The summer solstice, when the earth's northern hemisphere is most titled toward the sun, occurred today at 11:54 EDT. From now until the next winter solstice, there will be progressively less daylight during each day. Speaking of the winter solstice, that's what happened in the southern hemisphere today. As those of us north of the equator enjoy our daylight, here are some things going on:
From AL(dot)com, five things to know about today.
From the China Daily, six things you might not know about today. (This was linked at The Jakarta Post.)
From National Review, Mayor Pete (D-South Bend, IN) and the media seem to have some double standards in the culture war.
From FrontpageMag, the Mohammad cartoonist deals with "peaceful death threats".
From Townhall, President Trump's critics will not understand why he aborted airstrikes against Iran.
From The Washington Free Beacon, a daily newspaper gives two segregationist Senate colleagues of former Vice President Biden an after-the-fact party switch.
From the Washington Examiner, one of the two alleged Colorado STEM shooters claims to have targeted students over criticism of being transgender.
From The Federalist, Biden's relationship with two the segregationist Senators was more than just "civil".
From American Thinker, congresscritter AOC (D-NY) gets an invitation from sejmcritter Dominik Tarczyński to visit some real concentration camps. (The Polish legislature is called sejm, which is pronounced like the English word "same". Thus, the Polish equivalent of a U.S. congresscritter is a sejmcritter. Full disclosure: I have visited and taken pictures of Auschwitz and Birkenau, so I could hypothetically provide AOC with a small introduction, but then I'm not sure that she'd welcome any information from a right-wingnut such as yours truly.)
From CNS News, according to Senator Rick Scott (R-FL), President Trump has a duty to enforce immigration laws, but the Democrats won't help him.
From LifeZette, the success of Chik-fil-A shows that faith has a role in business.
From NewsBusters, right-wing journalist Sean Hannity lets CNN and MSNBC have it.
From CBC News, the Canadian Senate passes an environmental assessment bill.
From Global News, six out of ten polled Canadians back their government's decision to approve the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.
From CTV News, Puslinch Township, Ontario will not be forced to change the name of the street called "Swastika Trail". (There is also a town in Ontario named "Swastika".)
From The Jakarta Post, election committees in two districts in Jakarta are investigated for suspected election fraud.
From The Straits Times, protesters against Hong Kong's extradition bill block police headquarters in the district of Wanchai.
From The Borneo Post, families react to the naming of four suspects in the downing of Flight MH17.
From Free Malaysia Today, a council in the Malaysian state of Kelantan intends to convert all Orang Asli in the state to Islam.
From Channel News Asia, as freedom and living standards decline, some Hong Kong residents get out.
From The Himalayan Times, a pressure cooker bomb is found in Udayapur, Nepal.
From the Daily Mirror, the Malaysian Parliament bans three Muslim organizations.
From The Hans India, the world's largest pumphouse is inaugurated in the Indian state of Telangana.
From the Hindustan Times, a bill against the triple talaq is introduced in the Lok Sabha. (The Lok Sabha is the lower house of India's Parliament.)
From ANI, a Muslim man is allegedly attacked in New Delhi for not saying "Jai Shri Ram".
From India Today, a man in Maharashtra, India is arrested for allegedly giving his wife the triple talaq. (My spellchecker rejects "talaq", but has no problem with "Maharashtra".)
From Khaama Press, Afghan special forces send 13 terrorists, including one from Uzbekistan, to their virgins.
From Dawn, according to Pakistan's Minister of Human Rights, the country's hosting of refugees is "exemplary".
From The Express Tribune, Prime Minister Imran Khan urges Pakistanis to declare their assets. (In other words, financial disclosure statements aren't just for government officials any more.)
From Pakistan Today, there could be a "new era" of Pakistan-India relations.
From Radio Farda, even while U.S. President Trump halts retaliatory strikes, Iran remains defiant over the downing of a U.S. drone.
From IranWire, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps fears internal turmoil as much as an attack by the U.S.
From StepFeed, Saudi Arabia takes steps against abuse of its male guardianship system. (As the author notes, the system itself is not going away.)
From Rûdaw, ISIS claims responsibility for fires in Syria and Iraq.
From Arutz Sheva, Arabs riot along the Gaza-Israel border (again).
