Outside of the United States, here are some things going on:
From CBC News, Halkirk, Alberta, after producing coal, oil and gas, tries to produce wind power.
From Global News, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau defends his system for appointing judges.
From TeleSUR, Venezuela objects 70 times to a U.N. human rights report.
From The Conservative Woman, the U.K.'s invitation to people smugglers.
From the Daily Mail, police in Manchester, England search for "Asian teenage boys" who allegedly sexually assaulted a girl.
From the Express, an un-elected body of elites decides to block any no-deal Brexit.
From the Evening Standard, a group of eco-radicals plans to shut down Heathrow Airport.
From the (U.K.) Independent, Brexit Party MEPs turn their backs on Beethoven. (These Brits are seated in the European Parliament, although the very intention of their party is to take the U.K. out of the E.U. You can't make this stuff up.)
From the (Irish) Independent, a rape trial in Dublin collapses after the accuser leaves Ireland.
From France24, a boat carrying 86 migrants sinks off the Tunisian coast.
From RFI, the tiger mosquito has colonized "half of France".
From El País, an official account of the Spanish party Vox accuses the leader of Ciudadanos of kissing the rear end of France's prime minister.
From The Portugal News, Portugal's government backs the omission of ethnic origin from the country's census.
From Morocco World News, Morocco and USAID have been working together to improve Moroccan lives since 1957.
From Malta Today, Maltese customs authorities seize 21,620 contraband cigarettes.
From ANSA, an Italian man who was attacked by a Nigerian asylum seeker dies in the hospital.
From SwissInfo, the best way to fight global warming is to plant trees.
From VRT NWS, Volvo sends cars from their plant in Ghent, Belgium to China by train.
From the NL Times, Dutch left-wing parties demand changes to the country's climate deal.
From Dutch News, the Dutch party VVD wants to make the rescue of drowning migrants a crime. (I'm no fan of illegal migrants or the smugglers who aid them, but requiring people to let them drown is not going to help the problem of illegal migration.)
From Deutsche Welle, two journalists in Dortmund, Germany receive letters containing white powder.
From Radio Poland, the U.S. ambassador to Poland pledges that Poles will be able to travel to the U.S. without needing a visa. (Yours truly was allowed into Poland without a visa in 2000. I'd say that it's way past time to reciprocate.)
From Radio Praha, a woman who survived the Holocaust at age 5 sees her dream of a memorial to child victims of the Holocaust come true.
From the Hungary Journal, according to Hungarian justice minister-designate Judit Varga, the E.U. summit was a victory for the Visegrad 4.
From Daily News Hungary, the Hungarian cabinet voices its support for the E.U.'s new leaders.
From Hungary Today, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto opens a Hungarian consulate in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
From About Hungary, the statue of the Suffering Jesus in Budapest has been successfully restored.
From Total Croatia News, Croatia establishes a commission for the procurement of combat aircraft.
From Independent Balkan News Agency, Kosovo bans Serbian officials from entering.
From Ekathimerini, after five record years, tourism in Greece drops this summer.
From the Greek Reporter, authorities in Piraeus, Greece seize 5,250 kilos of Captagon, known as "jihadist pills".
From Novinite, the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency confirms a second outbreak of swine flu.
From the Sofia Globe, a mosque in Karlovo, Bulgaria is defaced with Nazi symbols and vulgar language.
From Radio Bulgaria, Bulgarian authorities dismantle two illegal cigarette factories in the villages of Trud and Razhevo Konare.
From Romania-Insider, Romania will buy five more F-16s from Portugal. (If you read Romanian, read the story at Profit(dot)ro.)
From Russia Today, flood relief efforts in Siberia are hampered by media drones.
From Sputnik International, the fire inside a Russia submersible broke out in its battery compartment.
From The Moscow Times, Russia President Putin says that it's too early to talk of his retirement.
From Hürriyet Daily News, according to Turkey's undersecretary for defense industries, the Russian S-400 air defense systems could be delivered next week.
From Turkish Minute, two daughters of a jailed religious leaders face prosecution for participating in a march for his release.
From Rûdaw, the ancient statue "Lion of Mosul", destroyed by ISIS, is reproduced as a 3D print.
From Arutz Sheva, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu eases some restrictions on Gaza.
From The Times Of Israel, Palestinian leader Abbas calls the U.S.-led summit in Bahrain a "big lie" from Jared Kushner.
From The Jerusalem Post, the Palestinian Authority increases the salaries of terrorists, despite a financial crisis.
From Egypt Today, Egyptian officials are angry about the auction of a bust of King Tut.
From StepFeed, Saudi Arabia's first female ambassador to the U.S. starts her term in office.
From Radio Farda, billions of dollars worth of subsidized gasoline is smuggled out of Iran.
From IranWire, Afghans are killing Afghans for Iran.
From Dawn, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan schedules his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump.
From The Express Tribune, the leader of the Pakistan People's Party criticizes the government's censorship policy.
From Pakistan Today, five terror suspects are arrested after their attempt to destroy a railroad track fails.
From Khaama Press, Afghan security forces in Kabul foil an attack by defusing a car bomb.
From The Hans India, special vehicles are used to facilitate Islamic rituals in Hyderabad, India.
From the Hindustan Times, Stalin's son is appointed secretary of his party's youth wing.
From ANI, the first group of Hajj pilgrims from Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir arrives in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
From India Today, the Indian Supreme Court will hear a plea against the government deporting Rohingya Muslims to Myanmar.
From the Daily Mirror, Sri Lankan customs officials seize 5,500 methamphetamine bills smuggled from Belgium.
From the Colombo Page, Pope Francis appoints a Sri Lankan priest to be the secretary of the Vatican council for religious dialogue.
