On today's date in 1683, the Polish king Jan III Sobieski drove the Ottoman Turks away from Vienna. His troops entered the abandoned Ottoman camps to find bags of dark beans from which they brewed a hot beverage today known as coffee. So while you're drinking your coffee or other beverage of your choice, here are some things going on:
From National Review, cancel culture comes after the late newsman Walter Cronkite.
From Townhall, the "final straw" that caused the Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association to withdraw its endorsement of state Democratic candidates.
From The Washington Free Beacon, left-wing groups aligned with Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal) and Senate Minority Leader Schumer (D-NY) funnel $12 million into dark money contributions.
From the Washington Examiner, AstraZeneca resumes the human trials of its coronavirus vaccine.
From The Federalist, former Vice President Biden condemns anti-Semitism but ignores the Democrats who support it.
From American Thinker, as seen from wildfires, it's interesting how global warming hovers over all the world but lands mainly in California. (To be fair, I'd say that Oregon is getting a good dose of it, too.)
From LifeZette, a look at "two vastly different Americas".
From NewsBusters, according to PolitiFact, a Biden claim about police gets a thumbs down.
From Canada Free Press, the old idea of "America first" is new again.
From CBC News, the Canadian province of Manitoba reports its first coronavirus cases among First Nations people.
From TeleSUR, a component in the tear gas used by Chilean police reportedly can cause the human body to produce cyanide.
From The Conservative Woman, asylum is a system "crying out to be abused".
From the (U.K.) Independent, people who disobey self-isolation rules in the U.K. by leaving their houses could be fined.
From the (Irish) Independent, according to Taoiseach Micheál Martin, the Irish government "won't be afraid" to impose coronavirus restrictions in Dublin.
From The Brussels Times, the Belgian commune of Flanders will not implement its climate plan if Belgium's federal government closes the country's nuclear power plants.
From the NL Times, Dutch primary schools get tired of waiting for coronavirus tests and buy them themselves.
From Deutsche Welle, police stop coronavirus skeptic marches in the cities of Munich and Hannover.
From Free West Media, the motive for a knife attack by a Pakistani immigrant in Cottbus, Germany is not noted in the police file.
From the CPH Post, another day of soccer with the expat team Copenhagen Celtic.
From Breitbart, police in Sweden look for members of a Danish anti-Islam group who burned a Koran in a no-go zone in Stockholm.
From Polskie Radio, cultural institutions and buildings in Poland show their support for protesters in Belarus.
From Radio Prague, the Visegrad Four and Germany look to contribute to a migration project in Morocco.
From The Slovak Spectator, Slovakia's Trenčín Castle has a new historic apiary with four beehives.
From Daily News Hungary, what to do when you need relief in Budapest.
From ReMix, Hungary will build its largest military production facility with help from the German company Rheinmetall.
From Russia Today, Russia sends batches of its coronavirus vaccine to all 85 of its regions.
From The Sofia Globe, five types of Bulgarian authorities raid a restaurant in Sofia.
From the Greek Reporter, Greece starts relocating migrants and refugees left homeless by fires at the Moria camp on the island of Lesvos.
From Total Croatia News, authorities in Spain's Canary Islands raid a Croatian sailboat and find almost a ton of she-don't-lie. (If you read Croatian, read the story at Večernji List.)
From Total Slovenia News, this morning's headlines in Slovenia.
From the Malta Independent, according to Maltese MEP Miriam Dalli, the island of Gozo can become carbon neutral by 2050.
From EuroNews, hundreds of people attend the funeral of a black man beaten to death in Colleferro, Italy.
From SwissInfo, about 1,000 people protest against face masks in Geneva, Switzerland.
From RFI, about 1,000 "yellow vest" protesters return to the streets of Paris.
From The Portugal News, musicians conduct workshops on the Portuguese guitar and viola.
From Morocco World News, police in Tangier, Morocco arrest the three flatmates of a man who killed a child for not reporting him.
From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar visits amphibious troops who served in a 1996 dispute with Greece.
From Rûdaw, in the province of Salahaddin, Iraqi security forces send four top ISIS leaders to their virgins.
From Panorama, 21 people in Armenia have died from drinking toxic vodka. (via The Armenian Reporter)
From In-Cyprus, U.S. naval forces participated in joint drills with Cyprus's National Guard.
From Arutz Sheva, Israel's nationwide coronavirus lockdown will start next Friday.
From YNetNews, the Palestinians look for new allies.
From Egypt Today, Egyptians are warned against cultivating crops on islands in the Nile because of its high level.
From the Saudi Gazette, the Saudi Arabian government granted 71 new industrial licenses in August.
From The New Arab, Egypt brokers negotiations for a prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas.
From Radio Farda, Iran executes wrestler Navid Afkari.
From Dawn, Pakistanis in several cities protest to demand justice and reform after the recent motorway gang-rape.
From the Hindustan Times, Congress Party president Sonia Gandhi will miss some time in the upcoming session of India's parliament to get a medical check-up - in the U.S.
From the Dhaka Tribune, a major sex trafficking racket runs from Dhaka, Bangladesh to Dubai, UAE.
From the Colombo Page, two representatives of the International Association of Independent Tanker Owners arrive in Sri Lanka to review the fire-stricken New Diamond.
From Maldives Insider, a resort in the Maldive Islands introduces a butler concept inspired by ancient Maldivian royal courts.
From The Jakarta Post, more Rohingya refugees die of respiratory illness in the Indonesian province of Aceh.
From The Straits Times, when in Singapore, please drive on the correct side of the road.
From Free Malaysia Today, 447 candidates run for office in the Malaysian state of Sabah.
From Vietnam Plus, Vietnam's ambassador to Ukraine visits a high school in Kiev named after communist leader Ho Chi Minh.
From The Mainichi, green tiger prawns are successfully raised from eggs for the first time in eastern Japan.
From The Stream, some critical thinking about Critical Race Theory.
From The American Conservative, why surfboard makers in Los Angeles County are contemplating a tariff on imported surfboards.
From the Daily Caller, a slip-up by former Vice President Biden appears to confirm that he uses a teleprompter in TV interviews.
From The Daily Wire, four people are arrested for allegedly intentionally setting wildfires in three states.
From Fox News, Oregon police arrest two men for allegedly looting homes in areas evacuated due to wildfires.
From the New York Post, P.J. O'Rourke tries to explain "why millennials adore socialism".
From Al(dot)com, an Alabama high school team wins its football game with a play including nine laterals as time expires. (via Fox News)
And from WPVI-TV, in the Gulf Coast region, the phrase "ride, Sally, ride" could soon get a new meaning.
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