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Canadian News

CBC News
Scientists warn Canada 'way behind the virus' as bird flu explodes among U.S. dairy cattle

CP24 News
Four people dead, including infant, in wrong-way crash on Hwy 401 - Video

CP24 News
Pothole leads to flat tires for a dozen motorists on Hwy. 401

CBC News
Poilievre hints to police he would use notwithstanding clause to change justice laws

The Canadian Press
House Speaker kicks Pierre Poilievre out of Commons over unparliamentary comments - More

CP24 News
University of Toronto warns students that encampments will not be tolerated amid divestment calls

CP24 News
Norovirus spreading at 'higher frequency' than expected in Canada

The Canadian Press
Interim commissioner Mike Duheme to head RCMP permanently

CBC News
More stores are ditching self-checkout amid theft and customer complaints

Radio-Canada
Impôts : Comment le fédéral dépense‑t‑il votre argent ?

Radio-Canada
Ottawa vise le rachat de 140 000 armes à feu en pleine année électorale

La Presse canadienne
Pierre Poilievre évite de dénoncer aux Communes les suprémacistes blancs

Radio-Canada
Des élèves se voient retirer leurs drapeaux palestiniens à Vaudreuil-Dorion

Radio-Canada
Traité sur la pollution plastique : les pays quittent Ottawa sans avancée significative

Radio-Canada
Trop d’offres, moins de ventes : les alcools québécois séduisent moins

Canadian Commentary

Scott Taylor | Esprit de Corps
Does Canada Really Need the CF-35 Joint Strike Fighter?

André Picard | The Globe and Mail
With avian flu spreading in American cattle, could another pandemic be around the corner?

Preston Manning | The Globe and Mail
Natural resources are more important to the economy than city-dwellers realize

John Ibbitson | The Globe and Mail
For the good of the Liberal party, Trudeau needs to think about his future

David Moscrop | The Globe and Mail
Why did Chrystia Freeland say tax hikes were needed ‘for our democracy to work’?

The Editorial Board | The Globe and Mail
Only Ottawa can fix the Mounties and keep Canada safe

Ken Boessenkool | The Globe and Mail
Is Doug Ford really a conservative?

Khalid Mustafa Medani | The Globe and Mail
The brutal conflict in Sudan is not a civil war. It’s a war on civilians.

International News

Reuters News Agency
Risk of avian flu spreading to bovine herds outside US, says WHO

NBC News
Columbia closed to nonresidential students, encampments cleared at other schools

The Associated Press
Columbia University threatens to expel student protesters occupying an administration building

Reuters News Agency
U.N. human rights chief troubled by treatment of pro-Palestinian protesters at U.S. universities

CNN News
Trump will go from the trial to the trail and back again

NBC News
Judge fines Trump $9,000, threatens jail for contempt in hush money trial - More - More

NBC News
Trump on political violence in 2024: 'If we don't win, you know, it depends'

Time Magazine
Trump Threatens to Shut Down Pandemic Preparedness Office

The Guardian
Trump threatens to prosecute Bidens if he’s re-elected unless he gets immunity

Reuters News Agency
Trump does not rule out building detention camps for mass deportations

CNN News
A Utah couple accidentally shipped their cat with an Amazon return

Reuters News Agency
King Charles visits cancer centre on his return to public duties

The Guardian
13-year-old boy confirmed dead in east London sword attack

The Guardian
Two men charged over felling of Sycamore Gap tree

The Guardian
Teenager finds ‘holy grail’ Lego octopus from 1997 spill off Cornwall coast

Reuters News Agency
Dutch scale down World War II remembrance to keep ceremony safe

CNN News
Why this luxury Paris apartment is a bargain

Reuters News Agency
Austria's Beer Party, seeing glass half-full, runs for parliament

Reuters News Agency
Former foreign minister Gianfranco Fini convicted over Monte Carlo apartment sale

The Guardian
Armenia turns towards west in search of allies amid Azerbaijan tensions

The Guardian
Russia making gains from slow western aid, says Jens Stoltenberg

NBC News
Ukrainian woman, 98, treks 10km under shelling to escape Russian forces

Reuters News Agency
Russian missile hits educational institution, kills five in Ukraine's Odesa

Reuters News Agency
Russian missile kills three in Ukrainian port of Odesa

El País
Russian high schools to begin training children in the use of drones

The Guardian
At least 50 people feared drowned after boat from Senegal sinks off Canary island

El País
The US is losing its battle in the Sahel as Chad joins Niger in demanding withdrawal of military personnel

The Guardian
Rwandan opposition leader voices doubts Kigali will stick to UK asylum deal

Reuters News Agency
Residents of northern Israel brace for possible all-out war with Hezbollah

Reuters News Agency
France shares more proposals with Israel over southern Lebanon

