SOMNIA - Spotlight on Military News and International Affairs

Wednesday, 1 May 2024 - Updated at 1720 hrs EDT

Canadian News

CBC News
Federal public servants to return to the office three days a week this fall

CBC News
CSE says it shared names of parliamentarians targeted by China-backed espionage with Commons, Senate

CBC News
New review also says intelligence agencies must take care not to violate international law

CBC News
Infant, grandparents among four killed in Highway 401 crash near Whitby

The Canadian Press
House Speaker kicks Pierre Poilievre out of Commons over unparliamentary comments - More

The Canadian Press
London Drugs stores remain closed after 'cybersecurity incident'

CP24 News
UofT warns students that encampments will not be tolerated amid divestment calls

CBC News
McGill asks police for help as pro-Palestinian protesters dig in

CBC News
Sikh rally in Toronto with multi-party support prompts diplomatic rebuke from India

CBC News
Retired Mexican general to be extradited in gas-theft case

The Ottawa Citizen
Defence Watch

The Maple Leaf
Defence Team News

Directorate of History and Heritage
Significant Dates in Canadian Military History

La Presse canadienne
Des milliers attendus ce 1er mai à la manifestation de la Journée internationale des travailleurs

Radio-Canada
Pierre Poilievre expulsé de la Chambre des communes

Le Devoir
Pierre Poilievre ne laisserait pas la Charte des droits et libertés entraver ses promesses de peines sévères

Radio-Canada
La mesure sur les gains en capital fera partie d’une loi distincte du budget fédéral

Agence QMI
309 personnes victimes d’un « emportiérage » à Montréal

La Presse canadienne
Les pesticides sont nocifs même à faible concentration

La Feuille d’érable
Nouvelles de l’Équipe de la Défense

Direction - Histoire et patrimoine
Dates significatives dans l’histoire militaire canadienne

Canadian Commentary

LAWRENCE MARTIN | The Globe and Mail
Kristi Noem killed her dog - and her chances of being Trump’s VP - More

Marie Vastel | Le Devoir
Vaste, mais vague offensive contre le déclin du français

Fannie Olivier | Radio-Canada
Justice criminelle : Poilievre veut réussir là où Harper a échoué

Sébastien Tanguay | Le Devoir
Incursion en terre MAGA dans le comté de Marjorie Taylor Greene

International News

El Paso Times
USAF F-16 crashes in White Sands National Park, pilot ejected safely - More

Navy Times
Navy pauses T-45C Goshawk fleet operations after ‘engine malfunction’

Navy Times
Korean War hero Col. Ralph Puckett Jr. lies in honor at US Capitol

CNN News
US officials find weak security practices at water plants breached by pro-Russia hackers

NPR News
Arizona lawmakers vote by a narrow margin to repeal Civil War-era abortion ban

NPR News
Federal Reserve keeps interest rates at 23-year high

BBC News
Marjorie Taylor Greene pushes to remove House speaker - More - More

The Associated Press
Jury deadlocked in Abu Ghraib trial

Reuters News Agency
Pro-Palestinian supporters and counter-protesters clash on UCLA campus - More

Reuters News Agency
Police arrest dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University - More https://www.dw.com/en/us-police-clear-pro-palestinian-protesters-from-columbia-university/a-68972555

Time Magazine
Trump Threatens to Shut Down Pandemic Preparedness Office

The Guardian
Trump promises to prosecute Bidens if he’s re-elected

Reuters News Agency
Trump does not rule out building detention camps for mass deportations

The Associated Press
Trump returns to campaign facing a warning of jail time if he violates a trial gag order

The Associated Press
Trump’s compares student protests to Jan. 6 assault

Reuters News Agency
Harvey Weinstein Weinstein to appear in court after conviction quashed - More

NPR News
Ford recalls Maverick pickups because tail lights can go dark, increasing crash risk

The Guardian
ChatGPT’s chatbot rival Claude to be introduced on iPhone

Reuters News Agency
Irish police dismantle Dublin's migrant 'tent city'

