SOMNIA - Spotlight on Military News and International Affairs

Wednesday, 18 September 2024 - Updated at 2020 hrs EDT

Canadian News

The Canadian Press
Sixteen soldiers injured in accident at CFB Valcartier

CBC News
Ukraine desperately needs surplus Canadian armour, ambassador tells MPs

CBC News
Conservatives are targeting Singh over his pension

CBC News
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh confronts protesters after being heckled outside Parliament

CBC News
The Conservatives' first chance to topple the Liberal government comes next week

CBC News
Poilievre will introduce non-confidence motion next week to trigger election

CBC News
China tried to drive voters away from Conservative candidate, inquiry hears - More - More

CBC News
O'Toole says he considered expelling a Conservative senator over foreign influence concerns

The Canadian Press
Activist sues India over alleged plot that killed Sikh leader

CBC News
RCMP feared they'd have to release ISIS suspect linked to Jewish centre plot

The Globe and Mail
A bold new tool is targeting money laundering. But it may be violating Canadians’ basic rights.

The Canadian Press
Mila Mulroney named chancellor of St. Francis Xavier University

CBC News
Flight risk: Birds face a major obstacle as they fly south for winter

The Canadian Press
Four-day rescue operation freed a humpback whale off northern B.C.

CBC News
Alberta announces $8.6B plan to build new schools amid surging population growth

The Ottawa Citizen
Defence Watch

The Maple Leaf
Defence Team News

Directorate of History and Heritage
Significant Dates in Canadian Military History

The Canadian Press
Sixteen soldiers injured in accident at CFB Valcartier

CBC News
Ukraine desperately needs surplus Canadian armour, ambassador tells MPs

CBC News
Conservatives are targeting Singh over his pension

CBC News
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh confronts protesters after being heckled outside Parliament

CBC News
The Conservatives' first chance to topple the Liberal government comes next week

CBC News
Poilievre will introduce non-confidence motion next week to trigger election

CBC News
China tried to drive voters away from Conservative candidate, inquiry hears - More - More

CBC News
O'Toole says he considered expelling a Conservative senator over foreign influence concerns

CBC News
Canada abstains from UN motion calling on Israel to end occupation of Gaza, West Bank

The Canadian Press
Activist sues India over alleged plot that killed Sikh leader

CBC News
RCMP feared they'd have to release ISIS suspect linked to Jewish centre plot

The Globe and Mail
A bold new tool is targeting money laundering. But it may be violating Canadians’ basic rights.

The Canadian Press
Mila Mulroney named chancellor of St. Francis Xavier University

CBC News
Flight risk: Birds face a major obstacle as they fly south for winter

The Canadian Press
Four-day rescue operation freed a humpback whale off northern B.C.

CBC News
Alberta announces $8.6B plan to build new schools amid surging population growth

The Ottawa Citizen
Defence Watch

The Maple Leaf
Defence Team News

Directorate of History and Heritage
Significant Dates in Canadian Military History

Le Journal de Québec
Une collision entre deux véhicules blindés fait 16 blessés à la BFC Valcartier - Plus

Radio-Canada
Que se passe-t-il avec Paul Watson ?

Le Journal de Québec
80 coups de feu à RDP en 2022 : un crime « équivalant à un acte terroriste »

Radio-Canada
La cible est atteinte, l’inflation est passée à 2 % en août

Radio-Canada
L’Alberta prévoit 8,6 milliards $ pour la construction et la modernisation d’écoles

Radio-Canada
La GRC craignait de devoir libérer l’homme accusé d’avoir fomenté un attentat à New York

Agence QMI
La fin des logements dans les sous-sols : « C’est vraiment à titre préventif »

Radio-Canada
L’accès à l’eau potable de milliers d’Estriens est compromis par les cyanobactéries

Le Journal de Québec
Boire du café pourrait être bien plus qu’un petit remontant matinal, selon une nouvelle étude

Agence QMI
Changement d’heure : voici quand reculer sa montre cet automne

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

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

Canadian Commentary

Aaron Wherry | CBC News
The Liberals can't win a general election if they keep losing safe seats - More

The Editorial Board | The Globe and Mail
Why Canada needs a federal election soon

Campbell Clark | The Globe and Mail
For Trudeau, the message from the by-election results is not about change

Andrew Coyne | The Globe and Mail
Justin Trudeau partakes in that great Canadian tradition: Refusing to quit as PM

Robyn Urback | The Globe and Mail
Immigration holds up the clearest sign yet that the Liberals have all but given up on governing

The Editorial Board | The Globe and Mail
Mr. Singh, meet your ‘big polluters’: all of us

Marcus Gee | The Globe and Mail
Canada’s nuclear waste needs a forever home. Scientists may be close to finding one.

Kelly Cryderman | The Globe and Mail
Danielle Smith promises billions for schools. Where will it come from?

Gérald Fillion | Radio-Canada
Vers des baisses de taux d’intérêt en demi-points ?

