SOMNIA - Spotlight on Military News and International Affairs

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Canadian News

CBC News
Two Canadians detained in Israel after forces intercept Gaza flotilla

CBC News
In four months, Jeremy Hansen will head to the moon

CBC News
The boys of Robert Land

Global News
Canada Post presents new offers to union in bid to end postal strike

CBC Radio
How the U.S. trade war uncorked a surprising boom for wineries across Canada

La Presse canadienne
La nouvelle offre de Postes Canada est un « pas en arrière », selon le syndicat

Radio-Canada
Un homme armé et dangereux recherché depuis vendredi près de la frontière Ontario-Québec

La Presse canadienne
Le Canada pourrait profiter de l’imposition de frais de visa aux États-Unis

Canadian Commentary

Marco Mendicino | CTV News
How Canada’s new defence agency will build national strength

Franklyn Griffiths | The Globe and Mail
This is what the opening move of the U.S.’s attempted annexation of Canada could look like

Goldy Hyder | The Globe and Mail
Canadians would be wise to listen to what the U.S. ambassador has to say

Doug Saunders | The Globe and Mail
United States may split into warring federal entities. Let’s side with the better one.

Matt Galloway | CBC The Current
Can the U.S. constitution survive Donald Trump?

Bob McDonald | CBC News
More evidence of life on Mars but still no life

Timothy Snyder | CBC Front Burner
Trump, and the alarm bells of fascism

Daniel Leblanc | Radio-Canada
Achats militaires : Ottawa veut se libérer de sa dépendance aux Américains

Hugo Lavallée | Radio-Canada
États-Unis : une paralysie budgétaire aux conséquences plus lourdes cette fois-ci?

Laurent Mercier-Roy | Radio-Canada
Pourquoi la génération Z se soulève-t-elle aux quatre coins du monde?

International News

NBC News
With a Democratic Party leadership vacuum, Obama steps up his criticism of Trump

NBC News
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker says Trump is set to federalize the state's National Guard - More

NBC News
Shutdown cancels sports games and dances for students at military-base schools

The Associated Press
The Oval Office meeting didn’t stop a shutdown, but the Trump 2028 hats and a sombrero set a tone

The Guardian
Pete Hegseth fires US Navy chief of staff - More

NBC News
Treasury touts 'first drafts' of Trump dollar coin planned for next year - More

The Daily Beast
Keystone Kash Gives Out Bonkers Merch to FBI Agents

The Hill
Trump administration hit with lawsuit over $100K H1-B visa fee

NBC News
Letter left on fired federal prosecutor's office door warns Americans are less safe

The Associated Press
Government funding vote fails again in Senate as hopes fade for quick end to shutdown

NBC News
Three key Democratic senators to watch in the government shutdown standoff

NPR News
GOP blames government shutdown on health care for undocumented people

CNN News
Government shutdown likely to linger as Trump administration warns of layoffs

Agence France-Presse
US government shutdown seen dragging into next week

NBC News
How young Trump voters are grappling with Charlie Kirk's assassination

CNN News
Protesters rally outside Illinois ICE facility as Kristi Noem watches from rooftop

MSNBC News
Pete Hegseth taps MAGA extremist to push military ‘cultural refresh’

NBC News
Trump administration offering some unaccompanied migrant children $2,500 to self-deport, - More

The Hill
Appeals court rules against Trump in birthright citizenship battle

United Press International
Trump reverses funding freeze on N.Y. counterterrorism grants - More

BBC News
NASA research probe accidentally lands on Texas farm - More

NPR News
The Federal Election Commission is down to two members

NPR News
Sean Combs sentenced to over four years in prison for prostitution-related charges - More

MSNBC News
The ridiculous reason Team Trump fired the director of the Eisenhower library

Advance Local News
Trump stars in weird AI video depicting Project 2025 architect as grim reaper - Video

MSNBC News
FIFA official throws cold water on Trump’s World Cup threat

NPR News
Legal experts condemn Apple bowing to White House's request to remove ICE tracking app

The Guardian
Manchester synagogue terrorist was on bail for alleged rape

The Guardian
Ukraine and Poland become UK’s biggest suppliers of hen's eggs

The Guardian
Trump casts shadow over Nobels as prize-awarding body warns academic freedom at risk

NPR News
Denmark prepares for a Russian 'hybrid war' after repeated drone spottings

NPR News
Puppets Pushed Off the Air in Russia and France

The Associated Press
Munich airport shuts down and reopens a second time over suspected drones

CTV News
AI helps German historian identify Nazi killer in infamous Holocaust image - More

Defense One
Inside Europe's crash effort to create a 'drone wall'

BBC News
At least 30 injured in Russian strike on railway station

The Associated Press
Zelenskyy warns that Russian drones endanger Chernobyl and other nuclear plants in Ukraine

MSNBC News
Trump: Agreement with Hamas 'must be reached' by Sunday or 'all hell' will break out - More

NPR News
Hamas agrees to parts of a Gaza peace plan

BBC News
Three airstrikes hit Gaza in early hours as IDF told to prepare for phase one of Trump plan

BBC News
Hamas says it agrees to release Israeli hostages but seeks changes to US Gaza peace plan - More

NBC News
China is starting to talk about AI superintelligence

NBC News
Trump's trade agenda has a new flashpoint: The humble soybean

United Press International
South Korea's Lee Jae-myung calls for North to consider separated family reunions

NBC News
Japan is poised for its first-ever female prime minister - More

The Guardian
Hegseth says four killed in US strike on alleged drug boat off Venezuelan coast

International Commentary

Heather Cox Richardson | Letters from an American
Donald J. Trump has not appeared in public since Tuesday

Heather Cox Richardson | Letters from an American
Trump is tying himself to Project 2025

Miranda Yaver | MSNBC News
TrumpRx: The biggest questions about Trump’s plan to reduce prescription drug costs

Terry Tang | The Associated Press
How ‘woke’ went from an expression in Black culture to a conservative criticism

Lawrence O’Donnell | MSNBC News
Disaster-in-Chief Day 3

Anthony Zurcher | BBC News
Trump's Grim Reaper - from Project 2025 to shutdown enforcer

David French | The New York Times
Incompetence Isn’t an Upgrade Over D.E.I.

Jay Caspian Kang | The New York Times
Can the Democrats Take Free Speech Back from the Right?

Moustafa Bayoumi | The Guardian
When will US generals stand-up to Trump?

Mark Hertling | The Bulwark
Questions After Quantico

Dave Philipps | The New York Times
Veterans See Costs and Risks in Hegseth’s Military Rewind to 1990

Steve Benen | MSNBC News
Trump picks a convenient time to change his tune about the Project 2025 agenda

Susan B. Glasser, Jane Mayer, and Evan Osnos | The New Yorker
How Russell Vought Broke the U.S. Government

Austin Sarat | The Guardian
Every American should read this judge’s stirring rebuke against Trump

Steve Benen | MSNBC News
Trump pushes a new label for Democrats: ‘The Party of Hate, Evil, and Satan’

Polly Toynbee | The Guardian
If you liked Brexit, you’re going to love what the Conservatives want next

Una Mullally | The Guardian
The Irish language is a joy, not a burden

Sophie-Hélène Lebeuf | Radio-Canada
Paralysie de l’État : quand Trump utilise l’appareil fédéral contre la « gauche radicale »

Books

CBC Books
Finalists announced for 2025 Balsillie Prize for Public Policy

CBC Books
The fall reading list: 39 books to check out this season