SOMNIA - Spotlight on Military News and International Affairs

Friday, 19 April 2024 - Updated at 0900 hrs EDT

Canadian News

CBC News
Demands of defence policy almost double military's recruitment gap, CDS warns

The Canadian Press
Liberals 'doubling down' on foreign aid as G7 allies pull back

Global News
Gas prices surge in some parts of Canada. What’s causing pain at the pumps? - More

CTV News
Some Canadian families will receive up to $620 per child today

The Canadian Press
Correctional service says it's tackling threat posed by drones

CTV News
Cat found on Toronto Pearson airport runway three days after going missing

The Ottawa Citizen
Defence Watch

The Maple Leaf
Defence Team News

Directorate of History and Heritage
Significant Dates in Canadian Military History

TVA Nouvelles
Le prix de l’essence restera élevé au moins jusqu’en juin, prédit un expert

TVA Nouvelles
Trottinettes, vélos, scooters : hausse « exponentielle » des feux de batteries

Radio-Canada
Près d’une soixantaine de feux de forêt sont actifs en Alberta

Agence QMI
Vol d’or à Toronto : une Floridienne a été arrêtée jeudi

Radio-Canada
Des tempêtes solaires menacent la Terre

La Feuille d’érable
Nouvelles de l’Équipe de la Défense

Direction - Histoire et patrimoine
Dates significatives dans l’histoire militaire canadienne

Canadian Commentary

Robyn Urback | The Globe and Mail
The failure of Canada’s health care system is a disgrace – and a deadly one

Gary Mason | The Globe and Mail
Danielle Smith’s Bill 18 is as cynical and nefarious as it gets

Gérald Fillion | Radio-Canada
L’arrogance de l’industrie pétrolière

Anne Marie Lecomte | Radio-Canada
Le prix de l’essence bondit au Québec et en Ontario; à qui la faute encore ?

Ximena Sampson | Radio-Canada
Inde : cinq enjeux pour comprendre la plus grosse élection du monde

International News

The Telegraph
History made as USAF conducts first ever human vs AI dogfight

Business Insider
How the US Army botched a $1 billion upgrade of the Stryker's chain gun

United Press International
Constellation of Starlink satellites grows with latest SpaceX launch from Florida

Bloomberg News
Speaker Mike Johnson Counts on Democrats for His Survival

The Associated Press
Jury selection could be nearing a close in Donald Trump’s trial in New York - More - More

Newsweek
Donald Trump Gets Bad Legal News From D.C.

BBC News
Oil price rises as US says Israel has struck Iran

Reuters News Agency
US stops UN from recognizing a Palestinian state through membership

BBC News
2024 Sony World Photography Awards: Winners revealed

Reuters News Agency
Finland says EU should help end migrant influx from Russia

Reuters News Agency
Two held in Poland over attack on Navalny aide, Lithuania says - More

Northants Live
Windows fell out of Titan Airways Airbus mid-flight after filming lights melted frames - More - More

Deutsche Welle
Iranian consulate in Paris cordoned off over explosive threat

Deutsche Welle
Germany unlikely to grant Russian draft dodgers asylum

Reuters News Agency
WHO experts now agree diseases like COVID spread through the air

CBC News
NATO members to meet as Ukraine calls for 25 Patriot systems

Reuters News Agency
G7 identified "specific steps" to help Ukraine, Dmytro Kuleba says

Reuters News Agency
Ukraine's growing arms sector thwarted by cash shortages and attacks

Reuters News Agency
Ukraine says it shot down Russian Tu-22M3 strategic bomber - More

Reuters News Agency
Sergei Shoigu says Russia's tank production is booming

United Press International
Kenya's Gen. Francis Omondi Ogolla dies in helicopter crash

The Associated Press
Explosions heard near Iranian military base - More

The Guardian
What’s in Isfahan? The city home to Iranian nuclear facilities.

