SOMNIA - Spotlight on Military News and International Affairs

Tuesday, 27 May 2025 - Updated at 1525 hrs EDT

Canadian News

The Canadian Press
Canada faces ‘massive challenge’ as NATO eyes new 5% spending target

CBC News
Frustrated Air Canada pilot slams air traffic controller shortage to passengers on flight

CBC News
King Charles, Queen Camilla greeted by sun and warm crowds in Ottawa - More

CBC News
King says 'strong and free' Canada is a force for good in historic throne speech - More

CBC News
New Speaker Francis Scarpaleggia asks for 'a little grace period' as Parliament opens

CBC News
Man behind heist of Yousuf Karsh's Churchill portrait going to jail - More

The Canadian Press
Canada Post reviewing union's offer responses as OT ban remains in effect

CBC News
Hudson's Bay to lay off more than 8,300 employees by June 1

CBC News
Organizers pitch G7 summit as opportunity to showcase best of Banff to the world

La Presse
Le roi Charles III au Canada pour affirmer la souveraineté du pays

Radio-Canada
Le Bloc québécois veut rendre le serment d’allégeance au roi optionnel

Radio-Canada
Des Saskatchewanais près de Prince Albert doivent être prêts à évacuer rapidement

Radio-Canada
Le vent et la chaleur pourraient aggraver la situation des feux de forêt au Manitoba

Radio-Canada
Francis Scarpaleggia élu président de la Chambre des communes

La Presse canadienne
Mark Carney abandonne une tradition liée à la période de questions en Chambre - Plus

Radio-Canada
Francis Scarpaleggia élu président de la Chambre des communes

Radio-Canada
Postes Canada victime d’une industrie en pleine mutation

Radio-Canada
Fronde contre le projet d’enfouissement de déchets nucléaires de Chalk River

Radio-Canada
La communauté philippine encore sous le choc un mois après l’attaque à la voiture-bélier

Canadian Commentary

Andrew Coyne The Walrus
Crisis or Reform: The Choice Facing Canada’s New Parliament

Carson Jerema | National Post
The Governor General's office doesn't understand that King Charles III is Canada's head of state

Shannon Proudfoot | The Globe and Mail
King Charles visited an Ottawa market and Canada put on a play about itself

Perry Bellegarde | The Globe and Mail
Treaties with the Crown are the foundation of Canada’s sovereignty

Jesse Kline | National Post
The young Jews who will never dance again

Robyn Urback | The Globe and Mail
The shooting of Israeli embassy workers didn’t happen in a vacuum. And it could happen in Canada next.

Terry Newman | National Post
Canada's terrorist threat too great — for Jews and Canadians

Michael Higgins | National Post
Liberal caucus submits to Carney as it did to Trudeau

Ben Woodfinden | National Post
King Charles III and the glorious weirdness of Canada's monarchy

International News

NBC News
A double amputee who served in Iraq is pushing lawmakers to end the 'wounded veterans tax'

CBS News
Trump marks Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery

NBC News
Stocks open higher after Trump resets E.U. tariff deadline

NBC News
Trump administration seeks to end all federal contracts with Harvard - More

CBC News
The dispute between the Trump administration and Harvard University, explained

The Guardian
Former Harvard president urges people to ‘speak out’ against threats to US democracy

CNBC News
NPR sues Trump over executive order cutting federal funding

The Associated Press
Endurance swimmer completes circumnavigation of Martha’s Vineyard ahead of ‘Jaws’ 50th

CBC News
Child and adult seriously hurt and dozens injured after car ploughs into Liverpool crowd - More - More

BBC News
Chinese-owned Volvo Cars to cut 3,000 jobs

Agence France-Presse
Tesla Europe sales plummeted by 52% in April

The Guardian
No meat, no beer and hopefully no poison: The curious tale of Hitler’s food tasters

BBC News
Greek coastguards charged over 2023 migrant shipwreck

BBC News
New US-backed group says it has begun aid distribution in Gaza

CBC News
These women are defying Iran's hijab laws — despite fear of reprisal

NBC News
Kremlin muses about 'emotional overload' after Trump asks if Putin is 'crazy'

Reuters News Agency
Far-right Israelis confront Palestinians, other Israelis in violent Jerusalem march - More

Agence France-Presse
Macron says he and wife were ‘horsing around’ in apparent fight caught on camera - More

BBC News
North Korea says US 'Golden Dome' risks 'space nuclear war' - More

CBS News
1944: The crash of B-24 bomber "Heaven Can Wait" killed 11 U.S. airmen

The Guardian
France spent €90,000 countering research into impact of Pacific nuclear tests

The Associated Press
Today in History: 27 May - More

This Day in Aviation
27 May

Agence France-Presse
Ukraine : Trump « réalise » que Poutine lui « a menti », se félicite Macron

Agence France-Presse
Ukraine : record de drones lancés par la Russie depuis le début de son invasion en 2022

France 24
Nouvelles attaques meurtrières en Ukraine : Trump juge que Poutine est "devenu complètement fou"

International Commentary

Natasha Korecki, Jonathan Allen and Allan Smith | NBC News
Obama world loses its shine in a changing, hurting Democratic Party

Zoe Williams | The Guardian
Are millennials really substituting dogs for children? Obviously not – as any dog owner would know

The Guardian
The turning point that wasn’t: the way the world talks about Israel’s war has changed. Nothing else has.

Sébastien Boussois | La Tribune
« Air Force One "offert" par le Qatar : on est loin de la version officielle de Donald Trump ! »

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