Separatists win in Quebec – but does that bring separation from Canada any closer? – The Guardian

  1. Separatists win in Quebec – but does that bring separation from Canada any closer?  The Guardian
  2. The Separatist Parti Québécois Wins Quebec Election, Reviving Sovereignty Push  The New York Times
  3. How Quebec Separatists Win Poses New Challenge for Carney Amid Trump Trade War  Time Magazine
  4. Before a referendum, how a new PQ government could test Ottawa  CBC
  5. Opinion: The weakness of its mandate will not deter the PQ from the chaos and division of its project  The Globe and Mail
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EU seeks to cut trade deficit with China in talks with Beijing – Reuters

  1. EU seeks to cut trade deficit with China in talks with Beijing  Reuters
  2. EU Is Taking Harder Line on China’s Trade Gap as Talks Kick Off  Bloomberg.com
  3. How Europe should deal with the new China shock  The Economist
  4. Germany and France Are Proposing a New Weapon to Counter Flood of Chinese Goods  WSJ
  5. CNBC Daily Open: The blame game — Brussels vs Beijing  CNBC
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Ten people linked to Kenya’s first-ever Ebola case quarantined as screening concerns grow – BBC

  1. Ten people linked to Kenya's first-ever Ebola case quarantined as screening concerns grow  BBC
  2. What to know about Kenya’s first Ebola case and how officials are responding  CNN
  3. Kenya Records Ebola Case for First Time  The New York Times
  4. Ebola Patient Boarded Commercial Flight, Died Shortly After Arrival  WSJ
  5. Kenya confirms first Ebola case as man dies in Nairobi after DRC return  Al Jazeera
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German ex-spy chief arrested for treason: What we know – Al Jazeera

  1. German ex-spy chief arrested for treason: What we know  Al Jazeera
  2. Germany’s ex-spymaster admits holding files but denies treason  Financial Times
  3. An explosive allegation rocks Germany’s spy agency  The Economist
  4. What to know about the espionage allegations against Germany’s former intelligence chief  AP News
  5. Azerbaijan denies report of link to German spy scandal  Reuters
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Ukraine Claws Back Land in the Donbas, Thwarting a Russian Push – The New York Times

  1. Ukraine Claws Back Land in the Donbas, Thwarting a Russian Push  The New York Times
  2. "Gryphon": Ukrainian forces combine robots with drones to strike Russians deep in the rear. Interview with th  Українська правда
  3. The War Room newsletter: Operation Vivaldi is wrong-footing Russia  The Economist
  4. Ukraine’s surprise robot offensive exposes a vulnerability in Putin’s war machine  CNBC
  5. Ukraine’s Vivaldi Counteroffensive Derails Russia’s Donbas Encirclement Plan  Kyiv Post
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All 32 NATO Members Send Military Representatives to Kyiv in First Such Visit in Eight Years – UNITED24 Media

  1. All 32 NATO Members Send Military Representatives to Kyiv in First Such Visit in Eight Years  UNITED24 Media
  2. Former ambassador on NATO's meeting in Ukraine and the ongoing war  NPR
  3. Military representatives from all 32 NATO member states visit Kyiv  Українська правда
  4. NATO Military Committee visits Kyiv  North Atlantic Treaty Organization | NATO
  5. NATO delegation touring Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra  СПЖ
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to Kagan and Soai – BBC

  1. Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to Kagan and Soai  BBC
  2. Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry for unraveling mystery of mirror molecules  CNN
  3. A molecule’s ‘handedness’ can determine whether it’s an effective drug – 4 examples of pharmaceuticals where chirality matters  The Conversation
  4. 2026 Chemistry Nobel awarded for chiral chemistry advances  Chemical & Engineering News
  5. Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2026 - Prize announcement  NobelPrize.org
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EU ambassadors wave through largest-ever list of Russia sanctions – The Kyiv Independent

