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Canadian News

CTV News
Canadian defence companies cautiously optimistic about Budget 2025

Business Insider
Doug Ford: The Reagan ad that blew up trade talks with Trump is the 'best ad that ever ran'

The Canadian Press
Prime Minister Carney’s visit to Singapore focuses on attracting investment in Canada

The Canadian Press
Canadian firms Cameco, Brookfield sign $80B US nuclear reactor deal with U.S. government

The Epic Times
Trump Says He Won’t Be Meeting With Carney ‘For a While’

The Guardian
Residents of France’s last outpost in North America try to outrun the sea

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

Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer | The Hub
‘The president is clearly frustrated’: What’s really behind Trump’s latest tariff tirade?

Shannon Proudfoot | The Globe and Mail
What really enrages Donald Trump in that Ronald Reagan ad he doesn’t want anyone to see

Toby A.A. Heaps | The Globe and Mail
Fighting wildfires should be counted as defence spending, too

Peter Jones | The Globe and Mail
This isn’t just a hissy fit from Trump – it’s his ‘Art of the Deal’ playbook

Campbell Clark | The Globe and Mail
Yet another emergency for Trump to use to shake Canada down

Stephen Nagy | The Hub
Canada returns to Asia with pragmatism, not platitudes?

International News

The Hill
Federal judge indefinitely blocks Trump shutdown layoffs

NBC News
Air traffic controllers and TSA workers miss first paycheck

NBC News
Gregory Bovino to face questioning after accusations of continued tear gas use in Chicago

NBC News
How NDAs keep AI data center details hidden from Americans

CNN News
Bill Gates makes a stunning claim about climate change

NBC News
Elon Musk launches Grokipedia as an alternative to 'woke' Wikipedia - More

NBC News
Amazon to lay off 14,000 corporate employees - More

CNN News
US military strikes four boats in the Pacific, killing 14 - More

The Guardian
‘Change course now’: Humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says António Guterres

BBC News
Prince Andrew hosted Epstein, Maxwell and Weinstein at Royal Lodge

The Guardian
Von der Leyen says EU ‘cannot tolerate’ disruption of airspace

The Guardian
UK military equipment used by militia accused of genocide found in Sudan, UN told

BBC News
Sudan's army loses key city of el-Fasher to paramilitary RSF after 18-month siege

Agence France-Presse
Kenya Plane Crash Kills 10 Foreigners Heading To Maasai Mara National Park - More - Photo

CNN News
Israel strikes Gaza after it accuses Hamas of violating ceasefire

The Associated Press
Netanyahu says remains returned by Hamas are body parts of a hostage previously retrieved in Gaza

NBC News
Trump addresses U.S. troops on aircraft carrier in Japan - More

BBC News
Rare earths, Nobel nomination and cheers: Trump ends Japan leg of Asia tour - More

Reuters News Agency
Man accused of killing former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe to go on trial Tuesday - More

CNN News
Hurricane Melissa is plowing through Jamaica - More

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
Un destroyer américain s’amarre à une trentaine de kilomètres du Venezuela

International Commentary

Robert Reich | The Guardian
Zohran Mamdani represents the future of the Democratic party

Peter Rothpletz | Zeteo
The US Fourth Estate is writing its own obituary in real time

Mark Hertling | The Bulwark
The Mixed Messages of Sending USS Gerald Ford to the Caribbean

Dalibor Rohac | The Bulwark
The ‘Transactional’ Trap

William Kristol, Andrew Egger, and Jim Swift | The Bulwark
Totally Brazen. Comically Corrupt. Painfully Dumb.

Anne Applebaum | The Atlantic
The Pentagon’s Preferred Propaganda Model

Paul Taylor | The Guardian
Forget diplomatic niceties: It’s beyond time Europe denounced Trump’s trashing of democracy in the US

Jordana Timerman | The Guardian
Milei’s win in Argentina had Trump’s fingerprints all over it. But just how long will their friendship last?

Timothy Noah | The New Rebublic
Trump’s Ballroom Defenders Have Adopted the “Abundance” Argument

Ewan Palmer | The Daily Beast
Trump Violating Constitution ‘Not Hyperbole Anymore’

Joe Perticone | The Bulwark
Jack Smith Wants a Spectacle. Will Republicans Play Ball?

Éditorial | Le Monde
En France, une transition climatique laissée pour compte

Books

Kevin Power | The Guardian
The Eleventh Hour by Salman Rushdie – a haunting coda to a groundbreaking career

Peter Bradshaw | The Guardian
Film Palestine 36: An empassioned epic set during the Arab revolt against British colonial rule

Lives Lived