Starting with some reaction to the passing of former President George H.W. Bush, here are some things going on:
From National Review, Bush 41 was "a man summoned by events".
From the Washington Examiner, the legacy of Bush's broken "no new taxes" pledge. (via HotAir)
From Townhall, some people didn't like the AP's statement about Bush's legacy.
From American Thinker, Bush's death reveals a truth about the media.
From Voice Of Europe, French President Emmanuel Macron's approval rating keeps going down.
From France24, hundreds of "yellow vest" protesters are arrested in Paris.
From RFI, France braces for another round of "yellow vest" protests.
From VRT NWS, 82 people were detained after rioting broke out at yesterday's "Hi-Viz" demonstration in Brussels.
From the Express, U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May says that trade deals are "in sight".
From the Evening Standard, the Commons Library releases a chart showing what could happen if May's Brexit deal is voted down.
From BBC News, a former science and universities minister says that a second referendum may be May's only option.
From the Independent, a majority of the U.K. public believe that Theresa May and Jeremy Corbin should discuss a second referendum and a no-deal Brexit when debating.
From CBC News, thousands of Ontarian Francophones protest Premier Doug Ford's cuts to some French-speaking services. (A premier is the head of the government of a Canadian province or territory.)
From Global News, according to some sources, China is not stopping the flow of fentanyl into Canada, but Prime Minister Trudeau disagrees.
From Deutsche Welle, Germans protest over climate change. (Did any of them protest in front of the Chinese embassy? Just wondering.)
From SwissInfo, some facts and figures.
From the Greek Reporter, Greek Prime Minister Tsipras and Russian President Putin will meet next week.
From Novinite, Bulgarian President Rumen Radev will not join an effort to stop coal mining.
From Daily News Hungary, today is the centennial of Hungary losing Transylvania to Romania.
From Radio Poland, today is the centennial of the Polish Air Force officially adopting their insignia.
From Radio Praha, according to a leaked European Commission report, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš faces a conflict of interest.
From Russia Today, Russia fires one of its upgraded anti-missile missiles.
From Sputnik International, Putin talks with U.S. President Trump, and holds a press conference.
From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkish President Erdoğan calls for a summit over Syria's Idlib region, while talking with Putin.
From The Jerusalem Post, the Israeli Supreme Court will act on the government's request to extend a deadline to pass a bill.
From The Times Of Israel, archaeologists find two caves which could harbor more Dead Sea Scrolls.
From Iraqi News, Iraqi troops find and destroy underground caravans used by ISIS terrorists in Mosul.
From Dawn, the chief of the religiopolitical party Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan has been charged with treason and terrorism offenses. (The article uses the term "religiopolitical" to describe the TLP, so I will, too. But as might be expected, my spellchecker objects to it.)
From The Express Tribune, Pakistan's first transgender ward is opened at the country's Institute of Medical Sciences.
From Khaama Press, an Afghani airstrike in Jurm, Badakhshan sends 21 terrorists to their virgins.
From The National, at a conference on Islam in Berlin, the German government serves pork.
From the South China Morning Post, an ethnic Chinese Christian faces a blasphemy charge in Indonesia.
From Fox News, a grenade explodes on the grounds of the U.S. Consulate in Guadalajara, Mexico.
From The Daily Caller, how Democrats used "ballot harvesting" to defeat Republicans in California.
From the New York Post, Kenya holds an albino beauty pageant.
From LifeZette, the public seems to have had enough of Mr. Bill and Ms. Hill.
From Twitchy, the migrant caravan has made Tijuana, Mexico look like the aftermath of an American left-wing rally. (I'm hoping that the people of Tijuana, and maybe even other parts of Mexico, have realized that the reason many of us gringos don't like illegal immigrants has nothing to do with the brown skin that many of them wear, but with the ways that they misbehave and their disrespect for law.)
From Tech Times, a Harvard professor gets some flak for suggesting a very low number of French fries in a serving.
And from The Roanoke Times, it's alive.....not by much, but it's alive.
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