SOMNIA - Spotlight on Military News and International Affairs
Wednesday, 2 July 2025 - Updated at 0915 hrs EDT
Canadian News
CBC News
Is rising patriotism the fuel the Snowbirds need?
CTV News
Rising Canadian pride fueled by optimism and U.S. contrast
Canadian Commentary
Alexander Panetta | CBC News
Stepping off the Trump treadmill: A CBC correspondent bids farewell to Washington
Murray Brewster | CBC News
Is Canada beating ploughshares into swords with its NATO 5% pledge?
The Editorial Board | The Globe and Mail
The time for Ottawa’s war games is over
Thomas Homer-Dixon and Toby Shannan | The Globe and Mail
Would you die for Canada? Polling suggests Canadians are more willing to fight for their country.
Tayo Bero | The Guardian
With his immigration bill, Canada’s prime minister is bowing to Trump
International News
CBC News
As Musk melts down over budget bill, Trump threatens his government contracts
CBS News
Elon Musk vows to start a new political party after Trump feud
The New York Times
Trump’s Finances Were Shaky. Then He Began to Capitalize on His Comeback.
The Guardian
Trump administration raises possibility of stripping Mamdani of US citizenship
NBC News
Paramount agrees to settle Trump lawsuit for $16 million
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CBS MoneyWatch
Business owner used 1.8 million credit card points to handle tariff costs
Axios
Pentagon releases 150 California National Guard troops from federal duties
Axios
New NOAA document spells out further deep Trump cuts
The Guardian
Heathrow substation fire ‘caused by fault first identified seven years ago’
France 24
Climate change is changing the geography of infectious disease
Reuters News Agency
France asks airlines to reduce flights due to planned air traffic controller strike
The Guardian
Why does Switzerland have more nuclear bunkers than any other country?
The Guardian
EU may as well be ‘province of China’ due to reliance on imports, says industrialist
The Guardian
Italy limits outdoor work as heatwave breaks records
The Guardian
Spanish police investigate Catalan wildfire deaths
France 24
Macron urges Putin to accept Ukraine ceasefire
NBC News
Pentagon halts weapons shipment to Ukraine amid concerns over U.S. stockpile
The Guardian
Ukraine launches one of its deepest drone strikes into Russia, killing three
The Guardian
Kim Jong-un pays rare public tribute to North Korean soldiers killed in Ukraine
The Guardian
Trump says Israel has agreed terms for 60-day ceasefire
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The New Arab
Spies and scapegoats: Inside Iran's sweeping crackdown after war with Israel
Reuters News Agency
Judge blocks Kristi Noem from ending temporary protected status for Haitians
The Guardian
Drone attacks help Haitian government wrest control of capital from criminal gangs
Agence France-Presse
Son of kingpin 'El Chapo' to plead guilty to drug trafficking in US
The Guardian
Twenty bodies discovered in Sinaloa as Mexican cartel violence surges
The Associated Press
Today in History: 2 July
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This Day in Aviation
2 July
La Tribune
Face à la menace de Trump, le Canada sacrifie sa taxe Gafam
La Tribune
Avion, train, autoroute : des mouvements de grève pourraient perturber les départs en vacances
La Tribune
L’IA, un bouleversement à bas bruit dans le monde du travail
Agence France-Presse
Canicule : la vigilance orange maintenue jusqu'à mardi pour les 84 départements concernés
France 24
Kiev renonce à l'interdiction des mines antipersonnel
Agence de presse Reuters
La Russie dit avoir détruit 15 drones ukrainiens au cours de la nuit
The Associated Press
Au moins 71 personnes ont été tuées lors de l’attaque d’Israël sur la prison d’Evin
Radio-Canada
Guerre éclair contre l'Iran : regain de popularité pour Nétanyahou
Agence France-Presse
Le Dalaï Lama fête ses 90 ans et laisse entendre qu'il aura un successeur
International Commentary
Amy Hawkins | The Guardian
‘A billion people backing you’: China transfixed as Musk turns against Trump
Colin Demarest | Axios
The U.S. military can't quit the Middle East
Jonathan Chait | The Atlantic
Trump's BBB: They Didn’t Have to Do This
Belén Fernández | Al Jazeera
Did God want Trump to bomb Iran?
Books
Noah Hawley | The Atlantic
The Making of Kurt Vonnegut’s Cat’s Cradle
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