Friday, May 24, 2019

Friday Fuss

Besides the impending resignation of U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May, here are some things going on:

From Free West Media, the number of migrants in Germany listed for deportation, but not deported, keeps rising.

From Deutsche Welle, German YouTubers recommend not voting for three specific parties.

From the CPH Post, a Danish youth group lobbies E.U. candidates to fight poverty.

From Radio Poland, according to Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, Poland could soon no longer need gas from Russia.  (To jest dobra wiadomość.)

From Radio Praha, Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi is expected to visit the Czech Republic in June.

From The Slovak Spectator, a memorial to Slovak parachute inventor Štefan Banič is returned to the front of Bratislava's airport.

From the Hungary Journal, in an interview with the German magazine Bild, Hungarian Prime Minister Orban expresses his support for the EPP.  (The Bild interview is linked, but is behind a paywall.)

From Daily News Hungary, Fidesz intends to remain a "patriotic, conservative party".

From Hungary Today, will Orban succeed in forming an alliance against mass immigration?

From About Hungary, why Europe's future is at stake in the current elections.

From Russia Today, at least one Russian Senator will not miss Theresa May.

From Sputnik International, a German spy plane has reportedly been seen near Russia's western borders.

From The Moscow Times, Russia warns that it will respond to a Norwegian spy radar station.

From Novinite, the mayor of Sofia calls the Cyrillic alphabet Bulgaria's "guardian".

From Ekathimerini, the Greek party New Democracy lead the governing SYRIZA party by 8.6 points in polling ahead of the E.U. election.

From the Greek Reporter, anarchists clash with police again in the Athens district of Exarchia.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, the governments of Montenegro and North Macedonia hold a joint session.

From Total Croatia News, a group of E.U. candidates calling themselves "We Can" accuse a March for Life of "trampling over women's rights".

From SwissInfo, the voting age should be lowered to 16; no it shouldn't.

From ANSA, listen to young climate protesters, says the Vatican.  (Not until they find the nearest Chinese embassy or consulate, says yours truly.)

From the Malta Independent, two migrants who were shot in Hal Far, Malta are reportedly afraid to leave their rooms.

From Malta Today, a soldier accused of murdering a migrant admits to not liking black people.

From Morocco World News, Morocco has thwarted more than 30,000 attempts at illegal irregular migration this year.

From The Portugal News, according to ILGA Portugal, the country needs to do more against homophobia.

From El País, the Spanish Congress suspends four Catalan members facing trial for their roles in the 2017 Catalonia independence drive.  (What's happening in Spain shows something that many Americans have long suspected - that the difference between criminal and congresscritter can be very small.)

From France24, several people are injured by suspected package bomb in Lyon, France.

From RFI, more on the youth climate protest.  (See also the ANSA article above.)

From VRT NWS, about 7,500 climate protesters turn out in Brussels, with about 1,000 more showing up in Antwerp.

From the NL Times, Rotterdam starts an experiment with a "smart" cargo container.

From Dutch News, according to the Dutch counter-terrorism agency, the group Kick Out Zwarte Piet is not a terrorist organization.

From EuroNews, how will Theresa May's successor be chosen?

From the Express, former Prime Minister David Cameron admits "helping" Theresa May with Brexit negotiations.  (Does he share in the blame for her inability to create a deal that the House of Commons is willing to vote for?)

From the Evening Standard, two children are killed and four others hospitalized in a "serious incident" in Sheffield, England.  (The weapon(s) used to inflict these deaths and injuries is/are not identified, other than "shooting" being ruled out.)

From the Independent, Liberal Democrat leader Vince Cable announces his resignation.  (If Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn were to do the same, the U.K. would have a trifecta.)

From the Irish Examiner, hundreds of climate protesting students turn out in Cork, Ireland.

From CBC News, an appeals court in British Columbia rules that the province cannot enforce environmental laws that could kill the Trans Mountain pipeline.

From CTV News, Canada's transport minister announces a new air passenger bill of rights.

From TeleSUR, six of Brazil's 11 Supreme Court Justices vote to make homophobia and transphobia crimes.  (My spellchecker rejects the word "transphobia", and thus might be guilty of violating this very law, for merely refusing to acknowledge the existence of transphobia.  This computer will thus not be travelling to Brazil.)

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turks in Europe vote in E.U. elections.

From Turkish Minute, a construction worker in Turkey's Balıkesir province is given two years in prison for insulting President Erdoğan.  (This might be something to recall whenever someone accuses President Trump of being "fascist" or a "dictator".)

From Rûdaw, how would the Kurds be affected by a war between the U.S. and Iran?

From Israel National News, students from the University of Siena, Italy are allowed to visit the Islamic University of Gaza.

From The Times Of Israel, wildfires in Israel continue for the second day.

From The Jerusalem Post, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu thanks five countries for sending aid to fight the wildfires.

From YNetNews, firefighters fear that the worst is not yet over.

From Egypt Today, the Muslim Brotherhood publishes fake pictures.

From Radio Farda, Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei "evades responsibility" for the nuclear deal with the West, after endorsing it "at every turn".  (In other words, he was for the deal before he was against it.)

From IranWire, the "tangled web" of charges against labor activists and journalists in Iran.

From the Qatar Tribunea senior commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards calls the tension between the U.S. and Iran a "clash of wills".

From Dawn, three people are killed and 19 others wounded by an IED explosion inside a mosque in the Pashtoonabad area of Quetta, Pakistan.

From The Express Tribune, the Pakistani province of Sindh will not be divided in two.

From Pakistan Today, a prayer leader is gunned down while coming out of a mosque in Karachi.

From Khaama Press, one person is killed and at least 16 others are injured by an explosion in a mosque in Kabul.

From the Hindustan Times, 17 teenagers die in a fire at a coaching center in Surat, Gujarat, India.

From ANI, the Indian Army successfully tests a BrahMos supersonic cruise missile.

From the Colombo Page, Sri Lankan authorities freeze the bank accounts of 41 terror suspects.

From Palestinian Media Watch, Fatah renews the old blood libel against the Jews.

From Gatestone Institute, why is The New York Times trying to stop President Trump's peace plan?

From The Conservative Woman, there's no independence within the E.U.

From National Review, Democrats won't say if any late-term abortions should be illegal.

From Townhall, the "big lie" is back.

From FrontpageMag, the real oppressors of the Palestinian people.

From The Washington Free Beacon, 13 reasons why we're dooooomed.

From the Washington Examiner, President Trump declassifies "potentially millions of pages".

From The Federalist, openly gay Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D-South Bend, IN) is not gay enough for some LGBT people.

From American Thinker, Americans need to learn about the history of slavery.

From CNS News, congresscritter Adam Schiff (D-Cal) calls Trump's declassification a new phase of a "cover up".

From LifeZette, a meteorologist tries to tell congresscritter AOC (D-NY) that tornado warnings are just weather.

From LifeNews, a bill in Nebraska would allow women to learn how to reverse the abortion drug.

From The Daily Caller, the Supreme Court blocks two lower court rulings which require the Michigan and Ohio legislatures to redraw district lines.

From NewsBusters, the CEO of Camping Worlds says that his company's flag in Statesville, NC is "not coming down".

From the New York Post, a man accused of serial sabotage against the New York subway says that he likes to "inconvenience people".

From Twitchy, right-wing commentator Ben Shapiro points out Schiff's about-face.

And from DevonLive, a new theme park is based on Princess Diana's fatal crash.

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