SOMNIA - Spotlight on Military News and International Affairs

Thursday, 17 July 2025 - Updated at 0600 hrs EDT

Canadian News

CBC News
Carney promises to curb non-U.S. steel imports as domestic industry sends out distress signals

CBC News
Poilievre wants rules changed to stop long ballot protests

The Canadian Press
RCMP arrest alleged hijacker at Vancouver airport - More

The Canadian Press
Rogers launching new satellite-to-mobile text messaging trial

CBC News
Federal government files $60M counterclaim against LaSalle Causeway contractor

Radio-Canada
Le Canada cible l’acier chinois avec des droits de douane plus élevés

Radio-Canada
L’industrie de l’acier accueille favorablement les annonces d’Ottawa

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International News

NPR News
Trump floats firing the Federal Reserve chair - More

NPR News
Democratic senators raise concerns about a new Trump citizenship data system

Reuters News Agency
Trump has nominated his former defence lawyer to serve as an appellate court judge

NPR News
As Republicans call for transparency into Epstein probe, Trump lashes out - More

The Associated Press
17 immigration court judges have been fired by the Trump administration across 10 states

NBC News
GOP-led Senate votes to cancel $9 billion in funding for foreign aid, NPR and PBS

France 24
Angry French react to PM’s idea to cut holidays

The Associated Press
Russian attack targets energy infrastructure in Ukraine, injuring at least 15

The Associated Press
Another Netanyahu ally quits governing coalition, leaving a minority in parliament

NBC News
Israel strikes Damascus, pledging to defend Druze minorities

NBC News
Syria steps back from ‘open war’ in face of intense Israeli strikes after sectarian violence

NBC News
New U.S. assessment finds American strikes destroyed only one of three Iranian nuclear sites

NPR News
A refugee deported to Bhutan by the U.S. finds himself stranded and stateless

The Associated Press
Today in History: 17 July - More

This Day in Aviation
17 July

Radio-Canada
Criant au « canular Jeffrey Epstein », Trump fustige ses « anciens partisans »

Agence France-Presse
Donald Trump tergiverse sur la possibilité de renvoyer le président de la Federal Reserve

Agence France-Presse
Droits de douane : Trump annonce qu’il est parvenu à un accord commercial avec l’Indonésie

Agence France-Presse
Gaza : 20 morts à un point d’aide humanitaire

Agence France-Presse
Droits de douane : Trump annonce qu’il est parvenu à un accord commercial avec l’Indonésie

Agence France-Presse
Brésil : le parquet réclame la condamnation de Bolsonaro pour « coup d’État »

International Commentary

Heather Cox Richardson | Substack
The staying power of the recent Jeffrey Epstein scandal

Luke Coffey | Foreign Policy
Trump’s Ukraine Shift Sends the Right Signal to Putin

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