Reuters News Agency
UK police officer charged with showing support for Hamas

CNN News
Five human skeletons, missing hands and feet, found outside house of Hermann Göring

NPR News
Invasion Worries in Eastern Europe

United Press International
Georgian authorities beat back protesters opposing 'foreign agent' law - More

Reuters News Agency
Ukrainian forces near besieged Chasiv Yar say they badly need ammunition

Reuters News Agency
Russian guided bombs kill two in Ukraine's Kharkiv region, governor says

Reuters News Agency
Russian missile kills three in Ukrainian port of Odesa

BBC News
Russia flaunts Western military hardware captured in war in Ukraine

Reuters News Agency
Mali forces kill senior figure in Islamic State affiliate

Deutsche Welle
Kenyan floods leave tourists stranded at iconic Maasai Mara

United Press International
Britain sanctions three Ugandan politicians on accusations of corruption

Reuters News Agency
Turkey detains 41 people over suspected Islamic State ties, minister says - More

The Associated Press
Here’s how the US-led humanitarian aid pier off Gaza will work

Reuters News Agency
34,568 Palestinians killed in Gaza since Oct. 7, Gaza health ministry says

Reuters News Agency
Blinken set to push Netanyahu for sustained aid into Gaza

United Press International
U.S. determined to secure Israel-Hamas cease-fire, Antony Blinken says

The Associated Press
Why Israel is so determined to launch an offensive in Rafah. And why so many oppose it.

Reuters News Agency
Hamas official says Blinken ceasefire comments are attempt to pressure the group

The Associated Press
Portuguese-flagged ship is hit far in Arabian Sea

The Guardian
Saudis push for ‘plan B’ that excludes Israel from key deal with US

Deutsche Welle
Indonesia: Thousands evacuate homes after volcanic eruptions

Reuters News Agency
Philippines says Chinese coast guard elevating tensions in South China Sea

BBC News
'Close enough to see their faces': Chased down by China in South China Sea

Reuters News Agency
Taiwan on alert for post-inauguration Chinese exercises

Navy Times
The Marine officer who saved 8,000 lives at the ‘Frozen Chosin’

Accuweather News
Mount Erebus volcano in Antarctica spews tiny crystals of gold worth $6,000 a day - More

Live Science News
Galápagos Islands: Lava bleeds down La Cumbre volcano as it spits out toxic gas

Reuters News Agency
Ecuador accuses Mexico of blatant interference at World Court hearing

Reuters News Agency
Ecuador president decrees state of emergency in five provinces

Reuters News Agency
Colombia's Gustavo Petro says armed forces' bullets, missiles stolen due to corruption

The Associated Press
Today in History: May 1, Obama announces killing of Osama bin Laden

The New York Times
On This Day: May 1 - BBC - This Day in Aviation

https://www.latribune.fr/depeches/reuters/KBN36Y2J9/des-affrontements-eclatent-a-l-universite-de-californie.html

International Commentary

Paul Taylor | The Guardian
France has turned against Macron. Will Europe set the stage for President Le Pen?

Ruth Marcus | The Washington Post
The wartime outrage in Israel that no one is talking about

Ross Douthat | The New York Times
Biden Is Not Winning. His Campaign Should Stop Acting Like It Is.

David Ignatius | The Washington Post
The FBI director’s concerns over terrorism are at ‘a whole other level’

Stephen M. Walt | Foreign Policy
Appeasement Is Underrated

Jamelle Bouie | The New York Times
The Price We Pay for Having Upper-Class Legislators

David A. Graham | The Atlantic
Trump’s Contempt Knows No Bounds

Eric Cortellessa | Time Magazine
How Far Trump Would Go

Kevin Boyle | The New York Times
Nixon, Trump and What Justice for All Means in America

Ruth Marcus | The Washington Post
Amy Coney Barrett is no handmaid to the Supreme Court’s conservative majority

Erin M. Sorrell, Monica Schoch-Spana and Meghan F. Davis | The New York Times
Who Could Catch Bird Flu First? These Experts Have an Idea, and a Way to Help.

Books

Lionel Shriver | The New York Times
What Are Americans So Ticked Off About, Anyway?

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