Global National: Aug. 9

In an historic first, Canada has won silver in the thrilling women’s Olympic beach volleyball final. Plus, there’s been a deadly aviation tragedy in Brazil, after a passenger plane carrying 61 people crashed, killing everyone on board. Residents of Montreal were hammered by heavy rain and flooding as post-tropical storm Debby arrived in Canada. And how could a potential Conservative government deal with the hot political topic of immigration? On Friday, Israel launched yet another attack on Gaza in the southern city of Khan Younis, with the Israel Defense Force (IDF) saying it’s looking for dug-in Hamas militants in the area. Athletes at the Paris Olympics are competing in 32 different sports, but away from the venues, tourists have unofficially created another competition: collecting memorabilia.