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Canadian News

CBC News
CAF troops returning home after helping fight Sask. fires

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

Agence de presse Reuters
Trump administration sanctions Canadian judge who sits on International Criminal Court

CBC News
American man who kayaked to Canada says he's claimed asylum, wants to find peace

CBC News
U.S. orange juice shipments plummet as Canadians find Florida OJ hard to swallow

CBC News
'Misinformation' abounds as man charged in assault of intruder

International News

CBS News
Pilot rescued after F/A-18E Super Hornet crashes off coast of Virginia - More

BBC News
US Navy sailor convicted of spying for China - More

Money Watch
What's the environmental cost of an AI text prompt? Google says it has an answer.

CBS News
Tulsi Gabbard cutting DNI staff by roughly 40% - More

BBC News
Hundreds of federal health workers say RFK Jr has put Americans in danger

The Guardian
Trump steps back from Russia and Ukraine peace talks for now

The Independent
In fiery tirade, Trump suggests Kyiv needs to ‘fight back’ against Putin

CBS News
Trump says he's going to patrol D.C. on Thursday night alongside police and National Guard

The Independent
South Park won’t let up on brutal Trump mockery in latest episode

The Independent
NY appeals court throws out $500M fraud ruling against Trump - More - More

The Associated Press
Texas House approves plan to redraw congressional maps to favour Republicans - More

NBC News
After Trump's gains, the next big test of the Latino vote is looming this year

The Independent
Ant smuggling into the US is out of control since Trump’s cuts - More

NBC News
Delta and United sued for selling windowless 'window seats'

CBS News
Hurricane Erin starts moving away from North Carolina shoreline - More

BBC News
Katrina to Erin: The most extreme hurricanes in history

CNN News
Part of Delta Air Lines 737’s wing breaks off during flight

BBC News
Why 'rocks as big as cars' are flying down the Dolomites

Reuters News Agency
Sergei Lavrov derides 'clumsy' Western efforts on Ukraine war as NATO meets

The New York Times
A Rail Platform Becomes a Laboratory to Identify 6,000 Bodies Sent From Russia

The Associated Press
Russia strikes targets in western Ukraine, hits electronics factory - More

BBC News
Sudan's army denies bombing convoy taking aid to famine-hit area

NBC News
Trump backs down on threats of higher tariffs for E.U. pharma and chips

Reuters News Agency
Italy arrests Ukrainian over Nord Stream pipeline attacks

NBC News
Zelenskyy urges quick progress on security guarantees - More

The Associated Press
Russia strikes targets in western Ukraine, hits electronics factory

NBC News
Israel enters first stage of planned assault on Gaza City

Agence France-Presse
India ‘successfully tests’ nuclear-capable missile able to reach deep into China

NBC News
Cloudbursts have killed over 400 people in South Asia. What are they?

BBC News
Aviation staff shortages threaten flight safety in India

NBC News
North Korea has a secret base near China with missiles that could reach the U.S. - Mor

The Guardian
‘Landmines have become the greatest protectors’: How wildlife is thriving in the Korean DMZ

Agence France-Presse
États-Unis : Amnesty dénonce l'utilisation de l'IA pour cibler migrants et étudiants étrangers

Agence France-Presse
Les États-Unis imposent de nouvelles sanctions à la CPI, un juge français visé

Agence France-Presse
Ukraine : 614 drones et missiles russes lancés dans la nuit, un record depuis un mois

Agence France-Presse
Emprisonné en Russie, le chercheur français Laurent Vinatier visé par une enquête pour espionnage

Agence France-Presse
Israël poursuit ses frappes sur la ville de Gaza, prêt à engager cinq divisions d'armée

Agence France-Presse
En Corée du Nord, Kim Jong-un salue son armée "héroïque" déployée en soutien à la Russie

International Commentary

Heather Cox Richardson | Letters from an American
MAGA Republicans are trying to take the country back to the past

Stephen Collinson | CNN News
The Democrats go ‘Trump lite’ in latest plan to save democracy

With Tyler Foggatt | The New Yorker
How Bad Is It?: Trump’s Self-Dealing and the Question of Kleptocracy

Kenneth Roth | The Guardian
Trump needs to understand what the war in Ukraine is really about

Margaret Sullivan | The Guardian
Ghislaine Maxwell’s transfer to a ‘country club’ prison is outrageous

Michael Scherer | The Atlantic
Laura Loomer has become the Joseph McCarthy of the Trump era

Eliot A. Cohen | The Atlantic
What Trump Actually Wants From a Ukraine Deal

Hanna Rosin | The Atlantic
Peace in Ukraine Is Not a Real-Estate Deal

Books

Emma Jones | BBC News
Dongji Rescue and the true story of a forgotten act of WW2 heroism