SOMNIA - Spotlight on Military News and International Affairs

Forbes
Google’s Gmail Warning—Upgrade Your Email Account Today

The Associated Press
United cuts 35 daily flights at Newark, citing shortage of air traffic controllers

The Associated Press
Wall Street extends its gains to a ninth straight day, reclaiming losses since tariff escalation

The Associated Press
US Army plans for a potential parade of 6,600 soldiers on Trump’s birthday - More - More

The Guardian
Trump fans’ faith undimmed by first 100 days

The Hill
Trump marks 100 days in office with Biden blame game

The Hill
Pritzker on Trump: Everyone understands ‘we’ve got an authoritarian in office’

CNBC News
Warren Buffett knocks tariffs and protectionism: ‘Trade should not be a weapon’ - More

The Hill
Haberman: Trump’s rebuff of recession fears a ‘front that he is putting on’

The Guardian
Why is Trump ending the ‘de minimis’ tariff loophole on low-value imports?

The Guardian
Trump administration to cut thousands of jobs from CIA and other spy agencies

CBS News
Weekly measles cases hit new record

CBS News
Worker safety agency NIOSH lays off most remaining staff

NBC News
Trump proposes cutting $163bn in non-defense funds and boosting military - More

CBS News
Trump family's net worth has increased by $2.9 billion thanks to crypto investments

NPR News
Legal veteran starts new firm to defend targets of Trump actions

CBS News
Judge rules Trump executive order targeting law firm Perkins Coie is unconstitutional - More

The Associated Press
Trump signs EO to stop federal funding for NPR and PBS

Agence France-Presse
Voice of America could be back on air next week

NPR News
Scientists reel as turmoil roils National Science Foundation

NBC News
Trump signs EO to stop federal funding for NPR and PBS

The Associated Press
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to grant DOGE access to Social Security systems

CBC Radio
Trump's fixation on wrongly deported man's tattoos nothing but a distraction, says lawyer

The Associated Press
Trump does impression of transgender weightlifter during Alabama speech

The Associated Press
Trump’s transactional approach to diplomacy is a driving force on the world stage

The Associated Press
JD Vance’s global travels are a mix of diplomacy, dealmaking, soft power and family time

The Guardian
Happy birthday, David Attenborough!

Reuters News Agency
Prince Harry 'gutted' to lose U.K. security decision, confirms no communication with King Charles

The Guardian
UN judge jailed in UK after forcing woman to work as slave

The Associated Press
Sistine Chapel chimney installed to carry pontiff smoke signals to the world next week

The Associated Press
Dinner parties, listening and lobbying. What goes on behind closed doors to elect a pope.

The Associated Press
Trump draws criticism with AI image of himself as the pope - More

The Associated Press
Woman carrying bomb killed after it explodes before she could place it outside bank

The Guardian
‘I know I might not come back’: the young Ukrainians enlisting early to fight Russia

The Associated Press
Russia and Ukraine clash over ceasefire proposals as fighting rages

The Associated Press
Sudanese recount atrocities in RSF attack on a Darfur camp

The Associated Press
At least seven dead after MSF facility in South Sudan targeted in aerial bombing

CBS News
Trump administration in talks with Rwanda to take deportees from U.S.

The Guardian
Ugandan opposition accuses president of using military courts to quash dissent

The Guardian
White Afrikaners lining up to accept Trump’s offer of asylum

The Guardian
Syria calls Israeli air strikes on Damascus a ‘dangerous escalation’

The Associated Press
Pakistan test fires ballistic missile as tensions with India spike

The Guardian
China ‘evaluating’ US offer to engage in trade negotiations

Reuters News Agency
South Korea’s conservatives pick hardline Kim Moon-soo as presidential candidate

The Associated Press
How the democracy sausage, a polling day snack, became Australia’s election symbol

Agence France-Presse
Group in Bolivia survive 36 hours in alligator-infested swamp after plane crash

The Guardian
US designates two powerful Haitian gangs as terrorist groups

The Associated Press
Today in History: 4 May

This Day in Aviation
4 May

Radio-Canada
Des ONG troublées par le décret de Trump sur l’exploitation minière en eaux profondes

Le Figaro
« Optimiser le secteur avec l’IA » : le coup de semonce de Mark Zuckerberg au marché publicitaire

Le Figaro
Météo : la grêle s’abat sur Paris, les températures chutent brutalement

Agence France-Presse
Serbie : le président admis dans un hôpital militaire après son retour des États-Unis

Agence France-Presse
Zelensky refuse de « jouer » avec les courtes trêves proposées par Poutine

Agence France-Presse
D’après Zelensky, Trump voit les choses « un peu différemment » depuis leur rencontre au Vatican

Le Figaro
Gabon : le président Brice Oligui Nguema a prêté serment

Agence France-Presse
Plus de 20 frappes israéliennes ont visé la Syrie dans la nuit

Agence France-Presse
Gaza : une frappe israélienne a fait 11 morts à Khan Younès, dont trois enfants

Agence France-Presse
Australie : le gouvernement de gauche réélu, le chef de l’opposition perd son siège

International Commentary

Paul Rogers | The Guardian
Militarily cosying up to Trump in Yemen cannot end well for the UK

Adam Gabbatt | The Guardian
Trump’s Truth Social posts make no sense – what do they say about his mentality?

Jonathan Freedland | The Guardian
One hundred days in, Donald Trump faces a problem: He can rage, but he can’t govern

David A. Graham | The Atlantic
Trump’s Hollow Defense of Tariffs

Alexander C. Kaufman | The Atlantic
The Missing Part of Trump’s Minerals Math

Jonathan Greenblatt | The Hill
The record rise in antisemitism is a warning to all Americans

Anonymous with Kitty Drake | The Guardian
My cultural awakening: Groundhog Day made me quit my job, move house and leave my girlfriend

Sheila Hancock | The Guardian
My VE Day was nothing like our image of it today. I hope we can honour what it really meant.