Here on a sunny but cool Friday are some things going on:
From National Review, in defending free expression, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks an important truth.
From FrontpageMag, an open letter to one of the founders of Google.
From Townhall, Democrat presidential candidate Bob O'Rourke offers frightening glimpses of the authoritarian left's goals.
From The Washington Free Beacon, a tale of fingers and double standards.
From the Washington Examiner, Trump's former rival finds another alleged Russian agent.
From The Federalist, climate change extremism is not and never will be popular.
From American Thinker, Senator (UT) and former Governor (MA) Mitt Romney's views on the Kurds appear to have evolved.
From CNS News, President Trump offers what I'd call a pretty good assessment of the Democrats.
From LifeZette, Representative Elijah Cummings (D-MD) was reportedly spent his final hours signing subpoenas against Trump and participating in conference calls.
From NewsBusters, NBC and CBS are "upset" because Zuckerberg won't censor political speech.
From Canada Free Press, Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal) and Senator Schumer (D-NY) can't stand the heat in Trump's kitchen.
From CBC News, the climate rally in Edmonton, Alberta featuring Swedish activist Greta Thunberg draws both her supporters and detractors.
From Global News, according to Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau, governments shouldn't tell anyone what not to wear.
From CTV News, fewer than 850 people who entered Canada illegally have been deported.
From TeleSUR, Brazilian indigenous leaders get an audience with Pope Francis.
From The Conservative Woman, under the new Brexit deal, U.K. fishing could again "be hung out to dry".
From the Express, TV host Iain Dale repeatedly corrects U.K. MEP Luisa Porritt about the Brexit deal.
From the Evening Standard, a judge at a Scottish court rejects a legal bid which alleged that the Brexit deal is unlawful.
From the (U.K.) Independent, former Prime Ministers Blair (Labour) and Major (Tory) argue that the Brexit deal could harm Northern Ireland.
From the (Irish) Independent, Irish President Michael Higgins and Defence Minister Paul Kehoe are confined to their hotel in Beirut, Lebanon due to a local protest.
From the Irish Examiner, according to Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, "plan B is no deal".
From France24, a painting of a soccer match by a French artist sells at auction for a record €20 million.
From RFI, farmers in the French region of Brittany find an eco-friendly way to raise pork.
From Euractiv, Europe's largest floating solar power plant opens in France.
From VRT NWS, Europol points out that "crime has no gender".
From the NL Times, a burning car filled with jerrycans crashes into a police station in Kerkrade, Netherlands. (I was not familiar with the term "jerrycan", but my spellchecker has no problem with it. It's a five-gallon container for gasoline.)
From Dutch News, a group of Dutch jihadi brides now in Syrian prison camps go to court in an effort to bring themselves and their kids back to the Netherlands. (If you read Dutch, read the story at NOS.)
From Free West Media, Dutch farmers resume their protests against a U.N. agenda.
From Deutsche Welle, some German companies want a private German spaceport.
From the CPH Post, Danish pig farmers are happy about the rising price of pork.
From Polskie Radio, Poland is elected to the U.N. Human Rights Council.
From Radio Prague, a look at visual anti-Semitism in Czech history.
From The Slovak Spectator, Staré Hory, Slovakia is a "paradise for skiers and climbers". (Based on my knowledge of Polish, which is related to Slovak, I can make an educated guess that the village's name means "old mountains".)
From Daily News Hungary, the captain of a sightseeing boat carrying South Korean tourists, which collided with a cruise ship on the Danube, is found not guilty.
From Hungary Today, a lobbying organization connected to Turkish President Erdoğan will open a school in Budapest. (If you read Hungarian, read the story at 24HU.)
From About Hungary, Hungarian Prime Minister Orban asks his fellow Visegrad 4 leaders to help out if migration should again increase.
From Russia Today, according to Russia's deputy prime minister, the Russian military has found "definitive" proof to back up the country's claim to the Arctic continental shelf.
From Sputnik International, a "treasure trove" from the time of Peter the Great is found in Moscow.
From The Moscow Times, Russian lawmakers accuse six foreign media outlets of violating election law. (If you read Russian, read the story at InterFax.)
From Romania-Insider, the remains of Queen Mother Helen are returned to Romania. (If you read Romanian, read the story at Agerpres.)
From Novinite, Greece and the U.S. send new ambassadors to Bulgaria.
From The Sofia Globe, Bulgaria will issue a new 50-leva bank note starting in November.
From Radio Bulgaria, a Bulgarian woman living in London is recognized by the Guinness Book of Records as having the lowest female voice in the world.
From Ekathimerini, 19 members of "anti-establishment" groups face charges of disturbing the peace for alleged behavior near a Turkish consulate and at a Turkish airlines check-in desk.
From the Greek Reporter, Greece plans to transport at least 20,000 migrants from its islands to the mainland.
From Independent Balkan News Agency, according to Bulgarian Prime Minister Borissov, not opening E.U. accession talks with North Macedonia and Albania would be a "historic mistake".
From Total Croatia News, Croatia regrets the lack of consensus on Albania and North Macedonia.
From the Malta Independent, Maltese MEP Alfred Sant points out that he and his colleagues are not travel agents.
From Malta Today, a Maltese political party wants Malta to stand with the Kurds.
From ANSA, a man is arrested in Gallarate, Italy for an alleged racist attack on a black cleric.
From Voice Of Europe, former Italian Interior Minister Salvini plans to hold a large opposition rally in Rome tomorrow. (If you read Italian, read the story at Mente Locale.)
From SwissInfo, for what do Switzerland's political parties stand?
From El País, thousands of pro-independence protesters block roads in Barcelona.
From EuroNews, masked protesters in Barcelona clash with police.
From The Portugal News, Portugal's Foreigners and Borders Service gets 100 news inspectors.
From The Stream, Christians in northeastern Syria plead against allowing Turkey to drive Christianity out.
From the Daily Caller, after reports of shelling and machine-gun fire on the Syria-Turkey border, President Trump says that the ceasefire has resumed.
From the New York Post, New York's Mr. Bill doesn't like the New York Post reporting about police disciplinary records.
From WPVI-TV, an artist creates mosaics by painting Lego pieces.
And from Phys(dot)Org, two American astronauts carry out the first all-female spacewalk.
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