Thursday, October 18, 2018

Thirty Things For Thursday

If I have counted right, here are thirty things going on:

From Reuters, Italian politician Matteo Salvini might run for president of the European Commission.  (via Voice Of Europe)

From Voice Of Europe, a Swedish MP thinks that his country was safe when it was homogenous.  (My spell checker does not like the word "homogenous".  If you read Swedish, read the story at Fria Tider.)

From Deutsche Welle, at the E.U. summitt, U.K. Prime Minister May says "maybe" to extending the Brexit transition period.

From the NL Times, a Dutch inventor's plastic catcher is in place, ready to catch plastic.  (It would be interesting to learn how much of the plastic consists of drinking straws.)

From Dutch News, the Dutch government will crack down on smoking.  (If you read Dutch, read the story at De Telegraaf.)

From France24, France rejects Amnesty International's criticism of French arms sales to Egypt.

From RFI, after a hard day of Brexit negotiations, Macron and Merkel go pub crawling.

From the Express, Prime Minister May is "under fire from all sides".

From the Independent, a Manchester, England policeman is hit by a van.

From The Guardian, a Welsh couple have been found guilty of grooming and raping girls.

From El País, U.K. Prime Minister May and Spanish Prime Minister Sánchez are optimistic about Gibraltar's post-Brexit situation.

From ANSA, some people in Genoa evacuated due to the bridge collapse have been allowed to retrieve their belongings.

From SwissInfo, as Swiss glaciers retreat, they yield artifacts and human remains.

From Daily News Hungary, Hungary will be visited by an American who will need no bodyguard.

From Radio Praha, for the first time in 10 years, Czech MPs will visit Russia.

From Radio Poland, satellite photos appear to show a Russian buildup on the border of their Kalinigrad exclave and Poland.

From Russia Today, Russian President Putin promises more hypersonic weapons.

From the Greek Reporter, according to a study, Greece's population will decline "dramatically".

From The Times Of Israel, the U.S. will bring its Jerusalem consulate under the auspices of its embassy, also in Jerusalem.

From Arutz Sheva, one of the 15 men accused of murdering journalist Jamal Khashoggi dies in a car crash.  (The article uses the spelling "Khashaggi", but everything else I've run across spells his name "Khashoggi".)

From the Jakarta Globe, nearly 60 percent of Muslim school teachers are reportedly intolerant of other religions.

From Gatestone Institute, why the United States should watch out for UNESCO.

From National Review, move over, Beatlemania, it's Betomania.

From Townhall, why are President Trump's job approval numbers surging?

From The Washington Free Beacon, due to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's efforts, his department is among the most diverse ever.

From the Washington Examiner, a White House official has reportedly expressed a very low opinion of Canada's prime minister.

From The Washington Times, the Catholic Diocese of San Jose names 15 priests credibly accused of sexual abuse.

From The Daily Caller, Trump moves his rally for Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) to a larger venue.

From LifeZette, a CNN analyst makes outrageous claims about Trump and Khashoggi.

And from the New York Post, scientists find the largest "proto-supercluster" of galaxies.

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