The weekend comes, and the news keeps on coming:
From Philly(dot)com, labor supporters rally in Philadelphia.
From The Japan Times, an American is arrested in Japan after a severed head is found in a suitcase at a resort in Osaka. (via Fox News)
From the South China Morning Post, North Korean Olympic cheerleaders are allegedly sex slaves. (via HotAir)
From Voice Of Europe, one leader of the German AfD party says that punishing Britain for Brexit would be a mistake.
From the Express, according to Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite, Brexit will cost the E.U. twice as much as previously estimated.
From Sputnik International, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras proposes luxury taxes to make up for the loss of Britain's contribution. (I recall something like that being enacted in the United States under President Bush the Elder. Revenue went down. Those taxes were later abolished under President Clinton.)
From ABC News, Russia and the E.U. vie for influence in the Balkans.
From Russia Today, Ecuador's attempt to negotiate for the release of Julian Assange have failed.
From the Hindu Post, a Hindu man is beaten to death after being suspected of stealing a bag of rice.
From BBC News, several women claim to have been groped by a mosque guard while on the Hajj.
From Gatestone Institute, is jihad really unislamic? (The last three links come via The Religion Of Peace.)
From Townhall, look who's more popular than former President Obama.
From National Review, is the "collusion with Russia" story finally coming to an end?
From the New York Post, New York taxpayers provide their lawmakers with "luxury health exams".
From the Hartford Courant, Weird Al launches “The Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour.”
And from Independent(dot)ie, eleven things you should try, even though they sound weird.
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