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Canadian News

CBC News
U.S. to photograph Canadian travellers when they enter and exit at all land borders, airports

CBC News
Ottawa is pledging more on defence — and Calgary wants a piece of the action

CBC News
Carney pitches Canada as 'reliable' to ASEAN

CBC News
Canadian politicians won't say Ontario's anti-tariff ad was a mistake

Radio-Canada
États-Unis : les Canadiens bientôt tous photographiés à la frontière

Radio-Canada
Boeing, Calgary et Ottawa investissent dans l’aérospatial albertain

Radio-Canada
En Malaisie, Mark Carney présente le Canada comme un partenaire « fiable »

Canadian Commentary

Yasmine Mehdi | Radio-Canada
Pourquoi le Canada s’intéresse-t-il autant à l’ANASE ?

Francis Plourde | Radio-Canada
Référendum de 1995 : la grande illusion du love-in

International News

NBC News
Paucity of air traffic controllers halts flights to LAX

The Guardian
Trump’s move to pay troops amid shutdown sets dangerous precedent, experts warn

The Guardian
Hispanics’ support of Trump plunges since he started second term

The New Republic
DOD Gives Massive Contract to Company With Ties to Don Jr.

The Associated Press
US coffee prices spike because of tariffs and poor weather

The New York Times
A Casting Agency Now Has $1 Billion in Drone Contracts

Politico News
France makes arrests in Louvre jewel heist - More

CNN News
DNA from Napoleon’s ill-fated 1812 army reveals what likely led to the soldiers’ demise

The Associated Press
Russia targets Kyiv with drones, killing 3 and wounding at least 30

The Associated Press
Russia has tested a new nuclear-capable missile, Putin and top general say

The Associated Press
Kenya’s navy intercepts a meth consignment worth $63 million

Al Jazeera
Women in Gaza struggling to overcome damage inflicted by Israel’s war

The Associated Press
Hamas expands search for hostages’ bodies in Gaza as Egypt joins effort

The Associated Press
Kurdish rebel group PKK says it is withdrawing its fighters from Turkey to Iraq

The New York Times
Trump Leans Into Showmanship on Day 1 of His Asia Trip

The Guardian
Trump oversees Thailand-Cambodia ceasefire signing as Asia tour gets under way - More

Politico News
'Framework' in place for substantial trade deal with China, Scott Bessent says

ABC News
USS Nimitz: Navy helicopter, fighter jet both go down in South China Sea - More

The Associated Press
For Japan’s new leader, the key to connecting with Trump could be a Ford F-150 truck

The Baltimore Sun
Researchers 90% positive they will find Amelia Earhart’s plane on remote Pacific island - Photo

The Associated Press
Milei emerges triumphant in high-stakes Argentine midterm elections

The Associated Press
Melissa strengthens into a Category 4 hurricane, threatening catastrophic flooding in Jamaica, Haiti

Paris Match
Katy Perry et Justin Trudeau officialisent leur relation à Paris

Paris Match
Le rôle secret joué par Usha Vance pour l’Ukraine

Agence France-Presse
Israël affirme son droit de veto sur la force internationale à Gaza

Agence France-Presse
Argentine : Milei remporte largement les législatives de mi-mandat

Agence France-Presse
Arrivée d'un navire de guerre américain à Trinité-et-Tobago, face au Venezuela

Agence France-Presse
Un destroyer américain s’amarre à une trentaine de kilomètres du Venezuela

International Commentary

Arwa Mahdawi | The Guardian
Why is Trump demolishing the White House’s East Wing? Because he wants to.

Adam Gopnik | The New Yorker
Why Trump Tore Down the East Wing

Heather Cox Richardson | Letters from an American
What are we doing here?

Margaret Sullivan | The Guardian
The tragic change a single year has made in America

David A Bell | The Guardian
France has survived revolutions and wars: its crisis now is deep, but not terminal

Ruth Marcus | The New Yorker
Tom Homan and the Case of the Missing Fifty Thousand

Paul Starr | The New Republic
Sleepwalking Into Revenge: The Rise of the Politics of Retribution

Dennis M. Hogan | The New York Times
Venezuela Will Be No Panama

Robert Tait | The Guardian
Why is Trump, the self-proclaimed ‘president of peace’, aiming to topple the Venezuelan regime?

Roy Schwartz | The Guardian
Trump’s men come to Israel with plenty to say. But they’re silent on any real future for Gaza.

David Remnick | The New Yorker
A “New Middle East” Is Easier to Declare Than to Achieve

Étienne Leblanc | Radio-Canada
La planète à l’heure des reculs sur le climat

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