From DailyKenn, hate groups kill 881 people of color in June 2019, but the media don't seem to notice.
From Gatestone Institute, the shocking degree of self-censorship in Germany.
From The Straits Times, another protest is planned for Hong Kong.
From the Borneo Post, Malaysia hopes to send more pilgrims to the Hajj in the future.
From Free Malaysia Today, a Malaysian palm oil expert slams the E.U. for labeling palm oil as "unsustainable".
And from The Babylon Bee, President Trump's military parade marches across the Atlantic and takes over England.
Thursday, July 4, 2019
Happy Independence Day
Happy 243rd birthday, America, and happy Independence Day, my fellow Americans. Here in the good old U.S. of A., are some things going on:
From National Review, you're free to celebrate Independence Day in the manner of your own choosing.
From FrontpageMag, open border demagogues offer nonsense, not solutions.
From Townhall, "why we celebrate Independence Day".
From The Washington Free Beacon, the best and worst songs to play for today.
From the Washington Examiner, when then-Senator Joe Biden (D-Del) didn't want refugees. (How do you say "skeleton in the closet" in Vietnamese?)
From The Federalist, how to understand the opening to Thomas Jefferson's first draft of the Declaration of Independence.
From American Thinker, why the left has problems with patriotic symbols.
From LifeZette, freedom does not mean assaulting our fellow Americans.
From NewsBusters, major networks decide against covering President Trump's 4th of July parade.
From WSOC TV, fireworks in Fort Mill, South Carolina go off prematurely. (via Twitchy)
From Twitchy, a Democrat tells people who have a problem with the Betsy Ross flag to "take a [bleep]ing civics class".
From Breitbart, Donald Trump the Younger slams Nike.
Wednesday, July 3, 2019
Wednesday Whatnot
In the middle of a warm sunny week, here are some things going on:
From Free West Media, a German job program for asylum seekers is a complete failure.
From Deutsche Welle, German lawmakers "blast" the nomination of Ursula von der Leyen for European Commission president.
From the CPH Post, the sea is expected to rise by different amounts on different parts of the Danish coast.
From Radio Poland, Poland's two longstanding nemeses are reportedly expanding their mutual ties.
From Radio Praha, Czech politicians are divided over von der Leyen's nomination.
From The Slovak Spectator, an ancient wooden board game discovered in Poprad, Slovakia one of only two of its kind in the world.
From the Hungary Journal, two Hungarian MEPs are elected vice-presidents of the European Parliament.
From Daily News Hungary, Hungarian Catholics donate $500,000 to rebuild homes in Batnaya, Iraq.
From Hungary Today, Hungary's government proposes restoring relations with Ukraine.
From About Hungary, according to Hungarian Prime Minister Orban, the E.U. has made some "serious mistakes" during the past few years.
From Russia Today, a man in the Russian Far East learns the hard way to avoid pestering bears.
From Sputnik International, President Putin signs Russia's formal suspension of its obligations under the INF Treaty.
From The Moscow Times, what we know so far about the fire on a Russian research submarine.
From Romania-Insider, the Romanian Parliament passes a law creating a multi-day voting period for Romanians living abroad. (If you read Romanian, read the story at News(dot)Ro.)
From Novinite, needy Bulgarians have received 32 tons of food under European programs.
From the Sofia Globe, a plaque to commemorate forced labor by Jews is unveiled in Nedelino, Bulgaria.
From Radio Bulgaria, Bulgarian authorities detain a Polish citizen for allegedly smuggling Afghani people in his truck. (Yet again, I must point out that migrants don't merely migrate, but are trafficked or smuggled. I'm also dismayed, as an American with some Polish descent, that a Pole appears to be one of the people smugglers.)
From Ekathimerini, a railroad museum is moved into an old train depot in Piraeus, Greece.
From the Greek Reporter, endangered sea turtles in Greece receive satellite tags.
From Independent Balkan News Agency, a humanitarian crisis is averted in northern Kosovo.
From Total Croatia News, snake, a snake, oh it's a snake.
From the Malta Independent, a Maltese court jails two Albanian men for having false ID documents, and orders their subsequent repatriation. (In other words, Malta enforces its immigration laws.)
From Malta Today, according to an editorial, Italy is to blame for what happened to the Sea-Watch 3.
From ANSA, the Stromboli volcano erupts, and Italian Interior Minister Salvini disagrees with the release of the Sea-Watch 3's captain.
From EuroNews, a look at the European Parliament's new president, David-Maria Sassoli of Italy.
From SwissInfo, a scientist originally from Australia calls Lake Geneva a "fascinating open-air laboratory".
From El País, a look at the "she don't lie" found on the Brazilian president's plane.
From The Portugal News, Portugal's prime minister announces €1.2 million in post-cyclone aid for Mozambique.
From Morocco World News, Morocco and Spain hold a joint economic conference.
From France24, a black French MP goes after racist online trolls.
From RFI, nearly 40 people are killed in an airstrike on a migrant center in Libya.
From VRT NWS, a smiling turd, stolen from a beach in Ostend, Belgium, has been recovered.
From the NL Times, Dutch prosecutors seek a €5,000 fine for politician Geert Wilders.
From Dutch News, in most of the Netherlands, please keep your drugs out of public view. (If you read Dutch, read the story at NOS.)
From the Express, Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage reveals what he believes is an E.U. plot to force the U.K. to remain.
From the Evening Standard, China "slams" the U.K. over comments on the unrest in Hong Kong. (External criticism of China is regarded by the Chinese government as "interference" in its internal affairs.)
From the (U.K.) Independent, a man is fatally stabbed in broad daylight in the city where knives are illegal.
