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Canadian News

CBC News
Carney's trip to Europe aims to encourage trade, defence and energy co-operation

CBC News
Carney in Kyiv meeting with Zelenskyy to discuss military aid, security guarantees

Radio-Canada
Mark Carney se rend à Kiev pour manifester son soutien à l’Ukraine

La Presse
Crney : « Le Canada se tiendra toujours aux côtés de l’Ukraine »

Canadian Commentary

Andrew Coyne | The Globe and Mail
The Ukraine emergency is far from over – because Donald Trump is the emergency

Jason Kirby | The Globe and Mail
Why Mexico seems to keep winning in the Trump trade wars

Philip Drost | CBC Radio
Stuff not lasting like it used to? Here's what people are doing about it.

Front Burner | CBC Radio
Escape, immortality, AI: Silicon Valley's blueprint for the future

André Pratte | National Post
How Air Canada lost the flight attendants’ strike

Richard Hétu | La Presse
Gavin Newsom, le bagarreur de Californie

International News

CBS News
SpaceX launches 33rd cargo-delivery mission to the International Space Station

CNN Science
The most powerful rocket ever built is set for its next test

CNN News
More than 2,000 nuclear weapons have been detonated in the past 80 years

MSNBC News
ICE uses former Japanese internment camp site for migrant detention center

CNN News
Trump’s DC takeover produces moderate drop in crime — and huge spike in immigration arrests

BBC News
Trump's plan to send troops to Chicago is abuse of power, Illinois governor says

NBC News
Travel alert: TSA just banned these hair styling tools

BBC News
Still booting after all these years: The people stuck using ancient Windows computers.

BBC News
YouTube secretly used AI to edit people's videos. The results could bend reality.

BBC News
Is this how AI might eliminate humanity? - More - More

BBC News
Government plans to overhaul UK asylum appeals system

BBC News
National flags have started lining UK's streets. They may say something more.

The Guardian
Heatwave that fuelled deadly wildfires was Spain’s ‘most intense on record’

NBC News
JD Vance expresses optimism that 'energetic diplomacy' will end the war in Ukraine

BBC News
Russia blames nuclear site attack on Ukraine, as Kyiv marks independence day

The Guardian
Pentagon has blocked Ukraine from striking deep inside Russia

BBC News
More than 30 jihadists killed in air strikes, Nigerian military says

BBC News
UK agrees to pay Kenyans affected by military fire

The Observer
Despair among aid flight crews as airdrops bring only meagre relief for Gaza’s starving

BBC News
UK's Chagos Islands deal 'significant victory', says Pope

The Observer
Chinese triumphs at the robot games bring global tech domination closer

BBC News Russian
My trip to North Korea's 'Benidorm' - flanked by guards and full of rules

BBC News
South Korea fires warning shots at North Korean troops crossing border

Agence France-Presse
Déploiement de la Garde nationale : Trump et les villes démocrates s’affrontent

Agence France-Presse
Texas SpaceX annule un vol test de Starship

Radio-Canada
20 ans après Katrina, La Nouvelle-Orléans réapprend à vivre avec l’eau

La Presse canadienne
Tarifs : les services postaux européens suspendent les envois de colis vers les États-Unis

Agence France-Presse
L’Ukraine lance une série d’attaques aux drones en Russie

Agence France-Presse
Ukraine : La Russie a fait d’« importantes concessions » à Trump, affirme Vance

Agence France-Presse
Bande de Gaza : La Défense civile fait état de 42 morts

Agence France-Presse
Chine : L’usage du charbon en forte hausse, niveau record des renouvelables

Agence France-Presse
Haïti : L’Organisation des États américains appelle à plus de soutien

International Commentary

Heather Cox Richardson | Letters from an American
Trump is dismantling the government - More

David Smith | The Guardian
At home and abroad US policy chaos has one constant: Trump’s self-interest

Gina McCarthy | The Guardian
Don’t let Donald Trump undermine your faith in the climate fight

Hugh Tomlinson | The Observer
John Bolton raid is vengeful Trump weaponising justice to crush his foes

Adam Kinzinger | Substack
Bolton won’t be convicted, but the real goal is intimidation

Kitty Richards | MSNBC News
Trump’s threats against this Fed board member are a threat to the whole economy

Matthew Bishop | The Observer
Profile: Jerome ‘Jay’ Powell, Federal Reserve chair

Patricia Clarke | The Observer
Never mind the profits: our new business model is to hold crypto and forget the risk

Andrew Anthony | The Observer
Run it up a flagpole and see if it really is patriotic

Jordan Rubin | MSNBC News
The Trump civil fraud case is a mess. Another round of appeal could clean it up.

Polly Hudson | The Guardian
Are we heading for a world where no one ever needs to talk to another human being?

Editorial | The Guardian
Africa and maps: Drawn true, its scale and promise can’t be ignored