After driving for a few hours to an undisclosed location in eastern Pennsylvania, and taking a bit of effort to connect to its wi-fi (which is never 100% certain), I bring you some more things going on:
From the Express, U.K. Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn faces a revolt from his fellow parliamentcritters.
From the Evening Standard, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson will hold "crunch talks" with Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar to avoid a no-deal Brexit.
From the (U.K.) Independent, the Brexit-supporting group Leave.EU is condemned for an allegedly xenophobic Tweet about German Chanceller Merkel.
From the (Irish) Independent, Irish fuel costs go up tonight due to an increase in Ireland's carbon tax.
From the Irish Examiner, Irish Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe predicts a carbon tax increase in every year for the next ten.
From France24, French President Emmanuel Macron pays tribute to the victims of the knife attack at a police station in Paris.
From RFI, the attacker reportedly stored information on his colleagues on a USB drive.
From EuroNews, French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe proposes possible changes to French immigration law, including quotas.
From VRT NWS, the Flemish Parliament building is evacuated due to a bomb threat.
From Euractiv, a Belgian MEP calls for an end to FGM.
From the NL Times, the Blauwe Moskee in Amsterdam wants to use loudspeakers to boost its call to prayer. (Although I know just about no Dutch, I believe that Blauwe Moskee means "Blue Mosque". If you look at the article's picture, you can see that part of its exterior is blue.)
From Dutch News, Extinction Rebellion protesters glue themselves to the door of a bank. (They are thus awarded the "stupid people" label. If you read Dutch, read the story at NOS.)
From Deutsche Welle, the E.U. fails to make an agreement on migrants rescued at sea.
From the CPH Post, the owners of Lego are still the wealthiest family in Denmark.
From Polskie Radio, the Poznań Academy of Music acquires a piano once used by Ignacy Jan Paderewski.
From Radio Prague, about half of the Czech Republic's forests are reportedly threatened by bark beetles.
From The Slovak Spectator, Slovak President Zuzana Čaputová signs a nature protection law.
From the Hungary Journal, Hungarian Prime Minister Orban is scheduled to meet with French President Macron in Paris this coming Friday.
From Daily News Hungary, the Hungarian military will set up a Regional Special Operations Component Command to be supported by NATO.
From Hungary Today, the Hungarian government supports a quota for sending back migrants but is against mandatory settlement.
From About Hungary, according to Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto, closer ties between Hungary and Romania would benefit both countries and central Europe.
From Free West Media, Orban tells his Finnish counterpart that for Hungary, the rule of law is a matter of honor.
From Russia Today, an allegedly radioactive train goes from Germany through Belarus to Moscow.
From Sputnik International, Russian legislators summon Google and Facebook to prevent violation of the country's election laws.
From The Moscow Times, an American child with a rare skin condition receives her first treatment in Krasnodar, Russia.
From Romania-Insider, European Commission president-elect Ursula von der Leyen rejects Romania's second nominee for commissioner. (If you read Romanian, read the story at Digi24.)
From Novinite, Bulgaria will ban drugs containing the substance ranitidine.
From The Sofia Globe, Bulgaria's prosecutor-general explains to Australian diplomats why an Australian man convicted of murder in Bulgaria can't leave, even though he was paroled.
From Radio Bulgaria, Bulgarian health specialists protest for reforms to their country's health care systems.
From Ekathimerini, Greece, Cyprus and Egypt call on Turkey to "end its provocative actions" in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
From the Greek Reporter, 649 migrants land on Greek islands in the Aegean Sea in 48 hours.
From Voice Of Europe, Greece calls for E.U. sanctions on member states who won't accept migrant quotas.
From Independent Balkan News Agency, Romania and Bulgaria create a joint system for aiding ships in distress on the Danube.
From Total Croatia News, Belgrade, Serbia celebrates Croatia's Independence Day with a concert.
From the Malta Independent, the E.U.'s migration chief calls for support of a disembarkation plan created by Malta and three other countries.
From Malta Today, the Maltese government runs a drill to prepare for a possible no-deal Brexit.
From ANSA, the lower house of Italy's parliament votes to cut the number of its own members.
From SwissInfo, Switzerland's youngest canton, at age 40, is still growing up.
From El País, Madrid plans to cull almost 12,000 invasive monk parakeets.
From The Portugal News, an anti-poverty group wants the Portuguese government to do more about poverty.
From The Conservative Woman, the "thought control for the day".
And from Snouts in the Trough, how many migrants can you fit into a van?
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