Saturday Stuff

On a cloudy day whose date reminds me of a convenience store chain, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the Supreme Court rules unanimously that states may require electors in the Electoral College to be "faithful".  (The article uses the term "Supremes", which in my opinion, belongs to Diana Ross, Mary Wilson and Florence Ballard.)

From Townhall, police seize the gun(s) used by a St. Louis couple to defend their property from left-wing trespassers.

From The Washington Free Beacon, this week's news about insanity on college campuses.

From the Washington Examiner, a transcript of an interview with Vice President Pence.

From The Federalist, West Virginia Democrats have nothing to say about memorials to a certain senator who was once a klansman.

From American Thinker, President Trump grants clemency to his friend Roger Stone.

From LifeZette, officials at Palomar Hospital ban a fundraising T-shirt for a police officer who is fighting brain cancer.  (The story is a day old and comes from ABC 10 News in San Diego.  Normally, I would not include English-language stories that are a day old, but I found this one too outrageous to ignore.  I thus waive my "today's date" requirement.)

From NewsBusters, the coronavirus case that wasn't.

From Canada Free Press, Ghislaine Maxwell's service to the U.N., where she was known as "Gilly".  (I've recently come to understand that the "s" in her first name is silent.)

From CBC News, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau drops into another self-made pitfall.

From TeleSUR, Colombians walking in a "March for Dignity" reach Bogota.

From The Conservative Woman, the woke are ruled by emotion, not empathy.

From the Evening Standard, the skeleton of an Iron Age murder victim is found during construction of the HS2 Project in the English county of Buckingham.  ("HS2" is an acronym for "High Speed 2", a high-speed railroad being built in the U.K.)

From the (Irish) Independent, Ireland's health service schedules an MRI scan for a 15-year-old girl with Down Syndrome - for 2029.

From The Brussels Times, carbon dioxide emissions in Belgium are expected to down by 13 percent in 2020 from a year earlier.

From the NL Times, the Dutch government pledges another €30 million for a national electric car charging network.

From Deutsche Welle, according to Economy and Energy Minister Peter Altmaier, Germany will not cut its ties with China over it's new security law imposed on Hong Kong.

From the CPH Post, some places to travel in Europe, which have been lightly affected by the coronavirus.

From Polskie Radio, no campaigning is allowed in Poland until the polls (pun intended) close tomorrow.

From Radio Prague, the "tumultuous" history of the Shrine of the Infant Jesus in Prague.

From The Slovak Spectator, the extinct village of Blažov, Slovakia.

From Hungary Today, according to a team of Hungarian scientists, the first royal dynasty of Hungary, the House of Árpád, was formed in central Asia 4,500 years ago.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at HVG.)

From Russia Today, thousands of residents of Khabarovsk, Russia protest the arrest of their mayor on charges of murder.

From Novinite, tensions flare at Rosenets Park in Burgas, Bulgaria between beach-goers and protesters.

From Ekathimerini, a police officer is indicted for allegedly obstructing the arrest of a protester during a riot in Athens.

From Free West Media, more on the Hagia Sophia being turned back into a mosque.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, Turkey will not allow properties belong to the Hagia Sophia to be transferred "under any circumstances".

From Balkan Insight, the 25th anniversary of the Srebrenica Massacre is observed in Srebrenica, Bosnia.

From EuroNews, 71 people are arrested after right-wing demonstrators try to storm the Serbian parliament building during protests against President Aleksandar Vučić.

From Total Croatia News, the world's largest bottle of perfume has been produced in Čakovec, Croatia.

From Total Slovenia News, some old postcards from Celje, Slovenia.  (Some of the dates would be from when Slovenia was part of Austria-Hungary.)

From the Malta Independent, according to Maltese President George Vella, there are sufficient votes to remove Nationalist Party leader Adrian Delia, but Vella would reappoint him as opposition leader.

From SwissInfo, Swiss scientists develop a method of growing miniature livers in a lab.

From France24, French protesters slam President Emmanuel Macron's choice for the new interior minister, who has been accused of rape.

From The Portugal News, the Portuguese government gives two agencies the authority to process data on circus animals.

From Morocco World News, Morocco's ministry of foreign affairs clarifies its selective opening of the country's borders.

From Hürriyet Daily News, according to Turkish President Erdoğan, the Hagia Sophia will remain open to everyone after it is converted back into a mosque.

From Rûdaw, according to a local official, Turkish bombs have damaged homes in the Amedi region of the Iraqi province of Duhok.

From In-Cyprus, Cyprus remembers the victims of a munitions explosion at the Evangelos Florakis naval base in 2011.

From Arutz Sheva, Israel bans the solicitation of prostitution.

From YNetNews, according to an opinion column, the Israeli left lacks any plan for when Benjamin Netanyahu is no longer prime minister.

From the Egypt Independent, E.U. officials confirm that the E.U. has not imposed restrictions on travel to Egypt.

From the Saudi Gazette, registration for the Hajj ends for Saudi expats.

From The New Arab, a bill approved by the Egyptian cabinet would protect the identity of sexual assault victims.

From Radio Farda, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps is reportedly trying to "illegally acquire" the Khuzestan Steel Mill Company.

From Dawn, the Pakistan Ulema Council announces its support for the construction of a Hindu temple in Islamabad.

From Khaama Press, an explosion occurs near the ministry of public works in Kabul, Afghanistan.

From the Hindustan Times, India's 2018 tiger census enters the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's largest camera trap wildlife survey.

From the Dhaka Tribune, thousands of people in Bangladesh are trapped by floods in six districts.

From the Colombo Page, Sri Lanka opens its second underwater museum.

From Maldives Insider, according to Google searches, the Maldive Islands are the top vacation destination chosen by Europeans.

From The Jakarta Post, Indonesia no longer says "new normal" but "adapting to new habits".

From The Straits Times, the five most hotly contested constituencies in Singapore's 2020 general elections.

From Free Malaysia Today, Malaysian rubber tappers could boost their income by growing pineapples or mushrooms.

From Vietnam Plus, Vietnamese and U.S. leaders congratulate each other on 25 years of diplomatic relations.

From The Mainichi, a man is arrested for allegedly groping women at a railway station in Tokyo.

From Gatestone Institute, rape victims in Europe are accused of racism.

From The Stream, Marxists in universities have been waiting for young Americans ever since World War II.

From Breitbart, Mexican police in the state of Chihuahua arrest the alleged mastermind behind a series of vehicles being torched in the state of Tamaulipas.

From The Daily Wire, a woman is charged with filing a false police report after allegedly making a false accusation of sexual assault.

From Fox News, according to an opinion column, Republicans should oppose efforts by Democrats to kill the Electoral College.

From WPVI-TV, a roundup of fake news from this past week.

And from the New York Post, people related to former Vice President Biden get arrested, but don't get jail time.