  1. EU ambassadors wave through largest-ever list of Russia sanctions  The Kyiv Independent
  2. EU envoys set to approve major new Russia sanctions on Wednesday  Reuters
  3. EU Approves Record Sanctions Expansion Targeting 1.6K Russian Citizens and Entities  The Moscow Times
  4. Europe Hits Putin With Double Whammy on His Birthday  Newsweek
  5. EU agrees to sanction over 1,600 people and entities linked to Russia's war  Euronews.com
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Nobel Peace Prize contenders who could beat Trump this year – from The Pope to Mark Carney – The Independent

  1. Nobel Peace Prize contenders who could beat Trump this year - from The Pope to Mark Carney  The Independent
  2. Trump makes late Nobel Prize pitch: ‘Not bragging ... but I settled eight wars’  Yahoo
  3. Who should win this year’s Nobel Peace Prize 2026?  Channel 4 News | Substack
  4. Why Carney Could Win the Nobel Peace Prize  Macleans.ca
  5. Mark Carney for Nobel Peace Prize? Probably not, but his name's out there  CBC
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Separatists win in Quebec – but does that bring separation from Canada any closer?

Lack of majority for Parti Québécois puts any referendum in doubt, especially amid bruising trade war with Trump

The victory of the Parti Québécois in Monday’s election in Quebec might seem to bring its signature goal, of separating the French-speaking province from Canada, much closer – but Canadian unity may not be nearly as threatened as may first seem.

The PQ’s victory was both impressive and disappointing. The party added 56 seats to its roster and more than doubled its vote share compared with the 2022 election, giving it its first taste of power in 14 years. Crucially, however, it was left five seats short of a majority, making its promise to hold a referendum after Donald Trump leaves office in 2028 nearly impossible.

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How Israeli and Palestinian kids are coping 3 years after the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks ignited the Middle East – CBS News

  1. How Israeli and Palestinian kids are coping 3 years after the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks ignited the Middle East  CBS News
  2. Widowed twice: A Gaza mother’s story of loss and survival  Al Jazeera
  3. "Feel Deeply Abandoned By World": Tales Of Loss And Separation From Gaza  NDTV
  4. Queuing for water and phone charging: What survival looks like in Gaza  Middle East Eye
  5. For families in Israel and Gaza, neither the pain nor the memory of children lost has faded  CBS News
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Bulgaria ends search for missing crew after drone strike sinks cargo ship – Al Jazeera

  1. Bulgaria ends search for missing crew after drone strike sinks cargo ship  Al Jazeera
  2. Drone strike sinks ship in NATO waters as Zelenskyy warns of looming ‘massive strike’  Fox News
  3. Bulgaria's president blames Russia's war in Ukraine for worsening security environment in Black Sea  AP News
  4. Drones sink ships near NATO countries in “unacceptable” attacks, EU says  Ars Technica
  5. Bulgaria halts rescue operation for crew of sunken ship  Reuters
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Who is Zack Polanski, the ‘eco-populist’ rattling the UK’s establishment? – CNN

  1. Who is Zack Polanski, the ‘eco-populist’ rattling the UK’s establishment?  CNN
  2. The Greens may yet win in Holborn and St Pancras – but what happened to the party set to ‘replace’ Labour?  The Guardian
  3. Anti-Zionism on the ballot in Britain  The Economist
  4. Holborn and St Pancras by-election under way as polls open  BBC
  5. Zack Polanski is gambling everything in Holborn and St Pancras  New Statesman
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Scientists win chemistry Nobel for discoveries about mirrored molecules that led to many drugs – NPR

  1. Scientists win chemistry Nobel for discoveries about mirrored molecules that led to many drugs  NPR
  2. They made chemistry choose a mirror image  NobelPrize.org
  3. Life Is Asymmetric. The Scientists Who Figured Out Why Won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry  WIRED
  4. Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry for unraveling mystery of mirror molecules  CNN
  5. A Nobel for illuminating life’s asymmetry  The Economist
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