From the (Irish) Independent, some people don't want an old orphanage to be called "The Orphanage".
From the Irish Examiner, Irish gardaí uncover a Romanian crime gang's false passport "manufacturing hub". (In Ireland, a single law enforcement officer is a garda, and plural officers are gardaí.)
From Euractiv, the European Commission registers a petition calling for a minimum carbon price.
From CBC News, according to a poll, most Canadians don't want more refugees.
From Global News, 34 workers are trapped underground at a potash mine in Saskatchewan.
From CTV News, the RCMP investigates arrests made by one of its officers in Saskatchewan.
From Hürriyet Daily News, Russia delivers three helicopters to Turkey.
From Turkish Minute, police in eastern Turkey reportedly beat up two Kurdish politicians.
From Rûdaw, music returns to the ISIS-ravaged town of Kobane, Syria.
From Arutz Sheva, Swedish neo-Nazis block the entrance to an exhibit of portraits of Holocaust survivors.
From The Times Of Israel, the family of an Ethiopian Israeli teen killed by an off-duty policemen ask for a pause in the protests over his death.
From The Jerusalem Post, archaeology and DNA science shows that the Philistines came from Europe.
From Egypt Today, the city of Aswan detects and cures 82 African travelers of malaria.
From Radio Farda, according to a firm that tracks tankers, Iran is shipping oil to China.
From IranWire, Iran has a "booming" visa scam.
From Dawn, a boat carrying 50 people capsizes in the Indus River near Haripur, Pakistan.
From The Express Tribune, five Pakistani soldiers are killed by an explosion near the Line of Control in Azad Jammu and Kashmir. (Pakistan calls the part of Jammu and Kashmir under its control azad, which means "free".)
From Pakistan Today, Pakistan's Ministry of Information forms a committee to deal with fake news. (Isn't it just a bit interesting that the term "fake news", coined by U.S. President Trump and/or his supporters, has caught on in a country on the other side of the world?)
From Khaama Press, Afghan security forces have a busy day.
From The Hans India, Rahul Gandhi resigns as president of India's Congress Party.
From the Hindustan Times, Russia colludes with India's space program.
From ANI, police in Hyderabad, India install LED strips to help pedestrians.
From India Today, nearly 1,000 Indian veterans of World War II or their spouses benefit from a military health scheme. (India was part of the British Empire during World War II. To learn about India's role in that war, go here, here, here, and here.)
From the Daily Mirror, 61 Sri Lankan military personnel leave to join a U.N. mission in South Sudan.
From the Colombo Page, despite the Easter Sunday attacks, Sri Lanka is still the Lonely Planet's top destination.
From Gatestone Institute, French President Emmanuel Macron as he really is.
From The Jakarta Post, Indonesia will impose duties on plastic bags. (In other words, they're going to act like certain counties in the U.S. and the city of Antwerp, Belgium.)
From The Straits Times, what travelers need to know about what's going on in Hong Kong.
From the Borneo Post, Malaysia bans the export of its sea sands.
From Free Malaysia Today, two undocumented Filipino toddlers are due to be deported today from Malaysia. (Imagine the hysteria if these were Mexican or Central American toddlers due to be deported from the U.S.)
From The Conservative Woman, the "immoral" policy which puts green energy before the world's poorest people. (The article actually uses the formula "CO2".)
From Snouts in the Trough, "how many genders are there?"
From National Review, the acquittal of Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher is a reminder against rushing to judgment.
From Townhall, why left-wingers should shut their traps about President Trump's tanks.
From FrontpageMag, Bob O'Rourke "is losing his mind".
From The Washington Free Beacon, for the Fourth of July, Democrats go to Iowa.
From the Washington Examiner, congresscritter AOC (D-NY) unveils her plan for the illegal immigration crisis.
From The Federalist, the eight time the media denied the border crisis.
From American Thinker, the left's endgame isn't chaos, but something even worse.
From CNS News, according to a Border Patrol agent, its facilities in El Paso are "constantly inspected" by the DHS and the CBP.
From LifeZette, the "Betsy Ross" flag to which Colin Kaepernick objects was prominently featured at President Obama's inauguration. (Why is Kaepernick in charge of deciding what's offensive and what isn't?)
From Conservative Review, "Betsy Ross was a great American".
From NewsBusters, prominent conservatives call on Facebook to take action against ProFa.
From the Daily Caller, the journalist attacked by ProFa accuses media outlets for emboldening them.
From MRCTV, due to being doxxed and harassment from the left, "mini-AOC" will no longer be making videos.
From the New York Post, neither New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) nor Governor Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) show up at the funeral of 9/11 hero Luis Alvarez.
And from the Daily Mail, Batman flips the bird at ISIS.
From Free West Media, a German job program for asylum seekers is a complete failure.
From Deutsche Welle, German lawmakers "blast" the nomination of Ursula von der Leyen for European Commission president.
From the CPH Post, the sea is expected to rise by different amounts on different parts of the Danish coast.
From Radio Poland, Poland's two longstanding nemeses are reportedly expanding their mutual ties.
From Radio Praha, Czech politicians are divided over von der Leyen's nomination.
From The Slovak Spectator, an ancient wooden board game discovered in Poprad, Slovakia one of only two of its kind in the world.
From the Hungary Journal, two Hungarian MEPs are elected vice-presidents of the European Parliament.
From Daily News Hungary, Hungarian Catholics donate $500,000 to rebuild homes in Batnaya, Iraq.
From Hungary Today, Hungary's government proposes restoring relations with Ukraine.
From About Hungary, according to Hungarian Prime Minister Orban, the E.U. has made some "serious mistakes" during the past few years.
