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Canadian News

Global News
Hateful conduct reports in Canadian military rising after years of decline

The Canadian Press
RCMP establishes ‘drone corridor’ to boost Canada-U.S. border security

Global News
Canada declined to work with OceanGate, firm behind doomed Titan submersible

Global News
Carney backs Ukraine role in peace talks in calls with Zelenskyy, Starmer

The Canadian Press
Ontario water bombers dispatched to help fight wildfires in Newfoundland and Labrador

CBC News
Parts of Paradise, C.B.S. on evacuation alert as Thomas Pond wildfire grows

Global News
New Brunswick wildfires: Residents told to prepare for possible evacuation

CBC News
This is our second-worst wildfire season on record — and could be the new normal - More

CBC News
Inside the race to remove the heavy oil from a container ship that ran aground in N.L.

Reuters News Agency
China announces preliminary duty on Canadian canola after anti-dumping probe

CBC News
Missing accent in Orléans sign no small typo to some

The Canadian Press
WestJet says some passengers' personal information stolen in cyberattack

Independent Electricity System Operator
Looking Back at Blackout 2003

Agence France-Presse
Carney discute avec Zelensky, inquiet des négociations entre Moscou et Washington

Canadian Commentary

Sarah Goodman | The Globe and Mail
Ottawa must prioritize climate tech in Canada’s new defence strategy

Chris Iorfida | CBC News
It's been a busy month for Trump's retribution campaign

Dani Rodrik | The Globe and Mail
Where is the global resistance to Trump?

Kathryn May | Policy Options
Carney’s 15-per-cent challenge: Cutting and rewiring Canada’s public service

International News

NBC News
Trump-Putin summit to take place at U.S. military base in Anchorage

CBS News
Zelenskyy: "Talks about us, without us, will not work" for Ukraine

The Associated Press
Some Juneau residents urged to evacuate as Alaska's Mendenhall Glacier releases floodwater

NBC News
Trump's tariffs keep coming. Stock markets don't seem to care.

MoneyWatch
Stock market rallies toward record highs after better-than-expected inflation data

The Associated Press
U.S. national debt reaches a record $37 trillion

CBS News
General testifies he didn't hear L.A. protests described as "rebellion" - More

The Hill
Pirro: National Guard deployment in DC is ‘just the beginning’

CBS News
What the National Guard and federal law enforcement can and can't do in D.C.

CNN News
Fact check: Violent crime in DC has fallen in 2024 and 2025 after a 2023 spike

CNN News
Cutting corners, intimidation and a toxic workplace: How Stockton Rush ran OceanGate

NBC News
xAI’s Grok takes another timeout as users ask it to weigh in on Gaza

CBS News
Will Tropical Storm Erin impact South Florida?

The Guardian
Russia preparing for fresh offensives not a ceasefire, Zelenskyy says

CBC News
Ukrainians brace for betrayal as Trump prepares to meet Putin

The Guardian
EU leaders defend Ukraine’s freedom to decide future ahead of Trump-Putin summit

The Guardian
Temperatures of 44°C predicted as blazes rage across Europe

Reuters News Agency
Crews fight 'fire whirls' and extreme heat in northern Spain

The Guardian
Migrants swim from Morocco to Ceuta as officials say enclave ‘overwhelmed’

NBC News
Starvation in Gaza divides many Jewish Americans

CBC Radio
Al Jazeera journalist killed in targeted strike was 'loved by everyone,' says colleague

The Guardian
Chinese warship crashes into own coastguard vessel while chasing Philippine ship in South China Sea

CNN News
Japan is selling top-of-the-line warships to Australia

France 24
La Garde nationale envoyée à Washington pour "rétablir l'ordre et la loi"

Agence France-Presse
Canicule : le Sud-Ouest et le Centre-Est de la France en vigilance maximale

Agence France-Presse
Droits de douane : Donald Trump prolonge de 90 jours la trêve avec la Chine

International Commentary

Heather Cox Richardson | Letters From An American
Trump’s performance at the press conference

William Kristol | The Bulwark
Sir, Beware JD Vance

Marina Hyde | The Guardian
Hurry, hurry, hurry! It’s Trump’s great Ukraine giveaway. Bargains galore, if your name is Vladimir Putin.

Myles Burke | BBC News
2003 blackout brought New York City to a standstill

Charles Fain Lehman | The Atlantic
Trump Is Right That D.C. Has a Serious Crime Problem

David A. Graham | The Atlantic
The President’s Police State

Anthony L. Fisher | MSNBC News
Trump keeps acting in China’s best interests — at the expense of America’s

Nayna Gupta | MSNBC News
Trump’s immigration policies make Americans less safe

Stephen Collinson | CNN News
Trump’s Washington, DC, crackdown is a political stunt. But it could take a much darker turn.

Stephen Collinson | CNN News
Trump has been on a roll for the ages — but blowback could be looming