SOMNIA - Spotlight on Military News and International Affairs

Friday, 4 October 2024 - Updated at 0735 hrs EDT

Canadian News

CBC News
Canada ponders 'top secret' data cloud as allies push ahead with intelligence-sharing plans

CBC News
Unknown First World War soldier identified as Manitoban who died in Battle of Passchendaele

CBC News
Updated COVID-19 vaccines roll out at pharmacies

CBC News
Canadian charter flights leaving Lebanon have hundreds of empty seats

CBC News
RCMP official won't say whether Chinese 'police stations' are still operating in Canada

The Canadian Press
Plane in fatal 2023 B.C. crash had unapproved modifications: TSB

CBC News
Ottawa police creating Parliament Hill unit following close calls with MPs

CBC News
Trudeau, Joly head to Francophonie summit - More

CBC News
Pharmacare bill passes key test ahead of next week's final Senate vote

The Ottawa Citizen
Defence Watch

The Maple Leaf
Defence Team News

Directorate of History and Heritage
Significant Dates in Canadian Military History

Radio-Canada
Hausse des crimes haineux : sécurité renforcée aux abords des synagogues montréalaises

La Presse canadienne
Grève partielle au port de Montréal : le travail a repris aux terminaux touchés

Radio-Canada
Des Canadiens d’origine libanaise s’inquiètent du sort de leurs proches au Liban

Radio-Canada
Ce que l’ouragan Helene nous apprend sur ce qui nous attend à l’avenir

Radio-Canada
L’élection des conservateurs créerait « un peu de tension » à Ottawa, dit Clément Gignac

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

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

Canadian Commentary

J.D. Tuccille | National Post
Vance brings the swagger, Walz brings the sweat

Konrad Yakabuski | The Globe and Mail
Israel and Iran move closer toward a war the U.S. seems helpless to prevent

Robyn Urback | The Globe and Mail
Canada is sleepwalking into a refugee crisis. We need to act now

Kelly Cryderman | The Globe and Mail
Jason Kenney’s biggest worry about the U.S. election: A potential deportation programme

Tom Rachman | The Globe and Mail
Make Britain great again? Keir Starmer is making Britain depressed.

Terry Newman | National Post
Antisemitism in Canada has two sources: Universities and ill-prepared newsrooms

Vivian Bercovici | National Post
On Oct. 7, terrorists invaded Israel — and their sympathizers took over Canadian streets

John Ivison | National Post
Political parties will do literally anything for marginal advantage at this point

Kelly McParland | National Post
Self-immolation is the biggest service Liberals could provide for the country

Randall Denley | National Post
Ford Tunnel skeptics should offer alternatives, not the same old ideas

Jamie Sarkonak | National Post
Steven Guilbeault doesn't want your Jasper fire questions — he's saving the planet, don't you know

Fannie Olivier | Radio-Canada
Les neuf vies du Bloc québécois

Frédéric Arnould | Radio-Canada
Le duel Harris-Trump sera-t-il aussi serré que les sondages actuels?

Rania Massoud | Radio-Canada
Pris entre Israël et le Hezbollah, l’irréductible village chrétien de Rmeich

International News

The New York Times
U.S. Ports to Reopen After Longshoremen Suspend Strike - More

The Washington Post
Inside a helicopter bringing life-saving relief to North Carolina’s storm-ravaged counties

Reuters News Agency
Trump's already harsh rhetoric on migrants is turning darker as Election Day nears

Reuters News Agency
Trump moves to toss Jan. 6 obstruction charges, citing Supreme Court ruling

The Washington Post
Trump’s Jan. 6 role back in focus as he readies new stolen election claims

Reuters News Agency
Musk to attend Trump rally in Pennsylvania at site of July assassination attempt

The New York Times
Kamala Harris and Her Father: Painfully Estranged and Just Two Miles Apart

The New York Times
Barack Obama will campaign for Kamala Harris in a final election push

Reuters News Agency
Walz promises Muslims an equal role in Harris administration

CBC Radio
She's a loser, baby. Why this Democrat is running a race she knows she can't win.

