Sunday, April 1, 2018

Links For April Fool's Day

Today is April 1st, so I won't blame anyone for regarding the following stories with a bit of skepticism.  But as far as I know, these aren't April Fool's pranks, but are real things going on:

From Space(dot)com, the Chinese space station Tiangong-1 will soon come crashing down.

From the New York Post, two large chain department stores are hit with a data breach.

From the Daily Mail, for the first time ever, London's murder rate exceeds that of New York.

From Fox News, Bahrain discovers their largest oil field.

From Israellycool, was a Palestinian teenager shot in the back?  Not so fast!

From Deutsche Welle, of more than 15,000 Turkish citizens seeking asylum in Germany, about 1,000 have been government workers.  (via Ahval)

From France24, four migrants were found dead off the coast of Spain.

From Breitbart London, one third of polled Scots say that Islam gets "too much respect".

From Voice Of Europe, French politician Marine Le Pen admits her respect for Hungarian politician Viktor Orban.

From the Sunday Express, the Netherlands opposes French President Macron's post-Brexit plans.


From Russia Today, in response to Israel's defense of her borders, Turkish President Erdoğan calls Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu a "terrorist".

From The Daily Star, an Ahmadiyya mosque in Bangla Desh is attacked.  (This Bangla Deshi site should not be confused with similarly named sites in Lebanon and the U.K.)



From the Washington Examiner, as a large number of illegal aliens migrants travel northward through Mexico, President Trump appears to cut off DACA negotiations.

From the Welwyn Hatfield Times, in Hatfield, England, there are ghosts and April ghouls.

And from Newsroom, New Zealand has a "weird ban" on alcohol on Easter.

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