SOMNIA - Spotlight on Military News and International Affairs
Tuesday, 18 November 2025 - Updated at 1530 hrs EST
Canadian News
CBC News
Carney government wins crucial confidence vote on budget
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CBC News
Rogers clients complain of customer service nightmare
CBC News
Illicit crypto-to-cash deals are unlocking new ways to launder money in Canada
Radio-Canada
Avions de chasse : les défenseurs du F-35 lancent une riposte
Radio-Canada
Le gouvernement Carney survit au vote de confiance sur son premier budget
Radio-Canada
Deux présumés pilleurs de tombes arrêtés après plus de 300 vols
Canadian Commentary
Alexander Rudolph, et al | Canadian Global Affairs Institute
Overcoming Canada’s Disorganized and Ineffective Approach to Cyber Security Standards
David Perry | The Globe and Mail
Canada’s 2025 budget delivers on defence spending – but the devil will be in the details
Campbell Clark | The Globe and Mail
Canadians’ lack of appetite for an election means smooth sailing for Carney’s first budget
Yvan Blondin and Justin Massi | The Globe and Mail
The idea of a mixed fleet of Canadian fighter jets should not take flighte
Ethan Lou | The Globe and Mail
What will you sacrifice for Carney and country?
Robert Rotberg | The Globe and Mail
The United States has no business meddling in Nigeria
Gus Carlson | The Globe and Mail
Warren Buffett’s words are a warm hug in a harsh world
Donald Savoie | The Globe and Mail
If Canada wants to recapture the national ambition of the 1960s, it must seriously cut the bloat
International News
NBC News
Many internet services disrupted after Cloudflare warns of service issues
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The Associated Press
No prison time for off-duty pilot who tried to cut a flight’s engines midair
NBC News
House poised to pass a bill to force the release of the Epstein files in a bipartisan vote
BBC News
When is the Epstein files vote - and why does Trump now say he wants them released?
NBC News
Hundreds of federalized National Guard members are set to leave Illinois and Oregon
NBC News
The Trump administration is racing to reframe his tariff rollbacks
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NBC News
AI-generated evidence is showing up in court. Judges say they're not ready.
The Guardian
Stock market sell-off continues
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The Guardian
Trump says US will sell F-35 stealth jets to Saudis
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The New York Times
Trump Family’s Business Ties to Saudi Arabia Raise Ethics Worries
The Guardian
Prince Mohammed’s entourage for US visit includes official implicated in Twitter spy plot
Reuters News Agency
U.K.'s MI5 spy service warns lawmakers of Chinese spy risk
The Guardian
UK downplays reports it has stopped sharing intelligence with US regarding narco-traffickers
The Guardian
Slovenia accused of turning Roma neighbourhoods into ‘security zones’
The Washington Post
Russia, Europe fight for custody of operative linked to DHL bomb plot
Le Monde
France pledges to sell Rafale fighter jets to Ukraine
The Associated Press
Ukrainians working for Russia are suspected of blowing up railway line, Poland says
Agence France-Presse
Eswatini confirms receiving over $5m from US to accept deportees
The New York Times
After Hundreds of Gazans Arrive on Mystery Flights, South Africa Asks How
NBC News
U.S. firm set to launch 200mph flying taxis in Dubai
The Guardian
Pakistani parliament votes to give Field Marshal Asim Munir new powers and legal immunity
The Guardian
Chinese travellers cancel hundreds of thousands of trips to Japan amid rising tensions
The Guardian
South Korea to close all coal-fired power plants by 2040
BBC News
Venezuela's Maduro 'ready to talk' as US ramps up pressure
Reuters News Agency
Trump says he'd support tougher action against drug cartels in Colombia, Mexico
The Associated Press
Today in History: 18 November
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This Day in Aviation
18 November
France 24
Donald Trump reçoit le prince saoudien Mohammed ben Salmane avec tous les égards
Radio-Canada
Trump dit qu’il signerait un projet de loi exigeant la publication du dossier Epstein
France 24
À Nancy, un « contre-monument » convoque les fantômes de l’Algérie coloniale
Radio-Canada
L’Ukraine et la France signent un accord « historique » pour l’achat d’avions de chasse Rafale
France 24
Soudan : des milliers de déplacés, l’ONU demande un soutien accru
France 24
« Pas en notre nom » : des Afrikaners dénoncent les accusations de « génocide blanc » par Trump
Agence France-Presse
Le Conseil de sécurité de l’ONU vote pour une force internationale à Gaza
Agence France-Presse
Israël salue le plan Trump pour Gaza, le Hamas s’oppose à une force internationale
Agence France-Presse
Changement climatique : le pape dénonce le manque de « volonté politique de certains »
France 24
Tensions États-Unis-Venezuela : Donald Trump et Nicolas Maduro se disent prêts à discuter
International Commentary
Editorial | Le Monde
Volodymyr Zelensky's two fronts
Jack Nicas | The New York Times
Trump and the ‘Donroe Doctrine’: A special U.S. sphere of influence in the Western Hemisphere
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Deepak Varuvel Dennison | The Guardian
What AI doesn’t know: We could be creating a global ‘knowledge collapse’
Siri Christiansen | The Guardian
Here in Sweden, the Vikings are back. And this time they’re searching for stability in a chaotic age.
Tam Patachako | The Guardian
The rainforest the world forgot: The Congo basin is the second largest on Earth, so why is it being neglected?
Heather Cox Richardson | Letters from an American
Trump has lost control of the House Republicans
Michelle Goldberg | The New York Times
The MAGA Crackup Might Finally Be Here
Éditorial | Le Monde
Les deux fronts de Volodymyr Zelensky
Jack Nicas | The New York Times
La « doctrine Donroe » : Comment Donald Trump veut contrôler l’hémisphère occidental
Books
Eva Corlett | The Guardian
Authors dumped from New Zealand’s top book prize after AI used in cover designs
Brad Wheeler | The Globe and Mail
Souvankham Thammavongsa wins 2025 Giller Prize for debut novel Pick a Colour
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