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Canadian News

CBC News
Liberals spending $2B to boost military pay and benefits this year - More

CBC News
CAF's hateful conduct reports spiked in 2024 after years of steady decline

CBC News
Scarred by Afghanistan, Ottawa-area veteran finds healing, purpose in art

CBC News
Forget Vegas and Florida. Canadians are skipping the U.S. for other international spots.

Canadian Commentary

Amina Zafar | CBC News
Breaking down how a massive U.S. funding cut could impact future mRNA vaccines·

Mike Crawley | CBC News
Why Trump's tariffs are unlikely to deliver the manufacturing jobs he claims

Andrew Coyne | The Globe and Mail
Continuing the Israeli military campaign in Gaza can no longer be justified, morally or strategically

The Editorial Board | The Globe and Mail
The hard part of Middle East peace is the only part worth doing

The Editorial Board | The Globe and Mail
Donald Trump versus the U.S. justice system

Konrad Yakabuski | The Globe and Mail
Hero to zero: François Legault is following in Justin Trudeau’s footsteps

Michael Bociurkiw | The Globe and Mail
Putin has overplayed his hand with Trump

Mathieu Bélisle | La Presse
Donald Trump, le mauvais héritier

John Allen avec Alexandre Sirois | La Presse
Non, le Canada ne fait pas le jeu du Hamas

International News

The Associated Press
Trump says he'll meet Putin in Alaska next Friday

CBC News
Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump: A timeline

The Guardian
Kristi Noem responds to South Park’s crude takedown of her in episode targeting ICE

NBC News
DOJ investigating N.Y. AG's office and Sen. Adam Schiff

BBC News
NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore retires after nine months in space

BBC News
The mysterious 'dark comets' prowling our Solar System

NBC News
NWS to rehire workers after deep DOGE cuts

NBC News
Three more victims of 9/11 identified by New York coroner's office

MSNBC News
ICE ramps up recruitment blitz

MSNBC News
Former ‘Superman’ actor Dean Cain says he’s joining ICE ‘ASAP’ to ‘save America’

The Associated Press
Thousands under evacuation order as wildfire spreads north of L.A. - More

BBC News
OpenAI claims GPT-5 model boosts ChatGPT to 'PhD level'

Politico
MAGA world swallows a difficult truth: Arresting Trump’s opponents is easier said than done

BBC News
Crocs US sales tumble as shoppers choose trainers

CNBC News
How Tim Cook convinced Trump to drop made-in-USA iPhone

BBC News
Aude: France still battling largest wildfire in 75 years

BBC News
Is Perrier as pure as it claims? The bottled water scandal gripping France.

BBC News
Germany to stop arms sales to Israel that could be used in Gaza after takeover plan approved

CBC News
The 'frying pan of Spain' shows how cities can deal with extreme heat

The Guardian
Ukraine conflict could be ‘frozen’ sooner rather than later, says Poland’s Tusk

The Guardian
Netanyahu announces plan to take over Gaza City in further escalation

BBC News
US shrugs off Gaza escalation - drifting further away from allies

The Guardian
Israel’s Gaza City plan sparks global condemnation with warnings of more destruction and suffering

BBC News
Ghana investigators find 'black boxes' of helicopter that crashed and killed two ministers

BBC News
Netanyahu divides Israelis and allies with plan for new military push in Gaza

Politico
US brokers a deal between long-hostile Armenia and Azerbaijan

The Associated Press
Heavy rain slams southern Japan, triggering floods and mudslides

The Associated Press
Grandchildren of two men who experienced both A-bomb attacks in Japan work for peace 80 years later

BBC News
US offers $50m reward for arrest of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro - More

Agence France-Presse
La police de l’immigration de Donald Trump veut recruter 10 000 « patriotes »

Agence France-Presse
Le plan israélien aboutira au « sacrifice » des otages, avertit le Hamas

Agence France-Presse
L’Arménie et l’Azerbaïdjan vont signer un accord de paix « historique », selon Trump

International Commentary

Peter Beaumont | The Guardian
Israel’s move to take over Gaza could be a recipe for perpetual war

Alex Jacquez | MSNBC News
Trump's tantrum shows Elizabeth Warren hit the president where it hurts

Sidney Blumenthal | The Guardian
Trump’s attempts to distance himself from the Epstein files are failing

The New York Times
The ‘Cease-Fire’ Trap: Has the World Given Up on Peace?

Books

Sean Coughlan | BBC News
Prince Andrew book seals his fate for any return

Lives Lived