SOMNIA - Spotlight on Military News and International Affairs

Sunday, 20 July 2025 - Updated at 1640 hrs EDT

Canadian News

CBC News
Why did U.S. — not Canadian — fighter jets respond to alleged hijacking of B.C. plane? - More

CBC News
Nova Scotia vowed to stop spending in the U.S. Here's how that's going.

CBC News
‘That’s pure lie,’ Islanders say as P.E.I. ranks last in happiness poll

The Canadian Press
ICE detention a ‘nightmare’ says Canadian woman’s family

National Post
Canadian permanent residents will now have to pay 'visa integrity fee' to enter U.S.

CBC News
Wildfires send Canada's carbon emissions soaring. And our peatlands emit even more

CTV News
As Trump challenges China for superiority of rare earth minerals, Canada suffers

Radio-Canada
Les tourbières, alliées insoupçonnées contre la crise climatique

Canadian Commentary

Barry Appleton | The Globe and Mail
Canada is becoming digitally subservient to the U.S. in the global economy

John Ivison | National Post
Canada's letting Americans hack apart our crypto industry. We may soon regret it

Jenna Benchetrit | CBC News
Trump is slashing public radio funding. Here's why it will hit rural communities hardest.

Laura-Julie Perreault | La Presse
Keir Starmer : L’ami improbable de Donald Trump

International News

CBS News
Senior Hegseth adviser out at Pentagon, sources say

NBC News
A MAGA bot network on X is divided over the Trump-Epstein backlash

The Associated Press
Volunteers flock to immigration courts to support migrants arrested in the hallways

The Guardian
Atlanta journalist fights deportation from ICE jail despite dropped charges

CBC News
Trump administration under pressure over Epstein documents

The Associated Press
Man dies after heavy weight-training chain around neck pulls him into MRI machine

CNBC News
Travelers to the U.S. must pay a new $250 ‘visa integrity fee’

NBC News
Number of missing plummets to three in Kerr County in wake of Texas floods

CNN News
This is the summer of flooding across the US, and scientists know why

The Associated Press
Tourists watch spectacular volcanic eruptions in Iceland

BBC News
Ellen DeGeneres: I moved to the UK because of Trump

BBC News
The atomic bomb marker inside your body

BBC News
Parades, flags and songs: The campaign to force Ukrainian children to love Russia

The Guardian
Russia launches ‘hellish’ aerial attack on eastern Ukrainian city of Pavlohrad

The Associated Press
Russia insists on achieving Ukraine goals despite Trump’s ultimatum

BBC News
Ukraine seeks new round of talks with Russia - More

The Observer
Hundreds killed in violence sweeping southern Syria - More

The Guardian
UK government faces legal action over not evacuating critically ill children from Gaza

BBC News
At least 37 dead as tourist boat capsizes in Vietnam

The Guardian
Typhoon Wipha hits Hong Kong bringing on highest storm alert

The Associated Press
Today in History: 20 July - More

This Day in Aviation
20 July

Radio-Canada
Les États-Unis adoptent une première réglementation sur les cryptomonnaies stables

La Tribune
Ukraine : Zelensky prêt à rouvrir le dialogue avec Moscou

Agence France-Presse
La RDC et le groupe armé M23 s’entendent sur une trêve

Agence France-Presse
Gaza : Léon XIV appelle à mettre fin immédiatement à la «barbarie» de la guerre

Le Figaro
La nouvelle flottille Handala prend le large ce dimanche en direction de Gaza

Agence de presse Reuters
Gaza-Israël émet de nouveaux ordres d'évacuation alors que la famine s'aggrave - More

Le Figaro
« Le prince endormi », jeune membre de la famille royale saoudienne, meurt après 20 ans dans le coma

Agence France-Presse
Typhon Wipha : Hong Kong décrète le niveau d'alerte maximal, 500 vols annulés

La Tribune
Japon : la coalition gouvernementale perd sa majorité

International Commentary

Jacob Weisberg | The Observer
The show’s over: Stephen Colbert is cancelled … and so is satire in America

Ceri Thomas | The Observer
Deny, delete and delay: The secrecy operation inside special forces

Editorial | The Observer
The superinjunction reveals a culture of impunity

Nicky Woolf | The Observer
From Watergate to Covid, here’s why so many of us vanish down conspiracy rabbit holes

Oliver Marsden | The Observer
Hezbollah must decide: disarm, fight on or turn fully to politics

Simon Tisdall | The Guardian
From Gaza to Ukraine, peace always seems just out of reach – and the reason isn’t only political

Heather Cox Richardson | Substack
Apollo 11 Moon Landing: Journey to American Democracy

François Clemenceau | La Tribune
Le cadeau des cinquante jours à Poutine

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