A Traveling Sasquatch's Double Dozen To End November

Now that I've driven back to Maryland, let me present 24 things going on:

From National Review, a weakened communist China is still quite dangerous.

From Townhall, ISIS claims responsibility for the London Bridge knife attack.

From The Washington Free Beacon, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg appears to have hung around with some alleged sex offenders.

From the Washington Examiner, a teacher in Texas fired for asking President Trump to remove illegal aliens immigrants from her school wins a ruling for reinstatement.

From American Thinker, Bloomberg is a "billionaire nothingburger".

From LifeZette, Democrats might be looking for a way out of the impeachment spectacle.

From Canada Free Press, are Millennials America's newest fifth column?

From The Conservative Woman, why it pays to be a white Australian Aborigine.

From the Mirror, the London Bridge knife terrorist was a "student" of noted hate preacher Anjem Choudary.

From The Guardian, the London Bridge knife terrorist had spent time in jail for terror offenses, and recently released.

From ABC News, Dutch authorities arrest a suspect in the knife attacks in The Hague.

From Gatestone Institute, new Chinese "cybersecurity" laws take effect this coming January.

From Hürriyet Daily News, a 3,500-year-old skull is found in Turkey.

From Arutz Sheva, Likud and the Blue and White party work to gather support for a new government.

From Egypt Today, in Cairo and Aswan, Egypt launches the "CleanShores" environmental campaign.

From Rûdaw, the fuel price hike in Iran causes a food price increase, adversely affecting Iranian Kurds.

From Radio Farda, the leader of Iran's Green Movement wants those who killed protesters to be prosecuted.

From Dawn, on the price of gasoline, Pakistan goes the opposite way of Iran.

From The Hans India, the London Bridge knife terrorist's family owns land in the Pakistan-controlled part of Kashmir.

From the Colombo Page, the WHO certifies that Sri Lanka has eliminated mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis.

From The Straits Times, China arrests a Taiwanese citizen and a Belize citizen for allegedly meddling in Hong Kong affairs.

From The Stream, a woman who lived as a man for 11 years.

From the New York Post, you won't believe who were college friends at Harvard.

And from The Peedmont, after Virginia Tech's loss to Virginia in football, Tech's offensive line will be tested for performance-diminishing drugs.  (The picture shows VT cornerback Caleb Farley, who missed the game for medical reasons.)

A Few Things For Black Friday

Here on the day after Thanksgiving and the first day of the Christmas shopping season, and starting with knife attacks in two cities, are a few things going on:

From the Express, a knifeman wearing a fake bomb vest kills two people on the London Bridge before being shot dead by a policeman.

From the Evening Standard, more on the "mindless" knife attack.

From the Independent, live updates on the knife attack.

From the NL Times, three people are stabbed at a department store in The Hague.

From Dutch News, a Dutch bank decides to close some of its ATMs after a string of attempts to blow them up.

From Free West Media, in Germany, the main victim of political violence is the AfD.

From VRT NWS, Turkey sends two ISIS women back to Belgium.

From the CPH Post, don't get conned on Black Friday.

From Polskie Radio, a consumer watchdogs offers tips for Black Friday shoppers.

from the Hungary Journal, thousands of students stage a climate demonstration in Budapest.  (Did they go anywhere near the Chinese embassy?)

From About Hungary, the number of migrants entering Hungary illegally has risen sharply during the last month.

From Russia Today, tech companies ask Russian President Putin to veto a proposed law to ban the sale of smartphones which don't include Russian software.

From the Greek Reporter, residents of some islands in the eastern Aegean oppose the construction of new migrant centers.

From Total Croatia News, Croatia launches a campaign to "save bees and farmers".

From the Malta Independent, protesters in Malta block a main road near a university.

From ANSA, a man is arrested for weapons possession in an investigation of people allegedly trying to set up a new Nazi party in Italy.

From SwissInfo, it's been ten years since Switzerland banned the construction of minarets.  (I can't help but wonder how many steeples there are in Iran, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, etc., although I think that there might be some in Egypt.)

From Voice Of Europe, an ISIS terrorist posing as an asylum seeker is arrested in Kreuzlingen, Switzerland.  (If you read French, read the story at 20 Minutes.)

From France24, France has become a land of freedom for LGBT Arabs.

From El País, Russia denies interfering in Spanish domestic affairs or in Catalonia.

From The Portugal News, thousands of young people hold a climate protest in Lisbon.  (As I asked with regard to their Hungarian counterparts, did they go anywhere near the Chinese embassy?)

From the Irish Examiner, students stage a climate strike in the Irish cities of Cork and Dublin.  (I would think that the Chinese embassy is in the latter, which is Ireland's capital.)

