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Canadian News

CBC News
SIG Sauer P320 at centre of RCMP misfiring investigation

CBC News
CSIS investigated Gustafsen Lake standoff in 1995 'Native extremism' probe

CBC News
Nine condo projects cancelled this year in Toronto, and trend will likely continue

CBC News
Much of Atlantic region officially suffering 'extreme drought,' Agriculture Canada confirms

CBC News
Southern Manitoba communities flooded by as much as 135 mm of rain overnight

CBC News
U of T professor placed on leave after commenting on Charlie Kirk's shooting death

CBC News
Poilievre says he worries for his family as political violence concerns grow

CBC News
Want a slice of the $500M bread price-fixing settlement? The claims process is now open.

Canadian Commentary

Chris Brown | CBC News
Israel's attack on Qatar was an escalation, but its invasion of Gaza City is even more consequential

Konrad Yakabuski | The Globe and Mail
We’re all France now: Why the West is one shock away from a full-blown debt crisis.

John Rapley | The Globe and Mail
Canada’s economy is bad. But the U.S. economy is worse

Andrew Coyne | The Globe and Mail
Parliament may be back, but it won’t be politics as usual

Josh Greenberg and Jennifer v. Evans | The Globe and Mail
The assassination of Charlie Kirk has revealed the authoritarian inside all of us

Robyn Urback | The Globe and Mail
Charlie Kirk is a sick nation’s sacrifice

Gary Mason | The Globe and Mail
The spectre of Doug Ford looms large over Pierre Poilievre

International News

CNN Weather
You thought it was fall? A major pattern shift is coming. - More

CNN Climate
High-tech efforts to save Arctic ice sheets are doomed, report finds

NBC News
Midshipman shot after mistaken ID mishap with officer during USNA lockdown - More

CBS News
ICE agent shoots, kills man in Franklin Park, Illinois, after suspect tries to drive into agents

ABC News
Trump threatened Portland with troops to quell protests. The mayor says it's not needed.

NBC News
Trump marked 9/11 by attending a New York Yankees game

CBS News
Supreme Court's upcoming term could be marked by disputes over Trump policies

ABC News
Secret Service agent testifies he came within 5 feet of alleged would-be assassin

The Guardian
Judge cuts off opening statement of man defending himself in court over Trump assassination attempt

The Washington Post
A traffic stop, two car chases, then a lockdown at the CIA

NBC News
The companies making the most of the end of de minimis

NBC News
Democratic donors balk at donating to Biden's presidential library

NBC News
FDA to present data it claims ties Covid shots to child deaths at CDC meeting

The Daily Mail
Charlie Kirk killer identified as Tyler Robinson - More

CBS News
U.S. Secret Service puts agent on leave who wrote negative Facebook post about Charlie Kirk

NBC News
Pete Hegseth tells Pentagon staff to hunt for negative Charlie Kirk posts by service members

MSNBC News
Kash Patel’s difficulties and embarrassments at the FBI do not go unnoticed

The Guardian
US officials plan to punish foreigners ‘making light of’ Charlie Kirk death

NBC News
Trump says he's sending the National Guard into Memphis to 'fix' crime like D.C.

Agence France-Presse
France deploys three jets to shield Poland after Russian drone incursion

The Guardian
NATO announces more air support to defend Poland against future Russian incursions

Agence France-Presse
Poland rejects Trump's suggestion that Russia's drone raid "could have been a mistake"

Deutsche Welle
Fact check: Russian drone downings in Poland spark disinfo

France 24
NATO on edge as Russia follows up drone incursion with Belarus military drills

The Associated Press
Prince Harry makes a surprise visit to Ukraine to support wounded soldiers - More

The Guardian
UK imposes 100 new sanctions targeting Russia’s revenues and military supplies

NBC News
South Koreans detained in U.S. immigration raid arrive back home to applause and protests

The Associated Press
Australia to deploy fleet of underwater attack drones dubbed "Ghost Sharks"

The Associated Press
Vessel struck by U.S. military off Venezuela was heading back to shore - More

The Guardian
Mexico acting ‘under coercion to constrain’ China with 50% tariff on cars, says Beijing

Agence France-Presse
Mort de Charlie Kirk : l'enquête se poursuit, Trump appelle ses partisans à répondre sans violence

France 24
Emmanuel Macron va envoyer trois Rafale pour protéger la Pologne après l'incursion de drones russes

Agence France-Presse
Après l’intrusion de drones russes en Pologne, l'Otan va renforcer la défense de son flanc est

Agence France-Presse
Zapad-2025 : début des manœuvres militaires entre la Russie et la Biélorussie

Agence France-Presse
Un accord d'échange de prisonniers entre la France et l'Iran est imminent, selon Téhéran

Agence France-Presse
La Chine annonce que son porte-avions dernier cri a transité par le détroit de Taïwan

Agence France-Presse
L'ex-président brésilien Jair Bolsonaro condamné à 27 ans de prison pour tentative de coup d'État

International Commentary

Leader | The Economist
Israel’s Qatarstrophic error

Jake Sullivan with Garry Kasparov | The Atlantic
America’s Greatest Threat Comes From Within

Nick Miroff | The Atlantic
Show Us Your Papers. But Which Ones?

Jonathan Chait | The Atlantic
Trump’s Dangerous Response to the Kirk Assassination

Margaret Sullivan | The Guardian
Charlie Kirk’s killing is a tragic marker of the indiscriminate nature of political violence

Heather Cox Richardson | Letters from an American
George W. Bush and 9/11

Adrienne LaFrance | The Atlantic
Strawberries in Winter

Sanam Vakil | The Guardian
Israel has replaced Iran as the biggest security threat to the Gulf states

Jen Psaki | MSNBC News
Trump and his MAGA allies are pushing an outlandish theory to explain his Epstein letter

Bob Woodward with Ari Melber | MSNBC News
Trump’s 'appalling' sexist old boys club, bankers