Wednesday, July 24, 2019

More Wednesday Things

Now that I'm comfortably settled into my undisclosed location somewhere in Pennsylvania, I will relay some stories.  Because it's late and my energy levels are a bit drained from driving and hiking, this will be a shorter than usual list.  Since I've already relayed some stories from the U.S., here are some other things going on:

From the Express, new U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson gives Jacob Rees-Mogg a "major promotion".

From the Irish Examiner, Johnson and Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar are already at odds.

From RFI, the French inventor of the "flyboard" plans to attempt crossing the English Channel.  (This again shows that the line between the labels  "badass" and "stupid people" is pretty thin.)

From VRT NWS, Belgian authorities arrest 24 drug dealers at a dance music festival in Antwerp.

From the NL Times, Dutch actor Rutger Hauer dies at age 75 after a brief illness.

From Deutsche Welle, German politicians have a diversity of opinion on Boris Johnson.

From Radio Praha, the legend of Šemík the talking horse.

From Daily News Hungary, Hungary sends police officers to Serbia and North Macedonia.

From Sputnik International, Russia and China plan to keep improving their military cooperation.

From Novinite, Bulgaria grants €200,000 humanitarian aid to deal with migration.

From Ekathimerini, the E.U.'s Frontex helps tackle the migrant flow on the Greece-Albania border.

From Total Croatia News, the Croatia National Council believes that is has improved the rights of Croats in Serbia.

From ANSA, protesters vow to prevent the construction of a high-speed rail link between Turin, Italy and Lyon, France.

From SwissInfo, a Swiss "start-up incubator" tries to help migrants and refugees.

From Morocco World News, according to the president of Morocco's National Human Rights Council, there are no "political prisoners in Morocco".

From Turkish Minute, two Kurdish politicians are reportedly detained for alleged membership in a terrorist group.

From Rûdaw, after a six-month delay, a new spiritual leader for the Yezidis is appointed.

From The Times Of Israel, dozens of children of workers who overstayed their visas rally around the Israeli prime minister's house.

From StepFeed, an Egyptian man is arrested after forcing his 13-year-old daughter into marriage.

From Radio Farda, Iran might be seeking an "alternative" plan to reduce tensions with the U.S.

From Dawn, Pakistan's prime minister meets some U.S. congresscritters.

From Khaama Press, Canada grants five Afghan organizations financial support to advance women's rights, democracy and security.

From The Hans India, India's Lok Sabha passes a bill under which individuals may be designated as terrorists.

From the Colombo Page, according to the head of Sri Lanka's Criminal Investigative Department, there is no evidence linking ISIS to the Easter Sunday attacks.

From The Jakarta Post, the governor of Central Java asks civil servants to resign if they support radicalism.

From The Borneo Post, Malaysia will begin advanced passenger screening for foreign visitors by 2023.

From CBC News, a group of indigenous Canadians planning to bid for ownership of the Trans Mountain pipeline launches a "listening tour".

From Gatestone Institute, why did Palestinians attack a Saudi Arabian blogger?

And from The Babylon Bee, England picks a new king or something.

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