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Canadian News

CBC News
The Arctic is heating up quickly, but scientists say polar geoengineering is 'unrealistic' and 'dangerous'

CBC News
Toronto police arrest 10 people at Christie Pits during duelling rallies

CBC News
A $20K tax? Here's what we know about Ottawa's zero-emission vehicle mandate.

La Presse canadienne
As Ontario Beer Stores close, new tenants move in — but no one wants the empties

CBC News
Manitoba cabinet minister won't lose job over repost condemning Charlie Kirk

Radio-Canada
Réactions à la mort de Charlie Kirk : Une professeure de l’Université de Toronto suspendue

International News

NBC News
Trump says the new White House ballroom will be 'a little bigger' than initially planned

CBS News
Judge says U.S. trying to do "end-run" around legal protections with deportations to Ghana

BBC News
Prince Andrew needs to be fully investigated, Giuffre family says

The Guardian
‘Extreme nausea’: Are EVs causing car sickness – and what can be done?

The Guardian
Peter Mandelson seen as ‘worth the risk’ as US ambassador, minister says

The Associated Press
Trump calls on NATO countries to stop buying Russian oil to end Ukraine war

The Guardian
Germany: Far-right AfD forecast to make gains as North Rhine-Westphalia goes to polls

The Guardian
Russian drone incursion into Poland ‘was Kremlin test on Nato’

The Guardian
Romania reports Russian drone in its airspace as Poland scrambles jets again - More

The Associated Press
Ukrainian drones strike one of Russia's top oil refineries, sparking fire

BBC News
Rubio arrives in Israel as IDF destroys more Gaza City buildings - More

The Guardian
Turkish mayor detained in corruption probe as opposition faces crackdown

The Guardian
Pakistan security forces kill 35 militants in raids on Pakistani Taliban

The Associated Press
Nepal's new prime minister urges calm after deadly protests kill 72

The Guardian
Billion-dollar coffins? New technology could make oceans transparent and AUKUS submarines vulnerable.

The Guardian
‘When the forests burn, the sickness comes’: How protecting trees shields millions from disease

Reuters News Agency
UN condemns reported Haitian village massacre by armed gangs

La Presse canadienne
Un juge prolonge les mesures qui protègent les enfants guatémaltèques de l’expulsion

Agence France-Presse
Nouvelle incursion d’un drone dans le ciel d’un pays de l’OTAN, en Roumanie

Agence France-Presse
Visite de soutien de Rubio en Israël malgré l’attaque au Qatar

International Commentary

Simon Tisdall | The Guardian
Trump is no ‘strongman’ when it comes to Russia or Israel. If other democracies don’t step up, anarchy awaits.

Jonathan Freedland | The Guardian
The US is on the brink of another era of political violence – and Donald Trump ‘couldn’t care less’

Rebecca Solnit | The Guardian
Shocked by Epstein’s birthday book? That culture was everywhere before feminism.

Edward Helmore | The Guardian
Jeffrey Epstein was linked to the upper echelons of wealth and politics – but where did he get his fortune?

Moira Donegan | The Guardian
Charlie Kirk’s killing was a tragedy. But we must not rewrite his life.

Kenan Malik | The Observer
Charlie Kirk killing puts America to the test over the freedom to disagree

McKay Coppins | The Atlantic
Trump Has a Warning for Spencer Cox

Rokhaya Diallo | The Guardian
Macron has defied the will of the people. He leaves the French public no choice but to Block Everything.

Hanna Thomas Uose | The Guardian
Autocrats and tech bros want to live for ever. Here’s how bleak that future could be

Tom Burgis, Harry Davies and Henry Dyer | The Guardian
What Boris did next: Files reveal troubling secrets of the ex-PM’s pursuit of profit

Mary Jordan | The Observer
Capitol gains: how Melania is raking in millions

Barbara Ellen | The Observer
Harris’s memoir will be a rude awakening for Sleepy Joe

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