Sunday, May 26, 2019

Sunday Stories

On a warm but cloudy Sunday, here are some things going on:

From Free West Media, the Council of Europe rejects the creation of a group of sovereignist parties.

From EuroNews, some results from the European elections.

From the Express, according to one radio host, Brexit party leader Nigel Farage could become prime minister.

From the Evening Standard, the number of migrants trying to cross the English Channel in May is higher than in the "major incident" of last December.

From the (U.K.) Independent, according to U.K. Chancellor Philip Hammond, Tories who pursue a no-deal Brexit will be toppled politically.

From the (Irish) Independent, Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar opens the door to a general election in the next few months.

From the Irish Examiner, Varadkar is not expected to reshuffle his cabinet.

From France24, the French "far-right" National Rally is ahead of President Macron's party.

From RFI, French turnout is much higher than in 2009 and 2014.

From Voice Of Europe, the remaining part of Notre Dame Cathedral could collapse if the wind blows fast enough.

From VRT NWS, in Belgium, the "far-right" Vlaams Belang" party has surged.

From Deutsche Welle, in Germany, E.U. election results put more pressure on Chancellor Merkel.

From Radio Poland and the "bad pun" department, Poles go to the polls.

From the Hungary Journal, on election day, Hungarian Prime Minister Orban is "optimistic".

From Daily New Hungary, Hungary gets its first singing road.

From Hungary Today, Hungarian voter turnout is over 41 percent.

From About Hungary, according to Orban, the future counts on those who vote.

From Sputnik International, a "state-of-the-art" icebreaker is launched in St. Petersburg.

From Global News, a Canadian museum in Normandy works to unearth and preserve Germany's Atlantic Wall.

From CTV News, the U.N. urges Canada to take more Central Americans off of Mexico's hands.

From Morocco World News, Spain calls on the E.U. to provide financial aid to Morocco as it deals with illegal undocumented migrants.

From The Portugal News, in a case that has 87 defendants, 17 Hells Angels are conditionally released from detention.

From SwissInfo, Swiss authorities stop the sale of materials that could be used to develop nuclear weapons.

From Total Croatia News, the Croatian Army marks its 28th anniversary.

From Ekathimerini, the Greek conservative party New Democracy takes a "decisive lead" over the leftist SYRIZA party.

From the Greek Reporter, New Democracy's leader calls for Prime Minister Tsipras to resign.

From Novinite, voter turnout for Bulgarians is very good, even for Bulgarians in Germany.

From Romania-Insider, three Romanian parties are running "neck-and-neck".

From Hürriyet Daily News, according to Turkey's interior minister, 329,000 Syrians have returned home from Turkey.

From Turkish Minute, several Kurdish lawmakers and thousands of prisoners end a hunger strike.

From Rûdaw, a bombing in Iraq's Nineveh province kills five people and injures eight others.

From Arutz Sheva, Israeli police arrest nine Arabs illegally present in Israel, despite the Arabs having their own fake police car.

From The Times Of Israel, over 1,000 fires occurred in Israel over three days.

From YNetNews, the fires in Israel appear to have been caused by arson and power cables.

From Egypt Today, tomorrow, the sun will align directly over Mecca.

From Radio Farda, Iranian President Rouhani suggests holding a referendum over the country's nuclear program.

From Dawn, three people are killed and 15 injured when gunfire breaks out at a checkpoint in North Waziristan.

From The Express Tribune, according to Pakistan's health adviser, 537 children have tested positive for HIV in Larkana, in the province of Sindh.

From Pakistan Today, Pakistan's prime minister calls his Indian counterpart and reiterates his peace offer.

From Khaama Press, in the Afghan provinces of Paktika and Ghanzi, 19 more Taliban terrorists are sent to their virgins.

From The Hans India, an Indian man is charged in the U.S. for allegedly transporting two illegal immigrants from Canada to the U.S.

From the Hindustan Times, a Muslim man is reportedly forced to chant Hindu slogans.  (At least I think that they are Hindu slogans.  If they're from another religion, please point it out in a comment.)

From ANI, a Yoga guru proposes a ban on voting rights for third-born children,

From the Daily Mirror, a boat containing 15 ISIS terrorists reportedly sets off from Sri Lanka.

From the Colombo Page, the Sri Lankan navy arrests 41 illegal migrants trying to sail to Australia.

From The Himalayan Times, four people have been killed and five others injured in two IED explosions in Kathmandu, Nepal.

From Palestinian Media Watch, a Palestinian TV series shows a boy being taught to shoot at Jews.

From Gatestone Institute, genocide against Christians is reaching an "alarming stage".

From The Conservative Woman, whoever gets to be the new U.K. prime minister should not ignore Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage.

From National Review, "welcome to Washington's silly season".

From Townhall, the FAA opens an investigation into possible religious discrimination by airports for banning Chik-Fil-A.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the Trump administration moves to protect the conscience rights of health providers.

From the Washington Examiner, Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) advises President Trump to be cautious about pardoning military personnel accused of war crimes.

From American Thinker, debunking the myth that German national socialism and Italian fascism were essentially the same thing.

From LifeZette, Trump responds to the judge who temporarily blocked his use of Pentagon funds for the wall.

From WPVI-TV, a tornado in Oklahoma kills two people and injures 29 others.

From the New York Post, a thief who dove off a ramp leading to the Brooklyn Bridge to avoid police is no longer in the gene pool.

From The Blaze, a liberal journalist creates a fake Trump quote, which his side of the aisle falls for completely.

And from Twitchy, we're waiting (but hopefully not holding our breath) for an apology from those who spread the fake Trump quote.

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