On a sunny but cold Friday, here are some things going on:
From National Review, "women's sports should be women's sports".
From FrontpageMag, long-time Trump supporter Roger Stone gets 40 months in prison.
From Townhall, the predicament faced by the Democrats.
From The Washington Free Beacon, the LGBTQ watchdog GLAAD gives former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg a pass for calling a trans-woman "it". (Apparently, some transphobia is more equal than other transphobia.)
From the Washington Examiner, President Trump dismisses reports of Russia trying to help him get reelected.
From The Federalist, the logic of gay marriage points toward polygamy.
From American Thinker, when Trump calls himself America's "chief law enforcement officer", he's correct.
From CNS News, under a Joe Biden presidency, Obamacare will become Bidencare.
From LifeZette, how then-President Obama got out of testifying in the case of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich (D).
From NewsBusters, according to The Economist, stricter immigration policies might lead to higher wages for Americans.
From CBC News, a judge in Ontario rules that parts of Canada's prostitution law violate its Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
From Global News, a rail blockade in Ontario leads to backups at three Canadian ports.
From CTV News, no, author Dean Koontz did not predict the coronavirus in his 1981 novel The Eyes of Darkness.
From the Express, a U.S.-style school bus rolls past Buckingham Palace carrying a banner urging Prince Andrew to call the FBI.
From the Evening Standard, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will soon stop using the label "Sussex Royal".
From the (U.K.) Independent, a female ISIS supporter pleads guilty to plotting to bomb St. Paul's Cathedral in London.
From the (Irish) Independent, Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar calls on Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald to abolish the IRA Provisional Army Council.
From the Irish Examiner, a Lithuanian man has his prison sentence in Ireland suspended, on the condition that he leaves the country in 24 hours.
From VRT NWS, airline passengers in Belgium are advised to get to the airport very early.
From The Brussels Times, according to research, 48.7 percent of Belgians think that politicians are corrupt. (This makes me wonder what's wrong with the other 51.3 percent. If you read Flemish, read the story at Knack.)
From Euractiv, farmers from across Europe drive to Brussels to protest the E.U.'s agricultural policy.
From the NL Times, the Dutch agency ProRail is pleased with the first tests with its self-driving trains.
From Dutch News, according to a Dutch meteorological organization, nuclear power could help with climate goals. (The story links to an article in the Financieele Dagblad, which appears to be behind a paywall.)
From Deutsche Welle, what we know about the victims of the shootings in Hanau, Germany.
From Voice Of Europe, the Hanau shooter drew on racism, misogyny and conspiracy theories.
From EuroNews, at a soccer match, hecklers interrupt a minute of silence for the Hanau shooting victims, and are told "Nazis out".
From Polskie Radio, a mining company finds "massive" deposits of silver and copper in Poland.
From Radio Prague, 30 years ago today, Czechoslovak President Václav Havel addressed a joint session of the U.S. Congress.
From The Slovak Spectator, the diplomatic community in Bratislava remembers journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée Martina Kušnírová.
From Daily News Hungary, ten "surprising" facts about Hungarian.
From Hungary Today, according to Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto, a record number of construction projects are underway between Hungary and Slovakia.
From About Hungary, according to the Prime Minister's Office, Hungary has never discussed any proposal for leaving the European Convention on Human Rights.
From Russia Today, according to a spokesman for President Putin, claims of Russian backing for U.S. President Trump in this year's election are "untrue" and "paranoid".
From Sputnik International, according to another Russian spokesman, rumors of Putin's retirement are greatly exaggerated.
From The Moscow Times, two Russian sailors are sentenced to a combined 395 years in prison for smuggling migrants. (If you read Russian, read the story at RBC and Interfax.)
From Romania-Insider, Romanian authorities start an investigation after 16 containers of waste are found the Constanta Sud Agigea Port.
From Novinite, will a Green Zone be introduced in four more neighborhoods in Sofia, Bulgaria?
From The Sofia Globe, the Bulgarian Jewish organization Shalom expresses its opposition to the Lukov March.
From Radio Bulgaria, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church decides to boycott the Orthodox summit in Amman, Jordan.
From Ekathimerini, a man is arrested in northeastern Greece for allegedly smuggling migrants in from Turkey. (I hope he gets a chance to read the story from The Moscow Times above.)
From the Greek Reporter, authorities on the Greek island of Lesvos propose a nearby islet for the location of a new migrant camp.
From Independent Balkan News Agency, the high cost of electoral battles in Serbia discourages political pluralism.
From Balkan Insight, the Serbian Orthodox Church's most senior bishop in Montenegro wants Defence Minister Predrag Boskovic to return a medal he received from the church.
From Total Croatia News, a group of MEP urges Croatian Agriculture Minister Marija Vučković to ban the holding of bears outside of zoos and shelters.
From Total Slovenia News, Slovenian is reportedly still an "active and vibrant" language. (I understand that Slovenian is spoken in the White House, not only by America's First Lady, but also by her son.)
From the Malta Independent, a boat launched from Libya carrying 91 migrants is reportedly missing in the Mediterranean.
From Malta Today, Malta is not a good place to look at the Milky Way.
From ANSA, 16 more cases of coronavirus infection are found in Italy.
From Free West Media, the Italian judiciary appears to be in a hurry to move against former Interior Minister Matteo Salvini.
From SwissInfo, Switzerland marks the 50th anniversary of the worst terror attack in its history.
From France24, pictures show life in the French housing project known as "Les Groux".
From RFI, the World Health Organization warns that the window to stem the coronavirus outbreak is shrinking.
From El País, a look at some people who support the Spanish "far-right" party Vox.
From The Portugal News, the Portuguese Federation of Cyclotourism calls for the reduced emission zone in Lisbon to exclude electric cars.
From The Stream, what Christian conservatives should know about former New York Mayor Bloomberg.
From the Daily Caller, President Trump is entitled to the National Security Council that he wants.
From WPVI-TV, Bloomberg says that he will release three women from their non-disclosure agreements.
From the New York Post, the tallest steeple in North America reopens after 20 years.
From Twitchy, at his rally in Nevada, President Trump bring a supporter wearing a "CNN fake news" shirt up to the stage.
And from The Conservative Woman, during the E.U. Brexit talks, Italy demands the return of Hadrian's Wall. (I think this is satire, but I wouldn't want to give the E.U. negotiators any ideas.)
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