SOMNIA - Spotlight on Military News and International Affairs

Thursday, 9 May 2024

Canadian News

CBC News
Canadians still grappling with poor passport service

CBC News
Air Canada cuts number of language complaints

CBC News
What is the Bishnoi gang and how could it be linked to Hardeep Singh Nijjar's killing?

CBC News
Waters off Scotian Shelf are cooling, but scientists can't say for how long

The Ottawa Citizen
Defence Watch

The Maple Leaf
Defence Team News

Directorate of History and Heritage
Significant Dates in Canadian Military History

Radio-Canada
Denis Lortie : Il y a 40 ans, un militaire attaquait l’Assemblée nationale du Québec - Plus

La Presse canadienne
Langue française : Legault choqué par les propos vulgaires d’un élu libéral fédéral

La Presse canadienne
Plus de 7500 demandes de visa pour des proches de Canadiens dans la bande de Gaza

Radio-Canada
Le gang Bishnoi serait lié au meurtre d’un leader sikh à Surrey

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

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

Canadian Commentary

The Editorial Board | The Globe and Mail
The uneasy intersection of oil and climate

Thomas Juneau and Vincent Rigby | The Globe and Mail
Regular renewal of Canada’s national security policy will be worth the effort

Andrew Coyne | The Globe and Mail
Poilievre to business: Stop sucking up to Liberals and start sucking up to me

Frederick Vettese | The Globe and Mail
What are the odds that Biden or Trump will stay healthy to 2028?

J.D. Tuccille | National Post
Americans give Trump the edge on economics — and it could win him the election

Jesse Kline | National Post
Fear and loathing on the occupied University of Toronto campus

Commentaire | Radio-Canada
Le silence de Thomas, l’échange corsé entre Trudeau et Poilievre

Samuel Roberge | TVA Nouvelles
Combien d’années la Russie pourra-t-elle subvenir à son offensive en Ukraine ?

International News

Reuters News Agency
Apple working on AI chips for data centers, WSJ reports

The New York Times
Biden to Announce AI Center in Wisconsin as Part of Economic Agenda

LightReading
Data centers to run out of power in two years, says DigitalBridge CEO

BBC News
Parts supplied to Boeing had 'serious defects', says Santiago Paredes

The New York Times
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Says Doctors Found a Dead Worm in His Brain

BBC News
Marjorie Taylor Greene fails to remove House Speaker

The New York Times
Stormy Daniels Returns to Stand on Thursday - More

CNN News
Trump goes face-to-face with testimony he’s denied for years

The Guardian
Marc Conway risked his life to stop the London Bridge terror attack. Why did he fear being sent to prison for it?

The Guardian
World’s top climate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5 °C target

Reuters News Agency
World's record-breaking temperature streak extends through April - More

Reuters News Agency
Pro-Palestinian protesters occupy Amsterdam university overnight

Deutsche Welle
Russia warns France against sending troops to Ukraine

BBC News
Franziska Giffey: Berlin politician attacked in library - More

Reuters News Agency
New members of elite Swiss Guard sworn in to protect the pope

Reuters News Agency
Russia says Germany using baseless 'hacker myths' to destroy ties

Reuters News Agency
Foiled: Russian plot to kill Zelenskyy and intelligence officials as gift for Putin - More

The Associated Press
European weightlifting champion Pielieshenko killed in Ukraine war

BBC News
Ukraine hit by 'massive' attack on energy grid

Reuters News Agency
Russia says it will target French troops if they are sent to Ukraine - More

Reuters News Agency
Russian court says US soldier charged with theft causing 'significant' damage - More

The Associated Press
U.S. paused bomb shipment to Israel amid concerns over Rafah attack - More

Anadolu Agency
António Guterres alls Israeli army's activities in Rafah strategic mistake, humanitarian nightmare

The Guardian
Have student protests against Israel’s war in Gaza gone global?

The Associated Press
FedEx Boeing 767 makes an emergency landing in Istanbul - More

Deutsche Welle
Malaysia plans 'orangutan diplomacy' to boost palm oil sales

Reuters News Agency
Thai PM says cannabis to be re-listed as narcotic by end of 2024

The Guardian
Chinese network behind one of world’s ‘largest online scams’

BBC News
North Korea's former propaganda chief Kim Ki-nam dies aged 94 - More - More

Reuters News Agency
Australia boosts funds to Taiwan-ally Tuvalu amid Pacific contest for influence with China

Reuters News Agency
Earthquake of magnitude 6.2 strikes Vanuatu Islands

The Guardian
Venezuela loses its last glacier as it shrinks down to an ice field

The New York Times
On This Day: May 9 - BBC - This Day in Aviation

Agence France-Presse
Accusé d'espionnage, l'attaché de défense russe expulsé de Londres

Agence France-Presse
Évacuation de la Sorbonne : 86 personnes placées en garde à vue

Agence France-Presse
L'UE prête à utiliser les avoirs russes gelés pour armer l'Ukraine

Agence France-Presse
Soldats occidentaux en Ukraine : Matteo Salvini dit à Macron de « se faire soigner »

Agence France-Presse
Poutine s'entretient avec le premier ministre arménien après des tensions

Agence France-Presse
Kenya : des dizaines de cas de choléra après les inondations

Agence France-Presse
Biden prévient Israël qu’il ne fournira pas les armes pour attaquer Rafah

Agence France-Presse
Pakistan : l'épouse de l’ex-premier ministre, Imran Khan, transférée en prison

Agence France-Presse
Mort de Kim Ki Nam, considéré comme le « Goebbels nord-coréen », à l’âge de 94 ans

Agence France-Presse
Inondations au Brésil : déjà 100 morts, la pluie suspend les évacuations

Agence France-Presse
Meurtre de trois surfeurs étrangers au Mexique: un suspect poursuivi

International Commentary

Margaret Sullivan | The Guardian
Just how low will Republican politicians stoop to be Trump’s running mate?

Simon Tisdall | The Guardian
There’s one thing standing in the way of a ceasefire: Netanyahu’s refusal to compromise

Catherine De Vries and Isabell Hoffmann | The Guardian
Ursula von der Leyen is now a household name – and that could be Europe’s salvation

Thomas L. Friedman | The New York Times
Three Reasons the Campus Protests Are Part of the Problem

Bret Stephens | The New York Times
A Thank-You Note to the Campus Protesters

Michael Hirsh | Foreign Policy
Why are China hawks exaggerating the threat from Beijing?

Rishi Iyengar | Foreign Policy
Washington Takes Its Cyber Strategy Global - More