SOMNIA - Spotlight on Military News and International Affairs

Monday, 27 March 2023 - Updated at 1200 hrs EDT

Canadian News

CBC News
HMCS Montréal, supply vessel MV Asterix leave Halifax on six-month cruise - More

CBC News
A Comox Valley group is painstakingly rebuilding a 1943 Hawker Typhoon - More

The Canadian Press
CAF’s new housing plan under fire over PLD cut - More

The Canadian Press
Punishment of First World War soldiers for sexual orientation detailed in new study

CBC News
Migrants still attempting to cross at Roxham Road, with news of Canada-U.S. deal slow to spread

Global News
A closer look at MP Han Dong’s voting record on China

The Canadian Press
Jody Thomas warned PM of public concerns on foreign agent registry: memo

The Globe and Mail
Spanish civil war course endowed at York University to combat fascism - More

CBC News
Revamp of the Official Languages Act raises concerns among legal experts and Quebec Anglos

Global News
What to expect from budget 2023 as ‘storm clouds’ gather over Canada’s economy

CBC News
Tuesday's budget to include grocery rebate for lower income Canadians

The Chronicle Herald
Musk's brain implant company in search of human trials partner

The Ottawa Citizen
Defence Watch

The Maple Leaf
Defence Team News

Directorate of History and Heritage
Significant Dates in Canadian Military History

Canadian Commentary

International News

The Associated Press
U.S. Army pulls recruiting ads after Jonathan Majors’ arrest - More

BBC Future
How X-planes may solve the sonic boom problem

Global News
Harvard physicist says meteor may be alien probe, plans expedition to prove it - More

The Washington Post
AI can draw hands now. Deep-fakes of Trump show why that’s bad news.

Intelligencer
Will ChatGPT Become Your Everything App?

The Telegraph
Bard: Google crisis grows as its ChatGPT competitor flops

The Guardian
Marjorie Taylor Greene led delegation to visit Capitol attack defendants in jail

The Washington Post
These women survived combat. Then they had to fight for health care.

Reuters News Agency
How First Republic's courtship of the wealthy led to meltdown

Reuters News Agency
SVB deal helps to steady banks amid credit crunch concerns

BBC News
Mississippi tornado: Why was it so destructive?

The Associated Press
Twitter says parts of its source code has leaked online - More

Reuters News Agency
Elon Musk Values Twitter at $20 Billion

CBC News
A New York grand jury is expected to indict Donald Trump

CBC News
Why global financial turmoil continues and how it could affect you

The Guardian
Glass beads on moon’s surface may hold billions of tonnes of water - More

Reuters News Agency
Humza Yousaf to replace Nicola Sturgeon as Scotland's next leader - More

The Guardian
Rwanda scheme would ‘completely erode’ UK’s standing on world stage

Reuters News Agency
French pension protest blocks entry to Louvre museum

The Guardian
US indicts alleged Russian spy who tried to infiltrate ICC in The Hague

BBC News
Strike brings Germany's public transport network to halt - More

Reuters News Agency
Germany to buy up to 28 Panzerhaubitze 2000 self-propelled howitzers - Video

Reuters News Agency
Banksy's migrant rescue ship seized by Italy's coast guard in Lampedusa

The Guardian
Ukrainian troops return home after Challenger 2 tank training in UK

The New York Times
An-225 Mriya: Restoring a Giant Plane: Ukrainian Resilience or Folly? - Video

Reuters News Agency
Ukraine's Avdiivka becoming 'post-apocalyptic', official says

Reuters News Agency
Holding Bakhmut is a 'military necessity' - Ukrainian general

BBC News
Ukrainian drone downed over Russia, Moscow says

Reuters News Agency
Russians angry at downing of Ukrainian drone over their homes

BBC News
Israel defence minister fired in legal reform row - More

Reuters News Agency
Netanyahu government survives no-confidence votes in Israeli parliament - More

Reuters News Agency
Netanyahu agrees to delay judicial overhaul until next parliament session

The Jerusalem Post
Israelis stage emergency protests after Yoav Gallant's firing - More - More

BBC News
Afghanistan girls' education: 'When I see the boys going to school, it hurts'

BBC News
Myanmar army chief vows to crush resistance

Reuters News Agency
Vietnam sends ship to track Chinese vessel patrolling Russian gas field in EEZ

The Guardian
Congress hears of China’s abuses in Xinjiang ‘re-education camps’

BBC News
Jack Ma: Alibaba founder seen in China after long absence - More

Reuters News Agency
North Korea fires ballistic missile off its east coast

Miami Herald
Once cherished in Miami, Elián González is set to become a legislator in Cuba - More

The New York Times
On This Day: March 27 - BBC - This Day in Aviation

Agence France-Presse
Le Mississippi face à l’étendue des dégâts après les tornades qui ont fait 25 morts

Agence de presse Reuters
First Citizens rachète les prêts et dépôts de SVB

Agence de presse Reuters
Une partie du code source de Twitter a fuité sur Internet

Agence de presse Reuters
Humza Yousaf désigné pour succéder à Nicola Sturgeon au poste de Premier ministre

Agence de presse Reuters
Le trafic des trains à grande vitesse perturbé entre la France et la Belgique

Agence de presse Reuters
Allemagne : Les transports à l'arrêt dans le cadre d'une grève massive

Agence de presse Reuters
Les chars Leopard 2 promis par l'Allemagne remis à l'Ukraine

Agence de presse Reuters
Zelensky en visite sur le front dans la région de Zaporijjia

Agence France-Presse
L'Ukraine en a assez du « chantage nucléaire » de la Russie

Agence France-Presse
L’UE menace le Bélarus de sanctions s’il accueille des armes nucléaires russes

Agence France-Presse
En Tunisie, au moins 29 migrants se noient lors d’un nouveau drame en Méditerranée

Agence France-Presse
Israël : Nétanyahou congédie son ministre de la Défense, des milliers de personnes manifestent

Agence de presse Reuters
Netanyahu accepte une pause dans la réforme de la justice

Agence de presse Reuters
Une explosion à Kaboul fait au moins six morts et plusieurs blessés

Agence France-Presse
L’Inde convoque un diplomate canadien après une manifestation sikhe

Agence de presse Reuters
Jack Ma de retour en Chine

Agence France-Presse
La Corée du Nord tire deux missiles balistiques à courte portée

International Commentary

Editorial Board | The Washington Post
Ukraine smolders as Europe comes slowly awake

Robin Ashenden | The Spectator
Why was the West so slow to see the real Vladimir Putin?

Andrew Orlowski | The Telegraph
Putin and Xi’s plot to control the internet will leave the West in the dust

Elaine Godfrey | The Atlantic
Trump Begins the ‘Retribution’ Tour - More

Kathleen Parker | The Washington Post
Waiting for a Trump indictment has become an arresting comedy

Ed Kilgore | Intelligencer
Donald Trump Thinks America Is a Sh*thole Country - More

Gail Collins and Bret Stephens | The New York Times
Trump Would Like a Word

E.J. Dionne Jr. | The Washington Post
Why we’re still stuck in Trump’s world

Dana Milbank | The Washington Post
Trump makes suckers of House Republicans. Again.

Amy Davidson Sorkin | The New Yorker
How Republicans Are Handling Trump’s Possible Indictment

Simon Tisdall | The Guardian
The world still needs a policeman. Let’s hope the US doesn’t quit the job.

Julian Borger | The Guardian
Putin’s timeline for storing tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus is hard to believe

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