As the rain keeps falling for a second consecutive day, here are some things going on:
From Voice Of Europe, women wear headscarves to avoid being assaulted by migrants in Vienna.
From SwissInfo, the University of Basel considers requiring its students to use trains instead of airplanes for short trips.
From Deutsche Welle, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier praises Columbia and Ecuador for taking in Venezuelan refugees.
From the NL Times, the party D66 and an association of pediatricians ask the Dutch government to investigate a gay conversion therapy.
From Dutch News, the Dutch mission to Mars company comes crashing back to Earth.
From VRT NWS, U.N. experts urge Belgium to apologize for its colonial past. (How ugly was it? To find out, go here, here, here and here.)
From France24, France is hit with a spate of anti-Semitic acts.
From RFI, French President Emmanuel Macron loses another key advisor.
From the Express, Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay tells E.U. officials that they should budge on the Irish backstop or face a no-deal Brexit.
From The Sun, ISIS terrorists have allegedly stashed away up to ₤230 million for future terror attacks.
From the Evening Standard, a Sky News presenter misidentifies the man whose death he is reporting.
From the (U.K.) Independent, U.K. Prime Minister May tries to convince the E.U. that the Irish backstop currently agreed to is illegal.
From the (Irish) Independent, while talking with Prince Charles, Irish President Michael Higgins says that the "warm relationship" between their countries will survive Brexit.
From CBC News, two sports programs in Manitoba, Canada will not longer use the term "midget" as an age classification. (I guess that this guy has no chance of being hired up there.)
From Global News, due to the SNC-Lavalin affair, Jody Wilson-Raybould resigns from Canada's cabinet.
From CTV News, an ISIS terrorist wishes to return home to Canada.
From Mexico News Daily, El Chapo has been found guilty.
From El País, defense lawyers in the trial of Catalan separatists give their opening statements.
From The Portugal News, feminists plan Valentines Day protests against domestic violence in five Portuguese cities.
From Morocco World News, Moroccan police arrest three French men for allegedly funding ISIS
From ANSA, Italy calls for new elections in Venezuela.
From Malta Today, the Armed Forces of Malta rescued a record number of people at sea during 2018.
From Total Croatia News, Austria bans two symbols of the Ustasha, a Nazi-supporting regime in Croatia during World War II. (One commenter asks what I regard as a relevant question about a certain communist symbol?)
From the Hungary Journal, the Hungarian government rejects an article written by George Soros.
From Daily News Hungary, E.U. citizens living in Hungary will be allowed to vote for Hungarian party lists.
From Hungary Today, Prime Minister Orban addresses young scientists protesting planned changes to the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
From About Hungary, Orban meets U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
From The Slovak Spectator, Pompeo visits Slovakia.
From Radio Praha, Czech MEP Michaela Šojdrová says that she has a list of young refugees that her country could help.
From Radio Poland, Polish President Andrzej Duda recognizes Polish diplomats involved in an effort to help Jews during World War II.
From Russia Today, Russia prepares to disconnect its part of the Internet from the rest, as an emergency measure.
From Sputnik International, Venezuela's ambassador to Russia calls interim President Guaido a U.S. "puppet".
From Hürriyet Daily News, police in Istanbul, Turkey seize two tons of marijuana. (As I've previously mentioned, smuggling drugs into a Muslim country is a good way to put yourself in prison for a very long time.)
From Turkish Minute, the Council of Europe claims that Turkey has not responded to any of their alerts about the freedom and safety of journalists.
From Rûdaw, hundreds flee the battle for the "last" ISIS hideout. (Is it really the last hideout held by ISIS, with all the rest already captured or destroyed? I guess that time will tell.)
From Arutz Sheva, Venezuela's interim president seeks to renew ties with Israel.
From The Times Of Israel, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu prepares to travel to Warsaw, Poland to attend a regional conference.
From The Jerusalem Post, Israel trains dog to smell cancer. (This is one thing you're boycotting if you've decided to support the BDS movement.)
From Egypt Today, Egypt will treat African Hepatitis patients, and train doctors and nurses.
From Radio Farda, according to an OPEC report, Iran's oil productions and export decreased in January.
From Dawn, the smog in Punjab is not caused by India.
From Khaama Press, the Taliban announces a new team of negotiators for the talks with the U.S.
From Breitbart, former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair recognizes a "nascent alliance" between Islamists and the left.
From the International Business Times, Prince Charles reportedly once made a shocking comment about wives in India.
From Palestinian Media Watch, a video on Palestinian TV gloats over the murder of an Israeli woman.
From Gatestone Institute, the war crimes committed against woman and children by Hamas and Islamic Jihad.
From FrontpageMag, the ADL keeps putting out fake statistics.
From National Review, the "green new deal" is really just a wish list.
From NBC News, the Senate Intelligence Committee has still not found any direct evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. (via Townhall)
From Twitchy, one NBC journalist just can't accept the committee's findings.
From The Washington Free Beacon, income inequality is the "most pressing issue in America", says a Senator worth $16 million.
From the Washington Examiner, President Trump gives his thoughts on the proposed border deal.
From The Federalist, political journalists refuse to acknowledge inconvenient facts.
From American Thinker, the real racism is elite racialism.
From Gateway Pundit, Senator Kamala Harris (D-Cal) appears to have done some time travelling. (Better check her office for a Tardis.)
From Accuracy in Media, a BBC camera operator was attacked at Trump's rally in El Paso.
From CNS News, retired Lieutenant Colonel Allen West asks, "Who are these evil rich people?"
From the New York Post, the wreckage of the USS Hornet has been found in the Pacific Ocean.
From Fox News, NASA scientists spot a huge crater beneath Greenland's ice.
And from ITV, American parents say that their children have picked up a British accent from watching Peppa Pig. (Year of the Pig, indeed.)
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