Saturday Stuff

On a sunny but cold Saturday, here are some things going on:

From AP News, police and "yellow vest" protesters clash in Brussels, Belgium.

From ABC News (the Australian site), police use tear gas against "yellow vest" protesters in Paris and Brussels.  (These first two stories come via Voice Of Europe.)

From France24, "yellow vest" protesters meet "green vest" climate protesters.

From RFI, over 700 "yellow vest" protesters have been arrested in Paris.

From VRT NWS, police use tear gas and water cannons against "Hi-Viz" protesters in Brussels.

From the Express, one British reporter predicts a no-deal Brexit.

From the Evening Standard, about 4,000 people are expected to attend a pro-Brexit rally in London tomorrow.

From The Guardian, according to Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd, "anything could happen" if the Brexit deal is voted down.

From CBC News, former Alberta oil workers could find jobs in the newly legal pot industry.

From Global News, China demands that Canada release Huawei CFO Mang Wanzhou.

From Deutsche Welle, German Chancellor Merkel's party elects their youngest-ever secretary.

From Radio Poland, according to its own auditors, Poland has the worst air quality in Europe.

From Hungary Journal, Hungary rejects the U.N. refugee pact.

From Total Croatia News, LGBT activists think that the country's new foster care law might be unconstitutional.

From the Malta Independent, Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat speaks at a congress of European socialists.

From Ekathimerini, FYROM's parliament prepares to remove a controversial clause in their constitution.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkish President Erdoğan blames European security problems on Europe's own people.

From Arutz Sheva, an Arab wanted by the Palestinian Authority for selling land to Jews has been found dead.  (Such sales are sometimes regarded as "collaboration" with the "occupiers".)

From The Times Of Israel, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is reported seeking to normalize relations with Saudi Arabia.

From Dawn, six people are injured in an explosion at a milad gathering in Karachi, Pakistan.

From Khaama Press, Afghan Special Forces rescue 11 people from a Taliban prison.

From International Quran News Agency, a man is killed after leaving a mosque in Gauteng, South Africa.

From The Iranian, some rebel groups in Syria claim that Iranian troops in the country are disguising themselves as Russians.

From The Island Packet, Malaysian Muslims rally to defend their own privileges.

From Gatestone Institute, is there a problem in the Netherlands?

From National Review, President Trump hit a "home run" in nominating William Barr for attorney general.

From Townhall, "the snow job in Poland".  (I could translate "snow job" literally as posada śniegu, but I don't think that the idea would convey idiomatically.)

From The Washington Free Beacon, New Jersey will not say how it will enforce its law against magazines holding more than 10 rounds.

From the Washington Examiner, White House Chief of Staff John Kelly will step down at the end of this year.

From Twitchy, former Labor Secretary Robert Reich weighs in.

From American Thinker, previous excuses won't work for the Clintons this time.  (I'll believe this when I see Mr. Bill and Ms. Hill in orange jumpsuits.)

From Fox News, Trump picks the current Army chief of staff to be the chairman of the Joint Chiefs.

From Sky News, teenage burglars in Leighton Buzzard, England don't fool cops by pretending to sleep.

And from the New York Post, the Chinese space program appears to have been inspired by a Pink Floyd song.