SOMNIA - Spotlight on Military News and International Affairs

Monday, 2 June 2025 - Updated at 0740 hrs EDT

Canadian News

Skies Magazine
Special CF-18 cockpit installation comes to Toronto’s Union Station

CBC News
Peguis First Nation uses its disaster expertise to help northern Manitoba fire evacuees

CBC News
Pukatawagan residents arrive in Winnipeg as evacuation continues

CBC News
Ontario signs deals with Saskatchewan, P.E.I. and Alberta to reduce trade barriers

CBC News
ETFs are outpacing mutual funds despite market volatility

Radio-Canada
La GRC blâmée pour du recrutement juste en anglais

Radio-Canada
Rencontre pour les projets de « construction nationale » de Mark Carney

Radio-Canada
Le Canada aux premières loges des tensions sino-américaines en Asie

Radio-Canada
Le département américain de la Défense investit 20 M$ dans un projet de mine au N.-B.

Canadian Commentary

Marcus Gee | The Globe and Mail
The Throne Speech: nice staging, crummy dialogue

International News

NBC News
From a gilded perch, Trump tries to retain the common touch

Politico
Sculpture Experts Say Trump’s $34 Million Statue Garden Has Major Problems - More

Sky News
How Elon Musk's mission to cut government spending fell flat

NBC News
Trump pulls pick for NASA administrator, citing 'review of prior associations' - More

NPR News
Trump's deals with law firms are like deals 'made with a gun to the head,' lawyers say

NPR News
The White House is deporting people to countries they're not from. Why?

NBC News
Targeting DOGE, labor group puts up billboards warning of heat deaths at national parks

CBS News
2025 hurricane names include Andrea, Barry and Chantal. See the full list. - More - More

NBC News
How far will AI go to defend its own survival?

CBS News
Moderna's new COVID-19 vaccine mNexspike approved by FDA

NBC News
Judge blocks Trump administration from revoking protected status for thousands of Venezuelans

BBC News
Defence review to send 'message to Moscow'

Sky News
Dunkirk anniversary: 85 years on from historic rescue of Allied troops, little ships recreate Operation Dynamo

BBC News
People say Coke and fries are helping their migraines - but there's a twist

NPR News
Two dead and hundreds arrested in France after PSG win soccer Champions League - More

Reuters News Agency
Saab CEO sees Europe streamlining defence demands amid spending push

The Associated Press
Poles voting for president face choice between Trump-aligned historian and liberal mayor of Warsaw

The Guardian
Polls set to close in tight presidential race in Poland

BBC News
Russia may attack Nato in next four years, German defence chief warns

BBC News
Silent acts of resistance and fear under Russian occupation in Ukraine

CBC News
Russia is using its army to try and take more of Ukraine. It's using its passports to control the population.

BBC News
Ukraine says more than 40 Russian warplanes hit in massive drone strikes - More - More

BBC News
Ukraine drones 'emerged from trucks' before strikes on bombers

BBC News
At least seven dead after two Russian bridges collapse - More

The Guardian
Darfur suffers surge in sexual violence

The Guardian
At least 115 killed in floods in central Nigeria

BBC News
Heartbreak as cash-strapped Nigerians abandon their pets

The Guardian
Palestinians gunned down while trying to reach food aid site in Gaza - More

BBC News
US sends nuclear deal proposal to Iran

BBC News
Hegseth warns China poses 'imminent' threat to Taiwan and urges Asia to boost defence

BBC News
Australia asks China to explain 'extraordinary' military build-up

BBC News
Turning used cooking oil into soap in a country where deep-fried foods rule

The Associated Press
Today in History: 2 June - More

This Day in Aviation
2 June

Agence France-Presse
À Fukushima, des kiwis comme symbole de renouveau

International Commentary

David Harrison | Slate
Trump is obsessed with rebuilding Versailles. But he’s no Sun King.

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