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February 05, 2026

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☰ × CBC Canada

-	Canada set to scrap EV mandates in new national auto strategy, sources say
-	Ontario police hold news conference after 9 Toronto officers reportedly charged in tow truck investigation
-	U.S. interest in Alberta separatism raises red flags over what might come next
-	Canada-Finland Olympic women's hockey game postponed after Finnish players fall ill with norovirus
-	Stephen Harper says Canada must urgently reduce its dependence on the U.S.
-	Charting Canada’s Winter Olympics legacy
-	Why the Epstein files haven't resulted in more charges
-	Canadian snowboarder Mark McMorris out of hospital after pre-Olympic training crash

☰ × BBC World

-	Naked images remained in Epstein files despite outcry
-	US must be prudent when supplying arms to Taiwan, Xi tells Trump
-	55,000 Ukrainian soldiers killed in war with Russia, Zelensky says
-	Suspect identified in disappearance of four-year-old in Australian outback
-	Fearing Russia will seize her town, war widow moves husband's grave to Kyiv
-	Watch: Inside Gaza hospital struggling to provide care to newborn babies
-	Dozens of Muslims 'massacred' in Nigeria for refusing to join jihadists, says governor
-	US launches plan to tackle China's critical minerals dominance

☰ × Global News

-	Gavin McKenna, projected No. 1 NHL draft pick, charged with felony assault
-	Canadian Olympic snowboarder Mark McMorris out of hospital after crash
-	U.S.-Russia nuclear arms control pact expires after half a century
-	Savannah Guthrie urges mother’s alleged kidnapper to prove she’s alive in new video
-	South Frontenac opposes proposed high-speed rail line
-	Carney set to announce plans to ‘transform’ Canada’s auto sector
-	Cooley stars for Flames in win over Oilers
-	The Curator: Brands you didn’t know you could shop on Amazon

☰ × NPR News

-	'More relevant every day' in the U.S.: A filmmaker documented Russia's journalists
-	Measles continues to spread in the US, but with some letup
-	Homan to draw down agents in Minnesota. And, U.S.-Russia nuclear arms deal expires
-	The Winter Olympics get 8 new events, including the first new sport in decades
-	Team USA settles in to athletes' villages, 'smash' pizzas
-	As Trump reshapes foreign policy, China moves to limit risks, reap gains
-	Searching for dinosaur secrets in crocodile bones
-	They help police with mental health calls. So why are 'mobile crisis' teams in crisis?

☰ × The Guardian

-	Gunmen kill more than 160 people in attacks on two west Nigeria villages
-	Ugandan opposition leader still in hiding as feud with president’s son escalates
-	Death of Nigerian singer after snakebite highlights crisis of ‘preventable’ fatalities
-	Trump-led abuses amid ‘democratic recession’ put human rights in peril, HRW report says
-	Handful of sick and wounded Palestinians allowed through Rafah crossing on first day
-	Maduro’s alleged frontman Alex Saab reportedly detained in Caracas
-	Venezuela plan to turn notorious prison into cultural centre scrubs past horrors, critics say
-	The people betting on catastrophic world events – podcast

☰ × Al Jazeera

-	‘US’s critical minerals summit will burden Global South with most costs’
-	Gaza returnee recalls her journey through the Rafah crossing
-	US-Iran talks face ‘serious obstacles in the way of diplomacy’
-	It’s time for the world to boycott the US
-	T20 World Cup 2026 quiz: How well do you know cricket’s shortest format?
-	UK PM Starmer apologises to Epstein victims for appointing Mandelson
-	T20 World Cup: India will travel to Colombo despite Pakistan boycott
-	Russia-Ukraine talks end with agreement on prisoner swap

☰ × The Verge

-	Nintendo reveals an impressive Switch 2 lineup with Indiana Jones, Fallout 4, FF7 Rebirth, and more
-	Can I offer you a tiny Bluetooth speaker in these trying times?
-	Senators ask Meta why it waited so long to make teen accounts private by default
-	OpenAI Frontier is a single platform to control your AI agents
-	Tesla hit with another wrongful death suit over its electronic door handles
-	Spotify’s Page Match syncs your audiobooks and your physical ones
-	Spotify is partnering with Bookshop.org to sell physical books
-	Substack data breach exposed users’ emails and phone numbers

☰ × TechCrunch

-	ElevenLabs CEO: Voice is the next interface for AI
-	Google’s subscriptions rise in Q4 as YouTube pulls $60B in yearly revenue
-	Spotify ventures into physical book sales, adds new audiobook features
-	Sam Altman got exceptionally testy over Claude Super Bowl ads
-	As it preps Specs for the masses, Snap’s Q4 shows revenue growth but fewer daily users
-	Mundi Ventures closes on €750M for Kembara, its largest deep tech and climate fund
-	Stripe alumni raise €30M Series A for Duna, backed by Stripe and Adyen execs
-	Alphabet won’t talk about the Google-Apple AI deal, even to investors

☰ × TechRadar

-	A seriously powerful all-in-one PC has been revealed, packing an AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 CPU under the hood
-	I test budget earbuds for a living, and I'd buy these 5 buds right now — including a new lowest price for my absolute favorites
-	Dangerous new malware exploits WinRAR flaw - here's what we know
-	The Samsung Galaxy S26 series could launch any week now — and I think these are the most likely discounts at launch
-	ExpressVPN launches new-look plans with 4 huge new features — here's what it means for your VPN subscription
-	Throwing a Super Bowl party? Here are 18 last-minute deals at Amazon that I'd buy for the big game
-	Your email is about to get an AI-powered security boost - ExpressVPN launches new email protection and privacy tool for the new world of AI attacks
-	'The best way to protect user data is not to collect it in the first place' - top VPN maker reveals ExpressAI, possibly the most secure and safe AI platform around right now

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