Sunday, April 14, 2019

Stories For Palm Sunday

As western Christianity remembers the ride of Jesus into Jerusalem on a donkey while some locals spread palm branches on the road in front of Him, here are some things more recently going on:

From Voice Of Europe, while the British ISIS bride claims to have only been a "housewife", others claim that she was a morality enforcer.  (The article includes a link to The Telegraph, which is behind a paywall.)

From The Express, British politician Nigel Farage seeks to cause "havoc" at the E.U. elections.

From BBC News, Sussex Police believe that the drone flying around Gatwick Airport last December might have been an inside job.

From the Evening Standard, there's no need to worry about Julian Assange's cat.

From the (U.K.) Independent, UKIP leader Gerard Batten claims that a "rape tweet" by one of his party's candidates was "satire".  (In other words, it's the all-too-common "it was a joke" defense.)

From the (Irish) Independent, 100 Irish children have been sent to a clinic in London to be assessed for gender transition.

From the Irish Examiner, mentally ill children are being admitted to adult psychiatric wards.

From CBC News, on the road in the conservative heartland of Canada.  (This would appear to be the equivalent of the part of the U.S. known as "flyover country".)

From Global News, the leader of the Indian state of Punjab, which has a Sikh majority, is not impressed by Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau's changes to a terrorism report.

From CTV News, Ontario's challenge to Canada's federal carbon dioxide tax will go to the courts this week.  (Once again, I can't seem to find the word "dioxide" in an article related to this tax.)

From Mexico News Daily, "social media mobs" defend Mexico's president from criticism.  (I have 5 MND pages left this month.)

From France24, two Ethiopians win the Paris Marathon.

From RFI, "yellow vest" protesters announce an "Easter rising" for next weekend.

From The Portugal News, Portugal agrees to take in some of the 64 migrants from the Alan Kurdi.

From Morocco World News, a new ferry will operate between Tangier, Morocco and Granada, Spain.

From the Malta Independent, according to Gozo University's group president, a metro should be considered for the Malta-Gozo tunnel.

From SwissInfo, where did all those Swiss expats go?

From VRT NWS, youths set fire to a Brussels Metro train.

From the NL Times, an explosion on a train car kills one person in Nijmegen, Netherlands.

From Deutsche Welle, bomb disposal experts detonate an American bomb from World War II in the Main River.

From Radio Praha, Czech police arrest a Latvian man who was transporting 13 Iraqi migrants in his van.  (As I keep pointing out, migrants aren't merely migrating, but are being trafficked.)

From the Hungary Journal, according to Middle East Forum president Daniel Pipes, Hungarian Prime Minister Orban will not be alone in 15 to 20 years.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Hetek.)

From Daily News Hungary, a women's mission by the African-Hungarian Union has "great success" in Uganda.

From Sputnik International, Russia will respond "accordingly" to NATO's presence in the Black Sea.

From Total Croatia News, Amazon will shoot The Dark Tower in Croatia.

From Novinite, Pope Francis preaches against mobile phones.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, Albania's opposition holds a demonstration in Tirane marred by violence.

From the Greek Reporter, a U.S. Navy destroyer arrives in Piraeus, Greece.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey's ruling party prepares to appeal for a re-vote in Istanbul.

From Rûdaw, Iraq starts trying almost 900 suspected ISIS members.

From Arutz Sheva, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro clarifies his previous remarks about the Holocaust.

From The Times Of Israel, Israeli archaeologists reassemble 2,600-year-old broken eggs.

From The Jerusalem Post, Israeli technology will be used in the world's "first electric road".

From YNetNews, the IDF decides against using women in tank crews.

From Egypt Today, legal advisers of Egypt's Christian denominations create a unified proposal for the personal-status law for non-Muslims.

From Radio Farda, Iraqi militias use about 50 vehicles to reach flood-stricken areas of Iran.

From Dawn, Sikh pilgrims in Pakistan call for peace and free trade.

From The Express Tribune, over 150 Hindu pilgrims are rescued from flash floods in Pakistan's Balochistan province.

From Pakistan Today, Hazaras staging a sit-in for the third day in Quetta ask Prime Minister Imran Khan to visit the city.

From Khaama Press, 25 Taliban terrorists are sent to their virgins.

From The Hans India, one person is hurt as a bomb explodes in a park near the homes of several political candidates.

From United News of Bangladesh, Bangladeshis celebrate their New Year, known as Pahela Baishakh.

From Gatestone Institute, numerous churches in Europe have been vandalized, torched, and used for relief.

From Townhall, unless liberals are lying, sanctuary cities should welcome all illegal aliens who are sent their way.

From the Washington Examiner, Senator Lindsey Graham is preparing a proposal to change asylum laws.

From American Thinker, the Cook County, Illinois state's attorney who released Jussie Smollett has done far worse.

From LifeZette, a Hispanic businesswoman is attacked for wearing a MAGA hat.

From the New York Post, the photo that got Julian Assange kicked out of the Ecuadorian embassy in London.

And last but not least, from CBS Sports, Tiger Woods wins the Masters, his first Major win since 2008.

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