Now that it's the first day of the second half of 2019, here are some things going on:
From Free West Media, a Finnish "anti-immigration" MEP calls for laws to support freedom of expression. (I'm pretty sure that the label "anti-immigration" does not mean that he is opposed to all migration into Finland, but that he wants such immigration to be limited and regulated by the Finnish government on behalf of the Finnish people, instead of by the E.U. or the U.N.)
From Russia Today, Russia offers the U.S. a prisoner exchange.
From Sputnik International, a video on the G20 website makes a geographical error, as far as Russia is concerned.
From The Moscow Times, Russia labels a U.S. think tank "undesirable".
From The Hungary Journal, Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto accuses Romanian leaders of having "anti-Hungarian sentiments".
From Daily News Hungary, the world's most popular heroin smuggling route goes right through Hungary.
From Hungary Today, according to Hungarian Prime Minister Orban, the European People's Party would be making a "historic mistake" by backing Frans Timmermans for E.C. president.
From About Hungary, the leaders of the V4 meet with French President Macron in Brussels.
From The Slovak Spectator, will Bratislava, Slovakia establish low-emissions zones?
From Radio Praha, emergency talks are expected to decide the fate of the current Czech administration.
From Radio Poland, the firing of a Polish worker by Ikea for comments about LGBT causes a stir.
From Deutsche Welle, what you need to know about the Sea-Watch 3 and her captain.
From the CPH Post, some new laws go into effect in Denmark today.
From the NL Times, the suspect in a mass shooting in Utrecht, Netherlands again confesses and denounces Dutch laws and judges.
From Dutch News, a investigation of Amsterdam's only Islamic school is started over a student being suspended for filming teachers.
From VRT NWS, Belgium's king tells political leaders to keep trying to form a government.
From RFI, French lawmakers debate a proposed law against online hate speech. (How they define "hate speech" might be interesting.)
From EuroNews, French firefighters are hindered by bombs left over from World War I.
From the Express, a dead body falls from an airplane into a garden in London.
From the Evening Standard, according to a special constable, London's knife violence is about drugs.
From the (U.K.) Independent, Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage unveils 100 parliamentary candidates, but won't name them.
From the (Irish) Independent, according to a "leading economist", funds will be cut for Northern Ireland if Boris Johnson becomes U.K. prime minister.
From the Irish Examiner, Irish citizens travel to fight in northern Africa.
From CBC News, as Canada celebrates its birthday, Prime Minister Trudeau warns against "amplifying fear".
From Global News, how people in Montreal celebrate Canada Day.
From CTV News, Canada's carbon tax starts today in Yukon and Nunavut.
From TeleSUR, a "key witness" against former Brazilian President Lula was reportedly forced by prosecutors to testify against him.
From Morocco World News, a large European fleet arrives in Casablanca.
From Euractiv, Morocco moves toward a "privileged" partnership with the E.U.
From The Portugal News, Portugal joins eight other countries in an effort to build a gamma ray observatory.
From El País, up to 60,000 people in Madrid protest in favor of low-emissions zones.
From SwissInfo, how Sikhs have fit into Switzerland.
From ANSA, the captain of the Sea-Watch 3 is quizzed by judge.
From the Malta Independent, a tunnel between Malta and Gozo will make Gozo unattractive, says the president of the Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association.
From Total Croatia News, according to president of the Croatian Chamber of Commerce, Croatia has benefited from E.U. membership, but has a labor shortage.
From Independent Balkan News Agency, 60,000 people sign a petition against a law on religious freedom.
From Ekathimerini, four members of a defunct Greek terrorist group could soon file for release from jail.
From the Greek Reporter, a new ferry service connects Ismir, Turkey with Lavrio, Greece, both of which are on each respective country's mainland.
From Novinite, Bulgarian customs authorities find heroin in baklava and Turkish delight. (Turkish delight is a type of candy.)
From Radio Bulgaria, Bulgaria gets it first 5G cell tower.
From Romania-Insider, at the Bucharest Henri Coanda Airport, a Ukrainian man is arrested for having 18 capsules of cocaine in his stomach.
From Hürriyet Daily News, six Turks detained in Libya have been released.
From Turkish Minute, a suspected Russian-made missile crashes into northern Cyprus.
