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☰ × CBC Canada
- Woman behind petition to oust U.S ambassador says response is 'beyond what I expected'
- B.C. premier promises review of emergency response to wildfire near Summerland, B.C.
- Canada, U.S. not yet ready to make tariff deal, Canada unsatisfied with latest U.S. offer: sources
- Why this American doctor is leaving Utah to serve a remote community in B.C.
- 4 ex-Western University students accused in London, Ont., explosives-making scheme face 19 new charges
- Hockey Canada suspensions remain for four 2018 world junior players acquitted in sex assault trial
- White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt to leave job at month's end, Trump says
- New Churchill Falls hydro deal between N.L. and Quebec being finalized: sources
☰ × BBC World
- Major Russian grain export terminals hit in Ukraine Black Sea port attack
- Israeli settlers besieging Palestinian families in West Bank village
- Vultures are disappearing in Nigeria - but the 'Vulture King' is fighting to reverse the trend
- Trump says White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt to leave post
- Why are 'human fridges' being sold in Japan?
- Woman pulled alive from rubble 36 hours after Colombia quake
- Travis Kelce shares first details from his wedding to Taylor Swift - 'Best night of my life'
- Thousands of Canadians call for US ambassador's expulsion
☰ × Global News
- Whitby man who confessed murdering estranged wife on social media found guilty
- London-area animal rescue faces $200K bill after cats seized by province
- Montreal police chief says change will take time amid racism allegations
- Massive, slow-moving load may cause central Alberta traffic delays
- Pumpkin problems: Alberta’s wet summer affecting annual crop
- 4-year-old who died described by mother as ‘angel who never hurt anybody’
- Saskatchewan Roughrider Alex Hale taking it one kick at a time
- Calgary Stampeders aim to make hay at home
☰ × NPR News
- ICE plans to outfit officers with electric shock gloves
- Trump sued over service selling faster access to Truth Social posts
- Controversial group wins $158M-contract to represent unaccompanied immigrant children
- White House press secretary leaving
- Has the U.S. lost its dominance to China?
- Inflation eases in July as gasoline and grocery prices fall
- Greetings from a surreal expanse of sand dunes dotted with freshwater lagoons in Brazil
- His wedding guests gave $6k to fund a health startup. Now it's won a $3 million prize
☰ × The Guardian
- At least 44 dead after overcrowded ferry capsizes on Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe
- Halting the march of the African armyworm: a natural cure offers hope to farmers
- Spain to introduce temporary border checks on visitors from Italy
- Judge approves Trump effort to end South Sudan TPS protections
- Ebola virus behind massive outbreak in DRC could be mutating, officials say
- Former Mexican governor charged in case of 43 students who vanished in 2014
- Canadian airline WestJet agrees to settle flight attendants’ sexual harassment class action
- Canadian airline cancels flight after child refuses to wear seatbelt
☰ × Al Jazeera
- Trump administration arrests Southern Poverty Law Center expert for fraud
- Media groups sue Trump over paid access to public social media posts
- Trump administration plans to give ICE officers electric-shock gloves
- US strikes in Yemen killed 153 civilians in 2025, says Pentagon review
- Hegseth cautions that ICC may investigate US boat strikes in Latin America
- PSG win back-to-back UEFA Super Cups with victory over Aston Villa
- Thousands missing after Colombia quake as rescue continues
- Morocco says working to prevent potential new Ceuta crossings surge
☰ × The Verge
- Pixel 11 event live blog: Let’s watch Trevor Noah introduce Google’s new phones
- This 8BitDo mechanical keyboard has an extra keypad and is 30 percent off
- Cats and dogs are missing meals after a popular smart feeder went down
- The next big indie game publisher is taking some exciting swings
- It looks like Apple’s iPhone 18 really will skip the fall launch this year
- Google’s Pixel 11 phone preorders come with up to $350 in gift cards
- Twitch streamers can now opt out from training Amazon’s AI
- How Google’s new Pixel 11 phones compare to last year’s models
☰ × TechCrunch
- Some Claude users are mad that Anthropic’s new watermarks will catch them using it at their jobs, classes
- AI nuclear power firm Fermi finally has a new CEO
- Northrop’s robot space mechanic is a new way to keep satellites at work longer
- Amazon will train on Twitch streamers’ content by default, unless they opt out
- Grubhub’s $24M FTC settlement is finally reaching diners and drivers
- AI coding startup Cognition reportedly already in talks to raise at $40B valuation
- As AI safety concerns mount, three pioneers make the case for staying open
- OpenAI-backed Thrive Holdings raises $2B to bring AI to the enterprise
☰ × TechRadar
- Russian startup claims it could produce silicon wafers in five minutes instead of two weeks, but trillion-dollar IMEC doesn't have to worry
- NYT Connections hints and answers for Thursday, August 13 (game #1159)
- NYT Strands hints and answers for Thursday, August 13 (game #893)
- Quordle hints and answers for Thursday, August 13 (game #1662)
- Ukraine claims it found over 5,000 foreign-made components in over 200 Russian weapon systems, with missiles, drones, and armored vehicles particularly concerning
- The Google Pixel Watch 5's Insulin Resistance Trends might be the biggest deal in smartwatches in ages — for better or worse
- 'C is quirky, flawed, and an enormous success' — Quote of the day by the creator of the programming language Dennis Ritchie
- US Navy's new "Trump class" nuclear-powered program could hit $275 billion — with the first ship alone costing an eye-watering $23.4 billion

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