Reuters News Agency
EU headed for 'economic cold war' with China, Viktor Orbán says

Reuters News Agency
Ukraine says Russia attacked its critical infrastructure with 19 drones

Reuters News Agency
Employee at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant killed in car bomb

Reuters News Agency
Kremlin accuses Ukraine of 'playing with fire' after reported attack near Kursk nuclear plant

Reuters News Agency
US, allies discuss 'urgent need' to finalize plans for new African Union mission in Somalia

The Washington Post
Iranian missiles this week hit Israeli military sites, visuals show

Reuters News Agency
Khamenei says Iran will not delay nor rush to confront Israel

Reuters News Agency
Taiwan re-opens, mopping up after Typhoon Krathon

Reuters News Agency
Kim Jong-un threatens nuclear response if sovereignty breached

Reuters News Agency
U.S., South Korea agree on five-year plan to share defence costs

Reuters News Agency
Australian court upholds order for Musk's X to pay $418,000 fine over anti-child abuse probe

Reuters News Agency
Thousands flee gang killings in Haiti breadbasket town

The New York Times
On This Day: October 4 - BBC - This Day in Aviation

Agence de presse Reuters
Les dockers mettent fin à leur grève après un accord de principe

Agence France-Presse
La reconstruction débute après les ravages causés par l'ouragan « Helene »

Agence de presse Reuters
Washington soutient les opérations d'Israël au Liban en dépit du risque d'escalade

Agence France-Presse
Le prix du pétrole bondit après une déclaration de Biden sur d’éventuelles frappes en Iran

Agence de presse Reuters
Elon Musk participera au meeting de Donald Trump en Pennsylvanie

Agence France-Presse
Le Conseil de sécurité soutient « pleinement » le chef de l'ONU, « persona non grata » en Israël

Agence de presse Reuters
À New York, Macron a tenté de rassurer les banquiers de Wall Street sur les finances de la France

Agence de presse Reuters
Le nouveau secrétaire général de l'Otan à Kyiv pour son premier déplacement officiel

Agence de presse Reuters
Un drone russe fait trois morts, dont un enfant, dans la région de Tchernihiv

Agence de presse Reuters
Un dépôt de carburant touché dans la région russe de Voronej

Agence France-Presse
Un responsable de la centrale nucléaire de Zaporijjia tué dans un attentat

Agence France-Presse
Variole simienne en Afrique : 866 décès depuis le début de l’année

Agence France-Presse
Israël coupe un axe routier vital entre la Syrie et le Liban - Plus

Agence de presse Reuters
Biden ne croit pas à une « guerre totale » au Proche-Orient

Agence France-Presse
Une nation en souffrance : des Israéliens témoignent un an après le 7 octobre

Agence de presse Reuters
Les USA discutent de possibles frappes israéliennes contre des installations pétrolière iraniennes

Agence de presse Reuters
Les pays du Golfe soucieux de convaincre l'Iran de leur neutralité face à Israël

Agence de presse Reuters
L'Iran annonce la réouverture de son espace aérien

Agence de presse Reuters
Khamenei juge « totalement légitime » l'attaque de l'Iran contre Israël

Agence France-Presse
Thaïlande : une centaine d'éléphants piégés par les inondations

Agence France-Presse
Contenus violents sur X : un tribunal australien confirme une amende

Agence France-Presse
Bolivie : l’ex-président Evo Morales visé par une enquête pour le viol d’une mineure

Agence France-Presse
Mexique : douze cadavres dans une ville qui enregistre 16 assassinats en deux jours

International Commentary

Anders Åslund | Project Syndicate
The Russian War Economy’s Days Are Numbered

Jonathan Freedland | The Guardian
A brutal year and a tale of two Israels: The one that is feared and the one that is fearful

Owen Jones | The Guardian
What atrocity would Israel have to commit for our leaders to break their silence?

Frances Ryan | The Guardian
Disabled Palestinians are facing horrors piled upon horrors

Aaron Rupar and Noah Berlatsky | Public Notice
The big debate-day story: Disoriented and incoherent, Trump hit new lows of unfitness

Paul Krugman | The New York Times
Why Trump Is Lying About Disaster Relief

Jamelle Bouie | The New York Times
Who Wants to Buy the Miracle Tonic of Mass Deportation?

Eugene Robinson | The Washington Post
‘So what’: Two words that best sum up the nature of Donald Trump

Alison Fragale and Adam Grant | The New York Times
Kamala Harris Is Walking a Tightrope That Few Women Survive

Michael Kruse | Politico
Shyamala Gopalan: The Woman Who Made Kamala Harris — and Modern America

Heather Cox Richardson | Substack
Vance’s willingness to lie matters to Trump

Condoleezza Rice | Foreign Affairs
The Perils of Isolationism

Gen. Mark A. Milley and Eric Schmidt | Foreign Affairs
America Isn’t Ready for the Wars of the Future. And They’re Already Here.

Richard Haass | Project Syndicate
The Lessons and Legacy of October 7

Books

Hadas Gold and Pamela Brown | CNN News
CNN requested an interview with Melania Trump. Her book publisher asked for $250,000 in exchange.

Natalie Allison | Politico
Melania Trump signals support for abortion rights: ‘No room for compromise’

Martin Pengelly | The Guardian
‘No room for compromise’: Melania Trump reiterates abortion rights support - More