Reuters News Agency
Israel will enter Rafah with or without Gaza hostage deal, Netanyahu says

Reuters News Agency
Gaza ministry says 34,535 Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes since Oct. 7

CNN News
Dubai reveals massive plans for the world’s busiest airport

Reuters News Agency
Gunmen kill at least five in attack on mosque in Afghanistan

Reuters News Agency
India 'shocked' as Musk's surprise China visit leaves them spurned

Reuters News Agency
Indonesia's Ruang volcano erupts, more than 12,000 people evacuated

Reuters News Agency
Philippines accuses China of damaging its vessel in disputed South China Sea shoal

Reuters News Agency
China vows reforms at long-delayed party conclave amid challenging economy

Reuters News Agency
China misses air quality goals as economy takes priority, report says

The Guardian
First scientist to publish COVID sequence in China protests over lab ‘eviction’

The Guardian
Japan to trial AI bear warning system after record number of attacks

El País
The ‘triangle of death’: Chile’s P-72 highway where three Carabineros were killed

Deutsche Presse-Agentur
Nine killed as Mi-17 helicopter crashes in Colombia - More

Reuters News Agency
Colombia's Petro says armed forces' bullets, missiles stolen due to corruption

Bulgarian Military News
Clinton’s blacklist: Colombia’s Mi-17 choppers grounded, repairs denied

El País
Mexico’s most violent election ever: 30 candidates murdered, 77 threatened and 11 kidnapped

Agence France-Presse
Quatre policiers tués lors d'un échange de tirs en Caroline du Nord

Agence France-Presse
Un morse meurt de la grippe aviaire dans l’Arctique

Le Figaro
Un fonds soutenu par Abu Dhabi renonce au rachat du Daily Telegraph

Le Figaro
Londres : deux policiers attaqués à l’épée, un suspect arrêté

Le Figaro
Un jeune Anglais de 13 ans trouve une petite pieuvre en Lego à la dérive depuis 27 ans

Agence France-Presse
Un nouveau film Astérix en préparation, produit par Canal+

Agence France-Presse
Mobilisation propalestinienne à Sciences Po Paris : l'État « ne coupera pas » sa subvention

Agence France-Presse
Prisons : nouveau record de détenus en France au 1er avril

Le Figaro
Bruxelles met la pression sur Facebook et Instagram à l’approche des élections européennes

Agence France-Presse
Le G7 s'accorde pour fermer les centrales à charbon sans captage de carbone d'ici à 2035

Agence France-Presse
Lutte contre les pandémies : des pays réclament un accès égal aux vaccins et aux tests

Agence France-Presse
Cinq morts à Odessa et deux morts à Kharkiv dans des frappes russes

Agence France-Presse
Jérusalem : un policier israélien poignardé dans la Vieille ville par un citoyen turc

Radio-Canada
Hors de question d'arrêter la guerre sans avoir atteint nos objectifs, menace Nétanyahou

Agence France-Presse
La Chine affirme que les groupes rivaux palestiniens du Hamas et du Fatah ont mené des discussions à Pékin

Le Figaro
Gaza : la Jamaïque reconnaît officiellement la Palestine comme un État

Agence France-Presse
Afghanistan : six civils tués par un tireur dans une mosquée de Hérat

Agence France-Presse
Pakistan : au moins 143 morts en avril à cause des fortes pluies inhabituelles pour la saison

Agence France-Presse
Mer de Chine : nouvel accrochage entre forces navales chinoises et philippines

Agence France-Presse
Colombie : neuf militaires tués dans un accident d'hélicoptère Mi-17

International Commentary

Jamelle Bouie | The New York Times
The Price We Pay for Having Upper-Class Legislators

Norman Eisen | CNN News
Even if Trump can’t stay awake this week, the jury will have reason to

Eric Cortellessa | Time Magazine
How Far Trump Would Go

Gordon Brown | The Guardian
There’s a hard-right tidal wave about to hit Europe – and it will only make the economic crisis worse

Ajit Niranjan | The Guardian
How climate policies are becoming focus for far-right attacks in Germany

María Ramírez | The Guardian
The Pedro Sánchez crisis makes it clear: Spain’s politicians are playing with fire

Polly Toynbee | The Guardian
It’s Sunak’s doom loop: the more desperate and cruel the Tories become, the more voters reject them

Rory Scothorne | The Guardian
Humza Yousaf’s clumsiness meant he had to jump – but Westminster also gave him a push

Salil Tripathi | The Guardian
With India’s election in full swing, Narendra Modi is getting desperate – and dangerous

Alex Hern | The Guardian
TechScape: On the internet, where does the line between person end and bot begin?

Books

Lionel Shriver | The New York Times
What Are Americans So Ticked Off About, Anyway?

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