SOMNIA - Spotlight on Military News and International Affairs

Sunday, 20 April 2025 - Updated at 0915 hrs EDT

Canadian News

La Presse canadienne
Elections Canada announces record turnout on 1st day of advance voting

CBC Radio
Here's what Ottawa has power over when it comes to your health

CBC News
In Italy, King Charles offers 'a surprisingly explicit show of support' for Canada

Canadian Commentary

Lisa Kerr | The Globe and Mail
Separating rhetoric from reality in the Conservative crime platform

Alexander Panetta | CBC News
An American constitutional crisis brews in a Central American prison

Mark Gollom | CBC News
Trump is demanding universities change policies or face defunding. Would Poilievre do the same?

Shannon Proudfoot | The Globe and Mail
In Niagara Falls, Mark Carney stares down Hurricane Trump

Michael Coren | The Globe and Mail
As a priest, here’s what I’d say to Donald Trump on Easter

Andrew Richter | National Post
Iran's nuclear ambitions could soon lead it straight into war

Aisha Ahmad | The Conversation
How could Canada deter an invasion?

International News

NPR News
Protesters unite against Trump in hundreds of rallies across the U.S.

CNBC News
Trump’s approval rating on the economy drops to new low - More

The Associated Press
Some Jan. 6 rioters pardoned by Trump are now embraced as heroes and candidates for office

BBC News
Inside Elon Musk's government-subsidised Texas headquarters

The Associated Press
15 years after Deepwater Horizon oil spill, lawsuits stall and restoration is incomplete

NPR News
The Justice Department is about to make its case for a Google breakup

The Associated Press
A prince and knight fall in love and the Supreme Court is asked to intervene

NPR News
White House solicits corporate sponsors for its Easter Egg Roll event

Boston.com
Paul Revere’s famous Midnight Ride Marked in Boston - More

BBC News
US Supreme Court halts deportation of detained Venezuelans

CBS News
NASA's Don Pettit, two cosmonaut crewmates, wrap up seven-month ISS visit - Video

BBC News
Pope wishes worshippers Happy Easter - More

The Associated Press
JD Vance meets Pope Francis on Easter Sunday - More

The Associated Press
Belarus hurls dozens of independent journalists into harsh prisons

Reuters News Agency
Putin declares Easter ceasefire - More

BBC News
Attacks continue despite Putin's 'Easter truce' pledge - More

BBC News
DR Congo bans ex-president's party over alleged rebel links

Agence France-Presse
Réunion Island hospital calls for reinforcements amid chikungunya virus outbreak

CBC News
Victims describe the nightmare of Bangladesh's secret prisons during former regime

BBC News
Robots race in Chinese half-marathon - More

CBC News
Japan sees an unprecedented travel boom

BBC News
Gunmen shoot 12 dead at Ecuador cockfight

The Associated Press
Today in History: 20 April

This Day in Aviation
20 April

International Commentary

Rob Schmitz | NPR News
How to dismantle democracy: Lessons aspiring autocrats may take from Viktor Orbán

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