Smith - More

The Associated Press
SpaceX delivers four astronauts to the International Space Station just 15 hours after launch

The Associated Press
Night vision goggles may have hindered helicopter pilots before jet collision, experts say

ABC News
Smithsonian removes references to Trump's impeachments from 'Limits of Presidential Power' exhibit

The Guardian
Ghislaine Maxwell: could talking about Epstein be her get out of jail free card?

NBC News
'Alligator Alcatraz' detainees on hunger strike for 10th day, protesting conditions

Reuters News Agency
Trump's EPA wants to reverse course on dangers of GHG emissions, disrupting industries, climate goals

The Guardian
Republicans slam Trump’s firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics chief

NBC News
Corporation for Public Broadcasting says it will shut down after Congress cut money

Agence France-Presse
SpaceX Crew Dragon docks with International Space Station - More - More

The Guardian
Nordic countries hit by ‘truly unprecedented’ heatwave

RFI
France faces rearmament strain as NATO steps up defence demands

RFI
EU begins rollout of new AI rules with tech giants split on compliance

BBC News
They escaped Ukraine's frontlines. The sound of drones followed them.

RFI
DRCongo, Rwanda outline deal on mining, economic cooperation: US

NBC News
Israeli fire again kills Gaza aid-seekers

BBC News
Tech manufacturing has powered Asia - now it's a casualty of Trump's tariffs

The Guardian
Israel closes 88% of cases of alleged war crimes or abuse without charges

The Guardian
India to still buy oil from Russia despite Trump threats

NBC News
Trump hits Brazilian products with 50% tariffs over Bolsonaro

BBC News
Twelve years house arrest for Colombian ex-leader Álvaro Uribe

CBS News
Court limits Trump's asylum crackdown at the U.S.-Mexico border

BBC News
Why Mexico got a tariff reprieve... and Canada didn't

France 24
Leur famille a fui les nazis, désormais ces juifs américains demandent la nationalité allemande

Agence France-Presse
La capsule SpaceX Crew Dragon s'est arrimée avec succès à l'ISS

Agence France-Presse
Ukraine : arrestations dans une affaire de corruption visant le secteur de la défense - Plus

RFI
L'Ukraine dit avoir frappé des cibles militaires et énergétiques en Russie

Agence France-Presse
Des frappes ukrainiennes font trois morts en Russie, dont un à 800 km de la frontière

RFI
Gaza : la pression monte sur le gouvernement allemand traditionnel allié d'Israël

France 24
L'émissaire américain rencontre des proches d'otages à Tel-Aviv

Agence France-Presse
Le Japon enregistre un nouveau record de chaleur pour un mois de juillet

International Commentary

Damian Carrington | The Guardian
‘Self-termination is most likely’: The history and future of societal collapse

Heather Cox Richardson | Substack
Friday’s jobs report packed a one-two punch

Alexandra Petri | The Atlantic
Trump Gets Rid of Those Pesky Statistics

Jonathan Chait | The Atlantic
Donald Trump Shoots the Messenger

Megan McArdle | The Washington Post
Firing the statistician won’t change the job numbers

Jason Furman | The New York Times
Why Trump’s Firing of the B.L.S. Commissioner Is So Damaging

Jason Willick | The Washington Post
Why Trump’s tariffs are in trouble

Jonathan Lemire and Isaac Stanley-Becker | The Atlantic
Why Trump Broke With Bibi Over the Gaza Famine

Ross Andersen The Atlantic
Every Scientific Empire Comes to an End