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Canadian News

The Canadian Press
Carney asked Ford 'a couple of times' to pull anti-tariff ad

CBC News
Can the federal budget reset Canada's economy?

CTV News
‘Government will have to respond,’ says former PBO ahead of federal budget

CBC News
LCBO refuses to say what U.S. liquor is in its cellar — citing 'cabinet confidence'

CBC News
Man billed $1,500 for vehicle he didn't own, insurer says he still has to pay

Radio-Canada
Budget Carney : le milieu des affaires « prudemment optimiste »

Radio-Canada
Des fonctionnaires fédéraux craignent des compressions à la « Stephen Harper »

Canadian Commentary

Sameer Chhabra | CBC News
Here's why sleep experts think we should abolish daylight saving time

Drew Fagan | The Globe and Mail
Canada is caught between a President and a hard place

Jean-Loup Doudard | Radio-Canada
L’empressement de Doug Ford pourrait lui coûter cher

International News

NBC News
Trump administration tells judge it will partially fund SNAP benefits using contingency funds

Reuters News Agency
OpenAI, Amazon strike $38 billion agreement for ChatGPT maker to use AWS

BBC News
Trump's planned tests are 'not nuclear explosions', US energy secretary says

NBC News
With Trump's focus elsewhere, the economy shows signs of trouble

NBC News
Jon Stewart to stay on as a host of 'The Daily Show' through December 2026 - More

The Guardian
In Grok we don’t trust: Academics assess Elon Musk’s AI-powered encyclopedia

The Associated Press
Andrew will move into the Sandringham Estate

NBC News
Trump says he feels 'badly' for royal family

The Guardian
Valencia president Carlos Mazón resigns over botched handling of deadly floods

The Guardian
Ukrainian computer game-style drone attack system goes ‘viral’

CBC News
Russia takes another step toward tightening control of the internet, calling it 'national security'

Time Magazine
Thousands Missing as Militia Accused of Massacres During Capture of Key City in Sudan

The Guardian
At least 36,000 Sudanese have fled since fall of el-Fasher to RSF - More

BBC News
IDF's Advocate General arrested as scandal over video leak deepens

The Guardian
West Bank farmers prevented from harvesting olives by settler violence

Agence France-Presse
Iran vows to rebuild nuclear sites 'stronger than before'

BBC News
At least 20 dead after magnitude-6.3 earthquake shakes Afghanistan - More

BBC News
I'm the luckiest man alive, but also suffering, says Air India crash sole survivor

The Guardian
Xi Jinping cracks joke about spying with phones given to South Korean president

Reuters News Agency
Pete Hegseth visits Korea's DMZ

Agence France-Presse
US will not send any high-level officials to COP30 - More

BBC News
Trump says he doubts US will go to war with Venezuela

NBC News
Trump administration is planning new mission in Mexico against cartels

The Guardian
Mexican mayor killed during Day of the Dead celebrations - More

Agence France-Presse
Le président finlandais affirme qu’une « nouvelle ère des armes nucléaires » a commencé

Radio-Canada
Les tests d’armes nucléaires ont-ils repris à travers le monde ?

Agence France-Presse
Attaque au couteau en Angleterre : le suspect inculpé de tentative de meurtre, annonce la police

La Presse canadienne
Deux suspects du vol au Louvre ont déjà été condamnés ensemble en 2015

Agence France-Presse
Gilets jaunes : des peines de prison pour 10 personnes ayant mis le feu à neuf pylônes

Agence France-Presse
La menace terroriste « reste vive » en France, avec un « très fort rajeunissement » des mis en cause

Agence France-Presse
Inondations meurtrières en Espagne: le président de la région de Valence démissionne

Agence France-Presse
Tanzanie : malgré les violences électorales ayant fait des centaines de morts, la nouvelle présidente a été investie

Agence France-Presse
Gaza : le Hamas annonce que 45 corps de Palestiniens ont été rendus par Israël

Agence France-Presse
Israël : l’ex-procureure générale de l’armée arrêtée

Agence France-Presse
Un séisme dans le nord de l’Afghanistan fait plus de vingt morts et des centaines de blessés

La Presse canadienne
Le Canada et les Philippines concluent un accord de défense

Agence France-Presse
Le chef du Pentagone s'est rendu à la frontière entre les deux Corées

Agence France-Presse
Mexique : manifestations après le meurtre du maire d’une grande ville

International Commentary

Justin Worland | Time Magazine
There’s More Than Meets the Eye in Bill Gates’s Climate Memo

Jane Harman And Eric S. Edelman | The Bulwark
Trump’s Next Defense Strategy Risks Leaving the U.S. Underprepared

Nesrine Malik | The Guardian
Blood spilled in Sudan can be seen from space. Nobody can feign ignorance about what’s going on.

Heather Cox Richardson | Letters from an American
Neo-Nazi voices are becoming more obvious in the MAGA part

Margaret Sullivan | The Guardian
It’s clear why Zohran Mamdani has a double-digit lead in the New York mayoral race

Editorial | The Guardian
The Dutch election is an uplifting victory for the politics of hope not hate

Editorial | Le Monde
US-China trade truce shows Beijing has upper hand

Eduardo Porter | The Guardian
The president who cried tariffs: Will the US supreme court challenge Trump’s trade war?

Sidney Blumenthal | The Guardian
The ghost of Ronald Reagan has spooked Trump over tariffs

David Smith | The Guardian
The luxury gap: Trump builds his palace as Americans face going hungry

Simon Tisdall | The Guardian
President JD Vance or Marco Rubio? We’re seeing the first signs of the battle over Trump’s succession.

Bernie Sanders | The Guardian
Democrats must not cave in to Donald Trump

Norman Solomon | The Guardian
A year after Trump won, why won’t Democrats change their playbook?

Stephen Bates | The Guardian
Stupidity and royal self-entitlement sank Andrew, and it may not be over yet

Éditorial : Le Monde
La trêve sino-américaine marque l’ascendant pris par Pékin

Books

Margaret Atwood with Lisa Allardice | The Guardian
‘It is the scariest of times’: On defying Trump, banned books – and her score-settling memoir