From Russia Today, a man in the Russian Far East learns the hard way to avoid pestering bears.
From Sputnik International, President Putin signs Russia's formal suspension of its obligations under the INF Treaty.
From The Moscow Times, what we know so far about the fire on a Russian research submarine.
From Romania-Insider, the Romanian Parliament passes a law creating a multi-day voting period for Romanians living abroad. (If you read Romanian, read the story at News(dot)Ro.)
From Novinite, needy Bulgarians have received 32 tons of food under European programs.
From the Sofia Globe, a plaque to commemorate forced labor by Jews is unveiled in Nedelino, Bulgaria.
From Radio Bulgaria, Bulgarian authorities detain a Polish citizen for allegedly smuggling Afghani people in his truck. (Yet again, I must point out that migrants don't merely migrate, but are trafficked or smuggled. I'm also dismayed, as an American with some Polish descent, that a Pole appears to be one of the people smugglers.)
From Ekathimerini, a railroad museum is moved into an old train depot in Piraeus, Greece.
From the Greek Reporter, endangered sea turtles in Greece receive satellite tags.
From Independent Balkan News Agency, a humanitarian crisis is averted in northern Kosovo.
From Total Croatia News, snake, a snake, oh it's a snake.
From the Malta Independent, a Maltese court jails two Albanian men for having false ID documents, and orders their subsequent repatriation. (In other words, Malta enforces its immigration laws.)
From Malta Today, according to an editorial, Italy is to blame for what happened to the Sea-Watch 3.
From ANSA, the Stromboli volcano erupts, and Italian Interior Minister Salvini disagrees with the release of the Sea-Watch 3's captain.
From EuroNews, a look at the European Parliament's new president, David-Maria Sassoli of Italy.
From SwissInfo, a scientist originally from Australia calls Lake Geneva a "fascinating open-air laboratory".
From El País, a look at the "she don't lie" found on the Brazilian president's plane.
From The Portugal News, Portugal's prime minister announces €1.2 million in post-cyclone aid for Mozambique.
From Morocco World News, Morocco and Spain hold a joint economic conference.
From France24, a black French MP goes after racist online trolls.
From RFI, nearly 40 people are killed in an airstrike on a migrant center in Libya.
From VRT NWS, a smiling turd, stolen from a beach in Ostend, Belgium, has been recovered.
From the NL Times, Dutch prosecutors seek a €5,000 fine for politician Geert Wilders.
From Dutch News, in most of the Netherlands, please keep your drugs out of public view. (If you read Dutch, read the story at NOS.)
From the Express, Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage reveals what he believes is an E.U. plot to force the U.K. to remain.
From the Evening Standard, China "slams" the U.K. over comments on the unrest in Hong Kong. (External criticism of China is regarded by the Chinese government as "interference" in its internal affairs.)
From the (U.K.) Independent, a man is fatally stabbed in broad daylight in the city where knives are illegal.
From the (Irish) Independent, some people don't want an old orphanage to be called "The Orphanage".
From the Irish Examiner, Irish gardaí uncover a Romanian crime gang's false passport "manufacturing hub". (In Ireland, a single law enforcement officer is a garda, and plural officers are gardaí.)
From Euractiv, the European Commission registers a petition calling for a minimum carbon price.
From CBC News, according to a poll, most Canadians don't want more refugees.
From Global News, 34 workers are trapped underground at a potash mine in Saskatchewan.
From CTV News, the RCMP investigates arrests made by one of its officers in Saskatchewan.
From Hürriyet Daily News, Russia delivers three helicopters to Turkey.
From Turkish Minute, police in eastern Turkey reportedly beat up two Kurdish politicians.
From Rûdaw, music returns to the ISIS-ravaged town of Kobane, Syria.
From Arutz Sheva, Swedish neo-Nazis block the entrance to an exhibit of portraits of Holocaust survivors.
From The Times Of Israel, the family of an Ethiopian Israeli teen killed by an off-duty policemen ask for a pause in the protests over his death.
From The Jerusalem Post, archaeology and DNA science shows that the Philistines came from Europe.
From Egypt Today, the city of Aswan detects and cures 82 African travelers of malaria.
From Radio Farda, according to a firm that tracks tankers, Iran is shipping oil to China.
From IranWire, Iran has a "booming" visa scam.
From Dawn, a boat carrying 50 people capsizes in the Indus River near Haripur, Pakistan.
From The Express Tribune, five Pakistani soldiers are killed by an explosion near the Line of Control in Azad Jammu and Kashmir. (Pakistan calls the part of Jammu and Kashmir under its control azad, which means "free".)
From Pakistan Today, Pakistan's Ministry of Information forms a committee to deal with fake news. (Isn't it just a bit interesting that the term "fake news", coined by U.S. President Trump and/or his supporters, has caught on in a country on the other side of the world?)
From Khaama Press, Afghan security forces have a busy day.
From The Hans India, Rahul Gandhi resigns as president of India's Congress Party.
From the Hindustan Times, Russia colludes with India's space program.
From ANI, police in Hyderabad, India install LED strips to help pedestrians.
From India Today, nearly 1,000 Indian veterans of World War II or their spouses benefit from a military health scheme. (India was part of the British Empire during World War II. To learn about India's role in that war, go here, here, here, and here.)
From the Daily Mirror, 61 Sri Lankan military personnel leave to join a U.N. mission in South Sudan.
From the Colombo Page, despite the Easter Sunday attacks, Sri Lanka is still the Lonely Planet's top destination.
From Gatestone Institute, French President Emmanuel Macron as he really is.
From The Jakarta Post, Indonesia will impose duties on plastic bags. (In other words, they're going to act like certain counties in the U.S. and the city of Antwerp, Belgium.)
