SOMNIA - Spotlight on Military News and International Affairs

Thursday, 20 November 2025

Canadian News

The Canadian Press
Alert Ready system to undergo public test across Canada - More

CBC News
Canada's F-35 review drags on

CTV News
Saab can match American-made F-35s to fulfil Canadian needs: Swedish deputy-PM - More

CBC News
Looming military radar project creates deep anxiety for rural Ontario community

NBC News
Prodigal book returned to Hamilton Public Library library more than 100 years late

CBC News
Canada Post paints bleak financial picture, hints at big job cuts

CTV News
Federal public service cuts will be ‘minimal’: Government House Leader

CBC News
How the Conservatives helped pass Carney's budget, avoiding an election

CBC News
Carney heads to U.A.E. hoping to sign investment pact

CBC News
Damaged U.S.-bound cargo barge takes on water near Bella Bella, B.C.

CBC News
U.S. lays more charges, ups reward for Ryan Wedding, Canadian Olympian turned alleged drug lord

Radio-Canada
Avions de chasse : les défenseurs du F-35 lancent une riposte

Radio-Canada
Deux présumés pilleurs de tombes arrêtés après plus de 300 vols

Canadian Commentary

David Clement | The Globe and Mail
Chicken prices could soon rise 25%, and supply management isn’t helping - More

Donald Savoie | The Globe and Mail
If Canada wants to recapture the national ambition of the 1960s, it must seriously cut the bloat

Thomas Juneau | The Globe and Mail
Canada will need to consider growing its relations with non-democratic Gulf States

Jean Chrétien and Mike Harris | The Globe and Mail
Canada needs to step up. We need CANDU nuclear technology. - More

Robyn Urback | The Globe and Mail
The Epstein saga has Trump looking scared. That’s a new test for MAGA loyalty.

Brian Lilley | Postmedia News
Carney foolish to consider replacing F-35s with Saab jets Gripens - More

International News

NBC News
Pfizer's mRNA flu shot outperforms standard flu vaccine in late-stage trial

The Associated Press
Data shows a spike in military aircraft accidents in 2024. This year doesn’t look any better.

CNN Weather
The polar vortex is about to bring a wild weather pattern change

NBC News
NASA releases new photos of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS

NBC News
Former Olympian Ryan Wedding charged in unsealed indictment with ordering murder of federal witness - More

NBC News
James Comey seeks to dismiss 'selective and vindictive' case against him in key hearing - More

The Associated Press
Trump to decide on Epstein files release after Senate agrees to pass the legislation

CBC News
Trump could still keep Epstein files secret, despite House and Senate votes - More

CBS News
Epstein messages show effort to connect with former friend Bill Gates

NBC News
Ro Khanna cracks the MAGA coalition over the Epstein files

NBC News
Trump signs bill to release the DOJ's Epstein files

The Independent
Congresswoman defends Trump calling female reporter ‘Piggy’: ‘No one is perfect’ - More

NBC News
Larry Summers resigns from OpenAI board, Harvard launches probe after release of Epstein emails

The Associated Press
Trump attacks ABC reporter after question about killing of Saudi journalist Khashoggi - More - More

Agence France-Presse
‘Piggy.’ ‘Terrible.’ Trump lashes out at female reporters. - More

The New Republic
Fraudster Trump Pardoned Is Going Back to Prison … for Fraud

The Associated Press
Migrants thought they were in court for a routine hearing. Instead, it was a deportation trap.

The Associated Press
Judge tosses DOJ lawsuit challenging a New York law barring immigration agents from state courts

NBC News
James Comey's lawyers to argue DOJ case against him should be dismissed - More

NBC News
Democrats target federal officials accused of civil rights violations in new legislation

NBC News
Education Department takes a major step forward in plans to dismantle it

NBC News
Stock market wobbles as tech sells off

The Associated Press
Trump administration sues California over law banning masked federal agents

The Associated Press
DHS plans to deploy 250 border agents to Louisiana

NBC News
Improperly placed wire label caused power outage on container ship before crash into Key Bridge

NBC News
MTG says Trump's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files is 'destructive' to the MAGA movement

NBC News
President Trump approves plan for peace between Russia and Ukraine

CBS News
Trump says he's making Saudi Arabia a major non-NATO ally

The New York Times
Trump Family’s Business Ties to Saudi Arabia Raise Ethics Worries

NBC News
Elon Musk announces massive xAI data center in Saudi Arabia

NBC News
Bernie Sanders warns AI could deepen inequality and reshape war

BBC News
Don't blindly trust what AI tells you, says Google's Sundar Pichai

NBC News
Large online propaganda campaigns are flooding the internet with 'AI slop,' researchers say

BBC News
Russian spy ship pointed lasers at RAF pilots tracking it

Agence France-Presse
Captain Alfred Dreyfus receives posthumous promotion 130 years after scandal - More - More

Agence France-Presse
Pope Leo condemns Trump's immigration policies

The Washington Post
Russia, Europe fight for custody of operative linked to DHL bomb plot

Agence France-Presse
US clears Ukraine upgrade order on Patriot missile system

Reuters News Agency
Ukraine hits targets in Russia with U.S.-supplied ATACMS missiles

Reuters News Agency
At least 19 killed in heavy Russian attack on Ukraine - More

The New York Times
After Hundreds of Gazans Arrive on Mystery Flights, South Africa Asks How

The Guardian
Sheinbaum again dismisses Trump’s threat of sending troops to Mexico

The Associated Press
Today in History: 20 November - More

This Day in Aviation
20 November

Valeurs Actuels
Alfred Dreyfus promu général de brigade, un siècle après avoir été condamné à tort - Image

France 24
Ukraine : frappes meurtrières dans l'Ouest, le pays en état d'alerte

International Commentary

Philippe Sands | The Guardian
Trump and his ilk imagine a world without international law – but they will not achieve it

María Ramírez | The Guardian
I grew up in Spain amid a collective amnesia about Franco. It is time we faced up to our dark past.

Nicolas Roberti | Unidivers
Alfred Dreyfus promu au grade de général : réparation symbolique ou réécriture de l’histoire ? - Plus

Books

Mattea Roach | CBC Books
Final Orbit: Back on earth, astronaut Chris Hadfield writes about space

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