SOMNIA - Spotlight on Military News and International Affairs

Thursday, 31 July 2025

Canadian News

CBC News
B.C. coast remains under tsunami advisory after massive Russian earthquake - More

CBC News
Ottawa Treaty: Peace activists lament unravelling of landmine pact

CBC News
Ash falls in Lytton, B.C., as crews battle nearby out-of-control wildfire

Radio-Canada
Avis de tsunami sur une partie de la côte de la Colombie-Britannique

Radio-Canada
Des armes canadiennes continuent d’être exportées vers Israël, selon un rapport

Radio-Canada
Des tarifs auraient un effet « dévastateur » sur l’industrie automobile au pays

Radio-Canada
Pierre Poilievre en mode séduction à Camrose

Canadian Commentary

Andrew Coyne | The Globe and Mail
The right’s new cause, crime without punishment, and its new martyrs, the Ottawa hostage-takers

Ruchi Kumar | The Globe and Mail
Ukraine needs support, not deadlines

Briar Stewart | CBC News
Trump is threatening Putin with a tighter ceasefire deadline. Russia shrugs.

Jonathan Montpetit | CBC News
Charging a soldier with terrorism may be a first, but Canadian military has history of extremism in its ranks

Nora Young | CBC News
The race to provide AI agents for tedious tasks is on, but should we trust them with our data?

Yanick Lepage | Radio-Canada
Pourquoi Mark Carney ne semble-t-il pas pressé de signer un accord avec Donald Trump?

International News

The Guardian
Tsunami waves of 1 metre above tide level seen in California - More

Deutsche Welle
AI buildup: How Big Tech chases the technology's best brains

The Guardian
US placed on rights watchlist over health of its civil society under Trump

NBC News
Trump's numbers on immigration have fallen across a number of different public polls

CBS News
Senate confirms former Trump attorney Emil Bove as U.S. appeals court judge

Agence France-Presse
Trump administration pushes to reverse scientific ruling behind climate regulations

Deutsche Welle
Trump says New York shooting suspect was a 'crazed lunatic'

Sky News
CTE: Brain disease linked to head impacts in sport 'could have contributed' to Manhattan mass shooting

CBS News
RFK Jr., MAHA rhetoric put health responsibility on individuals

The Guardian
Trump says Epstein ‘stole’ Virginia Giuffre from Mar-a-Lago staff role

CBS News
Ghislaine Maxwell wants immunity or a pardon before congressional deposition

Sky News
Father and son named as victims in central London stabbing

Deutsche Welle
Zelenskyy to allow over-60s enlist in military

The Guardian
‘This war can only be stopped through force,’ says senior Ukraine aide

The Economist
Can interceptor drones stop Russia’s terror bombing?

Deutsche Welle
Floods kill at least 23 people in northeastern Nigeria

Deutsche Welle
Angola: Mass arrests as Luanda fuel protests turn deadly

Deutsche Welle
Desperation in Gaza grows as food supplies dwindle

The Guardian
Israeli public figures call for ‘crippling sanctions’ on Israel over Gaza starvation

Sky News
'Starmer rewards Hamas's monstrous terrorism' with Palestinian state shift, Netanyahu says - More

Deutsche Welle
A powerful earthquake off Kamchatka Peninsula has triggered evacuations throughout the Pacific - More

The Guardian
First Australian-made orbital rocket crashes shortly after takeoff

The Associated Press
Today in History: 31 July - More

This Day in Aviation
31 July

Agence France-Presse
Le gouvernement Trump recule sur la régulation des émissions de gaz à effet de serre

Radio-Canada
Trump indique que Jeffrey Epstein lui a « volé » de jeunes employées de Mar-a-Lago

Agence France-Presse
Un organisme soutenu par l’ONU évoque le « pire scénario de famine » à Gaza

Agence France-Presse
Alertes au tsunami dans tout le Pacifique après un séisme au large de la Russie - Plus

Agence France-Presse
Equateur : des attaques armées contre des civils font au moins 17 morts

International Commentary

Michael Clarke | Sky News
Will Trump's new threat stop Putin? Ukraine war Q&A with Professor Michael Clarke

Arwa Mahdawi | The Guardian
Ghislaine Maxwell is not a victim. And if she is pardoned, it won’t be for the sake of justice.

Heather Cox Richardson | Substack
Trump's billion dollar gift to himself

Callum Jones | The Guardian
As Trump’s tariff regime becomes clear, Americans may start to foot the bill

David Smith | The Guardian
‘A warning signal’: Is this the beginning of the end for late-night comedy?

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