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 - More - More

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 - More

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 - More

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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