From The Straits Times, what travelers need to know about what's going on in Hong Kong.
From the Borneo Post, Malaysia bans the export of its sea sands.
From Free Malaysia Today, two undocumented Filipino toddlers are due to be deported today from Malaysia. (Imagine the hysteria if these were Mexican or Central American toddlers due to be deported from the U.S.)
From The Conservative Woman, the "immoral" policy which puts green energy before the world's poorest people. (The article actually uses the formula "CO2".)
From Snouts in the Trough, "how many genders are there?"
From National Review, the acquittal of Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher is a reminder against rushing to judgment.
From Townhall, why left-wingers should shut their traps about President Trump's tanks.
From FrontpageMag, Bob O'Rourke "is losing his mind".
From The Washington Free Beacon, for the Fourth of July, Democrats go to Iowa.
From the Washington Examiner, congresscritter AOC (D-NY) unveils her plan for the illegal immigration crisis.
From The Federalist, the eight time the media denied the border crisis.
From American Thinker, the left's endgame isn't chaos, but something even worse.
From CNS News, according to a Border Patrol agent, its facilities in El Paso are "constantly inspected" by the DHS and the CBP.
From LifeZette, the "Betsy Ross" flag to which Colin Kaepernick objects was prominently featured at President Obama's inauguration. (Why is Kaepernick in charge of deciding what's offensive and what isn't?)
From Conservative Review, "Betsy Ross was a great American".
From NewsBusters, prominent conservatives call on Facebook to take action against ProFa.
From the Daily Caller, the journalist attacked by ProFa accuses media outlets for emboldening them.
From MRCTV, due to being doxxed and harassment from the left, "mini-AOC" will no longer be making videos.
From the New York Post, neither New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) nor Governor Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) show up at the funeral of 9/11 hero Luis Alvarez.
And from the Daily Mail, Batman flips the bird at ISIS.
Tuesday, July 2, 2019
Tuesday Links
On a hot sunny Tuesday, here are some things going on:
From National Review, Judge Amy Coney Barrett and the Seventh Circuit strike a blow against campuses that mix ideology with adjudication.
From Townhall, Nike's decision to pull a shoe after an objection from Colin Kaepernick has some unintended consequences.
From FrontpageMag, is nationalism good or bad?
From The Washington Free Beacon, former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper (D) finds that fundraising is difficult when you don't promise free stuff.
From the Washington Examiner, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) recommends that the DHS accept donations.
From The Federalist, the media misleads Americans about the border crisis.
From American Thinker, the left is not just out of control, but dangerous.
From CNS News, spend, spend, and spend some more.
From NewsBusters, the CEO of Facebook admits allowing 90 left-wing organizations to dictate policy.
From The Conservative Woman, a "groundbreaking" speech by Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage.
From the Express, Farage reveals the contempt which MEPs have for Brexit supporters.
From the Evening Standard, soon-to-be-former U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May gets after the BBC.
From the Independent, the U.K. Labour Party asks civil service to draw up plans for a second Brexit referendum.
From the Irish Examiner, why is the Irish backstop such a problem for Brexit negotiators?
From France24, tourist buses will no longer be allowed in the center of Paris.
From RFI, life support will be discontinued for a Frenchman in a coma since 2008.
From Free West Media, a "yellow vest" leader announces a hunger strike.
From VRT NWS, Charles Michel of Belgium is selected to be the next president of the European Council.
From the NL Times, Dutch cities will receive help dealing with polarization resulting from matters such as Zwarte Piet and windfarms.
From Dutch News, a Dutch socialist is acquitted of terrorism charges in Turkey.
From Deutsche Welle, the European Council nominates German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen to be the next European Commission president.
From Radio Poland, the U.S. Helsinki Commission plans to meet in Gdańsk, Poland.
From Radio Praha, the V4 doubles down on its opposition to Frans Timmermans to become the European Commission's president.
From The Slovak Spectator, Slovakia will host 68 international volunteers this summer.
From Daily News Hungary, Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto calls for action against "anti-Hungarian attacks" in Romania.
From Hungary Today, the U.S. ambassador to Hungary welcomes the Hungarian Parliament's approval of a defense cooperation agreement between the two countries.
From About Hungary, according to Hungarian Prime Minister Orban, Timmermans could be rejected for being "George Soros's man".
From Russia Today, two "Heroes of Russia" and seven other high-ranking officers die in a fire on board a Russian deep sea vessel.
From Sputnik International, 14 people in all are killed in the fire.
From The Moscow Times, a European court awards $100,000 to activists over rights violations by Russian authorities.
From CBC News, Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau meets with new Ukrainian President Zelenskiy.
From Global News, Canadian anglophones and francophones sign a deal to protect minority language rights.
From CTV News, a Yukon man of south Asian origin leads Canadian troops in a Punjabi bhangra dance. (The article does not state whether the man is from India or Pakistan. The area called Punjab is shared by the two countries.)
From TeleSUR, Mexico's president deploys the National Guard to fight organized crime.
From Morocco World News, the U.N. holds a seminar on territorial self-government, including a discussion on Morocco's plan for Western Sahara.
From The Portugal News, a strike by court officials closes down many courts in Portugal.
From El País, Spain tries to figure out how to regulate electric scooters.
From EuroNews, Catalan separatists mobilize near the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France.
From SwissInfo, Switzerland should establish a nationwide fine for littering.
From ANSA, the captain of the Sea-Watch 3 is released from house arrest.
From the Malta Independent, an Eritrean man is sentenced to two years in prison for attacking three police officers and a doctor.
From Malta Today, former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi becomes the oldest member in the new European Parliament.
