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Sunday, 10 August 2025

Canadian News

CBC News
Starsailor' rocket: Canada's first space launch in more than 25 years

The Weather Network
Lightning's cosmic origin confirmed by new research

Canadian Commentary

Ken Steacy | The Globe and Mail
Deploy the Super Scoopers!

Joe Van Wonderen | CTV News
Apple shows us how appeasing Trump can help you avoid tariffs

Aaron Wherry | CBC News
Deal or no deal, Mark Carney has to manage a new relationship with the United States

Marcus Gee | The Globe and Mail
Brace yourself for the rest of Trump 2

Conrad Black | National Post
I put in a good word for Canada with Trump. If only Carney could do the same …

John Rapley | The Globe and Mail
Despite the administration’s best efforts, don’t count on lower rates in Trumpland

The Editorial Board | The Globe and Mail
The PM drops his elbows, at least for now

International News

NBC News
Trump administration proposes $1 billion settlement with UCLA

NBC News
Air Force revokes approved retirement for trans service members: 'Complete and utter betrayal'

NBC News
ICE is leaning hard on recruitment, but immigration experts say that could come at a price

The Guardian
OpenAI will not disclose GPT-5’s energy use. It could be higher than past models.

The Guardian
Radioactive water from UK nuclear bomb base leaked into sea

The Guardian
Human connection to nature has declined 60% in 200 years

NBC News
Zelenskyy rejects Trump's proposal that Ukraine could swap territories with Russia - More

The Guardian
Microsoft investigates Israeli military’s use of Azure cloud storage

NBC News
Questions swirl around 'Arab forces' named in Netanyahu's Gaza plan

The Guardian
Nagasaki’s twin bells ring in unison for first time in 80 years

NBC News
New Zealand and Australia seek closer military ties following Chinese live-fire naval exercise

The Associated Press
Today in History: 10 August - More

This Day in Aviation
10 August

Agence France-Presse
L'administration Trump réclame 1 milliard de dollars à l'Université de Californie

Agence France-Presse
Cette technique contre les rats qui semble fonctionner à New York

Agence France-Presse
Entre 34°C et 40°C : une nouvelle vague de chaleur frappe la France

Agence France-Presse
Incendie dans l’Aude : le feu « fixé » après avoir ravagé 17.000 hectares, les pompiers sur le qui-vive

France 24
Bosnie-Herzégovine : destitué, le leader serbe Milorad Dodik défie l'État central

Agence France-Presse
Des centaines de pompiers luttent contre un incendie proche d’Athènes

Le Figaro
Trump évoque un « échange de territoires », Zelensky promet que les Ukrainiens «n’abandonneront pas leur terre»

France 24
Zelensky affiche sa fermeté après l'annonce du sommet Trump-Poutine

Le Figaro
Un site russe propose un « catalogue » d’enfants ukrainiens à adopter

France 24
Famine et raids israéliens à Gaza, épuisée par 22 mois de guerre

Agence France-Presse
L’Arménie et l’Azerbaïdjan s’engagent à « cesser définitivement » tout conflit

Agence France-Presse
La Corée du Nord retire des haut-parleurs à la frontière avec le Sud

Agence France-Presse
Nagasaki : une cloche restaurée sonne pour commémorer les 80 ans de la bombe atomique - Plus

Agence France-Presse
Donald Trump veut utiliser l'armée contre des cartels sud-américains

Agence France-Presse
Brésil : le gouvernement fait part de sa «profonde indignation» à l'ambassade des États-Unis

International Commentary

Megan Cerullo | Money Watch
Trump's sweeping new tariffs are fueling stagflation concerns among economists

Annie Lowrey | The Atlantic
Trump Is a Degrowther: Raising Prices and Lowering productivity?

Paul Rosenzweig | The Atlantic
The FBI Isn’t an Arm of the Republican Party

Patrick Wintour | The Guardian
The growing influence of Melania on Donald Trump

As told to Turkiya Shammo | The Guardian
‘I live for a chance to leave Iraq’: How I survived torture and slavery at the hands of Islamic State

Isabel Fattal | The Atlantic
What’s Really Driving Netanyahu’s Decisions

Lives Lived

Agence France-Presse
Capt. Jim Lovell est mort à l’âge de 97 ans

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