Friday, September 6, 2019

Friday Phenomena - Part 2

As the last workday of a shortened workweek hangs around, here are some more things going on:

From CBC News, Chick-fil-A opens its first store in Toronto, causing some mixed reaction.

From Global News, why strong job numbers might not help Canada's Liberal Party in the upcoming elections.

From CTV News, a Quebec man detained in Cuba after another tourist dies in a boat accident is allowed to return home.

From Canada Free Press, shouldn't Democrats who dox Trump supporters be labeled as hate groups?

From TeleSUR, self-proclaimed Venezuelan interim president Guaido is "illegally negotiating" the country's resources.

From The Jakarta Post, Indonesia hosts a conference on irrigation for the 3rd World.

From The Straits Times, police in Hong Kong use tear gas, pepper spray and rubber bullets to clear protesters from a subway station.

From the Borneo Post, a Turkish teacher, allegedly linked to terrorism, and his family are deported from Malaysia.

From Free Malaysia Today, Malaysian authorities are criticized for allegedly not enforcing hate speech laws consistently.

From The Mainichi, the largest fossilized dinosaur in Japan is confirmed to be a previously unknown species and gets a name.

From the Daily Mirror, a Sri Lankan national who plead guilty in the Seychelles to illegal fishing is ordered deported back to Sri Lanka.

From the Colombo Page, Sri Lanka's prime minister agrees with a Cardinal's call for an independent presidential commission to investigate the Easter Sunday attacks.

From The Hans India, after the Chandrayaan-2 lands on the moon, the Pragyaan rover will move out and carry out tests on the lunar surface.

From the Hindustan Times, a timeline of the Chandrayaan-2 mission.

From ANI, a scientist calls his involvement with the Chandrayaan-2 mission a "great experience".

From India Today, an idol to the Hindu deity Ganesh inspired by Chandrayaan-2 is built in Hyderabad, India.

From Khaama Press, Afghan Special Forces rescue 13 prisoners from a Taliban prison in the province of Farah.

From Dawn, Pakistan's Ministry of the Interior adds "religious tourism" to its list of visa categories, for Sikh pilgrims seeking to visit Kartarpur.

From The Express Tribune, Pakistan hosts a trilateral meeting on the Afghan peace deal.

From Pakistan Today, three people are injured by an IED explosion in Peshawar, Pakistan.

From Radio Farda, the Iranian tanker formerly detained in Gibraltar has reportedly unloaded oil at a Syrian port and is headed home.

From IranWire, "the life and loves of a human trafficker".

From Rûdaw, the Kurdistan Regional Government is reportedly preventing thousands of Arabs from returning to their homes.

From Hürriyet Daily News, a minibus carrying illegal irregular migrants in the Turkish province of Ağrı overturns, killing two of them and injuring 30 others.

From Turkish Minute, during this past August, 1,306 Turks sought refuge in Germany.

From StepFeed, Saudi Arabia makes money from things other than oil.

From Arutz Sheva, the first-ever electric train between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem makes a successful test run.

From The Times Of Israel, according to the IDF, five projectiles have been fired from Gaza into Israel.

From The Jerusalem Post, two Palestinians are killed and 67 others are injured at a protest on the Gaza-Israel border.

From Egypt Today, Egypt and Italy sign an agreement to manage solid waste in Egypt's Minya Governate.

From Morocco World News, a Moroccan journalist for allegedly having an illegal abortion.

From Business Recorder, according to Pakistan's Council of Islamic Ideology, "talaq" results in divorce even if it's a joke.

From Digital Journal, Morocco stems the flow of migrants due to lucrative agreements with Spain and the E.U.

From The Great Architect, how the Crusades saved Western civilization.

And from Gatestone Institute, how despots understand agreements with the West.

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