SOMNIA - Spotlight on Military News and International Affairs

Sunday, 28 April 2024 - Updated at 1215 hrs EDT

Canadian News

CBC News
Students set up 'indefinite' pro-Palestinian encampment at McGill University

CBC News
Months after they were promised, Ottawa still hasn't imposed sanctions on violent Israeli settlers

The Canadian Press
'Bureaucratic hurdles' endanger Afghanistan aid, advocates worry

National Post
Young Canadians' happiness plummets in latest global survey, to 58th place

CBC News
Technology can detect wildfires. Do humans still have to?

CBC News
Orca's ocean escape from B.C. lagoon will be talked about for generations, says First Nation

CBC News
What are microplastics doing to human health? Scientists work to connect the dot.s

CBC News
Ticks are back. Here's what experts say you should watch out for.

CBC News
TikTok influencers exploit trending topics and hashtags to get political

The Ottawa Citizen
Defence Watch

The Maple Leaf
Defence Team News

Directorate of History and Heritage
Significant Dates in Canadian Military History

Radio-Canada
Fin de la mission militaire canadienne en Jamaïque en vue d’un déploiement en Haïti

TVA Nouvelles
Opération de secours : un parapentiste de 59 ans coincé dans un arbre

La Presse canadienne
Le Canada bloque encore l’aide vers l’Afghanistan, déplorent des ONG

Radio-Canada
Protection du français : Québec promet des mesures jamais vues auparavant

Agence QMI
Un campement pro-Palestine s’installe à McGill

Radio-Canada
Lancement d’une pétition pour inciter le Canada à accueillir plus de réfugiés palestiniens

Radio-Canada
Interprètes du Parlement : le syndicat satisfait de la nouvelle ordonnance

Radio-Canada
L’Ontario va resserrer les règles sur l’usage des cellulaires à l’école, selon une source

TVA Nouvelles
Le plastique à usage unique devrait être interdit partout dans le monde, selon un spécialiste

Radio-Canada
Un vers sécrétant une « puissante » toxine est présent au Canada

Radio-Canada
Le service de métro de Toronto rétabli entre les stations Jane et Islington

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

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

Canadian Commentary

Edward Greenspon, Janice Gross Stein and Drew Fagan | The Globe and Mail
Canada needs to have a plan for the U.S., no matter who becomes president. That starts with making us matter more.

Raymond J. de Souza | National Post
If democracy bloomed in Portugal, why not in the Mideast?

Aaron Wherry | CBC News
In videos and podcasts, Poilievre and Trudeau are eager to explain themselves — at length

Brian Lilley | National Post
Trudeau government makes big promises but fails to deliver

Susan Delacourt | Toronto Star
Many Canadians have heard enough from Justin Trudeau, but Americans are a different story

Jake Fuss and Tegan Hill | National Post
Taxpayers are the big loser in Honda EV plant deal

Adam Pankratz | National Post
Mark Carney's elitist rhetoric ignores the frustrations of the masses

Kevin Maimann | CBC News
The end of the world is trending. Why are we so obsessed with the apocalypse?

Tristin Hopper | National Post
Inside the thoughts of a keffiyeh

Chris Selley | National Post
Canada's Supreme Court justices gone wild

Editorial | National Post
The scapegoating of Galen Weston

Conrad Black | National Post
Washing away the climate lunatics

Colby Cosh | National Post
Planets could be the reason early humans revolutionized farming

International News

The Associated Press
Anti-war protesters dig in as some schools close encampments after reports of antisemitic activity

The Guardian
Emory University grapples with fallout from police response to protest

The Observer
Grim relics of Hamas attack go on display in New York

The Associated Press
How TikTok grew from a fun app for teens into a potential national security threat

Politico
Dems, GOP bash Kristi Noem for shooting her dog - More

The Guardian
‘Stormy weather’: Biden skewers Trump at White House correspondents’ dinner - Video - More

The Washington Post
Trump on trial: Personal anguish, political defiance and a loss of control

