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Canadian News

CBC News
Canada pledges billions in new defence spending - More

The Canadian Press
Canadian soldier missing and presumed dead following Swiss avalanche

The Canadian Press
MND to release the long-awaited defence policy update - More

CBC News
Trudeau, Blair release defence policy update at CFB Trenton - More - More

The Canadian Press
Canada exploring possibility of joining AUKUS alliance, says Trudeau

Global News
Doug Ford asks LCBO to bring back paper bags for customers

The Canadian Press
National security adviser to testify at foreign interference inquiry

Reuters News Agency
CSIS found China interfered in last two elections, probe hears

CBC News
Total solar eclipse sends parts of Canada into darkness - More

Global News
Time-lapse: Peterborough during the total solar eclipse

The Canadian Press
On an island off Newfoundland's coast, a solar eclipse is part of history

CBC Radio
Getting to the path of totality is part of the adventure - More

CBC News
How to watch the solar eclipse on CBC

The Globe and Mail
Rwandan targeting of dissidents in Canada should be probed, activists say

CBC News
Senior bureaucrats briefed Liberal Party on foreign interference in 2019 Don Valley North contest

CBC News
Factors that have led to a 'golden age' of discovery for Great Lakes shipwrecks

CP24 News
Police recover 20 stolen high-end vehicles worth $1.8 million

Reuters News Agency
Trudeau announces package of AI investment measures

CBC News
Fate of giant carbon capture project still uncertain

Nouvelles du MDN
Annonce : Publication de la mise à jour de la politique de défense du Canada - Plus

TVA Nouvelles
Éclipse solaire totale : c'est le grand jour pour aller observer ce phénomène rare

Radio-Canada
Engouement à l’approche de l'éclipse solaire totale au pays

Agence QMI
Météo du jour : temps idéal avec un ciel dégagé pour observer l’éclipse

Radio-Canada
Ottawa mettra sur pied un institut de la sécurité de l’intelligence artificielle

Radio-Canada
Ottawa ajoute un nouveau vol de rapatriement à partir d’Haïti - Plus

Radio-Canada
« Le gouvernement Nétanyahou est problématique », estime Mélanie Joly

TVA Nouvelles
Pierre Poilievre : « Monsieur le premier ministre, vous n’en valez pas le coût »

Canadian Commentary

John Ibbitson | The Globe and Mail
Trudeau courageously sticks to the carbon tax

The Editorial Board | The Globe and Mail
Ontario needs a fiscal conservative party. Doug Ford’s PCs aren’t it

Tristin Hopper | National Post
What Canada forsook by failing to develop LNG

J.D. Tuccille | National Post
Proposed U.S. TikTok ban is a danger to free speech

Kelly McParland | National Post
Civil war in the Grand Old Party of Lincoln

International News

Reuters News Agency
Loss of engine cowling on Southwest Boeing 737-800 prompts FAA investigation - More - More

Forbes
NASA’s WB-57 high-altitude research aircraft to chase the eclipse - Photo

BBC News
A look inside the NASA WB-57F chasing the solar eclipse - Photo

BBC News
Total solar eclipse brings darkness to millions as it sweeps North America - Photos

The Guardian
Millions watch total solar eclipse sweep across North America

Sky News
Trump posts ‘epic’ campaign video of his head eclipsing the Sun - More - More

The Associated Press
Salvage crews have begun removing containers from CS Dali

The Associated Press
Anonymous users are dominating right-wing discussions online. They also spread false information.

Reuters News Agency
Special counsel urges US Supreme Court to reject Trump immunity bid

The Guardian
New York appeals judge rejects Trump’s request to delay hush-money trial - More - More - More

BBC News
Jury questions in Donald Trump hush money trial revealed

Salon
Experts say Trump lawyers may face discipline if they violated rule

Salon
Peeved Melania photos cause chatter

The Associated Press
Trump's abortion statement angers conservatives - More - More

The Associated Press
Eruptions slowing from volcano in Iceland

Reuters News Agency
Norway plans $56 billion defence boost to counter Russia

Deutsche Welle
First German soldiers deployed to Lithuania

BBC News
David Cameron meets Trump in Florida

Deutsche Welle
Germany faces top UN court over Gaza 'genocide' claim

Deutsche Welle
Zelenskyy says lack of aid risks defeat

Reuters News Agency
Russia says Ukraine struck nuclear plant, Kyiv denies it was behind the attack - More

The Associated Press
Attacks on Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant increase accident risk, IAEA head says - More

The Guardian
Operators say another drone downed at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

Reuters News Agency
Record floods in Russia's Urals triggered by melting snow - More

