SOMNIA - Spotlight on Military News and International Affairs

Tuesday, 22 October 2024 - Updated at 0850 hrs EDT

Canadian News

CBC News
10 years later, the bystanders who rushed to a fallen soldier's aid and the tragedy that changed them

The Globe and Mail
Civilians who came to Cpl Nathan Cirillo’s aid should be recognized, MPs say

The Ottawa Citizen
Why are bullet holes from the 2014 Parliament Hill attack a permanent feature of Centre Block?

CBC News
Civilian trial begins for Canadian Forces soldier charged with sexual assault

CBC News
Liberal MPs arrived back in Ottawa Monday and are set to meet as a caucus on Wednesday

Postmedia News
'Emergency debate' targets foreign interference by Government of India

The Guardian
Canada puts India ‘on notice’ as row over alleged killing of Sikh activists escalates

The Globe and Mail
Federal officials provided intelligence about India to The Washington Post, sources say

National Post
Susan Holt to become New Brunswick’s first female premier - More

CBC News
Inside the world of Lawrence Bishnoi, the Indian gangster

The Canadian Press
Abousfian Abdelrazik gets day in court with lawsuit against Ottawa

The Globe and Mail
CBC chief Catherine Tait resists calls to reject exit cash, including bonuses

The Ottawa Citizen
Defence Watch

The Maple Leaf
Defence Team News

Directorate of History and Heritage
Significant Dates in Canadian Military History

Agence QMI
Le pont Jacques-Cartier bloqué par des manifestants environnementalistes - Plus

Agence QMI
Nouveau-Brunswick : victorieux, les libéraux vont former un gouvernement majoritaire

La Presse canadienne
La p.-d.g. de Radio-Canada refuse d’écarter une prime au rendement

TVA Nouvelles
L'ARC préoccupée par les liens d’une importante association musulmane avec des groupes terroristes

La Feuille d’érable
Nouvelles de l’Équipe de la Défense

Direction - Histoire et patrimoine
Dates significatives dans l’histoire militaire canadienne

Canadian Commentary

Phil Gurski | The Ottawa Citizen
Parliament Hill attack — 10 years later, jihadi terrorism still threatens us

Scott Taylor | The Hill Times
Poor procurement won’t keep our soldiers warm at night

Fen Osler Hampson and Tim Sargent | The Hub
What Mark Carney should really tell the floundering federal government

Peter Singer | The Globe and Mail
Canada knows how to prepare for the next pandemic, but will we follow our own advice?

The Editorial Board | The Globe and Mail
The lessons of pandemic lessons unlearned

Joe Adam George | National Post
In Trudeau’s school of diplomacy, terrorists win and allies lose

John Ivison | National Post
Canada can save our friendship with India, but probably not while Trudeau's around

International News

The Associated Press
Navy identifies two Zappers killed in EA-18G Growler crash as aviators from California

The Associated Press
Teen in custody after five found dead in shooting at home in Washington state

VOA News
'Garbage in, garbage out': AI fails to debunk disinformation, study finds

The Associated Press
Exonerated Central Park Five sue Donald Trump - More - More

The Associated Press
Project 2025’s rightward vision has become a flashpoint in this year’s election

The New York Times
The Many Links Between Project 2025 and Trump’s World

The New York Times
Trump Ratchets Up Threats on the Media

VOA News
Union endorsements play an outsized role in US presidential election

Time Magazine
Donald Trump’s Long Love for McDonald’s, Explained - More

NBC News
Groups slam Trump's comparison of Jan. 6 rioters to Japanese Americans incarcerated in WWII

The Guardian
Liz Cheney urges conservatives to back Kamala Harris over abortion

Axios
Trump gains slight edge over Harris in poll of likely Georgia voters

Axios
Trump admits there's no evidence of election fraud

NBC News
Elon Musk ratchets up bid to re-elect Trump

Reuters News Agency
Musk, putting up over $70M US to help Trump, raises legal questions with million-dollar giveaways

Agence France-Presse
US puts curbs on firms for supporting Iran, Pakistan weapons programs

The Associated Press
White House tour upgraded so visitors can see, hear, touch more

BBC News
Nerves frayed in Canada and Mexico over US trade relations

Reuters News Agency
Three Mile Island nuclear plant gears up for Big Tech reboot

Axios
2024 almost certain to be Earth's hottest year on record

The Washington Post
Heat pumps were supposed to transform the world. But it’s not going as planned.