From BBC News, three people are sentenced for plotting a terror attack in Melbourne, Australia.

From Gatestone Institute, France wants to regain its control over its migration policy.

From The Conservative Woman, Titania McGrath is the "wokest of the woke".

From National Review, the "deep state" has become a talking point in defense of President Trump.

From FrontpageMag, debunking the accusations of racism against Trump.

From Townhall, Newsweek misses Trump's location on Thanksgiving by a long way.

From the Washington Examiner, groups issues warnings about toy safety ahead of Black Friday.

From The Federalist, it's time that the left stopped pretending that the religious right voted for Trump because of his Christianity.

From American Thinker, possible Democrat presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg has an "amazing" talent for insulting voters.

From LifeZette, "a tale of two black Americans" as Trump's support rises among blacks.

And last, and in my estimation, most definitely least, from Hokiesports, for the first time since 2003, Virginia Tech loses to Virginia in football.

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone out there.  In a while, I'll be joining family members for our annual feast.  Meanwhile, here are a few related stories:

From National Review, America's "national festival".

From Townhall, some things for which to be thankful.

From the Washington Examiner, for Thanksgiving, leave your squabbles behind.

From The Federalist, a message from the woman whose efforts made Thanksgiving a holiday.

From American Thinker, a look at the Puritans of Massachusetts.

From LifeZette, "five powerful statements of thanksgiving".

From The Stream, at Thanksgiving, we can celebrate our religious freedom.

And from the YouTube channel BlazeTV, President Trump pardons Thanksgiving turkeys, pokes fun at congresscritter Adam Schiff (D-Cal), and indicates that the turkeys will live out their days at Gobblers Rest at Virginia Tech.

Some Stuff From A Traveling Sasquatch

Today I drove down to Virginia to visit some family members, so the blogging will be light for the next few days.  While I have a bit of time, here are some things going on:

From National Review, let's take the political debates out of Thanksgiving.

From FrontpageMag, sanctuary cities continue to protect criminal aliens from ICE.

From Townhall, an old video of Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D-South Bend, IN) won't help his relationship with the black community.

From The Washington Free Beacon, noted vegan Senator Cory "Spartacus" Booker sounds evasive about pardoning turkeys or giving foreign turkeys asylum.

From the Washington Examiner, a bill from Senator Fake Cherokee (D-MA) would revoke the Medals of Honor given to soldiers who took part in the Wounded Knee massacre.

From The Federalist, how a Mexican drug cartel almost caused a war between the U.S. and Iran.

From American Thinker, with President Trump gaining support among black voters, Democrats are "terrified".

From CNS News, look at one group to whom Chik-fil-A donated.

From WayneDupree(dot)com, the president of Hobby Lobby won't cave to the liberal mob.  (via LifeZette)

From LifeZette, Mayor Pete "steals second" from Fauxcahontas.

From NewsBusters, liberals and media people (if you'll forgive the redundancy) lose their minds over Trump's "Rocky" Tweet.

From Canada Free Press, how is all that toxic waste from solar panels working out?

From BBC News, seven Islamists are sentenced to death for a 2016 terror attack on a cafe in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

From Gatestone Institute, China attempts to replace U.S. influence in the Middle East.

From StepFeed, a teenager talks about China's treatment of Muslims.

From The Conservative Woman, the U.K. Conservative election manifesto shows Prime Minister Johnson's betrayal on mass immigration.

From Legal Insurrection, U.K. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn declines to apologize for anti-Semitism in his party.

From The Stream, why are pro-choice people bothered by pictures of what they call "clumps of cells"?

From Reason, President Trump has authorized $16 billion in farm bailouts this year.

From the Daily Caller, media outlets don't say much about Melania Trump winning over the crowd that booed her at a youth opioid summit.

From Axios, Twitter stops deleting the accounts of deceased users, until they can be memorialized.

From Sport Illustrated, a look at Virginia Tech defensive coordinator Bud Foster's decision to retire.

And from Twitchy, the Democratic candidate who proposes many trillions of dollars in new spending worries about the national debt.

Tuesday Tidings - Part 2

As Monday slips into evening, here are some more things going on:

From The Mainichi, a photo album belonging to a Japanese soldier who died on the Philippine island of Leyte during World War II is returned to his family.

From the Borneo Post, an Australian grandmother wins her appeal against a death sentence for trafficking drugs, which she claimed to have been tricked into doing.

From Free Malaysia Today, the University Malaysia Sabah regrets a Nazi-style salute given by one of its graduating students.

From The Straits Times, Hong Kong Polytechnic University sends out search teams to look for protesters remaining on campus.

From The Jakarta Post, a self-proclaimed healer and a comedian spark anger over a video claiming that rape victims are to blame for rape.

