SOMNIA - Spotlight on Military News and International Affairs

Sunday, 8 June 2025 - Updated at 0600 hrs EDT

Canadian News

The Canadian Press
Wildfires in the Prairies affecting air quality across Canada

CBC News
B.C. wildfire fighters experience slight reprieve, but more wind forecast

CBC Radio
Potholes are costing Canadians billions. But there are some solutions.

The Canadian Press
Company that worked on ArriveCan app barred from government contracts for 7 years

The Canadian Press
U.S. ambassador says Canadians facing device searches, detainment 'not a pattern'

CBC Radio
New AI tools promise real-time translation so you don't have to. But is that a good thing?

La Presse canadienne
Les fouilles de cellulaires aux douanes sont des exceptions, dit l’ambassadeur américain

Canadian Commentary

Ashifa Kassam | The Guardian
Canada won’t become the 51st US state – but could it join the EU?

International News

The Associated Press
Salvage crew headed to site of cargo ship fire in waters off Alaska's Aleutian island chain

CBC News
CO2 levels just broke another record. Here's what that means.

CBS News
Layoffs loom at Pentagon-funded think tank after Hegseth slashes weapons-testing office

NBC News
Los Angeles immigration protests continue after day of ICE operations - More

The Guardian
Trump authorizes 2,000 national guard troops to deploy to LA amid Ice protests - More

The Associated Press
How can Trump use the national guard on US soil?

BBC News
Trump says relationship with Musk is over

NBC News
Trump warns Musk of ‘very serious consequences’ if he backs Democrats - More - More

BBC News
Trump-Musk row fuels 'biggest crisis ever' at NASA

BBC News
As World Pride begins in Washington, some foreigners stay away

BBC News
Schwarzenegger: Hey, stop whining, do something on climate change

France 24
Searching for radioactive waste in the depths of the Atlantic

The Observer
Our sights on 5% of GDP for defence spending, says Healey

BBC News
The Profumo affair rocked British politics in the 1960s

The Observer
Evidence suggests the universe may stop expanding

BBC News
How World War Two changed how France eats

The Guardian
Germany plans rapid bunker expansion amid fears of Russian attack

CBS News
U.S. soldier dies during training incident in Hungary, Army says

BBC News
Italian citizenship referendum polarises country

BBC News
From terror to tourism: How Georgia's Pankisi Valley rewrote its story

BBC News
Night Witches: The remarkable all-female flying team that helped defeat the Nazis – with wooden planes

BBC News
Biggest drone strike hits Kharkiv

BBC News
Families of Ukraine's missing fear peace will not bring them home

Agence France-Presse
Iran blasts Trump for ‘racist mentality’ and hostility to Muslims over travel ban

The Guardian
Kabul at risk of becoming first modern city to run out of water, report warns

BBC News
Kyrgyzstan: Central Asia's tallest Lenin statue taken down

BBC News
Who drank all the matcha? How tourism drained a Japanese town.

Reuters News Agency
Colombian presidential candidate Miguel Uribe shot at campaign event

The Associated Press
Today in History: 8 June - More

This Day in Aviation
8 June

Agence France-Presse
Manifestations en Californie : Trump déploie 2000 membres de la Garde nationale

Agence France-Presse
À Washington, une marche mondiale des fiertés en pied de nez à Trump

Agence France-Presse
Colombie : un prétendant à la présidence touché par trois balles, dont deux à la tête

International Commentary

Simon Tisdall | The Guardian
Britain has escalated the global nuclear arms race – and is bringing us closer to armageddon

Lauren Gambino | The Guardian
Kristi Noem: The made-for-TV official executing Trump’s mass deportations

Heather Cox Richardson | Substack
Ten Steps to Revolution

Books

Shaun Walker | BBC News
Daughter of Chechen activist publishes book she vowed to pen after mother’s murder

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