SOMNIA - Spotlight on Military News and International Affairs

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Canadian News

CBC News
CAF now accepting recruits with asthma, ADHD and other conditions

CBC News
Dozens of Canadians got sick at Mexican all-inclusive resort

CBC News
Canadian snowbirds cancel Florida trips over Trump's threats

CBC News
Trump's musings on 'very large faucet' in Canada part of looming water crisis

BBC News
List accomplishments or resign, Musk tells US federal workers

The Guardian
US congresswoman ‘rooting’ for Canada and Mexico against Trump’s threats

The Guardian
Party of one: Donald Trump’s 75 minutes at CPAC talking about himself - More

BBC News
Voting begins in high-stakes German election

BBC News
Pope has 'peaceful' night after condition described as 'critical'

CBC News
In Ukraine, wounded warriors scoff at notion that Trump can bring peace with Russia

CBC News
Israeli tanks move into occupied West Bank for the 1st time since 2002

France 24
UN Security Council demands Rwanda withdraw troops from eastern DR Congo

The Associated Press
Israeli tanks move into occupied West Bank for the 1st time since 2002

The Guardian
IDF carries out airstrikes in southern Lebanon

BBC News
Israel indefinitely delays Palestinian prisoner release as hostages freed - More

The Associated Press
Two children killed by decades-old grenade in Cambodia

This Day in Aviation
23 February

International News

The Guardian
Trump compared to mobster Tony Soprano by former envoy to Panama

BBC News
List accomplishments or resign, Musk tells US federal workers

The Associated Press
Kash Patel tells FBI staff to ignore Elon Musk request to list their achievements

The Guardian
Bomb threat sent to anti-Trump conference singles out officer who tangled with ex-Proud Boys leader

The Guardian
US congresswoman ‘rooting’ for Canada and Mexico against Trump’s threats

The Guardian
Party of one: Donald Trump’s 75 minutes at CPAC talking about himself - More

The Guardian
Backyard chickens: Floridians start raising hens to combat rising egg prices

BBC News
Germany's conservatives celebrate, but far right enjoy record result

Deutsche Welle
Who is Friedrich Merz, Germany's likely next chancellor?

BBC News
Pope has 'peaceful' night after condition described as 'critical'

CBC News
In Ukraine, wounded warriors scoff at notion that Trump can bring peace with Russia

CBC News
Israeli tanks move into occupied West Bank for the 1st time since 2002

The Guardian
The unseen map that promised to bring peace to the Middle East

France 24
UN Security Council demands Rwanda withdraw troops from eastern DR Congo

The Associated Press
Israeli tanks move into occupied West Bank for the 1st time since 2002

The Guardian
IDF carries out airstrikes in southern Lebanon

BBC News
Israel indefinitely delays Palestinian prisoner release as hostages freed - More

The Associated Press
Two children killed by decades-old grenade in Cambodia

This Day in Aviation
23 February