SOMNIA - Spotlight on Military News and International Affairs

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Canadian News

BBC News
Is Canada vulnerable to foreign interference?

The Canadian Press
Palestinian-Canadian civilian journalist reported missing in Gaza

The Canadian Press
A ghostly shipwreck has emerged in Newfoundland, and residents want to know its story

Radio-Canada
Les « Canadiens perdus » pourront enfin obtenir la citoyenneté canadienne

Radio-Canada
Le Canada « travaille à rétablir une relation plus saine » avec l’Inde

Radio-Canada
Vers une reprise des ventes d’armes du Canada vers la Turquie ?

Radio-Canada
La décision de la CIJ relance le débat sur les ventes d’armes canadiennes à Israël

La Presse canadienne
Deborah Lyons déplore la montée de l’antisémitisme depuis le début de la guerre à Gaza

Radio-Canada
Les enseignants franco-ontariens votent à 93 % en faveur d’un mandat de grève

Radio-Canada
Étudiants étrangers : l’Ontario donne un tour de vis aux collèges privés

Canadian Commentary

Mike Hager, Niall McGee and Wendy Stueck | The Globe and Mail
Diavik Diamond Mine: The journey to remote mines is always perilous

Lauryn Oates | The Globe and Mail
Pakistan is forcing women and girls back into the clutches of the Taliban

Anne Bayin | The Globe and Mail
The day I took the dreaded senior driver’s test - More

Gus Carlson | The Globe and Mail
Face it, artificial intelligence is now entrenched in corporate culture

Jared Mcbride and Per Rudling | The Globe and Mail
By opening up the archives, Canada can finally address its past with Nazi war criminals

Marcus Gee | The Globe and Mail
The (er) joys of riding Toronto streetcars - More

International News

BBC News
Drone attack in Jordan: Death of US troops ratchets up pressure on Biden - More

Defense One
Expect ‘AI versus AI’ conflict soon, DC³ says

The Associated Press
Transgender veterans sue to have gender-affirming surgery covered by DVA

The Associated Press
Avian flu is devastating farms in California’s ‘Egg Basket’

The Washington Post
Biden pledge to shut down border points to policy shortfalls

CBC News
Health concerns for King and Princess of Wales reveal different priorities

CBC News
Paris scrambles to clean up the Seine ahead of Summer Olympics

France 24
Environmental activists hurl soup at the Mona Lisa in Louvre Museum - More - More

Deutsche Welle
Farmers and police set to face off in Paris

The Associated Press
Poland protests error in a social media post by EU chief

Reuters News Agency
Hungary far-right would lay claim to neighbouring Transcarpathia, if Ukraine loses war - More

Deutsche Welle
Mass rally in Madrid against Catalan amnesty bill

The Associated Press
Ukraine says corrupt officials stole $40 million meant to buy arms - More

Reuters News Agency
Russian drones, missiles target Ukraine's critical infrastructure

The Washington Post
Russia projects confidence as it pursues alliances to undermine West

Defense One
Questions surround Russia's stealthy combat drone

Deutsche Welle
Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger quit ECOWAS

Reuters News Agency
Uganda says judge's dissent from ICJ ruling on Israel does not reflect its position

Agence France-Presse
Masked assailants launch deadly attack on Italian church in Istanbul - More

The Associated Press
Three US troops killed and ‘many’ wounded in drone attack in Jordan - More - More

The New York Times
Where Is Hamas Getting Its Weapons? Increasingly, From Israel.

Reuters News Agency
UN urges countries to reverse funding pause for UNRWA - More

Reuters News Agency
Guterres: UN to punish staffers involved in 'terror'

Reuters News Agency
Fire exchanged between bulk carrier and skiff in Arabian Sea

The Associated Press
Iran launches three satellites simultaneously - More - More

Reuters News Agency
Gunmen in Iran kill nine Pakistanis days after tit-for-tat strikes

Reuters News Agency
India pivots away from Russian arms, but will retain strong ties

The Economist
What Donald Trump can learn from the Big Mac index

The Associated Press
Japan arsonist in fire that killed 36 at animation studio given death penalty

Military Times
Marine Corps’ Japan-based force gets new commanding general - More

Agence France-Presse
Trump attaque un accord sur l’immigration provenant du Mexique et défendu par Biden

Radio-Canada
À Londres, les défis de l’héritage des Jeux de 2012

Agence France-Presse
Louvre : des militantes écologistes jettent de la soupe sur la vitre blindée protégeant « La Joconde »

The Associated Press
Des survivants de la Shoah commémorent la libération du camp d’Auschwitz-Birkenau

France 24
Présidentielle en Russie : Boris Nadejdine, l'ovni politique qui défie Poutine

Deutsche Welle
Le Mali, le Burkina Faso et le Niger quittent la Cédéao

Radio-Canada
Gaza : plusieurs pays, dont le Canada, suspendent leur financement à l'UNRWA - Plus

Radio-Canada
Combats meurtriers dans le sud de Gaza

Agence France-Presse
L'Iran annonce l'envoi simultané de trois satellites dans l'espace

Agence France-Presse
La Corée du Nord tire des missiles de croisière - Plus

Agence France-Presse
Argentine : un incendie détruit 600 hectares d’un site de l’UNESCO

Agence France-Presse
Kenya : la justice déclare « illégal » le déploiement de policiers en Haïti

International Commentary

Analysis | The Economist
Russia is losing the battle for the Black Sea

Thomas L. Friedman | The New York Times
A Titanic Geopolitical Struggle Is Underway

Max Boot | The Washington Post
Biden should target Iranian operatives after the killing of U.S. troops

Andrew Rawnsley | The Observer
The threatened return of Donald Trump endangers the UK’s most vital interests

Editorial | The Guardian
Gazan genocide charges: Israel finds itself with a plausible case to answer

Sari Bashi | The New York Review
Gaza: Two Rights of Return

Yuval Shany | The Guardian
The ICJ’s vague demands for Israel to comply with the law are unlikely to result in palpable change

David A. Graham | The Atlantic
Is $83.3 Million Enough to Make Trump Stop Lying?

RonNell Andersen Jones | The New York Times
The E. Jean Carroll Verdict Exposes the Limits of Libel Law

Matthias von Hein | Deutsche Welle
Is Europe ready for another Donald Trump presidency?

Deborah Pearlstein | The Atlantic
Donald Trump’s Eligibility For Office: The Supreme Court Shouldn’t Punt on This One

E.J. Dionne Jr. | The Washington Post
Sure, Trump and Biden are old. The similarities end there.

Jim Geraghty | The Washington Post
Keep on running, Nikki. Keep on running.

Katherine Miller \ The New York Times
Nikki Haley Isn’t Going Anywhere

Jennifer Rubin | The Washington Post
Gen Z might be the MAGA movement’s undoing

Faiz Siddiqui | The Washington Post
Elon Musk’s uphill battle to win greater control of Tesla

Jacob N. Shapiro and Chris Mattmann | The New York Times
A.I. Is Coming for the Past, Too

Lili Loofbourow | The Washington Post
Masters of the Air aims high — and bombs - Trailer

Helen Bushby | BBC News
The Zone of Interest: How Oscars-nominated Auschwitz film borrows from Big Brother - Trailer

Books

Tamsin Shaw | The New York Review of Books
Ethical Espionage