From the Daily Mirror, a new gem is revealed on the top of the historic Ruwanweli Maha Seya, stupa in Sri Lanka.

From the Colombo Page, new Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa wants to reconsider a 99-year lease given to China to use the port of Hambanthota.

From The Hans India, Indian President Ram Kovind points out that rights and duties are "two sides of the same coin".

From the Hindustan Times, the Sunni Central Waqf Board decides against appealing the verdict on the Ayodhya temple, and is undecided about accepting an alternative five-acre site.

From ANI, Indian authorities detain a man at Trichy International Airport and recover from him 2,829 Chinese pond tortoises.

From India Today, a village in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu has lots of water, but none to drink.

From DNA, at least two people are killed in a bomb blast outside Kashmir University in Srinagar, India.

From Khaama Press, the U.S. and German ambassadors in Afghanistan react strongly to the arrest of two activists who had published a report on alleged sexual abuse of children in the province of Logar.

From Dawn, the Islamabad High Court dismisses a petition accusing Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan of contempt of court.

From The Express Tribune, the Lahore High Court admits a petition from former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf to stay proceedings in his trial for treason.

From Pakistan Today, Pakistani opposition leaders call for the rule of law and demand snap elections.

From Radio Farda, Supreme Leader Khamenei and President Rouhani share joint responsibility for the deaths of protesters in Iran.

From IranWire, Iranians have the legal right to protest, and Iranian security forces kill a 13-year-old bystander who was out on an errand.

From StepFeed, an Coptic Christian woman becomes the first woman in Egypt to win an inheritance share equal to those of her brothers.

From The New Arab, is the conflict in Yemen ending?

From Hürriyet Daily News, at next week's NATO summit, Turkey will propose a donors' conference for the return of Syrians to a safe zone now being set up.

From Turkish Minute, Turkish prosecutors order the detention of 237 more people for suspected Gülen links.

From Rûdaw, six people are killed in three explosions in Baghdad.

From In-Cyprus, explosions and a fire at a military base in Northern Cyprus are attributed to "technical reasons".

From The Syrian Observer, Syrian authorities arrest Iran-backed militia members.

From Arutz Sheva, the IDF grounds its fleet of Yas'ur helicopters after one of them catches fire.

From The Times Of Israel, two rockets are fired from Gaza into Israel as Palestinians mark their "day of rage".

From The Jerusalem Post, the Blue and White party and Likud harden their positions on having a unity government.

From YNetNews, at least 8,000 people rally against Prime Minister Netanyahu's indictment.

From the Egypt Independent, remains of an ancient temple are found in Benha, Egypt.

From Egypt Today, some information about three new tunnels under the Suez Canal that connect Port Said to the Sinai.

From Morocco World News, Moroccan authorities arrest an ISIS supporter near Rabat.

From Breitbart, Swedish municipalities cut services to pay for the cost of accommodating migrants.

From The News, a Norwegian police commissioner warns people against burning copies of the Koran or making "hate speeches".

And from Gatestone Institute, has a meaningful milestone been reached in Sweden?

Tuesday Tidings - Part 1

Here on a mild and clear Tuesday are some things going on:

From National Review, between the 2000s and the 2010s, which is the real "decade from Hell"?

From FrontpageMag, the ADL acknowledges but downplays the Muslim Jew-hatred in western Europe.

From Townhall, the White House and the Capitol go into lockdown due to a reported airspace violation.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Democratic donors built a "dark money" network by which they funneled $600 million to liberal causes in 2018.

From the Washington Examiner and the "you can't make this up" department, a controversy erupts over the gender of Conan the military dog.  (A quick look under the hind legs should settle the issue.)

From The Federalist, how the media push for impeachment harms the Democrats.

From American Thinker, the real reason leftist billionaires Tom Steyer and Michael Bloomberg are running to unseat right-wing billionaire Donald Trump from the presidency.

From CNS News, "who are the racists?"

From LifeZette, White House counselor Kellyanne Conway calls the impeachment efforts congresscritter Adam Schiff's (D-Cal) "ego trip".

From NewsBusters, CBS is "surprised" that voters aren't talking about impeachment.

From Canada Free Press, the "97 percent of scientists" claim about global warming isn't what it's cracked up to be.

From CBC News, Canadian National Rail and its workers reach a tentative agreement.

From Global News, a man found dead in Calgary becomes the first person identified by the RCMP's National Missing Persons DNA Program.

From CTV News, what we know about the crap going on in Toronto.

From TeleSUR, over 2,800 people have been wounded during protests in Chile.

From The Portugal News, a Portuguese minister promises to simplify the legalization of immigrants.

From El País, the city hall of Madrid removes plaques commemorating victims of the late dictator Francisco Franco.

