Once again, those two days about which the Carpenters sang have coincided. Besides the rain, here are some things going on:
From Voice Of Europe, the German economy cools down.
From Deutsche Welle, Germany's environment minister unveils a 5-point plan reduce the amount of plastic waste.
From the NL Times, the mayor of Amsterdam is ordered to enforce the Dutch burka ban.
From Dutch News, an appeals court acquits a Dutch woman charged with planning a terror attack.
From VRT NWS, Belgian immigration authorities will process only 50 asylum applications a day.
From France24, French President Emmanuel Macron will announce new measures to bolster support for his fuel tax increases.
From RFI, what now for the French "yellow vest" protesters?
From the Express, there might be a "hidden agreement" in the Brexit deal.
From the Evening Standard, MPs from "all sides of the house" criticize the Brexit deal.
From the Independent, in the city where knives are illegal, police hunt for a man suspected in two stabbings.
From CBC News, 2,500 autoworkers in Oshawa, Ontario fear for their jobs as GM announces that its plant in that city will close.
From CTV News, the Canadian government explore their options in view of the GM plant closing.
From the Toronto Sun, according to former prime minister candidate Kevin O'Leary, the closing of GM's Oshawa plant shows that government bailouts don't work. (Some of us south of the St. Laurence and the Great Lakes might agree with him.)
From Global News, the Canadian provinces of Alberta and Ontario are having a trade war over beer.
From El País, according to Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, everyone loses with Brexit, but Spain wins on Gibraltar.
From ANSA, Italian Interior Minister Salvini gets into the act of demolishing an illegally built house. (This gives me an idea. Will President Trump be willing to personally participate in the construction of the border wall?)
From Malta Today, a man is granted bail after an alleged domestic attack over a missing can of tuna.
From Total Croatia News, Croatia's health minister refuses to reveal who wrote the country's new abortion law.
From Novinite, what will be the consequences of Brexit for Bulgarians living in the U.K.?
From Ekathimerini, despite limits on hiring, the Greek government is still growing. (This blog's "big government" label does not apply solely to the U.S.)
From the Greek Reporter, technology sales are "booming" in Greece.
From Russia Today, the most sober area of Russia is Chechnya. (Most of the people there are Muslims, who generally frown upon alcohol consumption, so this is no surprise.)
From Sputnik International, should the Kerch Strait incident be blamed on Ukraine, or on Russia?
From Radio Poland, the presidents of Poland and Ukraine want more sanctions on Russia.
From Radio Praha, Czech MPs also want harsher treatment for Russia.
From The Slovak Spectator, Slovakia will officially oppose the U.N. migration pact.
From Daily News Hungary, according to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, disputes between Hungary and Croatia will not affect minorities in the two countries.
From About Hungary, Orban calls the E.U. acceptance of the Brexit deal "a sad day for the European Union".
From Hungary Today and the "Chuck Norris Facts" department, Chuck Norris visits Budapest.
From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey urges Russia and Ukraine to exercise restraint.
From Turkish Minute, Turkey detains 585 people in one week over alleged Gülen links.
From Arutz Sheva, Israel's attorney general states an obvious truth.
From The Times Of Israel, while speaking to the Knesset, the Czech president vows to move his country's embassy to Jerusalem, but admits that his power to do so is limited.
From YNetNews, a U.N. representative asks Israelis why they live on the Gaza border.
From Rûdaw, 23,429 land mines have been removed from territory taken from ISIS.
From Iraqi News, an Iraqi airstrike kills 13 ISIS terrorists.
From the Egypt Independent, the Grand Mufti of Egypt affirms the sharia inheritance law.
From the Miami Herald, suicide bombers strike in the Somalian cities of Mogadishu and Galkayo.
From Quadrant, the West is full of "Dhimmi Wits". (Quadrant admits pilfering the term "Dhimmi Wits" from The Religion Of Peace, who linked this article.)
From FrontpageMag, according to The New York Times, true Islam does not kill blasphemers. (The article in TNYT may be read here.)
From National Review, "the snob party".
From Fox News, President Trump defends the Border Patrol's use of tear gas.
From Townhall, the recent use of tear gas against migrants was not unprecedented.
From The Washington Free Beacon, the National Institutes of Health is spending over $600,000 to track the travels of non-white transgender women. (I know that $600,000 is not very much by government standards, but is this the way taxpayer money should be spent?)
From the Washington Examiner, while the media focus on children in the migrant caravan, Mexico deports some of its violent members.
From The Federalist, Twitter bans Jesse Kelly "for no reason".
From American Thinker, Venezuela should be on the list of state sponsors of terrorism.
From Twitchy, a Lutheran pastor rants about Twitter's speech police.
From CNS News, The New York Times reveals some painful truths about transgenderism and sex change surgery.
From Life News, abortion activists increase their harassment of pro-lifers praying at abortion clinics.
From LifeZette, some of actor Tom Arnold's Tweets earn him a visit from the Secret Service.
From the New York Post, NASA's InSight lands on Mars.
And from The Babylon Bee, a recently pardoned Turkey is found dead after claiming to have dirt on Hillary Clinton.
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