Rania Massoud \ Radio-Canada
Des explosions qui démasquent des membres du Hezbollah

Daniel Thibeault et Louis Blouin | Radio-Canada
« Le Bloc québécois est dans l’angle mort », jugent des libéraux fédéraux

International News

The Guardian
US still unprepared for Russian election interference, Robert Mueller says

The Associated Press
Federal Reserve signals end to inflation fight with a sizable half-point rate cut

The Economist
Why the Federal Reserve has gambled on a big interest-rate cut

The Guardian
First picture of wreckage of imploded Titan submersible revealed

The Associated Press
Vance touts deportation plan

The Associated Press
Overseas threats hit Springfield, Ohio

The Guardian
Russia propaganda group behind fake Kamala Harris hit-and-run story, says Microsoft

The New York Times
111 Former G.O.P. Officials Back Harris, Calling Trump ‘Unfit to Serve’

The Economist
Kamala Harris’s post-debate bounce is now visible in the polls

Reuters News Agency
Teamsters will not endorse Trump or Harris in US presidential race

The Guardian
Trump praises Secret Service

The Associated Press
Tupperware Brands seeks Chapter 11 bankruptcy - More

The Guardian
Superbugs ‘could kill 39m people by 2050’ amid rising drug resistance

Reuters News Agency
Finland's president wants end of single state veto at UN Security Council

The Guardian
Norway: Electric cars outnumber petrol for first time in ‘historic milestone’

Reuters News Agency
Netherlands seeks to opt out of EU migration rules

The Guardian
Expert who coined ‘presenteeism’ term says employers who force staff back are dinosaurs

Reuters News Agency
'Ghost' cybercrime platform dismantled in global operation, 51 arrested

The Associated Press
Google wins legal bid to overturn 1.5 billion euro antitrust fine in EU digital ad case

The Guardian
Floods in Poland and wildfires in Portugal show reality of climate breakdown

Reuters News Agency
Beset by wildfires, Portugal gets help from Spain, Morocco

Reuters News Agency
Greece to buy US Switchblade drones - More

The Associated Press
Ukrainian drones strike a major military depot in a Russian town northwest of Moscow

Reuters News Agency
Ukrainian drone attack triggers earthquake-sized blast at arsenal in Russia's Tver region - More

The Guardian
Ukraine’s pivotal battle for Donetsk

Reuters News Agency
Kremlin calls Stoltenberg's comments on missile strikes on Russia 'dangerous'

Reuters News Agency
Russia has not issued any alerts on elevated radiation in atmosphere, Kremlin says

The Associated Press
Bill Gates calls for more aid to go to Africa and for debt relief for burdened countries

The Guardian
Flood warnings in Nigeria over release of water from Cameroon dam

The Associated Press
Exploding pagers in Lebanon and Syria kill at least 12 - More

Reuters News Agency
Hezbollah exploding pager trail runs from Taiwan to Hungary

Reuters News Agency
Hezbollah hand-held radios detonate across Lebanon

The Economist
Israel has bloodied Hizbullah but is stuck in a war of attrition

The Guardian
Gaza publishes identities of 34,344 Palestinians killed in war with Israel

Reuters News Agency
Kremlin warns Lebanon pager attack is a possible trigger for wider Middle East conflict

Reuters News Agency
Jordan says Israel pushing Middle East to brink of regional war

The Guardian
Azerbaijan accused of hypocrisy after calling for Cop29 global truce

Reuters News Agency
India's Jammu and Kashmir votes in first regional poll in a decade

Reuters News Agency
India's cabinet accepts recommendation to hold simultaneous national, state elections

The New York Times
Bangladesh, Struggling to Restore Order, Gives Army Policing Powers

The Associated Press
Sri Lanka’s plantation workers live on the margins. But politicians still want their votes. - More

Reuters News Agency
Taiwan's Gold Apollo says it did not make pagers used in Lebanon blasts

BBC News
Taiwan pager maker stunned by link to Lebanon attacks

Reuters News Agency
North Korea fires short-range ballistic missiles

Reuters News Agency
Japan says PLAN aircraft carrier entered its contiguous waters for first time

The Guardian
Japan has just 13 female CEOs among top 1,600 companies

The Associated Press
Seen abroad as a leader on Indigenous rights, New Zealand enters a divisive new era

The New York Times
On This Day: September 18 - BBC - This Day in Aviation

Agence France-Presse
Le fabricant américain Tupperware a lancé une procédure de faillite

Agence France-Presse
Une erreur administrative sème le trouble dans le système électoral en Arizona

Radio-Canada
L’explosion de téléavertisseurs fait 12 morts et 2800 blessés au Liban

International Commentary

Robert F. Worth | The Atlantic
The Exploding Pagers of Lebanon

Eliot A. Cohen | The Atlantic
Israel’s Strategic Win

Jamelle Bouie | The New York Times
What Happens in Springfield Won’t Stay in Springfield

Lisa Lerer | The New York Times
Trump Tries to Close Off a Line of Attack: That He’s a Danger to Democracy

Kaitlyn Tiffany | The Atlantic
Trump’s Sons Really Love Crypto

David Smith | The Guardian
Violence and instability have become a feature, not a bug, of US political life

Lydia Polgreen | The New York Times
Trump Has Crossed a Truly Unacceptable Line

Ali Breland | The Atlantic
Laura Loomer Is Where Republicans Draw the Line

Arwa Mahdawi | The Guardian
JD Vance’s obsession with cats is bizarre. He needs to stop spreading fake mews.

Thomas L. Friedman | The New York Times
America’s Role in the World Is Hard. It Just Got Much Harder.

Arwa Mahdawi | The Guardian
Melania Trump has a memoir coming out – and she’s acting pretty strangely

Moira Donegan | The Guardian
We live in an era of political violence. The rich and famous aren’t the primary targets.

Caroline Mimbs Nyce | The Atlantic
Smartphones Are So Over

George Monbiot | The Guardian
More floods are coming to Britain, but you ought to know this: the system that should protect us is a scandal.

Gordon Brown | The Guardian
Europe is in thrall to the far right – that’s the result of appeasement by so-called moderates