Sunday, July 7, 2019

The USWNT Wins The World Cup, And Other Stories

The U.S. women's national soccer team defeated he Netherlands 2-0, to win their second consecutive world championship and 4th overall in the Women's World Cup.  Megan Rapinoe (on a penalty kick) and Rose Lavelle scored the two goals.  Jill Ellis became the first manager to win the tournament twice.  The Netherlands finished second in only their second ever appearance in the WWC.

Read more at CBS Sports, ESPN, CNN and the Sporting News.
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In other stories:

From National Review, a Russian scoffs at the FBI's Russian collusion theory.

From Townhall, congresscritter Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich) gets combative when called out on her voting record.

From The Washington Free Beacon, according to a study, drugs used in chemically induced abortions might have dangerous side effects.

From the Washington Examiner, former Republican congresscritter Justin Amash (I-Mich) does not rule out a presidential run in 2020.

From American Thinker, what would a world without the U.S. be like?  (Which country would all the illegal aliens try to sneak into?)

From LifeZette, ProFa goes about doing its thing in Washington, DC.

From NewsBusters, ABC hides the increase in Trump's approval.

From The Conservative Woman, is a free speech fightback starting on U.K. campuses?

From the Express, eight U.K. troops survive an ambush and a six-hour gun battle with ISIS terrorists in Afghanistan.

From the Evening Standard, more than 20 suspected illegal immigrants are detained after crossing the English Channel.

From the Independent, if given the choice of Boris Johnson or Jeremy Hunt for prime minister, U.K. voters go with "none of the above".

From France24, cyclist Mike Teunissen keeps his yellow jersey through stage 2 of the Tour de France.

From RFI, France will start a debate to address femicide.  (If you read French, read more at Le Journal du Dimanche.)

From Free West Media, "yellow vest" protesters announce their summer program.

From VRT NWS, more on Tour de France, stage 2.

From the NL Times, a look at the Dutch women's team's run in the World Cup tournament.

From Deutsche Welle, the discovery of a bomb from World War II causes evacuations in Frankfurt, Germany.

From Radio Poland, a prehistoric flint mine in Krzemionki Opatowski, Poland is added to UNESCO's list of World Heritage sites.

From Radio Praha, the mining area of Krušné hory - Erzgebirge and a horse farm in Kladruby, Bohemia are added to UNESCO's list of World Heritage sites.  (The former is shared between the Czech Republic and Germany.)

From the Hungary Journal, according to Hungarian cabinet chief Antal Rogan, "the voice of central Europe has now been heard."

From Daily News Hungary, a new Internet star is a Hungarian dog that looks like a large mop.

From Russia Today, Roscosmos unveils its plans for a future moon base.

From Sputnik International, while riding Russia's metros, women show off their feet.

From The Moscow Times, according to rights groups, Russian-led assaults in northwestern Syria have resulted in 544 civilian deaths.

From CBC News, can a meeting of provincial premiers avoid "bashing" Canada's federal government?

From Global News, five things to know for those who wish to enter Canada illegally.

From CTV News, Orillia, Ontaria can't figure out what to do with a monument to explorer Samuel de Champlain.  (I once saw a monument to Champlain in Honfleur, France, the city from which he sailed to what later became Canada.)

From EuroNews, bulls in Pamplona, Spain gore their first three idiots.

From SwissInfo, the U.S. ambassador to Switzerland will step down in 2020.

From ANSA, the Italian NGO ship Alex defies an order to stay away from Lampedusa.

From the Malta Independent, all 65 migrants from the Alan Kurdi will be located to E.U. countries.

From Malta Today, Italy and Malta reaffirm their cooperation on migration while calling for a European solution.

From Total Croatia News, Croatia creates a program to bring young adults of Croatian descent to Croatia.  (The article includes two pictures of a girl at age 2 and at age 22, the latter in Zadar.  Behind her is a church in Zadar, which I took a picture of when I visited the country in 2007.)

From Ekathimerini, the Greek party New Democracy wins in a landslide.

From the Greek Reporter, New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis "vows to represent all Greeks".

From Independent Balkan News Agency, the defeated Greek party SYRIZA promises to be "a strong main opposition".

From Novinite, UNESCO adds 14 new sites to its World Heritage list.

From the Sofia Globe, Bulgarian Prime Minister Borissov prepares his party for this year's municipal elections.

From Hürriyet Daily News, 29,487 people have been jailed in Turkey for alleged links to FETÖ.

From Turkish Minute, Turkish authorities seize $72 million worth of smuggled radioactive californium.

From Rûdaw, Iraqi security forces launch an operation against ISIS sleeper cells.

From Arutz Sheva, an IDF officer is killed in Gaza by friendly fire.

From The Times Of Israel, while hundreds of people in Tel Aviv protest abuse at a day care center, a nearby abandoned building burns down.

From The Jerusalem Post, much of the Palestinian activity at the U.N. is about criminalizing Israel's right to defend itself.

From YNetNews, Syrians return to their heavily damaged home near the Lebanese border.

From the Egypt Independent, Egypt asks the U.K. to prevent the recently-sold bust of Pharaoh Tutankhamun from leaving the country.

From Egypt Today, a look at Nubia.

From Radio Farda, Iran claims to be discussing its impounded oil tanker with the U.K.

From IranWire, now that Iran announces plans to boost uranium enrichment, what's next?

From Dawn, dozens of powerful Afghan leaders, including some hostile to each other, meet in Doha, Qatar.

From The Express Tribune, a ban doesn't stop Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Maryam Nawaz from speaking in Pakistan's Punjab region.

From Pakistan Today, the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority issues notices to 21 TV channels for airing Nawaz's speech.  (What is this "freedom of the press" you speak of?)

From Khaama Press, an ISIS recruitment ring in Kabul is busted.

From The Hans India, authorities in the Indian state of West Bengal arrest 399 people and recover 112 bombs.

From the Hindustan Times, the Indian government bans traffic on part of the National Highway to accommodate travelers making the Amarnath Yatra pilgrimage.

From ANI, in the Indian state of Assam, a child is saved from being sacrificed by his own family.

From India Today, over 90,000 pilgrims have made Amarnath Yatra so far.

From the Daily Mirror, Catholic lawyers for the Jaffna Diocese urge Sri Lanka's president to drop the death penalty.

From Gatestone Institute, persecution against Christian during April 2019.

From The Jakarta Post, in 15 years, Indonesia has lost land equal to Jakarta's area.

From The Straits Times, anti-extradition protesters face off with Hong Kong police after an earlier march ends peacefully.

From the Borneo Post, the Malaysian Health Ministry combats dengue by fighting mosquito with mosquito.

From Free Malaysia Today, the arrest of a Jemaah Islamiyah leader in Indonesia raises concerns that some of its old cells might have been revived.

From Breitbart, a majority of polled Americans support the deportation of illegal aliens.

From Twitchy, right-wing journalist Laura Ingraham has a question for the left-wing media after a video of a "[bleep] Trump" chant goes viral.

From the New York Post, NYPD cops save a woman from choking to death.

And from The Roanoke Times, how the world's food supply could be revolutionized by maggots.

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