SOMNIA - Spotlight on Military News and International Affairs

Wednesday, 12 November 2025 - Updated at 0955 hrs EST

Canadian News

CBC News
Calgarian William McKnight was a top fighter ace - More - Photo

CBC News
Swedish king’s visit highlights growing Canadian interest in Saab military aircraft

CBC News
Ottawa tinkers with veterans' disability benefits as former soldiers prepare for a fight

CBC News
New nation-building projects list to include mines, LNG, Iqaluit hydro

Global News
WWII veteran ‘proud’ having left U.S. for Canada 100 years ago

CBC News
Veterans share experiences and camaraderie at 'Buddy Check Coffee' meetings

Global News
Letter written days before end of WWII sheds light on Canadian soldier in Germany

The Canadian Press
Canadians mark Remembrance Day as number of veterans dwindle

CBC Radio
These WWI amputees hiked from Alberta to Ontario on crutches a century ago

CBC News
U.S. tourism faces $5.7B US loss as Canadians continue to stay home

The Associated Press
Severe solar storm could trigger auroras across Canada and northern U.S. states tonight

Radio-Canada
Le Canada célèbre le jour du Souvenir : les faits saillants

Radio-Canada
102 ans et des souvenirs intacts de la Seconde Guerre mondiale

Radio-Canada
Jour du Souvenir : 100 ans pour le cénotaphe de Toronto

Radio-Canada
Des étoffes de coquelicots pour les cénotaphes

La Presse canadienne
Jour du Souvenir : Les Canadiens rendent hommage aux soldats

Radio-Canada
Un épais tapis blanc au réveil et des milliers de pannes d’électricité au Québec

La Presse canadienne
Plus de 135 000 foyers privés d’électricité, des écoles fermées

La Presse
Montréal : La neige fait la joie et le malheur des cyclistes

Radio-Canada
Le réchauffement climatique menace la prospérité des villes canadiennes

La Presse canadienne
Québec doit revoir ses cibles climatiques à la hausse et créer des budgets carbone

La Presse canadienne
Le ministre Champagne encourage l’augmentation du raffinage des minéraux critiques

Radio-Canada
Rougeole : « Le Canada a perdu son élan »

Canadian Commentary

Andrew Chang | CBC News
Why Trump threatened to sue the BBC for $1B US

International News

CBC News
As rising prices hit Americans, Trump keeps insisting costs are down

NBC News
House returns to D.C. to vote on ending the government shutdown

NBC News
What Democrats say they won in the 43-day government shutdown

NBC News
DHS takes credit for crime being down in Chicago. Data shows that was happening before they arrived.

The Guardian
Jeffrey Epstein alleged that Donald Trump knew about his crimes, newly released emails reveal

The Guardian
‘This is fascist America’: Anish Kapoor may sue after border agents pose by his sculpture

NBC News
Geomagnetic storm brings dazzling northern lights to U.S. skies

Global News
Father, daughter killed in Florida plane crash taking aid to Jamaica - More - Photo

NBC News
Trump calls H-1B visas necessary to bring in 'certain talents' that he says the U.S. lacks

NBC News
Trump says he has an 'obligation' to sue the BBC over edited Jan. 6 speech - More

The Guardian
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s name to be hyphenated, as decreed by late queen

The Guardian
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor applies to shut down business interests

The Guardian
Fossil fuel projects around the world threaten the health of 2bn people

The Associated Press
More than 100 years after WW1, the threat of conflict haunts Europe again

BBC News
Italy probes claims that tourists paid to shoot at civilians in Bosnian war

NBC News
How a European cottage industry is fighting Russian drone incursions

NBC News
$100M corruption scandal rocks Ukraine and embroils top Zelenskyy ally - More

CBC News
UN agency warns aid operations in Sudan on the 'brink of collapse'

The Associated Press
Turkish C-130EM Hercules crash in Georgia kills all 20 on board - Photo

Reuters News Agency
Trump officially requests pardon for Netanyahu, Israeli president's office says

NBC News
Video shows collapse of newly built bridge in China - More

BBC News
Protesters break into COP30 venue in Brazil - More

The Guardian
Gavin Newsom calls Trump ‘an invasive species’ at Cop30 climate talks

The Guardian
Venezuelans sent by Trump to El Salvador endured systematic torture, report finds

The Associated Press
Today in History: 12 November - More

This Day in Aviation
12 November

Agence France-Presse
La paralysie budgétaire touche à sa fin

Agence France-Presse
Une démocrate bientôt investie au Congrès devrait forcer un vote

La Presse
Côtes de la Normandie : Sur les traces du jour du Souvenir

Agence France-Presse
Ukraine : Un proche du président Zelensky accusé de corruption pour 100 millions de dollars

Agence France-Presse
Accusée de mener des essais nucléaires, la Russie propose le dialogue à Washington

Agence France-Presse
La Chine suspend ses droits portuaires spéciaux sur les navires américains

Agence France-Presse
Un porte-avions américain arrivé dans les Caraïbes attise les tensions avec le Venezuela

International Commentary

Yves Boisvert | La Presse
États-Unis : Le juge Wolf fait de la résistance

Books

Jude Cook | The Guardian
Loren Ipsum by Andrew Gallix review – a chronically funny satire of the literary scene - More

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