SOMNIA - Spotlight on Military News and International Affairs
Monday, 18 August 2025 - Updated at 1005 hrs EDT
Canadian News
CBC News
Travellers brace for another day of cancellations amid Air Canada flight attendants' strike
CBC News
Moving to Canada no easy road for these people fleeing Trump's America for political reasons
CBC News
Family paid smugglers to reunite after separation by CBSA at Quebec border
CBC News
Summer fires in N.B. increasingly likely because of climate change
CBC News
N.S. ground crews fight to save homes, as wildfire grows to nearly 2,000 hectares
CBC News
Cooler temperatures, rainfall are welcomed, says N.L. fire duty officer
CBC News
Sask. canola farmers feeling strain of 'anti-dumping' Chinese tariffs
The Canadian Press
Skipping the U.S. and taking a vacation to East Coast this year? It will cost you.
CBC News
Battle River—Crowfoot voters head to polls
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Radio-Canada
Les agents de bord d’Air Canada et leur syndicat s’exposeraient à des amendes dès lundi
Radio-Canada
L’incendie de forêt près de Miramichi est contenu
Radio-Canada
Une rencontre Carney-Ford à Ottawa pour discuter d’impôts et d’abordabilité
La Presse canadienne
De plus en plus de non-fumeurs atteints d’un cancer du poumon
La Presse canadienne
Rentrée scolaire : Une transmission accrue des virus respiratoires
Radio-Canada
Jour de vote dans Battle River–Crowfoot
Canadian Commentary
Peter MacKay | The Hub
Restoring our defence industrial base is key to revitalizing Canada's military
John Turley-Ewart | The Globe and Mail
Canada’s trade strategy suffers from delusions of friendship
Adam Zivo | National Post
Putin outplays Trump yet again
Tristin Hopper | National Post
'Ukraine agrees to not not lose': The imagined list of Russian proposals to end the war in Ukraine
Conrad Black | National Post
The end of Ukraine war is coming: Only Trump can see what is needed to end the war
International News
CBS News
Hurricane Erin likely to bring "life-threatening surf and rip currents" to East Coast
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CBC News
How Donald Trump is reshaping Washington, D.C., in his image
BBC Verify
Trump posted a photo of me sitting by my tent - then a bulldozer arrived
The Daily Beast
Trump Vows MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace ‘Will Be Fired’ in Truth Social Rampage
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CBS News
William Barr personally investigated Jeffrey Epstein's death. Now Congress has questions.
Politico
Trump pledges effort to eliminate mail-in voting
CNN News
Attorneys warn of ‘black hole’ for detainees with ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ case due for hearing Monday
The Associated Press
Gold rush could bring open pit mines to Black Hills in South Dakota
BBC News
Derelict 19th Century Napoleonic fortress transformed into £3m party island
The Guardian
‘Shut it down and start again’: Staff disquiet as Alan Turing Institute faces identity crisis
The Guardian
Former Swedish security adviser on trial for allegedly mislaying classified papers
The Guardian
Record number of EVs registered in western Europe across last quarter
The Associated Press
Spain deploys 500 more troops to wildfire fight, joining 1,400 already sent
Reuters News Agency
Trump leans on Zelenskyy to end war
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BBC News
Trump's recent statements are worrying signs for Ukraine
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CBS News
Trump to host Zelenskyy, Europeans at White House today for talks on Ukraine war
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The Associated Press
Putin agreed to let U.S., Europe offer NATO-style protections for Ukraine
The Guardian
Donald Trump delivers letter from Melania to Vladimir Putin
BBC News
Francis Gary Powers: 'The aircraft spiralled downwards, tail first'
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The Guardian
Israeli plan to displace 1 million Palestinians spreads fear in Gaza
Agence France-Presse
Hundreds of thousands of protesters gather in Tel Aviv to demand end to Gaza war
The Associated Press
Iraq starts excavation of suspected ISIS mass grave
The Associated Press
Today in History: 18 August
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This Day in Aviation
18 August
Le Monde
La Californie réplique aux Etats républicains en proposant son propre redécoupage électoral
Le Figaro
Guerre en Ukraine : le programme de la rencontre entre Trump, Zelensky et les Européens à Washington
Le Monde
Les dirigeants européens se réuniront avec Volodymyr Zelensky avant sa rencontre avec Donald Trump
Agence France-Presse
200 écologistes, dont Greta Thunberg, bloquent la principale raffinerie de Norvège
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Agence France-Presse
Incendie en Espagne : plus de 343.000 hectares brûlés depuis le début de l'année
Le Figaro
Portugal, Grèce, Turquie, Espagne... Les images du sud de l’Europe en feu
Le Figaro
Un Boeing atterrit en urgence en Italie après un moteur en flammes
Agence France-Presse
RDC : un projet d’accord de paix proposé à Kinshasa et au M23
Agence France-Presse
Guerre à Gaza : une délégation du Hamas reçoit une proposition de cessez-le-feu en Égypte
Agence France-Presse
Désarmement du Hezbollah : l'émissaire américain appelle Israël à agir après que le Liban a fait un « premier pas »
Agence France-Presse
Accord Arménie-Azerbaïdjan : le président iranien à Erevan pour discuter d'un corridor appuyé par Washington
Agence France-Presse
Au Pakistan, la pluie empêche les secouristes de retrouver les disparus après un épisode de mousson extrême
International Commentary
Zeeshan Aleem | MSNBC News
Trump's efforts to secure a Nobel Peace Prize are Orwellian
Heather Cox Richardson | Letters From An American
Trump and Putin badly miscalculated the nature of power in democracies
Simon McDonald | The Guardian
This is my advice for today’s extraordinary White House meeting
Rosalind Adams | The Guardian
How the US army is using influencers to recruit a new generation: ‘Promise them this idea of stability’
Steven Greenhouse | The Guardian
Trump’s promise of a US manufacturing renaissance leaves experts scratching their heads
Nesrine Malik | The Guardian
Gaza’s journalists are talented, professional and dignified. That’s why Israel targets them.
Éditorial | Le Monde
En Serbie, la stratégie de la peur
Books
John Self | The Guardian
Author Rie Qudan: Why I used ChatGPT to write my prize-winning novel
Lives Lived
CMEA News
Col. Charles R. Keple has died aged 83
Kavita Puri | BBC News
Capt. Yavar Abbas has died aged 104
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