Sunday, June 2, 2019

Sunday Stuff

Now that I'm done with some weeding and mulching, here are some things going on:










From BBC News, Pope Francis apologizes to the Roma for discrimination by Catholics.  (Whether my spellchecker will apologize for not accepting "Roma" while having no problem with "Gypsy" is another matter.)





From Global News, how Canada made its claim for the North Pole.

From Morocco World News, North American and Moroccan astronomers disagree on when Eid Al Fitr is celebrated this year.

From the Malta Independent, according to the U.N., 38 migrants have been rescued from a capsized boat off the Libyan coast.

From Malta Today, a large cruise ship crashes into a dock in Venice, Italy.

From Free West Media, the Italian government blocks former Trump associate Steve Bannon from using a monastery to set up a training institute for populists.

From SwissInfo, Switzerland's foreign minister asks the U.S. to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid to Iran.

From France24, French conservatives are "caught between Macron and Le Pen".

From RFI, French "yellow vest" protesters denounce police brutality.

From EuroNews, Trump plans to visit Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, France on the 75th anniversary of D-Day.  (Yours truly was there in May 2014.)

From VRT NWS, an electric Tesla car goes up in flames in Antwerp, Belgium.

From Deutsche Welle, cyclists in Berlin demand more space to ride.

From Radio Poland, the Polish city of Białystok celebrates the anniversary of the first partially free elections in post-war Poland.

From Radio Praha, a Czech singer with Romany roots leads a Romany children's choir.  (My spellchecker has no problem with "Romany".)

From the Hungary Journal, Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson gives a lecture in Budapest and talks to the Hungarian press.  (If you read Hungarian, read more at Mandiner and Magyar Nemzet.)

From Daily News Hungary, a database of the refugees affected by the Trianon of Hungary is now on the Internet.  (The Trianon was the partition of Hungary after World War I.  If you read Hungarian, read the story at HVG.  My own Slovak ancestors left Hungary, which then included Slovakia, a few decades earlier.)

From Novinite, unlike Europeans in general, Bulgarians believe in TV more than in the printed media.

From Total Croatia News, Croatia celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Kuna by issuing a 25-Kuna coin.

From Ekathimerini, the Greek party New Democracy wins in local and regional runoff elections.

From the Greek Reporter, a Greek startup helps immigrants establish a credit score in the U.S.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey and Pakistan discuss anti-terrorism efforts.

From Rûdaw, about 800 Syrian women and children will leave the Al-Hol refugee camp in Syria.

From Arutz Sheva, thousands of people celebrate the 52nd anniversary of the unification of Jerusalem.

From The Times Of Israel, the IDF revamps its anti-terror strategies for the West Bank.

From The Jerusalem Post, the Israeli Navy claim to be ready "for any Iranian proxy attack".

From YNetNews, Istanbul's new airport will get a synagogue.

From Egpyt Today, an Egyptian MP proposes the death penalty for human organ traffickers.

From Radio Farda, Iran renews its threats against U.S. ships and bases.

From IranWire, a month after being arrested in Semnan, Iraq, three members of the Baha'i faith have not been heard from.

From The Express Tribune, Pakistan wants a political solution to the conflict in Afghanistan.

From Pakistan Today, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan says "no" to nepotism.

From Khaama Press, Afghan forces destroy a large number of IEDs and components for IEDs.

From The Hans India, 84 Indian airports will get body scanners.

From the Hindustan Times, Maoists strike against Indian security personnel, killing one.

From ANI, a group of waiters beat up two army officials in Baghpat, India.

From the Colombo Page, Sri Lanka's Marine Environment Protection Authority starts cleaning up an oil spill.

From The Himalayan Times, for the first time ever, a Nepalese woman has reached the summit of Mount Makalu, the world's fifth highest.  (Like other mountain climbers, she gets the "badass" label, which does not discriminate on any basis of sex, race, age, or even species.)

From Gatestone Institute, the "rarely reported by the media" persecution of Christians during March 2019.

From The Jakarta Post, an interfaith community in Semarang, Indonesia holds a purification ritual to observe Pancasila Day.

From The Straits TimesChinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe says that his country will talk with the U.S. on trade, but is ready to fight.

From The Borneo Post, there is no need for a second inquiry about illegal immigrants, says a Malaysian official.

From the New York Post, a New York City police union official opposes bail reform.

From Breitbart, a Colombian cyclist in Italy responds after someone knocks him off his bike.

From WPVI-TV, "motorcyclists ride for veterans in Bucks County", Pennsylvania.

And from Twitchy, journalist Britt Hume has two as-yet-unanswered questions for Robert Mueller.

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