From The Jerusalem Post, the U.S.-led conference in Bahrain has united Palestinians - against the conference itself.
From YNetNews, Syrian refugees in Lebanon face new pressure to return home.
From Egypt Today, spectators for this year's AFCON soccer tournament are welcomed into Cairo Stadium by King Tut.
From Hürriyet Daily News, according to an Interior Ministry official, Turkey has no space for another migration wave.
From Turkish Minute, almost 70,000 Turks receive pensions from Germany, even though they live in Turkey.
From 9News, a radicalized inmate in New South Wales, Australia says that he will always support jihad.
From Sputnik International, Russian authorities detain 12 people for allegedly planning to set up a sharia state in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic.
From The Moscow Times, Russian President Putin suspends flights between Russia and Georgia.
From the Hungary Journal, according to Hungarian Prime Minister Orban, European politicians Manfred Weber and Frans Timmermans "have failed".
From Daily News Hungary, the Czech and Hungarian defense ministers hold talks on cooperation between the armed forces of their countries.
From Hungary Today, Hungarians are plagued by mosquitoes.
From About Hungary, Hungary starts upgrading the nuclear power plant at Paks.
From Radio Praha, Slovakia's new president expresses support for Czechs demonstrating against their prime minister.
From Deutsche Welle, German conservatives are divided on how to deal with the "far-right".
From EuroNews, protesters occupy a German coal mine.
From the CPH Post, Danes are still skeptical about vaccines.
From Free West Media, Islamists in Norway argue against showing their ears in ID photographs.
From the NL Times, a witness in the hate speech trial of Dutch politician Geert Wilders decides not to testify, out of fear that he himself will be prosecuted.
From Dutch News, the Dutch are among the world's best at returning lost wallets to their owners.
From VRT NWS, a man suspected of leaving explosives next to a railroad station in Brussels has a previous conviction for arson.
From France24, can a referendum on privatization heal French democracy?
From RFI, former French President Sarkozy looks ready to make legal history.
From Breitbart, leaked information shows the Islamist infiltration into French public services. (If you read French, read the story at Le Point. The Breitbart article, along with articles above from Free Malaysia Today, 9News and Sputnik International, come via The Religion Of Peace.)
From Snouts in the Trough, hooray for "refugee week"!
From the Express, police are called to the home of U.K. prime minister candidate Boris Johnson after a neighbor hears "shouting and slamming".
From the Evening Standard, the parents of "Jihadi Jack" are convicted of funding terrorism.
From the Independent, parliamentcritter Mark Fields is suspended for grabbing a protester by the neck.
From the Irish Examiner, Irish prisons have a high voter turnout.
From El País, three Catalan MEP-elects cannot take their seats, because they have not pledged compliance to the Spanish constitution.
From The Portugal News, a Portuguese citizen is arrested for allegedly aiding ISIS.
From Morocco World News, Morocco moves up the date for releasing the results of its baccalaureate exam. (I recently linked a story on France's baccalaureate exam. It appears that Morocco learned something from their French colonizers.)
From SwissInfo, how Switzerland and the U.S. are preparing to deal with drones in the future.
From ANSA, Italian Interior Minister Salvini tells Prime Minister Conte that the Dutch should deal with the Sea-Watch 3.
From Total Croatia News, accusations of mistreatment against migrants by Croatian police have not been confirmed.
From Independent Balkan News Agency, Bosnia and Hercegovina "fails to protect the victims of human trafficking".
From Ekathimerini, a Greek musician sings for the return of the Parthenon marbles to Greece.
From the Greek Reporter, Greek Prime Minister Tsipras announces oil exploration south of Crete, with the help of ExxonMobil.
From Novinite, according to Prime Minister Borissov, Bulgaria will pay for U.S. F-16s with money from the reserve.
From Radio Bulgaria, negotiations on the price of the American F-16s are still ongoing.
From Romania-Insider, U.S. tanks mistakenly destroy crop fields near Ialomita, Romania.
From the New York Post, a man allegedly threatens to "kill every gay person" at St. Louis's pride parade.
From FOX 10, customers at a Buffalo Wild Wings not only smell a rat, but see one. (via Fox News)
And from CNN, Facebook reverses its ban on a certain Led Zeppelin album cover.
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