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Canadian News

CBC News
Divers seeking lost shipwreck near Toronto find an even older mystery

CBC News
Is Quebec serious about climate change? New government bill raises questions.

Radio-Canada
Ce qu’il faut savoir sur la nouvelle série de grands projets fédéraux

Radio-Canada
Comment la neige devient-elle lourde ?

Radio-Canada
Il fait une virée dans un autobus volé, mais le conduit adéquatement

Canadian Commentary

Janet Davison | CBC News
A prince under pressure: Why there's so much at stake for William as the monarchy faces scandal

Andrew Chang | CBC News
The impossible math behind Trump's $2,000 tariff rebate plan

International News

The Observer
Furious Trump dodges questions as Republicans prepare to vote on Epstein files

NBC News
Rep. Ro Khanna on push to release Epstein files: 'It's not about Donald Trump'

BBC News
Feud erupts between Trump and ally Marjorie Taylor Greene ahead of Epstein files vote

The Associated Press
Immigration crackdown inspires uniquely Chicago pushback that’s now a model for other cities

The Associated Press
Trump’s Republican Party insists there’s no affordability crisis and dismisses election losses

NBC News
Border Patrol operations start in Charlotte

The Associated Press
Trump to welcome the Saudi crown prince with arrival ceremony, deal signings and lavish dinner

The Atlantic
What Are We Going to Do With 300 Billion Pennies?

The Associated Press
Dozens rescued or evacuated in Wales as Storm Claudia floods Monmouth

BBC News
Data centre in the shed reduces energy bills to £40

The Associated Press
Zelenskyy says Ukraine is working on a prisoner exchange with Russia

NBC News
Heavy rain floods camps in Gaza, worsening conditions for displaced Palestinians

The Associated Press
Headwinds for Trump in persuading the Saudi crown prince to agree to normalize ties with Israel

NBC News
Taps run dry as water crisis forces Iran to consider evacuating its capital

The Associated Press
Iran’s foreign minister says the nation is no longer enriching uranium at any site in the country

The Associated Press
Iran confirms seizure of oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz

The Observer
Taliban edict on female aid staff pushes Afghan women deeper into the shadows

NBC News
Tensions rise as Chinese Coast Guard ships sail through Japan-administered islands

BBC News
The US will help South Korea build nuclear 'attack' submarines - here's what that means

The Observer
Costa Rica’s green halo starts to slip as president toys with gas and oil

The Associated Press
Colombian officials say 7 children were killed in an airstrike against a rebel group this week

International Commentary

Alexi Mostrous | The Observer
The academics who stuck by disgraced Epstein to the end – and those who didn’t

Tim Miller | The Bulwark
David Frum: This Is Shame-Faced Trump - More - More

Isabella Kaminski | BBC News
'The fate of nations and the fall of kingdoms': History's epic theories of what causes Northern Lights

Books

Casey Schwartz | The New York Times
What Could Have Stopped Hitler — and Didn’t - More

Lives Lived