From France24, according to the French foreign ministry, a French citizen and a Mexican actor kidnapped in Mexico have been released.

From RFI, students in France demand anti-poverty measures ahead of a general strike.

From SwissInfo, a ban on religious symbols for government officials is lifted for locally elected politicians.

From ANSA, migrants disembark from the NGO ship Open Arms in Taranto, Italy.

From the Malta Independent, large crowds protest outside the Maltese parliament building and pelt the prime minister's car with various objects.

From Malta Today, according to an opinion column, Malta needs a police media briefing unit.

From Total Croatia News, Croatian Border Police acquire 17 new vehicles equipped with thermal vision cameras.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, a magnitude-6.4 earthquakes strikes in Durres, Albania.

From EuroNews, more on the earthquake in Albania.

From Ekathimerini, relations between Greece and North Macedonia see a "dramatic improvement".

From the Greek Reporter, Greece repays a high-interest IMF loan early.

From Voice Of Europe, a human smuggling ring is busted in Athens.

From Novinite, according to Bulgaria's foreign ministry, no Bulgarians are among the injured from the earthquake in Albania.

From The Sofia Globe, Bulgaria's foreign ministry will grant 200,000 leva (about €100,000) to Albania for its earthquake recovery efforts.

From Radio Bulgaria, the USA will get a share of the failed "grand slam" of energy projects in Bulgaria.

From Romania-Insider, more sheep are saved from a capsized cargo ship off the Romanian coast.

From Russia Today, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov weighs in on a possible ban on international competition for Russian athletes.

From Sputnik International, Russian scientists develop a new variety of cold-resistant steel.

From The Moscow Times, Russia shows U.S. inspectors its new hypersonic nuclear missile.  (If you read Russian, read the story at Interfax.)

From Daily News Hungary, Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto talks with U.S. officials in Budapest.

From Hungary Today, at an international conference on persecuted Christians, Hungarian Prime Minister Orban says that Europe can be saved only by returning to Christianity.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Hirado.)

From About Hungary, a Syrian migrant is expelled from Hungary after attacking two policemen.

From The Slovak Spectator, Slovakia's Supreme Court still has no president.

From Radio Prague, the abortion rate in the Czech Republic drops as more people "plan parenthood".  (Notice the terminology here.  When more people "plan" their "parenthood", the result is fewer abortions.  This appears to be the opposite of the intention of the U.S. abortion-providing organization which calls itself "Planned Parenthood".)

From Polskie Radio, a memorial to the victims of the Nazi German labor camp Gräben is unveiled in Strzegom, Poland.

From the CPH Post, what's on the menu in Danish hospitals this week?

From Deutsche Welle, Germans go NIMBY on wind farms.

From Free West Media, officials in Vienna decide against erecting a statue of Polish King Jan III Sobieski, who saved them from the Turks in 1683.

From the NL Times, Dutch authorities arrest two men for allegedly plotting a car bomb attack.

From Dutch News, a Dutch website pulls out of Facebook fact-checking.  (If you read Dutch, read the story at NU, which is that very website.)

From VRT NWS, in Ghent, Belgium, couples can portray Adam and Eve in an altarpiece.

From Euractiv, the European Parliament splits on a motion for a climate emergency.

From the Express, BBC host Andrew Neil lists claims of anti-Semitism against the Labour Party.

From the Evening Standard, according to a former MI6 counter-terrorism chief, U.K. ISIS children are at risk of becoming radicalized.

From the (U.K.) Independent, U.K. Prime Minister Johnson refuses to participate in a climate debate.

From the (Irish) Independent, farmers protest in front of Leinster House and promise a thousand more tractors for tomorrow.  (Leinster House is the seat of the Irish parliament.)

From The Conservative Woman, the U.K. electorate is "numbed" and "between the devil and the deep blue sea".

From The Stream, controversy could be "coming soon to a church near you".

From Reason, the Massachusetts State Police add a robot dog to its bomb squad.  (Hopefully, no one will need to argue which gender it is, unlike with the above-mentioned military dog.)

From NumbersUSA, ICE conducts raids in over 300 sanctuary areas, arresting mostly people who already face criminal charges.

From the New York Post, Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn, New York launch an investigation of six pharmaceutical companies, including Johnson & Johnson.

From People, Jenna Bush Hager defends her father's relationship with TV host Ellen DeGeneres.  (via the Daily Caller)

From WPVI-TV, what is a "bomb cyclone", which California might be facing?

And from Twitchy, President Trump drives lefties nuts while pardoning turkeys.

Monday Links - Part 2

As a cool Monday hangs around, here are some more things going on:

From Free West Media, an attack by a migrant gang on a white teenager in Gorinchem, Netherlands shocks that country.

