Featured News

Al Jazeera: Israel kills 10 in Gaza as US declares phase two of ceasefire deal launched

Common Dreams: ‘Get ICE Out!’ Protests Intensify After Another Shooting by Federal Agent in Minneapolis

CTV News: Canadian citizen dies in Iran amid widespread protests, Global Affairs confirms

International Socialists: The new phase of genocide

The Associated Press: Trump threatens to use the Insurrection Act to ‘put an end’ to protests in Minneapolis

The Globe And Mail: Canada welcomes Chinese investment in the energy sector, including oil sands

Canada & USA

Canadian news:

• Bombardier to boost output capacity with new factory near Montreal

• Canada ‘cash strapped’ in fight against wildlife diseases, national network says

• Fatality inquiry ordered into tragic ER death of 44-year-old Edmonton man

• Organizations are fighting for farmers’ right to reuse seeds on their farms

• Ottawa investing up to US$65-million in B.C.-based Mangrove Lithium in critical minerals push

• 'Staggering' disparity as Indigenous adults overrepresented in prisons by 10 times

• xAI, Grok backlash continues as Canada expands probe into sexualized images

• Winnipeg police culture 'made it easier to do certain things,' disgraced officer says in psych report

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USA news:

• After 7 months in DHS custody, 18-year-old Habiba Soliman speaks out from Texas detention center

• Federal judge says immigration sweeps can continue for now in Minnesota

• Fewer-than-expected number of Americans filed jobless claims last week, as layoffs remain low

• ICE is headed to Maine

• Judge clears way for N.Y. offshore wind project in victory against Trump

• LGBTQ+ Americans are going back in the closet under Donald Trump: report

• New York bakery staff push for union, claiming they were forced to bake for Israeli fundraisers

• Personal Data of Thousands of ICE and Border Patrol Agents Leaked After Fatal Shooting

• Trans athlete policies in 4 WA school districts face scrutiny from feds

• Transgender policies spark federal investigation into NY schools

• Trump unveils health-care plan outline as Congress wrestles over Obamacare subsidies

• US court hands Trump victory against pro-Palestine activist Mahmoud Khalil

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World News

• 20 people indicted in alleged college basketball and Chinese Basketball Association point-shaving scheme

• As Trump calls off airstrike, details of how Israel infiltrated Iran and spurred riots are revealed

• Iceland demands answers from US after Trump ally cracks 52nd state joke

• Israeli Warplanes Strike Residential Areas in Lebanon Despite Ceasefire

• Japan, Philippines sign new defence pacts amid surging China tensions

• Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado says she presented her medal to Trump

• Syrian military tells civilians to evacuate contested area east of Aleppo amid rising tensions

• 'The strangler', pt I (Thanks to JM Hatch for sharing this article)

• The US claims it just strongarmed Taiwan into spending $250 billion on American chip manufacturing

• US hijacks Venezuela‑linked tanker ahead of Trump‑Machado meeting

• US targets Larijani, others with sanctions in new bid to boost riots

What I’m Reading

• Banana republics are making a comeback in Latin America

• Canadians Cash In While America Burns

• De-Banked (Thanks to JM Hatch for sharing this article)

• Finally recognizing femicide

• How public grocery stores could work in Canada

• The culture war comes for Alberta’s books

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