Saturday Stuff

On a cool cloudy Saturday, here are some things going on:

From Free West Media, according to a study by the Netherlands Central Bank, monetary policies benefit only "the top 1 percent".  (I realize that this sounds like a slogan from the "occupy" movement.)

From VRT NWS, according to Belgium's National Bank, one in four Belgians is working part-time, which disproportionately affects women.

From the CPH Post, Danes are reportedly willing "to pay for a sustainable future".

From Radio Poland, Warsaw hosts the 23rd annual Science Picnic.

From EuroNews, Polish far-right protesters march against a U.S. law for the restitution of Jewish property stolen during World War II.

From the Hungary Journal, a statue of Pope John Paul II is inaugurated in Piliscsaba, Hungary.

From Daily News Hungary, a bullet train between Budapest and Warsaw is being planned.  (If you read Hungarian, read more at Magyar Építők.)

From Sputnik International, a Russian lawmaker thinks that U.S. sanctions on Venezuela are "a bid to instigate chaos".

From Romania-Insider, E.U. leaders at their summit in Sibiu, Romania stress unity, but postpone important decisions.  (The Daily News Hungary article refers to an article from this site, thus giving me a Romanian source.)

From Novinite, Bulgarians explore "bottom ecosystems" in Antarctica.

From the Greek Reporter, according to the U.N., Greece leads the E.U. in migrant arrivals in 2019.

From Total Croatia News, NGOs are connecting migrants with Croatian employers.

From the Malta Independent, according to Italian Prime Minister Antonio Conte, Malta will take some of the migrants rescued by an Italian ship of the Libyan coast.

From Malta Today, Maltese armed forces rescue 85 migrants.

From SwissInfo, in Switzerland, cats climb ladders.

From Morocco World News, if you observe Ramadan in Morocco, be sure to eat, after the sun goes down, some chebakia and sellou.

From France24, "yellow vest" protesters dwindle in numbers, but still have some "sporadic" clashes.

From RFI, three hostages held in Burkina Faso arrive back in France.

From the Express, in an online poll, readers of the Express choose the U.K.'s greatest postwar prime minister.

From the Evening Standard, in Holyhead, Wales, a retiree dies after being struck by a bolt from a crossbow.

From BBC News, two children are among 16 migrants whose boat is intercepted in the English Channel.

From the Independent, the Brexit Party polls 15 percent better than the Tories.

From the Irish Examiner, Dublin will host the first ever black hole watch tonight.  (Due to the time difference, this might already be going on as I write this post.)

From CBC News, the Ottawa River rises to flood levels again.

From Global News, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau travels to Chicago to see a show - put on by his mother.

From CTV News, Canada wants more international students, but getting a visa has not been easy for some of them.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey says that the acquisition of Russian S-400 air defense systems is a "done deal".

From Rûdaw, Iraqi Shiite leader Ammar al-Hakim calls on his country to mediate between the U.S. and Iran.

From Arutz Sheva, according to Blue and White MK Ofer Shelah, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyaha "has abandoned the south".

From The Times Of Israel, "a walk through history" in a new park in Jerusalem.

From The Jerusalem Post, Palestinians reject a plan to teach in schools quotes from P.A. President Mahmoud Abbas.

From YNetNews, Israel launches a public relations campaign to counter calls to boycott the Eurovision song contest to be held in Tel Aviv.

From Egypt Today, Egypt pans to hold the world's longest Ramadan Iftar in its new administrative capital.

From Radio Farda, Iran's leader Ali Khamenei calls on Europe to help its oil and banking industries.

From Dawn, terrorists storm a hotel in Gwadar, Pakistan.

From The Express Tribune, Indian Air Force jets intercept a Georgian cargo plane flying from Karachi to New Delhi.

From Pakistan Today, Pakistan's government bans 10 groups for alleged links with three previously banned organizations.

From Khaama Press, a roadside bomb planted by the Taliban kills eight children in Afghanistan's Ghanzi province.

From The Hans India, the Indian Air Force receives its first Apache Guardian helicopter from the U.S.  (This means that Asian Indians will fly a helicopter named after American Indians.)

From the Hindustan Times, two senior Indian congresscritters come to blows in Hyderabad.

From the Daily Mirror, the Sri Lanka National Council unveils its plan to rid the country of ISIS.

From Asean Economist, the gay community in Brunei "lives in fear".

From Blitz, an imam chosen to give an invocation in the U.S. Congress has some beliefs that would not be tolerated coming from people other faiths.

From Lex18, three Kentucky men are charged in connection with an alleged murder-for-hire plot.

From Gatestone Institute, Israel and accusations of "pinkwashing".

From The Conservative Woman, a guide to "dog whistles".

From National Review, in response to Georgia's "heartbeat" abortion bill, Alyssa Milano calls for a "sex strike".

From Townhall, "women are putting their money where their mouth is" by supporting President Trump.

From the Washington Examiner, Trump bets that voters in 2020 won't care about his tax returns.

From American Thinker, "the Russians would have loved President Hillary Clinton".

From NewsBusters, Rush Limbaugh blasts one newspaper's coverage of Tiger Woods accepting the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

From Fox News, a look at what the media has recently been discussing.

From the New York Post, congresscritter AOC (D-NY) takes a ceremonial turn in the Speaker's chair.

And from Twitchy, some things Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D-South Bend, IN), besides his new Trump-bestowed nickname, might need to Google.