Friday, December 7, 2018

Presidential Appointments And Other Stories

President Trump has revealed his appointments to replace two officials who have announced their resignations.  Here are two stories about the two appointees:

From CNN, Trump picks current State Department spokesperson and former media personality Heather Nauert for U.S. Ambassador to the U.N.

And from USA Today, Trump picks former Attorney General William Barr to resume his old job.
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In other stories:

From France24, this weekend, be on the lookout for the "yellow vests".  (via Voice Of Europe)

From RFI, foreign governments issue warnings about travelling in France.

From Sky News, video shows police in Mantes-la-Jolie, France treating children like they were the real danger.

From Voice Of Europe, the "yellow vests" are now in five countries.

From the Express, while U.K. Prime Minister May's Brexit crisis gets worse, support for a reunited Ireland "surges".

From the Evening Standard, more than half of polled Brits reject May's Brexit deal.

From The Guardian, anti-Islam activists receive prominent rolls in a Brexit march.

From the Daily Mail, a Muslim woman convicted of plotting a terror attack claims to have converted to Christianity.

From the Independent, a no-deal Brexit could result in drug shortages.

From CBC News, Canadian unemployment reaches a 40-year low.

From Global News, the CFO of Huawei, already arrested in Canada, faces extradition to the U.S.

From VRT NWS, Belgium's cabinet holds an extra meeting over the U.N. migration pact.

From the NL Times, three men are sentenced for smuggling cocaine from South America.

From Dutch News, a man is sentenced for planning terror against Muslims.

From Deutsche Welle, Annagret Kramp-Karrenbauer succeeds Angela Merkel as head of the CDU.

From Radio Poland, seven people are arrested in Warsaw for allegedly smuggling Vietnamese citizens into Europe.

From Daily News Hungary, Hungarian Prime Minister Orban says that the European Parliament needs "new blood".

From Hungary Today, some Hungarians plan demonstrations against a new employment law.

From About Hungary, the E.U. is reportedly trying to censor an Hungarian mobile app showing the locations of terrorist attacks.

From Russia Today, while visiting Siberia, Russian President Putin has a bear of a time.

From Sputnik International, E.U. states do not have a unified position on sanctions over the Kerch Strait incident.

From Novinite, according to Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, the Black Sea should have tourists and gas pipelines, but no warships.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, are migrants in Bosnia and Hercegovina a humanitarian issue or a security issue?

From the Greek Reporter, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras calls his country a "bridge" between the E.U. and Russia.

From Total Croatia News, the town authorities of Petrinja, Croatia deny a permit for a migrant center.

From Malta Today, the E.U. is split over Malta's document on LGBTIQ discrimination.

From ANSA, Italy is reportedly "gripped by fear" and "rancor".

From SwissInfo, if faced with a Brexit-style situation, what would the Swiss do?

From El País, riot police and "anti-fascists" clash in Girona, Catalonia, Spain.  (The "anti-fascists tried to break up a public gathering, thus proving themselves to be the real fascists.)

From Hürriyet Daily News, U.S. envoy James Jeffrey and Turkish officials discuss Syria.

From Turkish Minute, a Turkish court arrests a journalism student for allegedly insulting President Erdoğan.

From Arutz Sheva, Hamas employees receive salaries from Qatar, with Israel's blessing.

From The Times Of Israel, the IDF uses "passive seismic" technology to locate Hezbollah's tunnels.

From The Jerusalem Post, "how the next war with Hezbollah might have looked".

From Rûdaw, to show support for protesters in Basra, yellow vests show up in Baghdad, Iraq.

From AhlulBayt News Agency, more Syrians go home from Lebanon.

From Third Sector, trustees of a Muslim charity reportedly mismanaged it.

From OpIndia, a Muslim who claimed that the Quran would supercede the Indian constitution accuses some one else of creating religious division.

From Yeni Şakaf, Turkey will inaugurate the largest mosque in Djibouti this coming February.

From FrontpageMag, the person formerly known as Sinead O'Connor is disgusted by white people.  (She says this even though she is a white person.)

From National Review, voter fraud happens, and in North Carolina, may have been committed by Republicans.

From Townhall, soon-to-be-congressperson Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is starting to act like - believe it nor not - Trump.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the federal government spends almost $150,000 to study how ranchers "perceive and communicate" about climate change.

From the Washington Examiner, some signs that the academic left "is finally in retreat".

From American Thinker, how Carl Sagan was proven wrong about "nuclear winter" by Saddam Hussein.

From the New York Post, how the Air Force failed to stop the Texas church shooter from purchasing guns.

From the Los Angeles Times, a Los Angeles County deputies are suspended after stopping thousands of innocent Latinos on I-5.

From Fox News, the man who drove into and killed a woman in Charlottesville, VA has been convicted of first-degree murder.

From The Daily Caller, a tax credit on electric cars will only help people who are already wealthy.

From CNS News, the chairman of the DNC appears to have a low opinion of Christians.

And from Twitchy, former FLOTUS/Senator/Secretary of State Hillary Clinton should be terrified of the reasons why her email case has been ordered reopened.

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