From Total Croatia News, the inscription on the new Holocaust memorial in Zagreb is not yet defined.
From Independent Balkan News Agency, Montenegro and Bulgaria form an energy alliance.
From Ekathimerini, police on Rhodes arrest ten racketeers who forced children to beg.
From the Greek Reporter, a team led by a Greek researcher finds a new way to make cancer cells destroy themselves.
From Novinite, Bulgaria has the least expensive gasoline prices in the E.U.
From the Sofia Globe, a Bulgarian ship participates in a naval exercise led by the U.S. and Ukraine.
From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey and Russia prepare to talk again about Syria.
From Turkish Minute, the Turkish government abolishes the scholarships and loans of students who were arrested on May 10th during an LGBTI Pride march in Ankara.
From Rûdaw, Iraq creates a "loophole" in U.S. sanctions to buy electricity from Iran.
From Arutz Sheva, at an Independence Day event in Jerusalem, the U.S. ambassador to Israel recognizes the biblical, and thus Israelite, origins of America's founding principles.
From The Times Of Israel, dozens of policemen are injured and 60 people arrested in nationwide protests by Ethiopian Israelis.
From The Jerusalem Post, some Ethiopians claim that they've never been equal.
From YNetNews, according to former Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman, military prep schools are becoming religious militias.
From Egypt Today, British Queen Elizabeth honors an Egyptian woman for her charity work.
From StepFeed, a Muslim actor misses a Star Wars event due to alleged racial profiling at an airport.
From Radio Farda, families of jailed Iranian ecologists again demand for their release.
From IranWire, how the Revolutionary Guards destroyed Iran's diplomatic immunity with the U.S.
From Dawn, the U.S. designates the Balochistan Liberation Army as a terrorist group.
From The Express Tribune, five cases of polio are reported in the Pakistani region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
From Pakistan Today, Pakistan confirms that talks on Kartarpur will be held in July 14th.
From Khaama Press, soldiers of the Afghan National Army Territorial Force seize a large cache of Taliban weapons in the province of Faryab.
From The Hans India, plastic will be banned from Mount Abu in the Indian state of Rajasthan.
From the Hindustan Times, the U.S. Senate passes a provision to give India a status similar to that of its NATO allies.
From ANI, two female members of a banned group are arrested in the Indian state of Assam.
From India Today, in three days, five passenger jets have minor incidents on Indian runways.
From the Colombo Page, two Sri Lankan officials are arrested over their alleged failure to prevent the Easter Sunday attacks.
From the Himalayan Times, police in Pokhara, Nepal arrest a Russian allegedly in the country illegally. (Apparently, taking action against illegal aliens is OK when non-Western countries do it.)
From ABC News (where "A" stands for "Australian"), police arrest three suspected terrorists in Sydney.
From the Blitz, ISIS retains a global financial network.
From Gatestone Institute, in Germany, some hate speech is "more equal than others".
From The Jakarta Post, Indonesian police arrest the leader of Jemaah Islamiyah.
From The Straits Times, after police disperse protesters, a "tense calm" returns to Hong Kong.
From the Borneo Post, according to Malaysia's youth and sports minister, a motion to lower the voting age is bipartisan.
From Free Malaysia Today, Malaysian authorities arrest four foreign cosplayers.
From Breitbart, a Navy SEAL is found not guilty of killing an ISIS fighter.
From the New York Post, Austria bans smoking in bars and restaurants.
And from CNN, organizers of a Straight Pride Parade receive suspicious envelops full of glitter.
From National Review, Judge Amy Coney Barrett and the Seventh Circuit strike a blow against campuses that mix ideology with adjudication.
From Townhall, Nike's decision to pull a shoe after an objection from Colin Kaepernick has some unintended consequences.
From FrontpageMag, is nationalism good or bad?
From The Washington Free Beacon, former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper (D) finds that fundraising is difficult when you don't promise free stuff.
From the Washington Examiner, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) recommends that the DHS accept donations.
From The Federalist, the media misleads Americans about the border crisis.
From American Thinker, the left is not just out of control, but dangerous.
From CNS News, spend, spend, and spend some more.
From NewsBusters, the CEO of Facebook admits allowing 90 left-wing organizations to dictate policy.
From The Conservative Woman, a "groundbreaking" speech by Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage.
From the Express, Farage reveals the contempt which MEPs have for Brexit supporters.
From the Evening Standard, soon-to-be-former U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May gets after the BBC.
From the Independent, the U.K. Labour Party asks civil service to draw up plans for a second Brexit referendum.
From the Irish Examiner, why is the Irish backstop such a problem for Brexit negotiators?
From France24, tourist buses will no longer be allowed in the center of Paris.
From RFI, life support will be discontinued for a Frenchman in a coma since 2008.
From Free West Media, a "yellow vest" leader announces a hunger strike.
From VRT NWS, Charles Michel of Belgium is selected to be the next president of the European Council.
From the NL Times, Dutch cities will receive help dealing with polarization resulting from matters such as Zwarte Piet and windfarms.
From Dutch News, a Dutch socialist is acquitted of terrorism charges in Turkey.
From Deutsche Welle, the European Council nominates German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen to be the next European Commission president.
From Radio Poland, the U.S. Helsinki Commission plans to meet in Gdańsk, Poland.
From Radio Praha, the V4 doubles down on its opposition to Frans Timmermans to become the European Commission's president.
From The Slovak Spectator, Slovakia will host 68 international volunteers this summer.
From Daily News Hungary, Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto calls for action against "anti-Hungarian attacks" in Romania.
From Hungary Today, the U.S. ambassador to Hungary welcomes the Hungarian Parliament's approval of a defense cooperation agreement between the two countries.
