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Canadian News

CBC News
Canadians like the idea of public service for young adults. Should it be mandatory?

Politico
Canada courts Arctic allies to counter Russia - More

CBC News
As Canada reduces immigration, francophones settling outside Quebec are an exception

Radio-Canada
Saison des feux de forêt record en 2023 : une facture de plus de 8 G$ pour le Québec

Canadian Commentary

Andrew Coyne | The Globe and Mail
How did Air Canada lose hearts and minds? Two words: ‘unpaid work’.

Eugene Lang | The Globe and Mail
Air Canada, the airline oligopoly and the abused consumer

Shyon Baumann and Josée Johnston | The Globe and Mail
Happy meat won’t save the world. It may even distract from the real issues.

Timothy Snyder | The Globe and Mail
On Ukraine, Donald Trump speaks loudly and carries a small stick

Robyn Urback | The Globe and Mail
Pierre Poilievre can be an attack dog and a grown-up all at the same time

Philippe de Montigny | Radio-Canada
Épargner 5 heures de travail par mois pour améliorer la productivité au Canada

International News

The Associated Press
Trump thinks owning a piece of Intel would be a good deal for the US

NPR News
Trump wants to stop states from voting by mail and using voting machines

NPR News
Voting officials are leaving their jobs at the highest rate in decades

BBC Sport
Why 'Chelsea's trophy' is in the US president's office

The Daily Beast
Trump’s Jaw-Dropping Ignorance Exposed During Putin Meeting

Politico
Trump: Netanyahu’s a war hero — and ‘I am too’ - More

MSNCBC News
Trump team's bungling makes his bad ideas worse

Bloomberg Markets
Trump Embarks on $104 Million Bond-Buying Spree

The Associated Press
Walmart recalls potentially radioactive shrimp sold in 13 US states

ABC News
Hurricane Erin expected to intensify along East Coast - More - More

ABC News
Mile-deep underwater volcano off cost of Oregon could erupt soon, scientists say

The Guardian
Dramatic slowdown in melting of Arctic sea ice surprises scientists

The Guardian
UK inflation rises by more than expected to 3.8% amid higher food prices

The Guardian
UK to offer troops to defend Ukraine’s skies and ports in Pentagon talks

BBC News
Kremlin plays down Zelensky talks as Trump warns Putin may not want to make deal

ABC News
NATO aircraft scrambled amid overnight Russian drone strikes on Ukraine

The Guardian
Ukrainian frontline troops sceptical of ceding land

Reuters News Agency
Somalia faces diphtheria surge amid vaccine shortages and aid cuts

BBC News
DR Congo rebels killed 140 civilians despite peace process

BBC News
Israel calls up 60,000 reservists ahead of planned Gaza City offensive - More

BBC News
Dozens of Afghan deportees from Iran killed in bus crash

BBC News
US military veterans are helping Afghans fight deportation

The Guardian
India and China hail warming ties amid Trump-induced geopolitical shake-up

Agence France-Presse
Fireball ‘bright as the moon’ lights up sky over western Japan

The Associated Press
A soldier admits to attempted espionage in New Zealand’s first spying conviction

BBC News
US strikes deportation deals with Honduras and Uganda

BBC News
Six severed heads found on road in Mexico

Agence France-Presse
La Maison-Blanche lance officiellement son compte TikTok

Agence France-Presse
Donald Trump affirme qu'un accord de paix l'aiderait à «aller au Paradis»

Agence France-Presse
Aux États-Unis, des crevettes potentiellement radioactives rappelées dans les magasins Walmart

Agence France-Presse
La Suisse et l'Autriche prêtes à accueillir Vladimir Poutine malgré le mandat d’arrêt de la CPI

Agence France-Presse
« On interdit la vente du Nutella... »

Agence France-Presse
Guerre en Ukraine : la Russie revendique la capture de trois localités dans l'est du pays

Agence France-Presse
RDC : Amnesty International accuse le M23 de viols collectifs et d'exécutions sommaires

Agence France-Presse
Israël continue d’exiger la libération de « tous les otages » pour une trêve à Gaza

Agence France-Presse
Israël approuve un projet majeur de construction en Cisjordanie occupée

Agence France-Presse
L’Iran indique qu’il utilisera de nouveaux missiles en cas d’attaque israélienne

Agence France-Presse
Afghanistan : 78 morts dans un accident d'autocar transportant des migrants de retour d'Iran

Agence France-Presse
Birmanie : la junte affirme avoir repris le contrôle d’une ville clé dans l’est du pays

Agence France-Presse
Bombardiers, chasseurs, systèmes hypersoniques... La Chine promet de nouvelles armes

Agence France-Presse
Séoul empêche un ex-espion nord-coréen de 95 ans de traverser la frontière

Agence France-Presse
« Une politique cruelle et inhumaine » : le Venezuela dénonce le «kidnapping» de 66 enfants aux États-Unis

Le Figaro
Au Guatemala, le volcan Fuego entre en éruption

Agence France-Presse
Mexique : des drones planteurs d’arbres aident à la reforestation

International Commentary

Heather Cox Richardson | Letters from an American
The MAGA takeover of the country’s government

Cristian Farias | The Atlantic
Can Donald Trump Police the United States?

David A. Graham | The Atlantic
Trump’s Half-Baked Approach to Negotiation

Steve Benen | MSNBC News
As Trump militarizes the nation’s capital, his ‘proof’ of success falls apart

Lawrence O’Donnell | MSNBC News
Trump uses his desk to hide his swollen ankles and his AG to hide the Epstein files

Tom Nichols | The Atlantic
Trump Buys More Time for Putin

Fabrizio Tassinari | The Guardian
Donald Trump is becoming the greatest unifier of Europe since the end of the Cold War

Vivian Salama and Jonathan Lemire | The Atlantic
Zelensky Wasn’t Going to Repeat His Oval Office Disaster

Arwa Mahdawi | The Guardian
Trump wants a big beautiful cage fight - so Ivanka is getting back in the ring

Alyssa Mercante | The Guardian
Is Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 just another ‘lazy’ addition to the franchise?