From the NL Times, Shell Oil goes to court to keep Greenpeace protesters away from its platforms in the North Sea.

From Dutch News, Dutch farmers stage a new motorway protest.

From VRT NWS, Belgium launches a cyber-attack on ISIS media outlets.

From Deutsche Welle, a Russian polar bear gives birth to two cubs in a zoo in Hanover, but one dies shortly afterwards.

From the CPH Post, Denmark has less obesity than other E.U. countries.

From Polskie Radio, according to Polish President Andrzej Duda, the Baltic Pipe pipeline between Poland and Denmark is "strategic for energy security".

From Radio Prague, Czech troops finish their mission at the Bagram military base and will focus on supporting Afghanistan's special forces.

From The Slovak Spectator, money collected at the Christmas Bazaar in Bratislava, Slovakia will go to charity.

From the Hungary Journal, according to Foreign Minister Szijjarto, Hungary will get a "crucial" portfolio in the new European Commission.

From Daily News Hungary, the Hungarian opposition party Jobbik proposes broader police powers in cases of domestic violence.

From Hungary Today, Hungary's National Police Force launches a campaign against domestic violence.

From About Hungary, the truth about Hungary's policy on families and the "image of women".

From Russia Today, in Samara, Russia, a car fire is put out in a way that is literally crappy.

From The Moscow Times, Russia's space agency Roscosmos plans to send "centaur robots" into space.

From Romania-Insider, an environmental NGO starts reintroducing European bison into Romania's Făgăraș Mountains.

From EuroNews, Romanian authorities work to rescue 14,000 sheep from a capsized ship.

From Novinite, the European Commission approves €94 million for a new co-generation power plant in Bulgaria.

From The Sofia Globe, Bulgarian Prime Minister Borissov meets U.S. President Trump in Washington, D.C., U.S.

From Radio Bulgaria, Bulgarian media from around the world hold a meeting.

From Ekathimerini, the Greek Parliament approves nine constitutional amendments.

From the Greek Reporter, despite bad weather, 2,793 new migrants and refugees arrive in Greece from Turkey in seven days.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, despite losing the presidential election, Romanian politician Viorica Dancila will not resign as her party's leader.

From Total Croatia News, amendments to Croatia's criminal code show that violence against women is unacceptable.

From the Malta Independence, as previously planned, another protest takes place in front of the Maltese parliament.

From Malta Today, Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat calls for a parliamentary confidence vote and wins it.

From ANSA, Italian researchers discover a molecule that blocks the development of Alzheimer's disease.

From SwissInfo, the slippery slopes, both literally and figuratively, of Alpine farming.

From El País, a "narco-submarine" coming from Colombia is caught by Spanish authorities, carrying 3,000 kilos of she-don't-lie.

From The Portugal News, UNESCO declares next May 5 as World Portuguese Language Day.

From France24, according to women's rights activist Rebecca Amsellem, the French government passes new measures but allocates no new money to combat domestic violence.

From RFI, Interpol launches an appeal to find femicide suspects.

From Euractiv, the E.U.'s member states give the new European Commission to start working even though the U.K. has not sent any commissioner.  (Since the U.K. is trying to leave the E.U., what would be the point of the U.K. sending a commissioner?)

From the Express, Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn unveils a "staggeringly hypocritical" plan to teach school children about racism in the British Empire.

From the Evening Standard, the truck driver in whose vehicle 39 people were found dead in Essex, England appears in court.

From the Independent, the BBC admits it made a "mistake" by editing a video of U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

From the Irish Examiner, police in Newry, Ireland issue a warning after a child picked up component parts of a bomb.

And from The Conservative Woman, "a dispatch from the gender minefield".

Monday Links - Part 1

As another workweek starts up, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the California DMV makes millions selling information about drivers to private companies.  (Even so, the state is still running large deficits, if I'm not mistaken.)

From FrontpageMag, BDS supporters and Antifa at York University in Canada show that they are the real fascists.

From Townhall, the Democrats have a conundrum about impeachment.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the leadership of Bloomberg News tells its reporters to not investigate the 2020 Democrat candidates, but they may investigate President Trump.  (And some wonder why we right-wingers talk about a left-wing media bias.)

From the Washington Examiner, Trump gives a military dog his day.

From The Federalist, buried in the Inspector General's report on FBI misuse of confidential sources are some "blockbusters".

From American Thinker, the Democrat cold war against Christians is heating up.

From CNS News, congresscritter Devin Nunes (R-Cal) wants more impeachment hearings.

From NewsBusters, the networks showed much more of the current impeachment hearings than they did of Ken Starr's testimony at the Clinton impeachment hearings.

