SOMNIA - Spotlight on Military News and International Affairs

Wednesday, 26 November 2025 - Updated at 0845 hrs EST

Canadian News

CBC News
F-35 beat Gripen 'by a mile' in 2021 Defence Department competition

CBC News
Can you see Newfoundland from Cape Breton?

Radio Canada International
Uh oh. The dreaded polar vortex may be making an appearance very soon.

Globe Newswire
La Niña and the polar vortex set to deliver a truly Canadian winter

The Guardian
‘It’s heartbreaking’: How 30 captive beluga whales have become pawns in row over animal cruelty

CBC News
Carney to announce aid measures for aluminum and steel producers

CBC News
Transit violence rising across Canada — in some cities, by nearly 300%

The Canadian Press
Five more Alberta UCP legislature members facing recall, bringing total to 14

Radio-Canada
95 % à 33 % : le F-35 a dominé le Gripen lors de la compétition technique

Radio-Canada
Des rafales jusqu’à 80 km/h annoncées par Environnement Canada pour ce mercredi

La Presse canadienne
Un « hiver d’antan » à l’horizon

Radio-Canada
Intelligence artificielle : le Canada face au défi du droit d’auteur

Radio-Canada
Tarifs douaniers : de nouvelles mesures pour l’acier et le bois d’œuvre

Canadian Commentary

Mark Gollom | CBC News
Why invoking the notwithstanding clause no longer seems politically taboo

Nadine Yousif and Jessica Murphy | BBC News
Can Canada wait out the trade war with the US?

International News

CBS News
Detainees without criminal records arrested by ICE make up fastest-growing group in immigration custody

The Guardian
Trump once again steps up attacks on TV networks as he threatens to revoke licenses

CBS News
Maps show where storms threaten Thanksgiving travel across the U.S.

CBS News
The U.S. urgently needs thousands of air traffic controllers. Here's what the job requires.

BBC News
Trump pardons Gobble and Waddle the turkeys - More - More

NBC News
Turkey prices hold steady for Thanksgiving shoppers despite surge in bird flu

The Associated Press
Melania Trump welcomes Christmas tree to the White House - More

The Guardian
Departing Marjorie Taylor Greene ‘the canary in the coal mine’ for Republicans: Kevin McCarthy

MS Now
Trump weighing the ouster of Kash Patel, according to sources

The Guardian
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen warns against ‘unilateral carving up of nation’ with Ukraine deal

The Guardian
Americans helping Ukrainian war effort decry US peace plan as a ‘betrayal by Trump’

The Guardian
‘Drone operators are hunted. You feel it from your first day’: The female pilots on Ukraine’s frontline.

NBC News
U.S. Army secretary warned Ukraine of imminent defeat while pushing initial peace plan

BBC News
Trump defends Witkoff after leak appears to show envoy coaching Russia

NBC News
Ukraine says it hopes to finalize a peace deal

The Guardian
Ukraine ‘supports essence of peace deal’ following Geneva talks

NBC News
Kremlin says leaked U.S. call is attempt to disrupt Ukraine peace talks

CBS News
Kremlin says it's "premature" to say peace deal with Ukraine is close

The Guardian
Hundreds of Israeli soldiers raid Palestinian town in West Bank

Agence France-Presse
Junta hails end to US protected status for Myanmar nationals

BBC News
'Once in 300 years' rain hits Thai city as floods ravage South East Asia

Reuters News Agency
Thailand to airlift critical patients as southern floods kill 33

The Guardian
Taiwan plans extra $40bn in defence spending to counter China’s ‘intensifying’ threats

BBC News
At least 13 dead as more than 700 firefighters tackle Hong Kong blaze

The Guardian
Study claims to provide first direct evidence of dark matter

The Guardian
US, Russia and Saudi Arabia create axis of obstruction as COP30 sputters out - More

MS Now
White House hedges on Trump’s curious claim about his call with Brazil’s Bolsonaro

The Associated Press
Today in History: 26 November - More

This Day in Aviation
26 November

Agence France-Presse
Affaire Bygmalion : la Cour de cassation se prononce sur le pourvoi de Nicolas Sarkozy

Le Monde
Ukraine : les efforts diplomatiques des Européens sont « tout à fait inutiles », selon le Kremlin

Agence France-Presse
L’armée israélienne annonce le lancement d’une « vaste opération » dans le nord de la Cisjordanie

Agence France-Presse
Gaza : Israël a identifié le corps rendu mardi

Agence France-Presse
Hong Kong : au moins 13 morts dans l’incendie d’un complexe résidentiel

International Commentary

Hayes Brown | MS Now
Trump’s chokehold on the House has some GOP members frustrated

Philip Bump | MS Now
What Marjorie Taylor Greene’s resignation says about the post-Trump GOP

Allison Detzel | MS Now
The photo that captures the ‘decline and fall’ of Trump

Rachel Maddow | MS Now
The Trump administration can’t stop lying to the courts

Owen Jones | The Guardian
This French judge approved Netanyahu’s arrest warrant. Now Trump is targeting him.

Heather Cox Richardson | Substack
Letters from an American

Arwa Mahdawi | The Guardian
Why on earth would Meghan still want to be called the Duchess of Sussex?

Léo Maillard | Le Monde
Quels sont les risques pour l’Ukraine avec les négociations autour du plan de paix ?

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