Axios
New York Magazine, Olivia Nuzzi part ways after writer cleared of bias

The Guardian
UK to lend Ukraine an additional £2.26bn for weapons to fight Russia

The Associated Press
Secretary Lloyd Austin promises Ukraine what it needs to fight Russia but goes no further

VOA News
Russia says Ukrainian drone attack hit biochemical plant

The Guardian
North Korean arms more significant than troops in Russia’s war against Ukraine

Reuters News Agency
Russian state media flatters Trump, but Kremlin cool on him and Harris

The Associated Press
Putin hosts Global South leaders at BRICS summit - More

Agence France-Presse
French researcher Laurent Vinatier appeals prison sentence in Russian 'foreign agent' case

Agence France-Presse
Emmanuel Macron to make a three-day state visit to Morocco

The Guardian
Despair in Chad camps as violence and hunger in Sudan drive 25,000 across border in a week

The Guardian
Millions of teenagers in Africa have undiagnosed asthma

The Guardian
Israel claims Hezbollah bunker under Beirut hospital holds millions of dollars

The New York Times
Its Leaders Are Dead. Its Ranks Are Depleted. Yet Hamas Remains Hard to Defeat.

The Guardian
Northern Gaza ‘smells of death after non-stop Israeli bombardments’

VOA News
Blinken visiting Israel with focus on deescalating conflicts in Gaza, Lebanon - More

The Guardian
Network of Israeli citizens arrested after spying for Iran, police say

BBC News
Israel arrests second group of alleged Iran spies

The Guardian
US ‘deeply concerned’ by intelligence leak over Israel plan to attack Iran

VOA News
Indian traders hopeful after China border patrol deal announced

BBC News
China holds live-fire drills on island closest to Taiwan

Reuters News Agency
U.S. says North Korea sending troops to Ukraine would be 'dangerous'

VOA News
Palau gears up for election amid Chinese threats, US military buildup

The Associated Press
Samoan coast worries about the future after HMNZS Manawanui damaged reef

The Associated Press
Latin American effort to mediate Venezuela standoff loses steam as Maduro consolidates rule

The Associated Press
Peru’s ex-president Toledo gets more than 20 years for corruption - More

The New York Times
On This Day: October 22 - BBC - This Day in Aviation

Agence QMI
Le pont Jacques-Cartier bloqué par des manifestants environnementalistes

Agence QMI
Nouveau-Brunswick : victorieux, les libéraux vont former un gouvernement majoritaire

TVA Nouvelles
L'ARC préoccupée par les liens d’une importante association musulmane avec des groupes terroristes

La Feuille d’érable
Nouvelles de l’Équipe de la Défense

Direction - Histoire et patrimoine
Dates significatives dans l’histoire militaire canadienne

International Commentary

Jill Filipovic | Slate
Trump’s Pitch to Women: You Don’t Need Autonomy

Ezra Klein | The New York Times
What’s Wrong With Donald Trump?

Jill Lawrence | Los Angeles Times
President Vance? Brace yourself for it. Trump is already deteriorating.

LZ Granderson | Los Angeles Times
Sorry, Trump. Americans know how a ‘real man’ should act

Jonah Goldberg | Los Angeles Times
Here’s why the race between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris looks so impossibly close

Kristen Soltis Anderson | The New York Times
Two Weeks to Go, but Only One Way to Stay Calm

David Dayen | The New York Times
A Second Trump Administration Would Be a Carnival of Corruption and Greed

Paul Krugman | The New York Times
Trump, on the Civil War, in His Own Words

Books

Lawrence Hurley | NBC News
Supreme Court rejects Michael Cohen's civil rights claim against Trump over book - More