The Associated Press
Rooting for Trump to fail has made his stock shorters millions

Politico
Trump rails against RFK Jr., calling him a ‘wasted protest vote’

The Washington Post
Lawsuits test Tesla claim that drivers are solely responsible for crashes

The Observer
Disgraced Harvey Weinstein hospitalized

Deutsche Welle
Titanic passenger John Jacob Astor IV's gold watch auctioned for record price - More

The Guardian
Ireland plans to send asylum seekers back to UK under emergency law

The Guardian
Home Office to detain asylum seekers across UK in shock Rwanda operation

The Associated Press
King Charles III will resume public duties next week

Reuters News Agency
Wiping out polio 'not guaranteed', support needed, Bill Gates says

The Observer
The ‘boring phone’: stressed-out gen Z ditch smartphones for dumbphones

The Associated Press
A Chinese ship remains the focus of the investigation into Baltic Sea gas pipeline damaged last year

Politico
Macron wants to open ‘debate’ on European nuclear deterrent

The Associated Press
Pro-Palestinian students have peacefully evacuated Sciences Po campus building

The Associated Press
EU election campaigns kick off in Germany

Deutsche Welle
German far-right coup plot trial to begin - More

Deutsche Welle
Portugal says no plans to pay colonial reparations - More

The Observer
Spain’s PM Sánchez could quit after far-right attacks on wife and bid to ‘politically kill’ him

Deutsche Welle
Spain: Sanchez supporters rally, urge PM not to quit

The Washington Post
With U.S. aid resumed, Ukraine will try to dig itself out of trouble

CBC News
Ukraine puts spotlight on men abroad who are absent from fight

Reuters News Agency
Ukrainian 'Grandpa' leads over-60s unit fighting Russian forces for free

The Washington Post
As Ukraine runs low on ammo, civilians build troops DIY drones at home

Reuters News Agency
Russia says it destroyed 17 drones launched by Ukraine

The Associated Press
Russian drones set a hotel ablaze in a Ukrainian Black Sea city

The Associated Press
Ukraine pulls US-provided Abrams tanks from the front lines over Russian drone threats

Deutsche Welle
Russia: Navalny-linked journalists arrested over 'extremism' - More

Reuters News Agency
Russia threatens West with severe response if its assets are touched

Deutsche Welle
Tunisia: EU version of 'Rwanda plan' for asylum-seekers?

Reuters News Agency
UN Security Council concerned over imminent attack in Sudan's North Darfur

The Associated Press
It’s 30 years since apartheid ended. South Africa’s celebrations are set against growing discontent.

Reuters News Agency
France pushes efforts in Lebanon to prevent war between Hezbollah and Israel

The Guardian
Palestinian president ‘expects Israeli assault on Rafah in next few days’ - More

Deutsche Welle
Video shows hostages alive in Gaza

The Associated Press
A top Qatari official urges Israel and Hamas to do more to reach a cease-fire deal

The Associated Press
Yemen’s Houthi rebels claim downing US Reaper drone

Reuters News Agency
Iraq criminalises same-sex relationships with maximum 15 years in prison

The Guardian
Wave of exceptionally hot weather scorches south and south-east Asia

Deutsche Welle
Myanmar: Civil war of 'many against many' tearing country up

Deutsche Welle
Cambodia: 20 soldiers killed in army base blast

Reuters News Agency
Elon Musk visits China as Tesla seeks self-driving technology rollout

Reuters News Agency
China confronts Japanese politicians in disputed East China Sea area

The Associated Press
A woman might win the presidency of Mexico

The New York Times
On This Day: April 28 - BBC - This Day in Aviation

Agence France-Presse
États-Unis : le pays bientôt envahi par des milliards de cigales

Agence France-Presse
Biden se moque de Trump lors du souper annuel des correspondants de la Maison-Blanche - Plus

Agence France-Presse
Le spectre de l'interdiction de TikTok aux États-Unis hante créateurs et PME

