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Canadian News

CBC News
AI-related data centres use vast amounts of water. But gauging how much is a murky business.

CBC News
Ottawa exempts more U.S. and Chinese aluminum and steel imports from retaliatory tariffs

CBC News
Meet the astronaut who will become the first Canadian to join a lunar mission

Canadian Commentary

David Michael Lamb | CBC News
How Tomahawk missiles could change the war between Russia and Ukraine

International News

NBC News
How bad will the flu be?

Politico News
Top nuclear weapons agency to furlough most staff amid shutdown

NBC News
At least 7,000 federal workers have filed for unemployment benefits since shutdown began

Business Insider
The defense prime contractors have a new problem on their hands

Defense One
US Army begins construction of $50M border fence along Arizona military training range

NBC News
No Kings rallies underway in NYC, D.C., Chicago and other cities - More - More

Global News
Trio in creepy Halloween masks threatens to kill family on doorbell cam

Defense One
‘Shoot down Russian drones, period!’ Europe’s noisy effort to unify against Russia

Politico News
Trump, still convinced Putin ‘wants to end this war,’ lukewarm on Zelenskyy’s request for Tomahawks - More

The Associated Press
Repairs underway to restore power at Ukrainian nuclear plant, U.N. watchdog says

NBC News
Palestinian detainees are freed into a ruined Gaza that they barely recognize

Deutsche Welle
Iran says it's no longer bound by nuclear deal limits

Defense One
China’s burgeoning undersea sensor net aims to turn the ocean transparent

NBC News
U.S. will send survivors of strike on suspected drug vessel back to Ecuador and Colombia - More

Vox News
Is the US about to attack Venezuela?

International Commentary

Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith | The New York Times
Here’s What Trump Could Unleash by Invoking the Insurrection Act

Zachary B. Wolf | CNN News
Trump’s moves against Venezuela sound familiar for a reason

Andrew Warren and John McKay | MSNBC News
The political context for John Bolton's indictment taints the entire proceedings

Maureen Dowd | The New York Times
Fraidy-Cat at the Pentagon

Books

Rachel Hall | The Guardian
Virginia Giuffre’s story of abuse exposes impunity of powerful men - More - More