From About Hungary, according to Hungarian Prime Minister Orban, Timmermans could be rejected for being "George Soros's man".
From Russia Today, two "Heroes of Russia" and seven other high-ranking officers die in a fire on board a Russian deep sea vessel.
From Sputnik International, 14 people in all are killed in the fire.
From The Moscow Times, a European court awards $100,000 to activists over rights violations by Russian authorities.
From CBC News, Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau meets with new Ukrainian President Zelenskiy.
From Global News, Canadian anglophones and francophones sign a deal to protect minority language rights.
From CTV News, a Yukon man of south Asian origin leads Canadian troops in a Punjabi bhangra dance. (The article does not state whether the man is from India or Pakistan. The area called Punjab is shared by the two countries.)
From TeleSUR, Mexico's president deploys the National Guard to fight organized crime.
From Morocco World News, the U.N. holds a seminar on territorial self-government, including a discussion on Morocco's plan for Western Sahara.
From The Portugal News, a strike by court officials closes down many courts in Portugal.
From El País, Spain tries to figure out how to regulate electric scooters.
From EuroNews, Catalan separatists mobilize near the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France.
From SwissInfo, Switzerland should establish a nationwide fine for littering.
From ANSA, the captain of the Sea-Watch 3 is released from house arrest.
From the Malta Independent, an Eritrean man is sentenced to two years in prison for attacking three police officers and a doctor.
From Malta Today, former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi becomes the oldest member in the new European Parliament.
From Total Croatia News, the inscription on the new Holocaust memorial in Zagreb is not yet defined.
From Independent Balkan News Agency, Montenegro and Bulgaria form an energy alliance.
From Ekathimerini, police on Rhodes arrest ten racketeers who forced children to beg.
From the Greek Reporter, a team led by a Greek researcher finds a new way to make cancer cells destroy themselves.
From Novinite, Bulgaria has the least expensive gasoline prices in the E.U.
From the Sofia Globe, a Bulgarian ship participates in a naval exercise led by the U.S. and Ukraine.
From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey and Russia prepare to talk again about Syria.
From Turkish Minute, the Turkish government abolishes the scholarships and loans of students who were arrested on May 10th during an LGBTI Pride march in Ankara.
From Rûdaw, Iraq creates a "loophole" in U.S. sanctions to buy electricity from Iran.
From Arutz Sheva, at an Independence Day event in Jerusalem, the U.S. ambassador to Israel recognizes the biblical, and thus Israelite, origins of America's founding principles.
From The Times Of Israel, dozens of policemen are injured and 60 people arrested in nationwide protests by Ethiopian Israelis.
From The Jerusalem Post, some Ethiopians claim that they've never been equal.
From YNetNews, according to former Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman, military prep schools are becoming religious militias.
From Egypt Today, British Queen Elizabeth honors an Egyptian woman for her charity work.
From StepFeed, a Muslim actor misses a Star Wars event due to alleged racial profiling at an airport.
From Radio Farda, families of jailed Iranian ecologists again demand for their release.
From IranWire, how the Revolutionary Guards destroyed Iran's diplomatic immunity with the U.S.
From Dawn, the U.S. designates the Balochistan Liberation Army as a terrorist group.
From The Express Tribune, five cases of polio are reported in the Pakistani region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
From Pakistan Today, Pakistan confirms that talks on Kartarpur will be held in July 14th.
From Khaama Press, soldiers of the Afghan National Army Territorial Force seize a large cache of Taliban weapons in the province of Faryab.
From The Hans India, plastic will be banned from Mount Abu in the Indian state of Rajasthan.
From the Hindustan Times, the U.S. Senate passes a provision to give India a status similar to that of its NATO allies.
From ANI, two female members of a banned group are arrested in the Indian state of Assam.
From India Today, in three days, five passenger jets have minor incidents on Indian runways.
From the Colombo Page, two Sri Lankan officials are arrested over their alleged failure to prevent the Easter Sunday attacks.
From the Himalayan Times, police in Pokhara, Nepal arrest a Russian allegedly in the country illegally. (Apparently, taking action against illegal aliens is OK when non-Western countries do it.)
From ABC News (where "A" stands for "Australian"), police arrest three suspected terrorists in Sydney.
From the Blitz, ISIS retains a global financial network.
From Gatestone Institute, in Germany, some hate speech is "more equal than others".
From The Jakarta Post, Indonesian police arrest the leader of Jemaah Islamiyah.
From The Straits Times, after police disperse protesters, a "tense calm" returns to Hong Kong.
From the Borneo Post, according to Malaysia's youth and sports minister, a motion to lower the voting age is bipartisan.
From Free Malaysia Today, Malaysian authorities arrest four foreign cosplayers.
From Breitbart, a Navy SEAL is found not guilty of killing an ISIS fighter.
From the New York Post, Austria bans smoking in bars and restaurants.
And from CNN, organizers of a Straight Pride Parade receive suspicious envelops full of glitter.
Monday, July 1, 2019
Stuff To Start July
Now that it's the first day of the second half of 2019, here are some things going on:
From Free West Media, a Finnish "anti-immigration" MEP calls for laws to support freedom of expression. (I'm pretty sure that the label "anti-immigration" does not mean that he is opposed to all migration into Finland, but that he wants such immigration to be limited and regulated by the Finnish government on behalf of the Finnish people, instead of by the E.U. or the U.N.)
From Russia Today, Russia offers the U.S. a prisoner exchange.
From Sputnik International, a video on the G20 website makes a geographical error, as far as Russia is concerned.
From The Moscow Times, Russia labels a U.S. think tank "undesirable".
