Saturday, March 30, 2019

Saturday Stuff

On the last Saturday of March, here are some things going on:

From Voice Of Europe, a look at some migrants who attack vulnerable Europeans, young and old.

From Russia Today, Russia's new military transport aircraft makes its maiden flight.

From Sputnik International, a magnitude 6.1 earthquakes strikes the Pacific island of New Britain.

From the Hungary Journal, according to British conservative Douglas Murray, "turning Europe into Mogadishu won't solve any problems".

From Daily News Hungary, the Hungarian woman who wrote The Scarlet Pimpernel has a namesake crater on Venus.

From The Slovak Spectator, Slovaks vote today in their presidential runoff election.

From Radio Praha, Kuwait's ambassador to the Czech Republic advises against moving their embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.

From Radio Poland, futuristic concept cars go on display in Poznań, Poland.

From Deutsche Welle, will Germany become the world's largest market for medical marijuana?

From VRT NWS, Russia targets Belgium with fake news.

From France24, French "yellow vest" protesters put on their "act 20".

From RFI, the Eiffel Tower turns 130.

From the Express, Brexit protesters demand Prime Minister May's resignation.

From BBC News, May considers making a fourth attempt to get her Brexit deal passed.

From the Evening Standard, anti-Brexit protesters set up mock checkpoints on the border with Ireland.

From the (U.K.) Independent, the E.U. could let the U.K. delay Brexit to allow time for a second referendum.

From the (Irish) IndependentGerman Chancellor Merkel and French President Macron will put pressure on Irish Taoiseach Varadkar in talks next week.

From the Irish Examiner, more on the anti-Brexit protests at the U.K.-Ireland border.

From CBC News, civil liberties groups try to challenge the "secularism bill" in Quebec.

From Global News, conservative leader Andrew Scheer will go to New Brunswick to discuss Canada's carbon dioxide tax.  (The article calls it a "carbon tax", omitting "dioxide", as if diamonds, graphite and soot are the items to be taxed.)

From CTV News, could you gals please mooooove out of my way?

From Morocco World News, Pope Francis and Moroccan King Mohammed VI sign the "Al-Quds Call".  (Al-Quds is the Arabic name for Jerusalem.)

From SwissInfo, some stories involving numbers.

From Gli Occhi Della Guerra, Brunei makes homosexuality a capital offense.

From the Malta Independent, three migrants, two of whom are under 18, are charged with hijacking the tanker which docked in Malta this past week.

From Total Croatia News, Croatia disputes border claims made by Slovenia's foreign minister.

From Ekathimerini, Albania removes from its gazette a law allowing arbitrary confiscation of land belonging to ethnic Greeks.

From the Greek Reporter, strong winds in Eratini, Greece sends a board flying into and knocking down a monument.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, an interview with Greek Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Christos Spirtzis.

From Novinitecelebrations marking 140 years of Sofia being the capital of Bulgaria include cultural heritage tours.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey opens a military center in Şanlıurfa province.

From Rûdaw, some members of the Saudi team that killed journalist Jamal Khashoggi reportedly received training in the United States.

From Arutz Sheva, Hamas says that they have an agreement, but not a peace agreement, with Israel.

From The Times Of Israel, to the satisfaction of Israel, Hamas contains today's protests.

From The Jerusalem Post, the protests still lead to three deaths and about 200 injuries.

From YNetNews, Western countries struggle with whether and how to repatriate ISIS children.

From the Egypt Independent, Egyptian President Sisi issues seven directives on women's issues.  (I think that these are what we Americans call "executive orders".)

From Egypt Today, 30 defendants are sentenced to prison for plotting to attack a church in Alexandria, Egypt.

From Radio Farda, Iran evacuates villages threatened by floods near dams.

From AhlulBayt News Agency, five ISIS leaders are killed in Samarra, Iraq.

From Dawn, a man in Peshawar, Pakistan cuts off his wife's hair because she did not cover her head at a wedding.

From The Express Tribune, at least 35 people have been killed by floods in Afghanistan.

From Pakistan Today, Indian troops fire upon a motorcyclist and his passenger in Pulwama, Kashmir.

From Khaama Press, in four provinces in Afghanistan, at least 25 Taliban terrorists are sent to their virgins.

From Gatestone Institute, stop Iran from getting nuclear weapons.

From National Review, there are no winners in the "collusion" war.

From Townhall, social justice is not.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a fisherman's association suing energy producers over climate change won't answer questions about its own "greenness".

From the Washington Examiner, will former Vice President Biden get a #MeToo reckoning?

From American Thinker, the media must be held accountable for the collusion hoax.

From LifeZette, Democratic congresscritters pressure Attorney General Barr to release the entire Mueller report.  (Except for any classified material, I would agree with them.)

From Conservative Fighters, the fastest-ever women's marathon runner doesn't want trans-women in women's sports, to which activists object.

From Red State, President Obama's DHS secretary recognizes the reality at the border.

From Fox News, a woman in Arizona is arrested for allegedly leading police on a chase, with two illegal aliens in her trunk.

From the New York Post, a man is charged with two felonies after breaking in to a woman's apartment and then kissing her in a canine manner.

And from the Inquirer, a thief steals only eggs from a restaurant in Tokyo.

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