Wednesday, May 8, 2024

Wednesday Whatnot

On a partly sunny and very warm Wednesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the illegal alien suspected of killing nursing student Laken Riley is indicted, with charges in addition to murder.

From FrontpageMag, the insanity at the heart of former President Trump's hush money trial.

From Townhall, a Boeing cargo plane makes a "belly land" in Istanbul, Turkey after its front landing gear fails.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the Georgia Court of Appeals grants Trump's request that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is disqualified from his case.

From the Washington Examiner, Trump's super PAC gets an account on the platform TikTok.

From The FederalistU.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon halts Trump's classified documents trial after the Department of Justice admits tampering with evidence.

From American Thinker, you were a bad hooman, Governor Noem.

From MRCTV, pro-HamasPalestinian protesters at Princeton University go on a hunger strike, and then blame the school for starving them.

From NewsBusters, ABC and CBS ignore the admission by TikTok that it's controlled by the Chinese government.

From Canada Free Press, the Boy Scouts changing their name is merely the icing on their already woke cake.

From TeleSUR, the Guaiba River in Brazil starts to recede, but it still floods the city of Porto Alegre.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the U.K. Tories have only themselves to blame for the expected Labour takeover.

From Snouts in the Trough, the Tories still claim that "it's all still to play for".

From Voice Of Europe, according to a report, migration has failed to boost the U.K.'s economy and has added strain to its infrastructure.

From ReMix, right-wing Belgians convicted of "inciting hatred" for their Facebook posts call on the Belgian government to put Belgians first.  (The term "inciting hatred" appears to mean something like "saying something about migrants that the government doesn't want to hear".)

From EuroNews, the E.U. agrees to send €3 billion from frozen Russian assets to Ukraine.

From Russia Today, the Russian military claims new gains in the Ukrainian region of Kharkov.

From Sputnik International, Russia warns that it will target any French troops that enter Ukraine.

From The Moscow Times, according to his lawyer, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov is accused of accepting a $12 million bribe.  (If you read Russian, read the story at TASS.)

From Romania Insider, Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu reiterates the intended date for the country's presidential election.  (If you read Romanian, read the story at News(dot)Ro.)

From Novinite, meeting with ambassadors from E.U. countries, Bulgarian acting Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev outlines his country's plans to adopt the euro by 2025.

From The Sofia Globe, more on Glavchev's meeting with foreign dignitaries.

From Radio Bulgaria, Bulgaria has 201 "ghost villages".

From the Greek Reporter, according to a "controversial" theory, the French Emperor Napoleon had Greek roots.

From Ekathimerini, Navagio beach on the Greek island of Zakynthos will be closed for the second straight summer.

From the Greek City Times, the Greek Easter was good economically for the region of Attica.

From Balkan Insight, the Srebrenica Memorial Center in Potočari, Bosnia and Herzegovina houses unidentified remains of victims of the Srebrenica genocide.

From the Sarajevo Times, according to Presidents Aleksandar Vučić (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and Xi Jinping (China), cooperation between their countries is at its highest level.

From Total Croatia News, a look at Croatia's new government.  (If you read Croatian, read the story at Jutarnji List, whose name appears to mean "morning letter".)

From The Slovenia Times, Slovenia plans to revive its territorial defense.

From The North Africa Post, Algeria makes speech less free.

From The New Arab, how the U.S. company Philip Morris secured a major part of the Egyptian tobacco market.

From RAIR Foundation USA, remembering Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn, who was killed for criticizing Islam.

From Gatestone Institute, a new security threat against Israel - and the U.S., too?

From The Stream, Jesus died for the sins of the entire human race, so let's stop blaming the Jews for "deicide".

From The Daily Signal, Europe needs to oppose China's forced labor.

From The American Conservative, a review of a book about public transit in the U.S.

From The Western Journal, the House passes a bill to curb the Department of Energy's regulation of home appliances.

From BizPac Review, left-wing filmmaker Michael Moore defends "outside agitators" at anti-Israel protests.

From The Daily Wire, a school in Chester County, Pennsylvania enlists a "genderqueer" witch to speak to 14-year-olds about dating violence and sexual topics.

From the Daily Caller, the House subcommittee on the coronavirus subpoenas Dr. Fauci.

From the New York Post, according to law enforcement sources, a bodega worker in Queens, New York was getting choked before he fatally stabbed a shoplifter.

From Breitbart, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin confirms that the U.S. is withholding arms from Israel over its attack in Rafah, Gaza.

From Newsmax, Trump accuser Stormy Daniels gets hit on social media for changing her story.

And from BBC News, an ancient activity could help reduce stress.  (via the New York Post)

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