Friday, July 12, 2019

Friday Links

As the most recent weekend approaches or begins, depending on your work schedule or time zone, here are some things going on:





From the Evening Standard and the "what could go wrong?" department, the U.K. Ministry of Justice proposes to give prisoners their own cell keys as a reward for good behavior.  (Will the recently sentenced Tommy Robinson be eligible?)











From the Colombo Page, a Sri Lankan lawmaker tables a "private member's" motion to abolish the death penalty.  (I put "private member's" in quotes because I don't know whom the term "private member" applies to.)









From Radio Farda, the U.K. sends the HMS Duncan to the Persian Gulf.  (The ship appears to be named after the Scottish king who is killed by the title character in Shakespeare's MacBeth.)



From Arutz Sheva and the "what else is new?" department, over 6,000 Arabs riot on the Israel-Gaza border.


From The Jerusalem Post, silly rabbis, dogs are man's best friend.  (If you read Hebrew, read the story at Bhol.)





From Romania-Insider, the largest planetarium in Romania will open in a salt mine.  (If you read Romanian, read the story at HotNews.)






From Independent Balkan News Agency, Kosovo establishes a Coalition for Reconciliation.











From Dutch News, Dutch Education Minister Arie Slob threatens to withdraw funds for a Hindu school in The Hague unless its board steps down.  (He made a similar threat to a Muslim school in Amsterdam, which I linked yesterday.)



From Polslkie Radio, U.S. President Trump plans a two-day visit to Poland for later this summer.  (The article cites, but does not link to, the Polish site Rzeczpospolita, whose name means "republic".)



From Daily News Hungary, a famous Hungarian opera house could be closed for several years.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at HVG.)










From National Review, an all-girls high school fights to save fights to save women's sports.  (The article's writer is an alumna of the school.)













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