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Canadian News
CBC News
Beef costs more than ever, but Canadians won't let that ruin barbecue season
CBC News
Ottawa: Ironman competition will close major roads this weekend
Canadian Commentary
Karina Roman | CBC News
Carney wants to spend an extra $9B on defence by April. Is that possible?
Nick Logan | CBC News
The YouTube-ification of streaming? Why Netflix is making big deals with YouTubers.
International News
Politico
DOJ is walking back the White House’s goal to arrest 3,000 immigrants per day
The Associated Press
Senate heads home with no deal to speed confirmations as irate Trump tells Schumer to 'go to hell'
The Associated Press
Trump promised an economic ‘golden age.’ New signs suggest trouble may lie ahead.
The Guardian
Trump defends firing labor statistics chief by lying about her role in 2024 campaign
The New York Times
Trump Fired America's Economic Data Collector. History Shows the Perils.
Kansas Reflector
Trump’s ‘truth seeking’ AI executive order is a complex, expensive policy, experts say
The Observer
Starmer orders move towards digital ID system
The Guardian
Ukrainian attack sparks blaze at Russian oil depot as countries trade strikes
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BBC News
Wounded soldier escapes battlefield using e-bike delivered by drone
Reuters News Agency
U.S. has 'very, very good plan' to end war in Gaza, Steve Witkoff tells hostage families
Agence France-Presse
Amid chaos, gangs and gunfire, Gaza aid fails to reach most desperate
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The Guardian
Sea of people march across Sydney Harbour Bridge calling for an end to killing in Gaza
BBC News
The mystery of Winston Churchill's dead platypus was unsolved - until now
France 24
Trump's tariffs on Brazil: 'There will be losses on both sides', analyst says
Radio-Canada
Les turbulences en avion plus fréquentes à cause des changements climatiques
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
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RFI
L'Ukraine dit avoir frappé des cibles militaires et énergétiques en Russie
Agence France-Presse
Gaza : chaos et tirs indiscriminés empêchent l’aide de parvenir aux plus vulnérables
Agence France-Presse
Des vidéos d’otages israéliens à Gaza choquent en Israël
France 24
Guerre à Gaza: bombardements israéliens meurtriers à Khan Younès
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
International Commentary
Hugh Tomlinson | The Observer
Trump’s relationship with Putin ‘at breaking point’ after Russia unleashes Kyiv blitz
Damian Carrington | The Guardian
‘Self-termination is most likely’: The history and future of societal collapse
Megan McArdle | The Washington Post
Firing the statistician won’t change the job numbers
Jason Willick | The Washington Post
Why Trump’s tariffs are in trouble
Heather Cox Richardson | Global News
The Art of the Deal
Robyn Autry | MSNBC News
The Smithsonian’s impeachment exhibit no longer tells the truth about Trump
Natalia Mehlman Petrzela | MSNBC News
Trump is reviving an outdated and problematic practice for American schoolkids
Ruth Michaelson | The Observer
The suffering in Gaza’s hospitals that Steve Witkoff did not see
Bernard Gray | The Observer
When rushing to recognise Palestine, remember Yugoslavia
John Simpson and Duncan Gardham | The Observer
Protest or terrorism? Palestine Action wins right to challenge ban in Britain.
Andrew Anthony | The Observer
Preparing for the worst at Europe’s first survivalist shop
Jason Farago | The New York Times
Hiroshima and the End We Refuse to Imagine
Max McCoy | Kansas Reflector
It’s been 80 years since the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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Books
Giles Whittell | The Observer
The journalists enlisted in Putin’s information war
Kirkus Reviews
Review: The Devil Reached Toward the Sky
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