SOMNIA - Spotlight on Military News and International Affairs
Friday, 31 October 2025 - Updated at 1445 hrs EDT
Canadian News
CBC News
CDS apologizes for racial discrimination and harassment
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CBC News
Carney and Xi agree to tackle 'irritants' in Canada-China relationship
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CBC News
Canada-U.S. trade negotiations go off the rails
The Canadian Press
Religious symbols ban: Quebec passes law to prevent students, staff from covering their faces
Global News
Ontario sets date to remove speed cameras, temporary signs to be installed
The Canadian Press
CN Rail lays off some 400 managers as tariffs take a bite out of shipping volumes
CBC News
Some Halloween candy multipacks have shrunk in size, but not in price
Radio-Canada
La Banque du Canada réduit son taux directeur de 25 points de base, à 2,25 %
Radio-Canada
L’ambassadeur américain s’en prend au représentant de l’Ontario à Washington
Radio-Canada
L’État québécois achète de moins en moins québécois
Radio-Canada
Filière batterie : Lithion Technologies se protège de ses créanciers
Canadian Commentary
Chris Iorfida | CBC News
U.S. could be hindering its own military with deadly boat strikes
Kenneth Tupper | The Globe and Mail
Two Canadians helped find a promising way to treat PTSD for veterans – in Mexico
International News
The New York Times
U.N. Says Strikes on Boats Trump Claims Are Smuggling Drugs Are Illegal
The New Republic
Trump Boat Bombings Worsen as New Horror Shakes Experts: “Alarm Bells”
The New York Times
Donald and Melania Trump Dress Up for Halloween, as Themselves
ABC News
FBI thwarts potential Halloween weekend terror attack in Michigan
CNN News
Trump says he wants to resume nuclear testing. Here’s why experts are confused.
NBC News
Gavin Newsom pans Trump's nuclear testing directive: 'Weakness masquerading as strength'
Agence France-Presse
NASA rejects Kim Kardashian’s claim moon landing ‘didn’t happen’
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CNN News
FBI director says ‘potential terrorist attack’ over Halloween weekend was averted
CNN News
Fact check: Trump’s false claims about his poll numbers
CNN News
Trump calls for end of Senate filibuster to break funding stalemate
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CBS News
John Thune rebuffs Trump's call to end Senate filibuster
The Guardian
Senate passes bill to nullify Trump’s sweeping global tariffs on more than 100 nations
The Associated Press
Trump sets 7,500 annual limit for refugees entering U.S. It’ll be mostly white South Africans.
The Associated Press
UN human rights chief says US strikes on alleged drug boats are ‘unacceptable’
NBC News
King Charles banishes his brother Andrew to protect the royals
The Guardian
What does it mean to be plain old Andrew Mountbatten Windsor?
The Guardian
Nexperia halts chip supplies to China in threat to global car production
The Associated Press
Russia deploys 170,000 troops for push in Ukraine’s Donetsk region
The Associated Press
Built in the shadows and launched at night, Ukraine’s long-range drones are rattling Russia
The Guardian
UN leaders condemn ‘horrifying’ mass killings in Sudan
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The Associated Press
Israel hands over bodies of 30 Palestinians, Gaza hospital officials say
The Guardian
Argentinians contemplate future after Trump-backed Milei coasts to victory
The Guardian
Hurricane Melissa heads to Bermuda
The Associated Press
Today in History: 31 October
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This Day in Aviation
31 October
The Guardian
Senate passes bill to nullify Trump’s sweeping global tariffs on more than 100 nations
The Associated Press
Trump sets 7,500 annual limit for refugees entering U.S. It’ll be mostly white South Africans.
CBC News
Prince Andrew to lose 'Prince' title and longtime home
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The Guardian
Russian army chiefs torturing and executing soldiers who refuse to fight in Ukraine
The Guardian
Putin boasts of nuclear-driven torpedo that would swamp cities with radioactive tsunami
The Guardian
Trump directs Pentagon to match Russia and China in nuclear weapons testing
The Guardian
UN leaders condemn ‘horrifying’ mass killings in Sudan
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The Guardian
Lebanese president orders army to confront Israeli incursions after deadly raid
The Guardian
Five key takeaways from Donald Trump’s meeting with Xi Jinping
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The Guardian
Trump gives South Korea permission to build nuclear-powered submarine
The Guardian
Argentinians contemplate future after Trump-backed Milei coasts to victory
The Guardian
Hurricane Melissa heads to Bermuda
The Associated Press
Today in History: 31 October
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This Day in Aviation
31 October
International Commentary
Paul Krugman | Substack
Too Cruel Too Soon: How Republicans Messed Up on Project 2025
Heather Cox Richardson | Letters from an American
The accurately named Insurrection Act can be invoked only in times of insurrection or rebellion
Paul Krugman | Substack
How We Lost the Trade War
Lawrence O'Donnell | MSNBC News
Trump is using the government shutdown to shut down the Epstein files
Marina Hyde | The Guardian
Now Andrew has been fired from the Firm, a nation wonders: who’ll be next?
Simon Jenkins | The Guardian
Britain would do well to remember where its power over China lies
Sanam Vakil | The Guardian
This isn’t a real ceasefire in Gaza – it’s a holding pattern before war returns
Christina Lu | Foreign Policy
Will Trump’s Critical Minerals Blitz Pay Off?
Derek Grossman | Foreign Policy
Trump Plays Offense in China’s Backyard
Meredith Shiner | The New Republic
ICE Is Terrorizing Chicago for Halloween — and Parents Are Fighting Back
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