President Trump has asked National Security Adviser John Bolton to resign, due to the two of them having "strongly disagreed" on policy matters such as how to deal with North Korea, Afghanistan and Iran. Bolton reportedly offered to resign shortly afterwards.
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In other stories:
From National Review, as Democrats push for more regulations, gun sales in August increase by 15.5 percent.
From FrontpageMag, the one obvious thing that criminologists don't wish to discuss.
From Townhall, an illegal alien from Mexico who smuggled enough fentanyl to kill 500,000 people is sentenced to six years in prison.
From The Washington Free Beacon, the violence continues in South Bend, Indiana.
From the Washington Examiner, median income reached a record high while poverty decreased in 2018.
From The Federalist, ten gun laws that the U.S. needs.
From American Thinker, the climate is changing - for the better.
From CNS News, as President Trump points out, some "pretty bad people" have been to Camp David.
From LifeZette, at the next Democratic debate, who will zing it and who will wing it?
From NewsBusters, after ABC hypes fears of recession, it finds that Americans fear recession.
From Canada Free Press, "unborn babies become science experiments".
From CBC News, over 100,000 power outages due to Hurricane Dorian persist in the Canadian Maritimes.
From Global News, the Alberta government's plan to "fight back" against oil and gas industry critics draws the attention of Amnesty International.
From CTV News, a Canadian truck driver is arrested for allegedly smuggling $6 million worth of cocaine from Detroit, Michigan to Windsor, Ontario.
From TeleSUR, according to Foreign Minister Marcelo Casaubón, Mexico will never be a safe third country for the U.S.
From The Portugal News, according to a Brazilian environmentalist, if the Amazon rainforest is destroyed, Portugal's forests will burn.
From El País, a ship on a global mission to find microplastics in the ocean makes a stop in Spain.
From France24, the head of the French Football Federation tells referees to no longer stop matches due to homophobic abuse from fans, because it's "not the same as racism". (It's true that racism and homophobia are not the same thing, but does this make the latter tolerable?)
Form RFI, French President Emmanuel Macron promises to open the files about a "mysterious" plane crash which happened in 1968.
From the Express, dozens of men in the West Croydon section of London fight with poles, bats and knives.
From the Evening Standard, police the county of Cornwall look for a man dressed as a horror movie clown.
From the (U.K.) Independent, more than 50 parliamentcritters from the Labour Party could support a new Brexit deal.
From the (Irish) Independent, Irish schoolchildren plan to stage climate strikes in 10 locations next week. (Will any of these locations be anywhere the Chinese embassy in Ireland?)
From VRT NWS, the Ghent Museum of Fine Arts helps people learn Dutch.
From the NL Times, the Dutch government decides to stop the gas extraction at Groningen eight years sooner than previously planned.
From Dutch News, a woman sues the Dutch government for forcing her to give her baby up for adoption. (If you read Dutch, read the story at Trouw.)
From Deutsche Welle, the Chinese Foreign Ministry calls a meeting between Germany's foreign minister and a Hong Kong activist "disrespectful".
From CPH Post, in Denmark, please don't use your mobile phone while driving.
From Voice Of Europe, two people in Nacka, Sweden are injured by automatic gunfire. (If you read Swedish, read the story at Aftonbladet.)
From SwissInfo, in Zurich, activists dye the River Zimmat green.
From ANSA, the NGO ship Ocean Viking rescues 34 more migrants.
From Free West Media, Italy accepts "minors", even if they look 40 years old.
From the Malta Independent, underage migrants are kept in a detention center in Malta.
From Malta Today, two E.U. countries agree to take in the remaining five migrants on the NGO ship Alan Kurdi.
From Total Croatia News, speaking in Israel, Croatian Deputy Prime Minister Davor Božinović calls terrorism on of the greatest security threats.
From Daily News Hungary, Hungarian income tax contributions to churches decreased from 2015 to 2018.
From Hungary Today, thousands of domestic Hungarian pigs are killed due to swine fever concerns. (If you read Hungarian, read the story at HVG.)
From About Hungary, Foreign Minister Szijjarto talks with Russian official Nikolay Fyodorov to secure Hungary's gas supply.
From The Slovak Spectator, Slovakia's industries grow, but car makers fall behind.
From Radio Prague, Prague's city hall approves creating a Museum of 20th Century Memory.
From Polskie Radio, former Polish MEP Janusz Wojciechowski is picked to be the E.U.'s agriculture minister.
From EuroNews, Polish authorities allegedly use excessive force against a Greenpeace ship.
From Russia Today, a rap video on YouTube praising Moscow and its mayor is removed after receiving a million dislikes.
From Sputnik International, the Kremlin makes some revelations about a former CIA spy.
From The Moscow Times, Russia's governing party loses support in Crimea.
From Romania-Insider, Romanian MEP Rovana Plumb is picked to be the E.U.'s transport minister.
From Novinite, Bulgarian Mariya Gabriel is picked to be the E.U.'s innovation and youth minister.
From The Sofia Globe, Bulgaria charges the leader of the Russophile movement with spying for Russia.
From Ekathimerini, an ancient site is discovered on the Greek island of Evia.
From the Greek Reporter, some military equipment from the Greek naval base at Leros goes missing.
From Independent Balkan News Agency, more than 19,000 migrants have been registered this year in Bosnia and Hercegovina.
And from The Conservative Woman, in the struggle against vegans, the steaks are high.
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