Tuesday, August 13, 2019

Tuesday Tidings - Part 2

As the rain clears up on a Tuesday afternoon, here are some more things going on:

From CBC News, a pilot project in Whitby, Ontario turns waste into fuel.

From Global News, Montreal police defend the 12,000 tickets they issued to bicyclists.

From CTV News, racist signs are found near an indigenous culture camp in Saskatchewan.

From TeleSUR, Brazilian students protest while Justice Minister Sergio Moro orders a crackdown.

From The Jakarta Post, Donald Trump the Younger visits Indonesia to start the sale of luxury condos.

From The Straits Times, protesters and police clash again in Hong Kong as one protester is accused of being an undercover cop.

From The Borneo Post, police in Malaysia discover a body near the resort where the missing Irish teenage girl was staying.

From Free Malaysia Today, the missing girl's parents confirm that the body is hers.

From The Mainichi, due to protests, flights out of the Hong Kong airport are canceled.

From the Daily Mirror, the U.N. expert on freedom of religion will visit Sri Lanka.

From the Colombo Page, the committee investigating the Easter Sunday terror attacks asks for a one-month extension.

From The Hans India, according to a government official, the administration of Jammu and Kashmir will call for a lifting of restrictions on the region.

From the Hindustan Times, an Air India flight postpones its landing at the Goa airport due to stray dogs on the runway.

From ANI, according to a government spokesman, restrictions in Jammu and Kashmir are being eased in a "phased manner".

From India Today, according to Prime Minister Modi, every Indian stands with the people of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.

From Khaama Press, the U.S. military rejects reports that it has drawn its forces back.

From Dawn, a statue of Punjabi leader Raja Ranjit Singh is vandalized in Lahore, Pakistan.

From The Express Tribune, Pakistan might reposition some of its troops.

From Pakistan Today, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan fears ethnic cleansing in Kashmir.

From Radio Farda, Iran claims to continue surpassing limits on enriched uranium.

From Iran Wire, Iranian authorities arrest another British-Iranian.

From Rûdaw, a captured ISIS commander admits to beheading three Kurds.

From Arutz Sheva, "we are determined to survive", says Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu.

From The Times Of Israel, winemakers in an Israeli settlement are defiant after a Canadian court rules that their vineyards aren't in Israel.

From The Jerusalem Post, Hamas reportedly deploys their own security forces to keep terrorists from reaching Israel.

From YNetNews, an El Al flight attendant dies from the measles.

From Egypt TodayEgypt's National Council for Women reports three cases of sexual harassment during the first two days of Eid al-Adha.

From In-Cyprus, Cypriot ships participate in Israel's Mighty Waves naval exercise.

From Hürriyet Daily News, 28 Turkish pilgrims have died on this year's Hajj.

From Turkish Minute, Turkish President Erdoğan addresses former political allies trying to establish new parties.

From the Daily Mail, a man who attacked people with a knife in Sydney, Australia is a recent convert to Islam, and the man shouted "Allahu akbar".

From Gatestone Institute, can the Gazan Palestinians rise up against Hamas?

And from Morocco World News, after ordering institutions to be frugal, Moroccan King Mohammed VI cancels his own birthday celebration.

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