Thursday Things

On a day that started hot and turned wet, here are some things going on:

From EuroNews, Poland's free-roaming cows will not be turned into hamburgers.

From Radio Poland, the Polish foreign ministry wants plaques placed at the site of the 2010 presidential plane crash removed.

From The Slovak Spectator, the cover of Nature features a photo from the Slovak forest Vel'ká Fatra.

From Daily News Hungary, seven people are killed when two ships collide in the Danube River.

From Hungary Today, more on the fatal ship collision.

From About Hungary, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban receives Canadian political scientist Jordan Peterson.

From Russia Today, the Russian Army shows off its armored cars, trucks, and SUVs.

From Sputnik International, Russian President Putin submits a bill to the lower house of the Duma, which would suspend compliance with the INF treaty.

From The Moscow Times, Russian border guards arrest two men from Iraq trying to enter Norway.  (Apparently, protecting your country's border, in this case against illegal exit, is not racist or xenophobic when the Russians do it.)

From Romania-Insider, Romania prepares for a visit by the pope, including the construction of a throne for him.  (If you read Romanian, read the story at MediaFax.)

From Ekathimerini, Greek taxpayers may amend their returns before June 30 without paying a penalty.

From the Greek Reporter, a Greek scientist invents a system which produces oxygen from carbon dioxide, which could be used on Mars.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, three cantons in Bosnia and Hercegovina do not recognize the status of resident Serbs.

From Total Croatia News, Nobel Peace Prize winner Denis Mukwege thinks Croatia can contribute to an effort against wartime rape.

From ANSA, the Hungarian party Fidesz is unlikely to join the group of nationalist parties which includes the Italian party League.

From SwissInfo, one of the ships involved in the fatal collision in Hungary is Swiss.

From the Malta Independent, Sicily's Mount Etna erupts again.

From Morocco World News, Morocco's Noor III solar power plant is doing better than expected, so far.

From El País, the dilemma faced by former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont, recently elected to the European Parliament.

From France24, the suspected Lyon bomber pledged allegiance to ISIS.

From RFI, to continue a theme I noticed yesterday, what is this "freedom of the press" you speak of?

From Voice Of Europe, over 600,000 migrants reportedly entered the U.K. in 2018.

From the Daily Mail, a British schoolgirl in Dubai is stripped of her inheritance by a sharia court because she is a Christian.  (For anyone who thinks that sharia is only imposed upon Muslims, think again.)

From the Express, Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage makes a "bold promise" on what he will do if the U.K. does not leave the E.U. this coming October.

From the Evening Standard, in an alleged "human rights breach", some immigrants are held for long periods of time at a facility near Heathrow Airport.

From the (U.K.) Independent, a man who wore blackface at an office party has his hate crime conviction overturned.  (If Virginia's governor learns about this, he might breathe a small sigh of relief.)

From the (Irish) Independent, protesters who oppose the removal of trees in Dublin chain themselves to them.

From the Irish Examiner, due to a recount, south Ireland might not have any MEPs until July.

From the NL Times, Amsterdam introduces better law enforcement through chemistry.

From Dutch News, a U.K. national in the Netherlands talks about how she has been affected by Brexit.

From Deutsche Welle, Germany's interior minister distances himself from "anti-immigration" populists.  (I would think that the term "anti-immigration" does not mean that someone wants to eliminate immigration entirely, but merely wants to limit immigration to finite amounts instead of being required to take in anyone who can make his way into his country.)

From the CPH Post, immigration was a key issue in the 2019 E.U. election.

From Hürriyet Daily News, the UNDP calls Turkey a "beacon of hope" for refugees.

From Turkish Minute, U.S. President Trump thanks Turkish President Erdoğan for releasing a Turkish-American scientist.

From Rûdaw, several explosions occur in Kirkuk, Iraq.

From Arutz Sheva, a gay pride parade and a family values rally.

From The Times Of Israel, you can't ordain a gay rabbi, because Jewish law can't be changed.  (TTOI published the counter-argument two days ago.)

From The Jerusalem Post, German Chancellor Merkel refuses to outlaw Hezbollah.

From YNetNews, Prime Minister Netanyahu shows off a map of Israel including Golan Heights, which came from U.S. President Trump.

From Egypt Today, in the central Egyptian site of Tuna el-Gebel, a house from the Ptolemaic period is discovered.

From Radio Farda, while the U.S. warns Iran against attack, Saudi Arabia calls for unity among Arabs.

From Dawn, a team from the WHO and Pakistan's health minister discuss a HIV outbreak.

From The Express Tribune, Pakistan races to keep "runaway" glaciers from mountain villages.

From Pakistan Today, a retired brigadier and a civilian get the death penalty for espionage and leaking information.  (Edward Snowden, Julian Assange and the former Bradley Manning might wish to take note.)

From Khaama Press, Afghan special forces rescue 32 people from a Taliban prison in the province of Zabul.

From the Hindustan Times, the cabinet of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will include six women.

From ANI, in Neemuch, Madhya Pradesh, India, 16-year-old boy dies of a heart attack from playing a video game.

From the Daily Mirror, Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena denies being informed beforehand of the Easter Sunday attacks.

From the Colombo Page, Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe says that steps must be taken to prevent the rise of terror organizations.

From the Himalayan Times, due to a lack of a local school, children in Hausalpur, Nepal are forced to attend school in India.

From Gatestone Institute, guilt by association is the new smear machine.

From CBC News, the Canadian garbage will soon be on its way home.

From Global News, police in Montreal let jaywalkers choose their punishment.

From CTV News, a look at Alberta's wildfires from space.

From The Conservative Woman, left-wing hypocrites and the milkshake throwers.

From National Review, socialists don't want equality, but power.

From Townhall, President Trump's desire to obscure the USS McCain appears to be fake news.

From FrontpageMag, what populist victories have in common is contempt from elites.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) calls for the end of sanctuary cities.

From the Washington Examiner, a group of migrants arrested in El Paso is worthy of Guinness, and I don't mean the Irish beer.

From The Federalist, whether the warmists believe it or not, we don't have climate chaos.

From American Thinker, a left-wing actor comes clean about his side's desire for power.

From CNS News, Trump has his moment of self-contradiction.

From NewsBusters, a Telemundo anchor calls a private wall-funding group "anti-immigrant".

From the New York Post, meet New York's bee police.

And from The Peedmont, former governor Terry McAuliffe (D-VA) does his best airplane imitation.