SOMNIA - Spotlight on Military News and International Affairs

Saturday, 2 August 2025 - Updated at 0600 hrs EDT

Canadian News

The Maple Leaf
Exercise Phoenix Warrior ends for JCSP DL 50 students at CFC

CBC News
Number of active wildfires in B.C. doubles in 24 hours

Global News
Carney ‘disappointed’ in Trump’s 35% tariff on Canada

BBC News
Five things now pricier in Canada due to tariffs

CBC News
Unionized workers at Canada Post vote against latest contract offer

La Feuille d'érable
La conclusion de l’exercice Phoenix Warrior pour les stagiaires du PCEMI n° 50 AD au CFC

Canadian Commentary

Mike Crawley | CBC News
Trump didn't chicken out. So what's Canada's next move?

International News

The Associated Press
Night vision goggles may have hindered helicopter pilots before jet collision, experts say

NBC News
'Alligator Alcatraz' detainees on hunger strike for 10th day, protesting conditions

Reuters News Agency
Trump's EPA wants to reverse course on dangers of GHG emissions, disrupting industries, climate goals

Reuters News Agency
Trump moves nuclear submarines after statements by former Russian president - More

Agence France-Presse
SpaceX Crew Dragon docks with International Space Station - More

NBC News
Corporation for Public Broadcasting says it will shut down after Congress cut money

NBC News
NYC subways and train stations flooding in torrential downpour

The Independent
Judge rips Kristi Noem’s ‘racial animus’

Reuters News Agency
US labor market cracks widen as job growth hits stall speed - More

NBC News
Trump fires labor statistics boss hours after the release of weak jobs report - More

CNN News
Ghislaine Maxwell moved from Florida to Texas prison - More

BBC News
They escaped Ukraine's frontlines. The sound of drones followed them.

BBC News
Tech manufacturing has powered Asia - now it's a casualty of Trump's tariffs

BBC News
Twelve years house arrest for Colombian ex-leader Álvaro Uribe

BBC News
Why Mexico got a tariff reprieve... and Canada didn't

The Associated Press
Today in History: 2 August - More

This Day in Aviation
2 August

France 24
Leur famille a fui les nazis, désormais ces juifs américains demandent la nationalité allemande

Agence France-Presse
Des frappes ukrainiennes font trois morts en Russie, dont un à 800 km de la frontière

Agence France-Presse
Le Japon enregistre un nouveau record de chaleur pour un mois de juillet

International Commentary

Heather Cox Richardson | Substack
Friday’s jobs report packed a one-two punch

Alexandra Petri | The Atlantic
Trump Gets Rid of Those Pesky Statistics

Jonathan Chait | The Atlantic
Donald Trump Shoots the Messenger

Jason Furman | The New York Times
Why Trump’s Firing of the B.L.S. Commissioner Is So Damaging

Editorial Board | The Washington Post
AI can help solve the shortage of air traffic controllers

Kathleen Parker | The Washington Post
Lawfare warrior Donald Trump has egg on his face

George F. Will | The Washington Post
80 years since Hiroshima. How much longer can the world’s luck hold?

Jonathan Lemire and Isaac Stanley-Becker | The Atlantic
Why Trump Broke With Bibi Over the Gaza Famine

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