Kyiv's historic Pechersk Lavra burns as large-scale Russian strikes kill 4, injure 30 in capital kyivindependent.com/russian-…

One year in the making, the story of a front-line town as the Russians closed in. Druzhkivka was a town of 68,000 with the last tram line in Donbas, two rivers and leafy streets. As Russia closed in, residents faced an agonizing decision: When to drop everything and run?

Inside Zan Times, where journalists work in secret to tell stories of women and human rights under Taliban rule theglobeandmail.com/world/ar…

A new threat from Belarus has forced Ukraine to fortify its northern frontier. That means yet more scars to the country's tortured Chornobyl region. My report from the Exclusion Zone, with photographs from @olgaivash4enko theglobeandmail.com/world/ar…

glovo delivery guys in ukraine are something else

Russia threatened to do this if Ukraine attacked the May 9 parade on the Red Square. After Trump’s intervention on Putin’s behalf, Ukraine agreed to a ceasefire so Russia could hold the parade. Two weeks later, Putin unleashed the ballistic missile barrage on central Kyiv anyway.

With fewer barriers to entry, enlistment is higher in 2026 than it’s been in three decades. Here’s how the sales pitch looks at one Quebec job fair theglobeandmail.com/world/ar…

NYT confirms — with new details: Last year, Navy SEALs used two boats to escort Kash Patel and nine others on what a Pentagon email called a 'VIP Snorkel' next to one of the military's most sacred sites, the underwater tomb of the U.S.S. Arizona. One Navy vet called the swim "horrifying." nytimes.com/2026/05/15/us/po…

In an age of upheaval, these nine exhibits make sense of a world turned upside down: theglobeandmail.com/world/ar…

Prime Minister Mark Carney says that while Canada has long benefited from its proximity to the United States, it needs to seek new partners so that it’s no longer reliant on that relationship. theglobeandmail.com/canada/a…

R&D contract with RCMP gives Ontario firm a chance to get into the drone business theglobeandmail.com/world/ar…

“An important pillar of our foreign policy is just missing. Canada talks a big game about being a serious global actor, but there is no plan and no real ambition." As deaths rise from global aid cuts, campaigners try to reverse Canada's $2.7-billion cut. theglobeandmail.com/world/ar…

A young man sets fire to a railway cabinet in Ukraine, and records the flames with his phone. A Telegram channel shares the video, attributing it to the work of an underground, pro-Russia resistance movement. But the arsonist wasn't a Ukrainian dissident. He was a 26-year-old Moldovan hired via Telegram for just $300. Read our latest reporting with @Slidstvo_info and @risemoldova on how such "single-use" agents are being contracted to carry out acts of sabotage in Ukraine and fuel propaganda about an internal resistance campaign: buff.ly/3ifitxN

This is such a brilliant piece by Chris Miller, the FT's Ukraine correspondent on the incredible fortitude of a drone commander on the eastern front - please read it. as.ft.com/r/33f7fc2c-39d3-4d…

Canada cannot join the EU, says senior EU official. politico.com/newsletters/can…

Former U.S. ambassador John Bolton says he believes U.S. President Donald Trump was never serious about annexing Canada “I don’t think it was ever serious, but the more people reacted, the more he loved doing it … it’s called ‘trolling.’” theglobeandmail.com/world/ar…

Thank you CBC for including "This visitor" in your slideshow for your Drake ice story. It's definitely not a reporter for a competing outlet taking measurements. Probably just a regular guy doing a normal thing

Breaking News: President Trump is said to be in talks to send Afghans who helped the U.S. war effort to the Democratic Republic of Congo. nyti.ms/48fu8Aw

another reason we don’t fly to North America

Higher recruiting numbers for Canadian military bolstered by foreigners /via @globeandmail theglobeandmail.com/politics…