From Canada Free Press, cutting through the fog on Hunter Biden.

From CBC News, the Trans Mountain Corporation monitors pipeline opponents and even labels some as "persons of interest".

From Global News, Quebec requires repeat drunk driving offenders to have cars equipped with breathalyzers.

From CTV News, farmers in Quebec, to protest a strike by Canadian National railroad workers, bump corn at the riding office of the province's prime minister.  (A riding is the Canadian equivalent of a U.S. congressional district.)

From TeleSUR, the Central Workers' Union of Columbia continues striking for the fifth straight day.

From Morocco World News, the Casablanca Derby is marred by arrests, injuries and property damage.

From Hürriyet Daily News, according to Turkey's justice minister, over 3,900 judges and prosecutors have been dismissed since the attempted coup of 2016.

From Turkish Minute, a sculptor whose work was called "monstrous" by then-Prime Minister Erdoğan and later demolished wins a compensation case at Turkey's Constitutional Court.

From Rûdaw, the Kurdistan Regional Government launches a campaign against gender-based violence.

From In-Cyprus, according to Cyprus's attorney general, there is no intervention needed in the investigation of an alleged "spy van".

From The Syrian Observer, Syrian authorities arrest a teacher in Lattakia over a Facebook post.  (What is this "freedom of speech" you speak of?)

From Arutz Sheva, according to Israel's attorney general, Prime Minister Netanyahu, even though under indictment, is not required to resign.

From The Times Of Israel, a mortar shell from Gaza hits an open filed in Israel.

From The Jerusalem Post, Israel does not tolerate violence against women.

From YNetNews, a Human Rights Watch official is expelled from Israel after his work visa is revoked for supporting the BDS movement.

From the Egypt Independent, "Egypt develops infrastructure to charge electric vehicles".

From Egypt Today, about 2,500 Egyptian railroad workers are suspended after testing positive for drug use.

From StepFeed, leaked documents show China's abuse of Muslims, such as the Uyghurs.

From The News Arab, Middle Eastern and North African women still wait for the end of violence.

From Radio Farda, Iranian officials are defiant even while overwhelmed by protests.

From IranWire, an Iranian woman is fatally shot while trying to help a man who had just been shot.

From Dawn, according to Pakistan's interior minister, there was a "disparity" between medical reports about former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his behavior.

From The Express Tribune, the Pakistani Army announces several top-level postings.

From Pakistan Today, the Pakistani government moves to delay the verdict in former President Pervez Musharraf's trial for treason.

From Khaama Press, 900 ISIS terrorists and their families, including Indian women and children, surrender to Afghan forces.

From The Hans India, according to Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi, democracy has been "murdered" in the Indian state of Maharashtra.

From the Hindustan Times, the Indian Army will deploy Spike anti-tank missiles on the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir.

From ANI, a 12-year-old boy is selected as a data scientist by a software company in Hyderabad, India.

From India Today, three men inspired by ISIS are arrested in the Indian state of Assam for allegedly planning a terror attack in Delhi, one of whom reportedly has a "love jihad" in his past.

From the Daily Mirror, new Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa invites the Tamil diaspora to help develop Sri Lanka.

From the Colombo Page, new Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa orders police to investigate the vandalism of Tamil language street signs.

From Tempo, Philippine government troops rescue a British man and his Filipina wife from Abu Sayyaf kidnappers.

From Israellycool, the Human Rights Watch worker expelled from Israel appeared to call Hamas a "freedom movement".

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a man wearing a Berlin police uniform appears to make the salute of a Turkish right-wing extremist group.

From Daily Sikh Updates, two Sikh men defend a Muslim couple from a gang that was harassing them at a theater in Birmingham, England.

From Gatestone Institute, while Iran tortures protesters, the world yawns.

From The Jakarta Post, while Indonesian President Joko Widodo selects young people for his team of aides, Vice President Ma'Ruf Amin selects people old enough to be called "colonial".  (The Dutch colonization of Indonesia ended with World War II.)

From The Straits Times, according to Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam, the government will respect the results of yesterday's elections.

From the Borneo Post, 16 senior Malaysians graduate from the "University of the Third Age".

From Free Malaysia Today, the U.K. will take back 42 containers of plastic waste from Malaysia.

From The Mainchi, the Japanese corporation Toshiba develops technology that can detect cancer from a single drop of blood.

From The Stream, have a "happy Trumpsgiving".

From the Daily Caller, the daughter of an Arkansas governor is considering running for that particular office.  (The article is not about Chelsea Clinton.)

From WPVI-TV, President Trump will sign a bill today to make animal cruelty a federal felony.  (He may have already signed it as I write this post.)

From Fox News, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has plans to create a "plethora" of new federal offices if she is elected president.