Le Monde
Thirty years later, Rwanda's president blames the international community

Reuters News Agency
At least 94 dead in Mozambique after unlicensed ferry boat capsizes - More

The Associated Press
Tulip festival: Colorful flowers in Istanbul mark the arrival of spring

VOA News
IDF says airstrike in southern Lebanon killed a Hezbollah commander

Reuters News Agency
Gaza truce talks still deadlocked - More

CBC News
Israelis demand more be done to rescue hostages from Hamas as war rages

Reuters News Agency
Netanyahu says date set to invade Rafah

The Associated Press
Palestinians returning to Khan Younis after Israeli withdrawal

The Wall Street Journal
Hamas’s Feud With Palestinian Rivals Adds to Doubts Over Gaza’s Postwar Future

Reuters News Agency
US military support for Israel: What does it provide?

Reuters News Agency
UN Security Council refers Palestinian application to become full UN member to committee

Reuters News Agency
Thai PM says Myanmar regime 'losing strength'

Reuters News Agency
Philippines will continue dialogue with China to ease South China Sea tensions, says president

Reuters News Agency
SpaceX launches South Korea's second spy satellite

Reuters News Agency
Kremlin: US military presence in Japan impedes any peace treaty with Tokyo

Reuters News Agency
Australian PM says Israel's explanation for aid worker deaths unsatisfactory

Sky News
PM and Defence Minister announce senior command changes within the ADF

Reuters News Agency
Brazil judge opens inquiry into Musk after refusal to block accounts on X - More

The Associated Press
Retired Venezuelan general who defied Maduro gets over 21 years in US prison

Reuters News Agency
Nicaragua seeks to halt German arms exports to Israel at World Court

Reuters News Agency
Mexico welcomes home Ecuador embassy staff after armed raid

Le Figaro
Un Boeing de la Southwest Airlines contraint de faire-demi après la perte d’un capot en plein vol

Agence France-Presse
Biden s’attaque une nouvelle fois à la question de la dette étudiante

Agence de presse Reuters
Londres réaffirme que son soutien à Israël n'est pas inconditionnel

Agence France-Presse
La France n'a plus « intérêt » à discuter avec « les responsables russes », déclare Stéphane Séjourné

Agence France-Presse
Trois morts dans des frappes russes dans la région de Zaporijjia - Plus

Agence France-Presse
Russie : plus de 10.000 bâtiments résidentiels inondés - Plus

Agence France-Presse
Soudan : au moins 28 morts dans une attaque des forces paramilitaires sur un village

Agence France-Presse
Le Rwanda souligne le 30ᵉ anniversaire du génocide des Tutsis - Plus

Agence France-Presse
Naufrage au Mozambique : 96 morts, dont de nombreux enfants

Le Point
Dans l’enfer des tunnels de Gaza : une ex-otage infirmière raconte sa captivité

Agence France-Presse
L'armée israélienne annonce avoir éliminé un commandant du Hezbollah au Liban - Plus

Agence France-Presse
Liban : l'ONU appelle à l'arrêt de six mois de violences entre Israël et le Hezbollah

Agence de presse Reuters
L'armée israélienne dit avoir renforcé sa préparation en cas de guerre au nord

Agence de presse Reuters
Pas de progrès dans les négociations de cessez-le-feu à Gaza, selon le Hamas

Agence France-Presse
Netanyahou affirme qu'« il y a une date » pour l'offensive sur Rafah

Agence de presse Reuters
Lavrov en Chine pour discuter de l'Ukraine, de l'Asie-Pacifique

Agence de presse Reuters
Les États-Unis seront attentifs aux exportations chinoises à bas coût, dit Yellen

Agence France-Presse
Corée du Sud : lancement réussi d’un deuxième satellite espion

Agence France-Presse
Elon Musk dans le collimateur de la justice brésilienne - Plus

International Commentary

Adrienne LaFrance | The Atlantic
So Much for the Apocalypse

Jonathan Rauch and Peter Wehner | The New York Times
A Party in Exile Is the Best Hope for Anti-Trump Republicans

Damon Linker | The New York Times
Why Is Biden Struggling? Because America Is Broken.

David French | The New York Times
Israel Is Making the Same Mistake America Made in Iraq

Nesrine Malik | The Guardian
Six months in, the war in Gaza has dramatically shifted – and Israel is running out of road

Con Coughlin | The Telegraph
Iran’s paper tiger has finally been exposed

David Axe | The Telegraph
The US Navy’s Constellation-class frigate problem is a problem for the world

Tom Rogan | The Telegraph
The right man must lead Nato, or risk Trump’s wrath