From Rûdaw, there's some good news for our four-legged friends in Mosul, Iraq.
From Arutz Sheva, after 71 years, Israel's first airbase closes.
From The Times Of Israel, Israeli allegedly strikes an armory in Syria.
From The Jerusalem Post, a biblical era purple dye workshop is discovered south of Haifa, Israel.
From YNetNews, U.K. Home Secretary Sajid Javid visits the Western Wall.
From the Egypt Independent, Egypt's cabinet legalizes 127 churches and affiliated service buildings.
From Egypt Today, Turkish UAVs target Tarhuna, Libya.
From StepFeed, double standards, Arab style.
From the Qatar Tribune, OPEC decides to extend its oil cut.
From Radio Farda, "what does Iran need to make a nuclear bomb?"
From IranWire, why the U.S. can't believe denials by Iran.
From Radio Pakistan, a Saudi Arabian team arrives in Islamabad to facilitate Pakistani travel to the Hajj. (via Dawn)
From The Express Tribune, Pakistan starts receiving Saudi Arabian oil on deferred payments.
From Pakistan Today, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan orders a crackdown on smuggling.
From Khaama Press, Afghan forces fight against a Taliban attack on Kabul.
From CNN, six children are killed and 51 others injured in the Taliban attack.
From The Hans India, a 500-year-old gurdwara in Sialkot, Pakistan opens to welcome Indian Sikh pilgrims. (A gurdwara is a Sikh house of worship.)
From the Hindustan Times, India and Pakistan plan a prisoner exchange.
From ANI, India's Border Security Force captures two cattle smugglers. (Cattle rustling, something rather common in the "old West" of the United States, seems to have come to India.)
From India Today, the Indian Army reports 1,248 cease-fire violations along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir for this year.
From the Daily Mirror, according to Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena, some international drug dealers were behind the Easter Sunday attacks.
From the Colombo Page, ten petitions are filed against the death penalty in Sri Lanka's Supreme Court.
From Gatestone Institute, Palestinians claim that Hamas is not afraid of elections.
From The Jakarta Post, an Indonesian counter terrorism squad arrests a terror suspect in East Java.
From The Straits Times, police take back the Hong Kong parliament building from protesters.
From The Borneo Post, the Malaysian Parliament's lower house tables a bill that would allow peaceful assembly.
From Free Malaysia Today, retailers in the Malaysian state of Penang are told to hand over the money they receive for single-use plastic bags or lose their licenses.
From The Conservative Woman, why is U.K. taxpayer money going to a terrorist group?
From National Review, the U.S. already has health care for people who shouldn't even be in the country.
From Townhall, President Obama's DHS secretary admits that the "cages" weren't invented by President Trump.
From FrontpageMag, the Democrats are determined to make the U.S. borderless.
From The Washington Free Beacon, New York's Mr. Bill wants Medicare for All to cover gender transition surgery.
From the Washington Examiner, a Texas councilman raises eyebrows by suggesting a controversial but effective way to avoid unwanted pregnancy.
From The Federalist, if Special Counsel Robert Mueller testifies, here's what the Republicans should ask him.
From American Thinker, left-wing journalists seem to have no problem with what ProFa did to Andy Ngo.
From Accuracy in Media, the media avoids assigning guilt to ProFa for its assaults in Portland, Oregon.
From Twitchy, one Democratic presidential candidate defends Ngo, which some left-wingnuts don't appreciate.
From CNS News, congresscritter Ilhan Omar (D-MN) wants marijuana to be legalized nationwide.
From LifeZette, another billionaire offers Trump some advice for 2020.
From Reason, Russian bots did not increase then-candidate Trump's poll numbers.
From Fox News, four Facebook buildings are evacuated after a bag of mail tests positive for sarin.
From The Blaze, a pro-life group raises almost $50,000 for mothers and babies at the border.
From the New York Post, cockroaches are getting almost impossible to kill. (This merely confirms what I've already come to believe about cockroaches. They will survive whatever we humans to do wipe ourselves out, and after a few million years will evolve into the next sapient life form. They will then ponder what happened to us the way we ponder the dinosaurs and their extinction.)
And from The Babylon Bee, a ProFa thug, thinking that he was punching a Nazi, breaks a mirror.
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