Wednesday, March 6, 2019

Links For Ash Wednesday

As western Christians remember that we will all return to dust, here are some things going on:

From the New York Post, President Trump urges Republicans to "stay united" on the border wall.

From TechRadar, Google launches new tools for developing AI.

From Reason, America's trade deficit is higher than ever.

From LifeZette, the pro-life movement must stop the infanticide.

From CNS News, DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen predicts a million illegal aliens will try to enter the U.S. this year.

From The Federalist, what the U.S. should do about the current tensions between India and Pakistan.

From American Thinker, "what if Trump loses in 2020?"

From The Washington Free Beacon, the commander of NATO wants more military power in Europe to counter Russia.

From the Washington Examiner, the resolution against anti-Semitism from Democrat congresscritters is a "sham".

From National Review, yes, there really is a problem at the border.

From Townhall, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) offers two possible ways to fix the crisis at the border.

From FrontpageMag, "the post-child Democrats".

From CBC News, key moments from the testimony of Gerald Butts in the SNC-Lavalin case.

From Global News, some global headlines about Canada's "golden boy" losing his shine.

From CTV News, two more notable Canadians testify in the SNC-Lavalin case.

From Mexico News Daily, the Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel reportedly paid people to block highways.

From Morocco World News, Morocco is the center of cannabis trafficking between Africa and Europe.

From the Express, U.K. Prime Minister May allegedly offers the E.U. the "crown jewels" of national security.

From the Evening Standard, fans of the late Michael Jackson protest against the documentary Leaving Neverland.

From the (U.K.) Independent, a controlled explosion was carried out on a suspicious package found near the Royal Bank of Scotland in Edinburgh.

From the (Isish) Independent, a white powder is sent to Irish Health Minister Simon Harris.

From RFI, according to French customs agents is Calais, France is not ready for Brexit.

From VRT NWS, Brexit appears to have produced a ten-fold increase in applications for Belgian citizenship.

From the NL Times, a Dutch radio station boycotts Michael Jackson's music.

From Deutsche Welle, Venezuela tells the ambassador from Germany to get out.

From Radio Praha, the leader of the Tibetan government in exile lives in Prague.

From Daily News Hungary, construction begins to rebuild the headquarters of a Hungarian-language TV station in the Transcarpathia region of Ukraine.

From Hungary Today, Hungary extradites a hacker to Portugal.

From About Hungary, the European Commission admits handing out debit cards to immigrants.

From Russia Today, Jean-Michel Cousteau accepts an invitation to visit Russia's "whale jail".

From Sputnik International, the accounts of Venezuelan companies in Russia will be moved to another bank.

From The Moscow Times, the gap between rich and poor is alive and well in Russia.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, the U.S. will support any agreement between Serbia and Kosovo, says its ambassador to Serbia.

From Ekathimerini, North Macedonia will change the names of state-funded institutions, but keep its national anthem.

From the Greek Reporter, a Greek archaeologist searches for the tomb of Alexander the Great.

From Total Croatia News, the barriers migrant businessmen face in Croatia.

From ANSA, Italian authorities clear a migrant camp near San Ferdinando in the region of Calabria.

From SwissInfo, the three elements discovered by Swiss chemists.

From the Malta Independent, 40 people are investigated for suspicion of stealing cars in Italy and selling them in Malta and Libya.

From Malta Today, human rights groups want the E.U. to limit its cooperation with the Libyan coast guard.

From the Egypt Independent, an Egyptian MP proposes a bill to encourage gender equality at Al-Azhar.

From Arutz Sheva, the Iron Dome reportedly shoots down two rockets from Gaza.  (H/T Gadi Adelman for the Tweet)

From The Times Of Israel, the Blue and White alliance releases its platform.

From The Jerusalem Post, an Israeli company and NASA team up to study placenta cells in space.

From YNetNews, an Israeli cop literally goes on a wild goose chase.

From Rûdaw, ISIS women say that the caliphate is in their hearts.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkish President Erdoğan denounces turning farms into concrete.

From Turkish Minute, a candidate for the European parliament says that Turkey cannot join the E.U.

From Radio Farda, Iran's parliament approves a controversial transfer of water from the Caspian Sea to an inland region.

From Dawn, have India and Pakistan pulled back from the brink?

From Khaama Press, 35 ISIS-K and 42 Taliban terrorists are sent to their virgins.

From YLE, an asylum seeker with tuberculosis in Finland goes missing.

From The Tundra Tabloids, a man who screamed "Allahu akbar" while trying to hijack a bus in Finland is released from jail.

And from Science Advances, neanderthals were not nice to Bugs Bunny.  (It appears that Elmer Fudd was not the first to say "kiww de wabbit".  The story comes via CBC News.)

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