The winter solstice occurs today in the northern hemisphere. However, the first story comes from Australia, which is experiencing the summer solstice. In Melbourne, a man driving an SUV rammed his vehicle into a crowd of pedestrians, injuring 17. He has been identified as an Australian of Afghan descent. The driver was quickly arrested, while the victims were taken to various hospitals.
Read more at the Herald Sun (posted by Kel the Red Fox Blogger in her BlogTalkRadio chatroom), BBC News and the Daily Mail.
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In other stories:
From One American News Network, the city council of Memphis, Tennessee has voted to remove statues of Confederate President Jefferson Davis and General Nathan Bedford Forest. (The latter was a founder of the KKK, so in his case, good riddance.)
From the Daily Mail, behind the scenes in support of the Trump tax cut was another Trump.
From NBC News, DOJ prosecutors ask the FBI for information on the Uranium One deal.
From Space Daily, according to the South Korean defense agency, a North Korean soldier defected to the South.
From Fox News, the U.N. votes to condemn the U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
From NPR, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell wants more bipartisanship. (I've come to realize that "bipartisanship" means that one side makes a demand, and the other side gives in to it.)
From The New Observer, over 1,900 Muslims in Germany are being investigated for terrorism. (The site will check your browser for a few seconds before opening the page.)
From El País, the votes are being counted in Catalonia.
From Deutsche Welle, Germany's efforts to return failed asylum seekers is not working as well as it was a year ago. (via WestMonster)
From The Local DE, more on the decrease in the number of refugees leaving Germany.
From The Local FR, migrants going from Italy to France try to cross the Alps. (A much earlier group of migrants, led by a guy named Hannibal, did that sort of thing in the opposite direction.)
From the Express, French opposition leader Laurent Wauquiez calls for a referendum on the future of the E.U., and the United Kingdom and Poland sign a military agreement. (Niech żyje brytyjsko-polski sojusz, I mean, long live the British-Polish alliance.)
From Voice Of Europe, Hungary will support Poland against the E.U.
From the Mirror, a woman is fatally stabbed in an Aldi supermarket in North Yorkshire, U.K.
From Channel NewsAsia, Indonesian police fear that Islamists will raid business for Santa hats.
From Arutz Sheva, Europe needs to end the double standards.
From Gatestone Institute, Canada's obsession with Islamophobia.
From FrontpageMag, #MeToo, with an asterisk.
From Townhall, more businesses react to the Trump tax cut.
From LifeNews, some information about pregnancy centers.
From The Daily Caller, two Turkish-American supporters of President Erdoğan plead guilty to attacking protesters earlier this year.
From Screen Rant, why did a character revived for Star Wars The Last Jedi look weird? (Spoilers)
And from ForTheWin, this year's Bowl games are off to a bad start, due to lopsided scores.
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