From Twitchy, Michael Bloomberg's restaurant order at his first campaign stop draws consternation from both sides of the aisle.

From the New York Post, a newspaper in British Columbia makes the typo from hell.

And from The Babylon Bee, a new prenatal ultrasound technology can detect up to 50 genders.

Sunday Stories - Part 2

As Sunday afternoon slips toward evening, here are some more things going on:

From Morocco World News, two earthquakes strike in the eastern Moroccan province of Driouch.

From Rûdaw, four people are reportedly killed in Ain Issa, Syria due to an alleged ceasefire violation by Turkish forces.

From Arutz Sheva, the Israeli party Likud plans to hold a primary in December.

From The Times Of Israel, according to Prime Minister Netanyahu, Iran is planning more attacks against northern Israel.

From The Jerusalem Post, Israel's High Court of Justice tells an NGO that it "jumped the gun" by asking it to fire Netanyahu.

From YNetNews, due to his indictment, Netanyahu is expected to cede his four ministerial portfolios.

From the Egypt Independent, Egypt launches a tourism campaign in the Chinese market.

From Egypt Today, trade between Egypt and the other Nile basin countries increased by over 25 percent in 2018.

From The New Arab, four Egyptian journalists detained in a raid against their employer are released.  (What is this "freedom of the press" you speak of?)

From Radio Farda, can the protests in Iran become a social movement?

From Dawn, a Pakistani opposition leader calls a multi-party conference.

From The Express Tribune, religious scholars from various faiths denounce the burning of a copy of the Koran in Norway.

From Pakistan Today, according to Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, U.S. statements will have no effect on the China Pakistan Economic Corridor.

From Khaama Press, Afghan forces stop terrorists from detonating IEDs in the province of Khost.

From The Hans India, according to a Muslim lawyer, the Indian Supreme Court's decision on the Ayodhya temple is not final.

From the Hindustan Times, Maoists set nine vehicles on fire in a mining area.

From ANI, a national roboscience contest is held in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.  (My spellchecker has no problem with the Indian place names, but objects to "roboscience".)

From India Today, over 50 Indian Hindu pilgrims arrive in the Pakistani province of Sindh to attend religious festivities.

From the Colombo Page, Sri Lankan police investigators will soon be investigated.

From Palestinian Media Watch, a Palestinian TV "Israeli affairs expert" calls Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu an "outstanding student" of Nazi German propaganda minister Goebbels.

From The Jakarta Post, 18 Indonesian leaders are invited to a forum hosted by a foundation named after a former resident of Indonesia.

From The Straits Times, pro-democracy candidates in Hong Kong win a landslide victory amid a record voter turnout.

From the Borneo Post, the Malaysian federal government will create more social programs.

From Free Malaysia Today, according to a minister responsible for Islamic affairs, all Malaysian states will adhere to a minimum age for marriage of 18.

From The Mainichi, speaking in Hiroshima, Japan, Pope Francis calls the use and possession of atomic weapons "immoral".

And from Gatestone Institute, the Iranian Supreme Leader's fake suicide belt.

Sunday Stories - Part 1

Here on a cool but sunny Sunday are some things going on:

From National Review, who's in charge in the Trump administration?

From Townhall, what we have learned from the impeachment hearings so far.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of the documentary No Safe Spaces.

From the Washington Examiner, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg returns home after being released from Johns Hopkins Hospital.

From American Thinker, now that Prince Andrew is out of public life, why isn't Mr. Bill?

From LifeZette, a billionaire from New York enters the Democratic primary race, while slamming another billionaire from New York.

From NewsBusters, on the cover of its "Outlook" section, The Washington Post calls former President Obama a conservative.  (I'll concede that he might be to the right of some people who wish to challenge his current successor, and to the right of some new Democratic congresscritters.)

From Canada Free Press, impeachment is "destroying" the Democrats.

From CBC News, researchers warn that spraying glyphosate on forests might make fires worse.

From Global News, on putting weapons in space, Canada is caught between the U.S. and the rest of NATO.

From CTV News, the Canadian Arctic has had an unusually warm fall.

From TeleSUR, Uruguayans vote in their presidential election today.

From Free West Media, 143 illegal migrants are rescued after their boat overturns near the Italian island of Lampedusa.

From the Malta Independent, a new medical school will be built at the University of Malta.

From Malta Today, an opinion column calls for two Maltese officials to resign.

From Total Croatia News, Slovenia police disarm a paramilitary unit near the border with Croatia.

From Ekathimerini, migrant smugglers are having a "field day" at the Evros river, which forms the mainland border between Greece and Turkey.

From the Greek Reporter, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis presents a plan the unaccompanied migrant children in Greece.

