Monday, February 25, 2019

Monday Mania

It's just another manic Monday, so to mix some musical metaphors, here is some of the bah-dah bah-da-da-duh:

From Voice Of Europe, the E.U. will issue humanitarian visas for illegal migrants, thus blurring the lines between migrants and refugees.

From the Express, U.K. Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn will support a second Brexit referendum.

From the Evening Standard, teenagers in U.K. secondary schools will be taught about female genital mutilation.

From the Daily Mail, an Iranian woman is sprayed in the face with tear gas for not wearing a hijab.

From the Independent, the U.K. moves closer to a delayed Brexit.

From CBC News, what's at stake in the SNC-Lavalin case.

From Global News, Canadian officials meet with Michael Kovrig, detained in China, for the fourth time.

From France24, 13 ISIS terrorists from France will be tried in Iraq.

From RFI, "yellow vest" protesters catch some sun.

From VRT NWS, just under half of the residents of Antwerp, Belgium have foreign heritage.

From the NL Times, someone in Amsterdam lost a wooden leg.

From Dutch News, the Dutch version of Donald Duck comics will introduce a lesbian couple.

From Deutsche Welle, a Nazi-era advertisement appears in the official gazette of Hildburghausen, Germany.

From Radio Poland, Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Błaszczak has no doubts that the U.S. will step up its military presence in Poland.

From The Slovak Spectator, Slovakia requires meat imported from Poland to be tested.

From Daily News Hungary, Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto confirms that his country and Slovakia are allies.

From Hungary Today, the Hungarian opposition party Jobbik calls for a monument to Soviet soldiers to be relocated.

From About Hungary, Hungarians remember Roma who were killed in racist attacks ten years ago.  (Again I must express regret that my spellchecker does not like the correct name "Roma", but has no problem with the term "Gypsy", which incorrectly implies that they comes from Egypt.)

From Russia Today, the Russia space agency Roscosmos lists their historic space missions, but omits the first man in orbit, Yuri Gagarin.

From Novinite, Bulgaria is tenth in the E.U. is using green energy in transport.

From Ekathimerini, Greece's ambassador to the U.K. objects to a BBC program discussing a Macedonian minority in Greece.

From the Greek Reporter, Greek scientists are concerned about an active volcano on the Methana Peninsula, about 31 miles from Athens.

From Total Croatia News, a Croatian NGO alleges that women in Croatia have had their reproductive rights violated.

From the Malta Independent, 155 tons of debris have been cleared from the streets of Malta after last weekend's storm.

From Malta Today, according to Malta's prime minister, it was the worst storm since 1982.

From ANSA, a center-right candidate wins in the Sardinian regional election.

From SwissInfo, should ISIS terrorists from Switzerland detained in Iraq or Syria lose their Swiss rights?

From El País, Catalan separatist protesters burn a picture of the Spanish king.

From Hürriyet Daily News, according to Turkish President Erdoğan, mayors with links to the PKK will be ousted.

From Turkish Minute, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, at least 85 ISIS terrorists and their families have moved into Turkey.

From RûdawSyrian Democratic Forces evacuate 46 truckloads of people from the last redoubt of ISIS, but nearly 5,000 people remain inside.

From Arutz Sheva, dozens of illegal structures in Israel's Negev region not only remain, but some have gotten larger.

From The Times Of Israel, a human rights organization calls on Hamas to cancel the trial of a reporter who exposed government corruption.

From The Jerusalem Post, what does the Blue and White alliance have planned for Israel's nation-state law?

From YNetNews, Palestinians uproot trees planted to commemorate a slain Israeli teenager.

From Egypt Today, Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi defends this country's use of the death penalty.

From Radio Farda, Iran's foreign minister resigns.

From AhlulBayt News Agency, Iran and Pakistan consider building a border fence.

From The Express Tribune, a U.S. envoy meets with a Taliban leader in Doha, Qatar.

From Khaama Press, Afghan security forces seize up to eight tons of explosives.

From Reuters, the U.K. designates Hezbollah as a terror group.

From the Bangkok Post, Islamic schools in Thailand are used to train fighters.

From The Straits Times, a Malaysian opposition party says that it will stage a "monster" rally if the government doesn't punish insults to Islam.

From the Times Live, a mosque in Durban, South Africa is bombed after a court case.

From FrontpageMag, "preventing the next bio-terror attack".

From National Review, Vice President Pence says that it's time to confront Venezuelan President Maduro.

From Townhall, if motives are relevant for hate crimes, what about for blackface?

From the Washington Examiner, according to President Trump, an American held hostage in Yemen is coming home.

From The Federalist, the top nine reasons why the latest gun control bill by House Democrats is terrible.

From American Thinker, the Mueller witch hunt investigation had a parallel 600 years ago in France.

From CNS News, the "five goals" of congresscritter AOC's Green New Deal.

From Roll Call, dozens of Green New Deal supporters enter the Senate office building and leave in handcuffs.  (via The Daily Caller)

From LifeZette, former Hillary Clinton aides mock Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) for his use of private jets.

From CNN, Italy's prime minister schools his U.K. counterpart in pool.  (via the New York Post)

From Variety, the British band Clean Bandit portrays Trump in a music video.

And from The Babylon Bee, the U.S. breaths a sigh of relief after learning that AOC has come out against having children.

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