Featured News

Al Jazeera: Bangladesh holds international conference on Rohingya: Here’s what to know

Al Mayadeen: Texas approves new congressional map favoring Republicans

CTV News: Capital Pride Parade cancelled after protesters blocked route in downtown Ottawa

Reuters: Air Canada labour deal faces fierce opposition over wages, vote could fail: Reuters exclusive

The Associated Press: US releases Emmett Till investigation records ahead of 70th anniversary of his killing

Canada & USA

Canadian political news:

• Advocates against HIV criminalization decry Carney silence on reform Trudeau promised

• Carney lands in Poland, kicking off mission to deepen European ties

  • Carney talks security guarantees with Zelenskyy in Kyiv, reiterates possibly providing Canadian troops

• Changes to rules for ‘national security’ contracts bypass competition and raise concerns of potential abuse, say procurement watchers

• Federal government to table first budget under Carney in October: finance minister

• ‘They’re going to be a bit shocked after they pay for it themselves’: Danielle Smith defends charging for COVID-19 vaccines

Other Canada news:

• Air Canada offers to cover passengers' added expenses racked up during strike

• Evacuation order expanded twice as strong winds fan Long Lake wildfire

• Site C able to produce more power than forecast, leading to demand for more benefits

US news:

• Boxed in by shifting tariff rules, European shippers pause some U.S.-bound parcels

• Bus carrying junior high football team crashes near Pittsburgh. 21 people are taken to hospitals

• Judge blocks Trump admin from slashing ‘sanctuary city’ funding

• Missouri’s sick leave law gets repealed next week – Here’s what changes

• Some Washington judges aren’t ordering accused abusers to surrender guns

• Wildfires expand in Oregon and California, threatening homes and prompting evacuations

World News

Palestinian genocide and other Israeli and US aggressions in West Asia:

• 12 killed in Khan Younis as 'Israel' continues Gaza bombardment

• Israeli bill uses archaeology as cover to usurp more Palestinian land

• Israeli bulldozers uproot hundreds of trees in West Bank village

• Israeli maritime police deliberately kill Palestinians off Yafa coast

• Palestinian teenagers allege they were sexually abused and tortured in Israeli custody

• Yemen: 6 Martyred, 86 Wounded in Israeli Aggression on Sanaa

Other world news:

• 70,000 Rally Across Serbia in Support of President Vucic

• Deadly Cholera Outbreaks in Sudan and South Sudan Expose Fragile Health Systems and Threaten Millions of Children

• Exposure to some Pfas could increase risk of multiple miscarriages – study

• Indigenous Groups Warn of Critical Threats to Isolated Peoples on Peru-Brazil Border

• Protests as newborn removed from Greenlandic mother after ‘parenting competence’ tests

• RSF shells El-Fasher hospital, abducts 8 civilians from refugee camp

• Scuffles, arrests as protesters across UK rally against asylum hotels

• Spain Rescues Almost 250 Migrants of a Boat 429 Kilometers From Gran Canaria

• Tens of thousands march across world in support of Palestinians in Gaza

• Thailand and Cambodia Agree to Clear Mines and Resolve Territorial Disputes

• Vance expresses optimism that 'energetic diplomacy' will end the war in Ukraine

What I’m Reading

• Evo Morales Destroyed Bolivia's Left (VIDEO)

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• Only Liars And Manipulators Say Gaza Isn't Starving

• PSL Statement: Hands off Venezuela! Hands off Latin America!

• South Park has become the most important TV show of the Trump 2.0 era