From The Sofia Globe, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and U.S. President Trump will discuss security interests and energy diversification.

From Romania-Insider, Romanian President Klaus Iohannis wins reelection.

From Sputnik International, in the Russian region of Amur, a tank pulls a bus out of a ditch.

From Daily News Hungary, is the future of the Hungarian livestock business in alpacas?  (If you read Hungarian, read a related story at Hello Vidék.)

From Radio Prague, a look at three Czech protest singers.

From Polskie Radio, the Polish party Nowoczesna elects its new leader.

From the CPH Post, Denmark becomes the "capital of trust".

From Deutsche Welle, thousands of new-born calves every year are reportedly killed illegally in Germany.

From SwissInfo, a businessman in Geneva, Switzerland buys a hat once owned by Hitler.

From RFI, a storm cuts power to 4,000 homes in southeastern France.

From Voice Of Europe, a migrant from Afghanistan will be tried for allegedly sexually assaulting a very young girl in Avranches, France.  (If you read French, read the story at La Manche Libre.)

From VRT NWS, at least 10,000 women demonstrate in Brussels against violence against women.

From Euractiv, E.U. countries can't agree on privacy rules for WhatsApp and Skype.

From the Express, U.K. Conservatives are polling well in Scotland.

From the Evening Standard, a group of 13 migrants are rescued from the English Channel near Dover.

From the Independent, the Tower Bridge in London is closed as police and firefighters rescue an injured person.

From the Irish Examiner, migrants found on a ship heading to Rosslare, Ireland leave a direct provision center in Dublin.

From The Conservative Woman, voters in the U.K. are given the choices of left, left, and left.

From The Stream, three fourths of the "Squad" face campaign finance scandals.

From Legal Insurrection, Senator Warren (D-MA) and former Vice President Biden pander to failed Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacy Abrams (D).

From Breitbart, according to this article's author, the media did not read the transcript of President Trump's call to Ukraine, nor watched the impeachment hearings.

From Face The Nation, according to Trump counselor Kellyanne Conway, Michael Bloomberg's entry into the presidential race shows how "underwhelming" the Democrat candidates are.  (via the New York Post)

From the New York Post, Trump retweets an RNC ad which uses impeachment comments by Democrats against them.

From WPVI-TV, a millionaire boxer donates athletic equipment to his high school alma mater.

And from Twitchy, according to ESPN, the workout video by the original anthem kneeler has not produced any positive results.

Saturday Stuff - Part 2

As a chilly Saturday hangs around, here are some more things going on:

From Free West Media, the evacuation of a migrant camp in Paris turns into a fiasco.

From France24, thousands of people march in Paris to protest against femicide.

From RFI, a tightrope walker walks a slackline between two towers in the Paris area of La Défense.

From SwissInfo, the oldest and largest Jewish cemetery in Switzerland lies in a wooded "no-man's land" between the villages of Endingen and Lengnau.

From the Malta Independent, protesters in Malta plan their next protest for Monday.

From Total Croatia News, Croatian presidential candidate Mislav Kolakušić says that his platform envisions some difficult changes.

From Ekathimerini, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis calls for unity on the issue of migrants.

From the Greek Reporter, Greek law associations establish a committee to reclaim the Parthenon sculptures from the British Museum.

From The Sofia Globe, archaeologists find graves and perfume at sites in Sozopol, Bulgaria.

From Radio Bulgaria, a white deer spotted near Karlovo, Bulgaria become a media sensation.

From EuroNews, Ukrainians remember the Holodomor.

From Russia Today, thousands of deer herded by Nenets people in Siberia block a road.

From Sputnik International, the Russian space agency Roscosmos detects two asteroids near the earth's orbit.

From The Moscow Times, Russia again faces a ban from the Olympics.

From Daily News Hungary, according to Hungarian official Zsolt Németh, migration is set to remain as Europe's most important issue.

From Radio Prague, the Czech Army will stop guarding a NATO-led base in Afghanistan next year.

From Polskie Radio, more cases of the measles are appearing in Poland.

From Deutsche Welle, thousand of people demonstrate against the "far-right" National Democratic Party in Hanover, Germany.

From VRT NWS, a Belgian trade mission in China suffers a "massive" cyber-attack.

From the Express, according to a "polling expert", if the Conservatives win the upcoming U.K. election, but Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn could become prime minister.

From the Evening Standard, the Conservatives are expected to announce plans to ban "all-out" railroad strikes.

From the Independent, according to a poll, Conservatives extend their lead over Labour.

From the Irish Examiner, thousands in Roscommon, Ireland rally against the planned closing of a respite center.

From The Conservative Woman, an updated guide to Socialist-speak.

And from Snouts in the Trough, the people you don't want to meet while on vacation.