Reuters News Agency
Airlines reroute flights after Israeli attack on Iran

Reuters News Agency
Reaction to Israel's military response to Iran's attack on Israel

Reuters News Agency
Tehran plays down Israeli attacks, signals no further retaliation

Reuters News Agency
Five Japanese escape unhurt in Pakistan suicide blast attack

Reuters News Agency
India votes in gigantic election dominated by jobs, Hindu pride and Modi - More - More

Reuters News Agency
Taiwan says new Chinese air routes threaten Taiwanese islands' flight safety

Reuters News Agency
Nearly half of China's major cities are sinking, researchers say

The Wall Street Journal
China Orders Apple to Remove Popular Messaging Apps

Newsweek
Beijing Warns US After Missile Launcher Reaches 'China's Doorstep'

United Press International
China denounces U.S. shipbuilding probe as politically motivated 'mistake'

United Press International
North Korea condemns U.N. envoy's 'aid-begging trip' to Asia

The Guardian
Joe Biden’s tale about cannibals bemuses Papua New Guinea residents

United Press International
Colombian extradited to Florida for kidnapping U.S. soldiers

The Associated Press
A trial is underway for the Panama Papers, a case that changed the country’s financial rules

The New York Times
On This Day: April 19 - BBC - This Day in Aviation

Agence France-Presse
Des lanceurs d’alerte évoquent de « graves problèmes » de sécurité sur des Boeing

Agence de presse Reuters
Réunion à haut niveau États-Unis-Israël sur Rafah à Gaza et l'attaque de l'Iran

Agence de presse Reuters
Douze jurés sélectionnés dans le cadre du procès de Donald Trump

Agence de presse Reuters
Onu : Les USA bloquent une résolution demandant la pleine adhésion de la Palestine - Plus

Agence France-Presse
Pologne : deux suspects d'agression contre un proche de Navalny arrêtés

Agence de presse Reuters
L'Europe ouvre dans le rouge avec le regain de tensions au Proche-Orient

Agence France-Presse
Italie : des membres d'ONG de secours de migrants espèrent obtenir justice sept ans après

Agence de presse Reuters
L'Otan dit « travailler » à l'envoi de missiles antiaériens à l'Ukraine

La Tribune
Pour la CIA, l’Ukraine pourrait perdre la guerre contre la Russie en 2024 sans nouvelle aide - Plus

Agence France-Presse
Ukraine : Zelensky rend visite à ses troupes dans l'Est

Agence de presse Reuters
L'Ukraine affirme avoir abattu un bombardier stratégique russe Tu-22M3

Agence France-Presse
Kenya : après la mort du chef des armées, Nairobi entame trois jours de deuil national

Agence France-Presse
Syrie : 28 soldats et combattants pro-gouvernementaux tués dans deux attaques de l'État islamique - Plus

La Tribune
Regain de tension au Moyen-Orient : S&P abaisse la note de la dette d'Israël

Radio-Canada
Fortes explosions dans le centre de l’Iran, possible attaque israélienne - Plus

Agence France-Presse
Explosions en Iran : un ministre israélien critiqué pour avoir incriminé Israël

Le Figaro
Base militaire, site nucléaire : quelles cibles ont pu être visées dans la région d’Ispahan ?

La Tribune
L'attaque israélienne contre l'Iran a été menée par de petits drones

Agence France-Presse
Pakistan : un Japonais blessé dans un attentat-suicide

Agence de presse Reuters
En Inde, les premiers bureaux de vote ouvrent pour des élections législatives

Agence France-Presse
La venue en Asie de l'ambassadrice américaine à l'ONU moquée par Pyongyang

Agence France-Presse
Quand l'IA prédit la démission des salariés

International Commentary

Jeremy Bowen | BBC News
Israel's strike on Iran: Crisis shows how badly Iran and Israel understand each other

Lexington | The Economist
Truth Social is a mind-bending win for Donald Trump

Jack Ohman | San Francisco Chronicle
RFK Jr. misses the point about who his father was and what he believed

Leader | The Economist
How to get more people into military uniforms

Leader | The Economist
Israel should not rush to strike back at Iran

Peter Beaumont | The Guardian
Iran and Israel playing with fire as old rules of confrontation are torn up

Maxim Alyukov | The Guardian
It’s hard to find the truth when authoritarians like Putin ‘factcheck’ their own propaganda

Analysis | The Economist
America’s trust in its institutions has collapsed

Books

Hillel Italie | The Associated Press
Salman Rushdie’s ‘Knife’ is unflinching about his brutal stabbing and uncanny in its vital spirit

Hillel Italie | San Francisco Chronicle
Nancy Pelosi’s book, ‘The Art of Power,’ will reflect on her career in public life