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Canadian News

CBC News
Canada eyes putting nuclear reactors on the moon

CBC News
Parts of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick experiencing once-in-50-year drought

Radio-Canada
F-35 : Joly veut forcer Lockheed Martin à générer plus de retombées au Canada

Radio-Canada
Flottille : Nimâ Machouf « contente » d’être de retour mais « plus en colère que jamais »

Radio-Canada
Euthanasier 30 bélugas ?

Canadian Commentary

Briar Stewart | CBC News
Trump didn't win Nobel prize, but some in Israel see him as a saviour

International News

The Associated Press
Helicopter spins out of control into palm trees at Huntington Beach

NBC News
Defense Department officials directed to pay military members on Oct. 15 - More

BBC News
Biden receiving radiation therapy for prostate cancer

CNN News
A strong nor’easter is unleashing damaging winds as it moves up the East Coast

NBC News
Trump and Kennedy claim it's unsafe to give young children Tylenol

MSNBC News
'CDC is over': RFK Jr. lays off over 1,000 employees in Friday night massacre - More

MSNBC News
George Conway slams ‘nihilistic’ Trump as thousands are laid off amid government shutdown

NBC News
Vance says Trump is 'looking at all his options' as the president threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act

USA Today
Donald Trump claims 'Biden FBI' placed agents in Jan. 6 crowds

The Guardian
MAGA figures back Bukele’s call for Trump to crack down on US judges

BBC News
Cold, flu, Covid: Why is everyone sick right now?

The Guardian
Prince Andrew told Jeffrey Epstein ‘we’re in this together’ in 2011 email

RFI News
French PM Lecornu faces uphill task to form new government

RFI News
European Union launches new biometric border system for non-EU travellers

The Guardian
European far right follows Trump in calling for antifa to be declared terrorists

NBC News
Power restored to 800,000 in Kyiv after Russian strikes on Ukraine's energy grid

Al Jazeera
Zelenskyy vows to only use Tomahawks against Russian military targets

The Guardian
Madagascar’s prime minister calls for calm after elite soldiers join protests against president

RFI News
Madagascar president says 'illegal power grab' underway after army mutiny

ABC News
Trump to co-chair summit in Egypt on Monday, Cairo says

The Hill
Vance says Israeli hostages should be released ‘any moment now’

The Guardian
Aid trucks enter Gaza as Hamas confirms it will begin releasing Israeli hostages on Monday morning

The Associated Press
Afghanistan says it has killed 58 Pakistani soldiers in overnight border operations

Agence France-Presse
Philippines says Chinese ship ‘deliberately rammed’ government boat in South China Sea

The Associated Press
China vows to stand firm against new 100% tariff threat

BBC News
China accuses US of 'double standards' over tariff threat

CNN News
North Korea shows off long-range missiles it claims can hit US mainland

The Guardian
Hackers leak Qantas data containing 5 million customer records after ransom deadline passes

Agence France-Presse
À Chicago, l'angoisse des sans-papiers face aux descentes de la police de l'immigration

Agence France-Presse
Lecornu à l'Élysée pour s'entretenir avec Macron, la France en attente d'un gouvernement

Agence France-Presse
Zelensky réclame à ses alliés des systèmes de défense antiaériens après des attaques russes massives

France 24
Islamabad promet une "réponse musclée" à l'opération menée par les Taliban afghans à sa frontière

International Commentary

Simon Tisdall | The Guardian
France is not alone in its crisis of political faith – belief in a democratic world is vanishing

Ray Brescia | MSNBC News
Why a jury may never hear the case against Letitia James

Tom Phillips | The Guardian
In Venezuela’s ‘darkest hours’, will peace prize boost opposition or backfire?

Books

Richard Norton-Taylor | The Guardian
The story behind the spy stories: Show reveals secrets of John le Carré’s craft

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