Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Wednesday Whatnot - Part 1

As the middle of the week arrives, here are some things going on:

From National Review, President Trump asked Ukrainian President Zelensky to "look into" former Vice President Biden's activities.

From FrontpageMag, Trump gives the U.N. General Assembly some "hard truths".

From Townhall, the transcript of Trump's phone conversation with Zelensky "blows up" the latest impeachment story.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the lead lawyer for the Ukrainian whistleblower has donated money to Biden's presidential campaign.

From the Washington Examiner, read the transcript.

From The Federalist, three "sickening" truths about fetus trafficked learned from the Daleiden hearings.

From American Thinker, the Democrat hoax about Ukraine.

From CNS News, a White House spokesman points out how willing the media is to believe the Democrats.

From LifeZette, critics of the Electoral College and their "popular vote" power grab.

From NewsBusters, news anchor Andrea Mitchell and former CIA Director John Brennan spread some fake news about Ukraine and former President Obama.

From Canada Free Press, "China is erasing the Paris climate accord".

From CBC News, some tea bags shed billions of microplastic particles.

From Global News, London, Ontario police ride bikes to honor their fallen comrades.

From CTV News, the Canadian government decides against studying a blue whale found dead in Cape Breton.

From TeleSUR, Chavista lawmakers open to dialogue on Venezuela's National Assembly.

From The Portugal News, a lack of information prevents Portugal from having a strategy against plastic.

From El País, the families of fallen Spanish Republicans fight to recover their remains from "Spain's largest mass grave".

From Free West Media, according to the leader of the Spanish party Vox, the bureaucrats in Brussels "are defending their caste privilege".

From France24, the 13th century painting "the Holy Grail" has been found.

From RFI, French President Emmanuel Macron points out that France cannot welcome everyone".  (The same is true for the U.S. and all other countries.)

From EuroNews, the U.K. will try to recover the cost of repatriating Thomas Cook customers.

From the Express, U.K. Prime Minister Johnson tells the Labour Party that "blocking no deal is just a pretext".

From the Evening Standard, a High Court rules that a transgender man who gave birth may be legitimately described as a "mother" on the child's birth certificate.

From the (U.K.) Independent, Johnson challenges his fellow parlimentcritters to vote him out.

From the (Irish) Independent, the UEFA will create a carbon offset by planting 50,000 trees.

From the Irish Examiner, according to Ireland's Health Products Regulatory Authority, stockpiling medicines ahead of Brexit is not necessary.

From VRT NWS, Belgium has 119 completely empty railroad stations.

From the NL Times, Dutch schools observe "tap water day".

From Dutch News, five convicted terrorists are allowed to keep their Dutch nationality.

From Deutsche Welle, the former East Germany still lags behind the former West economically.

From the CPH Post, the European Parliament votes to crack down on Denmark's border with Germany.

From Voice Of Europe, an injured ISIS fighter travels to Sweden for medical care, and is allowed to return to Syria.  (If you read Swedish, read the story at Expressen.)

From Polskie Radio, Poland's largest coal company is building a new mine.

From Radio Prague, a high frequency laser developed in Dolní Břežany, Czech Republic could help space exploration.

From The Slovak Spectator, Slovak Prime Minister Pellegrini decides against making military purchases before the upcoming election.  (The article links to a Slovak language article in the Denník N, but it's behind a paywall.)

From Daily News Hungary, the Hungarian opposition party Jobbik proposes to make state awards revocable.

From Hungary Today, while giving a speech, the mayor of Budapest gets a does of "what's up, doc?"

From About Hungary, Europe seems to go "back to square one" on quotas for migrants.

From Russia Today, in response to the U.S. withholding visas from Russians going to the U.N., Russia may ban the "green card lottery".

From Sputnik International, the European Court of Human Rights says nothing as a Russian official and a U.K. lawyer are added to Ukraine's public enemies list.

From The Moscow Times, the U.S. and Russia team up against abortion at the U.N. General Assembly.

From Romania-Insider, bears are terrorizing the Romanian village of Cusma.  (If you read Romanian, read the story at MediaFax.)

From Novinite, a South Korean company wants to make batteries for electric vehicles in Bulgaria.

From The Sofia Globe, the electoral battle for Sofia has begun.

From Radio Bulgaria, the bankruptcy of the travel company Thomas Cook could cause Bulgaria's tourism industry to lose almost €50 million.

From Ekathimerini, 40 migrants rescued by a Danish oil tanker reach Kalamata, Greece.

From the Greek Reporter, the Greek island of Milos is ranked among the world's top ten most beautiful islands.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania and Croatia call for the start of E.U. accession talks with North Macedonia and Albania.

From Total Croatia News, Croatia's Zadar County provides grants to micro-entrepreneurs and artisans.  (If you read Croatian, read the story at Morski.)

From the Malta Independent, migrants "protest for freedom" at the detention center in Safi, Malta.

From Malta Today, a pro-choice activist claims that Maltese women are having abortions.

From ANSA, Prime Minister Conte tells the U.N. that Italy has launched a "season of reforms".

From SwissInfo, the Swiss House of Representative votes against a proposal to limit immigration.

From Euractiv, E.U. ministers decide to allow "green" financing for nuclear energy.

From The Conservative Woman, why "Boris the Spider" must not resign.  ("Boris the Spider" is what I call the U.K.'s prime minister.  As far as I can tell, no one else has decided to use this nickname.)

From The Stream, President Trump versus Pope Francis.

From Accuracy in Media, CNN's impeachment coverage ignores the role of the Senate.

From WPVI-TV, a Freemont, California police officer's electric car runs low on electricity.

From Twitchy, Fox News host Bret Baier tries to separate reality from the male bovine waste on the Trump transcript.

From the Daily Caller, Presidents Trump (U.S.) and Zelensky (Ukraine) give a joint press conference.

From TechRadar, Amazon Echo products put Alexa on your face and finger.

And from the New York Post, down the aisle at the wedding, here comes the........bear?

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