On the first manic Monday of July, here are some things going on:
From National Review, how to go about renaming something named after a Confederate figure.
From FrontpageMag, the slavery which BLM ignores.
From Townhall, a grandfather points out the black lives that should matter.
From The Washington Free Beacon, Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) introduces a bill to outlaw birth tourism.
From the Washington Examiner, President Trump plans some new executive orders.
From The Federalist, the ultimate "privileged place" is to live in the USA.
From American Thinker, some kryptonite for BLM.
From CNS News, Senator Diane Feinstein (D-Cal) sees "pluses" and "minuses" in former Vice President Biden's plan to let biological males use female bathrooms.
From LifeZette, the tide turns against BLM and its ideas.
From NewsBusters, Trump lets the media have it.
From Canada Free Press, empires usually end, not with a bang, but with a whimper.
From CBC News, Canada's First Nations lose oil revenue due to decreases in consumption and drilling.
From Global News, Canada's carbon tax reportedly cost SaskPower customers $83 million in 2019 and 2020. (SaskPower produces electricity for Saskatchewan, which is just one province. We can thus wonder what Canada's total carbon tax revenue is.)
From CTV News, according to the RCMP, a man arrested after ramming a truck through a gate at Rideau Hall had four guns and issued a threat against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. (Rideau Hall is the residence of Canada's governor general, located in Ottawa.)
From TeleSUR, virtual reality and human rights in Nicaragua.
From The Conservative Woman, a British veteran of three wars who deserves a statue.
From the Express, will statues of Sherlock Holmes be toppled next? (During my first trip to Switzerland, I stayed in the municipality of Meiringen, where there is a statue of Holmes sitting on a rock, which I hope will be impossibly difficult to knock over. The place also includes the Sherlock Holmes Museum. Not far away is Reichenbach Falls, the site of Holmes's final clash with his nemesis Professor Moriarty.)
From the Evening Standard, U.K. historian David Starkey claims to have "paid a heavy price" for his racist comments.
From the (U.K.) Independent, according to Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, the U.K. will sanction individuals for human rights abuses.
From the (Irish) Independent, Ireland's Chief Medical Officer Tony Holohan is given the Freedom of Dublin City.
Form the Irish Examiner, when in Ireland, don't steal beer.
From VRT NWS, a medieval wall collapses at Keizersberg Abbey in Leuven, Belgium.
From The Brussels Times, Belgium will quarantine travelers from high-risk countries.
From the NL Times, some bridges and quays in Amsterdam are "on the verge of collapse".
From Dutch News, Dutch farmers block roads protesting their government's latest nitrogen pollution rules. (If you read Dutch, read a related story at NOS. If you read West Frisian, read a related story at Omrop Fryslân.)
From Deutsche Welle, a 93-year-old former guard at the Nazi death camp Stutthof faces a three-year prison sentence.
From Free West Media, the U.S. increases its pressure on Germany over the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.
From EuroNews, a farmer plows European symbols into his maize field in Selm, Germany.
From the CPH Post, roundup of news in Denmark, including education being the most popular field of study among university applicants.
From Polskie Radio, President Andrzej Duda wants Poland's constitution to ban adoptions by gay couples.
From The Slovak Spectator, Slovakia's Levice Castle and the surrounding area.
From the Hungary Journal, according to Prime Minister Orban, Hungary is still a "committed ally" of the U.S.
From Daily News Hungary, why is the Treaty of Trianon so devastating to Hungarians, even 100 years later? (If you read Hungarian, read the story at 24HU.)
From Hungary Today, according to a new study, the water quality of Lake Balaton is steadily improving.
From About Hungary, according to Orban, the next task for the Visegrad 4 "is to preserve jobs and restart economic growth".
From Russia Today, wild boars are seen in Moscow's city parks.
From Sputnik International, Russia starts building the world's largest nuclear-powered icebreaker.
From The Moscow Times, a Russian journalist is convicted of "justifying terrorism", but not given a prison sentence. (What is this "freedom of the press" you speak of?)
From Romania-Insider, restaurants in Romania will be allowed to reopen their indoor spaces under new social distancing rules.
From Novinite, a Bulgarian team is close to finding a treatment for the coronavirus.
From The Sofia Globe, Bulgaria extends its coronavirus epidemic declaration until the end of July.
From Radio Bulgaria, police in Lyubimets, Bulgaria detain a man for allegedly transporting 35 illegal migrants. (As I keep pointing out, migrants are not merely migrating, but are being smuggled.)
From Ekathimerini, a migrant dies in a fight on the Greek island of Lesvos.
From the Greek Reporter, the Greek seaside towns of Methoni and Koroni each feature a Venetian castle.
From Independent Balkan News Agency, lawmakers in Bosnia and Herzegovina are warned about the problem with the nuclear waste disposal site at Trgovska Gora.
From Balkan Insight, stalled negotiations between Serbia and Kosovo are scheduled to resume later this month.
From Euractiv, Belgrade, Serbia declares a state of emergency due to the coronavirus.
From Total Croatia News, the Croatian cities of Rovinj and Dubrovnik have different tourism outcomes this year. (If you read Croatian, read the story at Poslovni Dnevnik.)
From Total Slovenia News, France and most of the Czech Republic is back on Slovenia's coronavirus green list.
From the Malta Independent, the E.U. agrees to relocate 284 migrants now in Malta.
From Malta Today, 52 other migrants remain at sea aboard the Talia, which normally carries livestock.
From ANSA, the NGO ship Ocean Viking is anchored off the coast of Sicily with 180 migrants on board.
From SwissInfo, a Swiss court indicts two suspects on terrorism charges.
From France24, new French Prime Minister Jean Castex announces his cabinet.
From RFI, former French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe goes back to an old job.
From El País, a look at some new coronavirus outbreaks in Spain.
From The Portugal News, national secondary school exams in Portugal start today.
From The Stream, "American Christians should focus in the cross, not on cultural identity".
From Fox News, retired General Jack Keane explains the message sent by the U.S. to China in sending two aircraft carriers to the South China Sea.
From the Daily Caller, a rule change by the Department of Homeland Security will allow ICE foreign students taking classes only online this coming fall.
From WPVI-TV, the Central Park Karen is charged with filing a false police report.
From Small Biz Daily, how the coronavirus has permanently changed remote work.
From the New York Post, the doll maker American Girl is "disgusted" with a parody ad showing a "Karen" model.
And from The Babylon Bee, a nation that kills 3,000 babies every day regards itself as morally superior to the slaveowners of its past.
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