Agence France-Presse
L'ex-producteur Harvey Weinstein hospitalisé à New York - Plus

Le Figaro
Blocus de Sciences Po : François-Xavier Bellamy demande de «stopper les financements publics» de l’école

Agence France-Presse
Revenue de Syrie, l’ancienne épouse d’un djihadiste mise en examen pour crime contre l'humanité

Agence France-Presse
Emmanuel Macron souhaite « ouvrir le débat » d'une défense européenne comprenant l'arme nucléaire

Agence France-Presse
Macron sous le feu des critiques après ses propos sur la dissuasion nucléaire

Agence France-Presse
Alsace : une grenade de la Première Guerre mondiale découverte sur un chemin de randonnée

Agence France-Presse
La Russie affirme avoir intercepté 17 drones ukrainiens dans des régions de l'ouest du pays

Agence France-Presse
La Russie revendique la prise d'un nouveau village sur le front Est de l’Ukraine

Agence France-Presse
Russie : un journaliste arrêté pour avoir réalisé des vidéos pour l'équipe de Navalny

Agence France-Presse
Un groupe de métal arrêté en plein concert pour « symbolique nazie », en Russie

Agence France-Presse
Le chef de la diplomatie française au Liban pour désamorcer le conflit avec Israël - Plus

Agence France-Presse
Pour Mahmoud Abbas, les États-Unis sont le seul pays à pouvoir empêcher un « désastre » à Rafah

Agence France-Presse
Irak : une nouvelle loi anti-LGBT+ prévoit jusqu'à 15 ans de prison

Agence France-Presse
Les Philippines étouffent après un record de chaleur à Manille

Agence de presse Reuters
Elon Musk débarque en Chine pour négocier transfert de données et déploiement de l’autopilote Tesla

Agence France-Presse
Mexique : des journalistes manifestent après l'assassinat d'un confrère

James Tapper | The Observer
London Gaza protest: Has row over ‘openly Jewish’ remark changed the march’s mood?

International Commentary

Stephen Marche | The New York Times
Justin Trudeau Is No Match for a Polarized World

Michael Hogan | The Observer
Did five frightened horses bolting through London really mean the end was neigh?

Kenan Malik | The Observer
For migrants, ‘deterrence’ doesn’t deter. It’s cruelty, not compassion, Mr Sunak.

Simon Tisdall | The Observer
Civil War is a terrifying film, but Trump: The Sequel will be a real-life horror show

Catherine Rampell | The Washington Post
We can’t blame Russia for American unrest anymore. It’s homegrown.

David Ignatius | The Washington Post
Is the sun slowly setting on U.S. power? That depends on us.

Jennifer Rubin | The Washington Post
Is another Trump coup case really necessary? Yes. Arizona matters.

Jonathan Chait | Intelligencer
Donald Trump Snatches the Final Shred of William Barr’s Dignity - More

David Frum | The Atlantic
Even Bill Barr Should Prefer Joe Biden

Ronald Brownstein | The Atlantic
Trump Is Getting What He Wants

Erik Wemple | The Washington Post
Trump’s hush money trial, brought to you by the New York media

Chloe Hadavas | Foreign Policy
How the World Can Prepare for Trump 2.0

Ivan Krastev | Foreign Policy
Democracy Has Run Out of Future

Kathleen Parker | The Washington Post
Harvey Weinstein got lucky, but all roads lead to karma

Hussein Ibish | The Atlantic
The Siren Call of an Israeli Invasion of Lebanon

Vanessa Thorpe | The Observer
Why row over Baby Reindeer sleuths will change real-life drama for ever

Ross Douthat | The New York Times
What Columbia Students Read Before They Protest

David French | The New York Times
Colleges Have Gone Off the Deep End. There Is a Way Out.

Editorial Board | The Washington Post
Humans might need to re-engineer the climate

Books

Martin Pengelly | The Guardian
Kristi Noem dogged by poor polling amid fallout from tale of killing puppy - More - More

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