From The Hungary Journal, Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto accuses Romanian leaders of having "anti-Hungarian sentiments".
From Daily News Hungary, the world's most popular heroin smuggling route goes right through Hungary.
From Hungary Today, according to Hungarian Prime Minister Orban, the European People's Party would be making a "historic mistake" by backing Frans Timmermans for E.C. president.
From About Hungary, the leaders of the V4 meet with French President Macron in Brussels.
From The Slovak Spectator, will Bratislava, Slovakia establish low-emissions zones?
From Radio Praha, emergency talks are expected to decide the fate of the current Czech administration.
From Radio Poland, the firing of a Polish worker by Ikea for comments about LGBT causes a stir.
From Deutsche Welle, what you need to know about the Sea-Watch 3 and her captain.
From the CPH Post, some new laws go into effect in Denmark today.
From the NL Times, the suspect in a mass shooting in Utrecht, Netherlands again confesses and denounces Dutch laws and judges.
From Dutch News, a investigation of Amsterdam's only Islamic school is started over a student being suspended for filming teachers.
From VRT NWS, Belgium's king tells political leaders to keep trying to form a government.
From RFI, French lawmakers debate a proposed law against online hate speech. (How they define "hate speech" might be interesting.)
From EuroNews, French firefighters are hindered by bombs left over from World War I.
From the Express, a dead body falls from an airplane into a garden in London.
From the Evening Standard, according to a special constable, London's knife violence is about drugs.
From the (U.K.) Independent, Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage unveils 100 parliamentary candidates, but won't name them.
From the (Irish) Independent, according to a "leading economist", funds will be cut for Northern Ireland if Boris Johnson becomes U.K. prime minister.
From the Irish Examiner, Irish citizens travel to fight in northern Africa.
From CBC News, as Canada celebrates its birthday, Prime Minister Trudeau warns against "amplifying fear".
From Global News, how people in Montreal celebrate Canada Day.
From CTV News, Canada's carbon tax starts today in Yukon and Nunavut.
From TeleSUR, a "key witness" against former Brazilian President Lula was reportedly forced by prosecutors to testify against him.
From Morocco World News, a large European fleet arrives in Casablanca.
From Euractiv, Morocco moves toward a "privileged" partnership with the E.U.
From The Portugal News, Portugal joins eight other countries in an effort to build a gamma ray observatory.
From El País, up to 60,000 people in Madrid protest in favor of low-emissions zones.
From SwissInfo, how Sikhs have fit into Switzerland.
From ANSA, the captain of the Sea-Watch 3 is quizzed by judge.
From the Malta Independent, a tunnel between Malta and Gozo will make Gozo unattractive, says the president of the Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association.
From Total Croatia News, according to president of the Croatian Chamber of Commerce, Croatia has benefited from E.U. membership, but has a labor shortage.
From Independent Balkan News Agency, 60,000 people sign a petition against a law on religious freedom.
From Ekathimerini, four members of a defunct Greek terrorist group could soon file for release from jail.
From the Greek Reporter, a new ferry service connects Ismir, Turkey with Lavrio, Greece, both of which are on each respective country's mainland.
From Novinite, Bulgarian customs authorities find heroin in baklava and Turkish delight. (Turkish delight is a type of candy.)
From Radio Bulgaria, Bulgaria gets it first 5G cell tower.
From Romania-Insider, at the Bucharest Henri Coanda Airport, a Ukrainian man is arrested for having 18 capsules of cocaine in his stomach.
From Hürriyet Daily News, six Turks detained in Libya have been released.
From Turkish Minute, a suspected Russian-made missile crashes into northern Cyprus.
From Rûdaw, there's some good news for our four-legged friends in Mosul, Iraq.
From Arutz Sheva, after 71 years, Israel's first airbase closes.
From The Times Of Israel, Israeli allegedly strikes an armory in Syria.
From The Jerusalem Post, a biblical era purple dye workshop is discovered south of Haifa, Israel.
From YNetNews, U.K. Home Secretary Sajid Javid visits the Western Wall.
From the Egypt Independent, Egypt's cabinet legalizes 127 churches and affiliated service buildings.
From Egypt Today, Turkish UAVs target Tarhuna, Libya.
From StepFeed, double standards, Arab style.
From the Qatar Tribune, OPEC decides to extend its oil cut.
From Radio Farda, "what does Iran need to make a nuclear bomb?"
From IranWire, why the U.S. can't believe denials by Iran.
From Radio Pakistan, a Saudi Arabian team arrives in Islamabad to facilitate Pakistani travel to the Hajj. (via Dawn)
From The Express Tribune, Pakistan starts receiving Saudi Arabian oil on deferred payments.
From Pakistan Today, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan orders a crackdown on smuggling.
From Khaama Press, Afghan forces fight against a Taliban attack on Kabul.
From CNN, six children are killed and 51 others injured in the Taliban attack.
From The Hans India, a 500-year-old gurdwara in Sialkot, Pakistan opens to welcome Indian Sikh pilgrims. (A gurdwara is a Sikh house of worship.)
From the Hindustan Times, India and Pakistan plan a prisoner exchange.
From ANI, India's Border Security Force captures two cattle smugglers. (Cattle rustling, something rather common in the "old West" of the United States, seems to have come to India.)
From India Today, the Indian Army reports 1,248 cease-fire violations along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir for this year.
From the Daily Mirror, according to Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena, some international drug dealers were behind the Easter Sunday attacks.
From the Colombo Page, ten petitions are filed against the death penalty in Sri Lanka's Supreme Court.
From Gatestone Institute, Palestinians claim that Hamas is not afraid of elections.
From The Jakarta Post, an Indonesian counter terrorism squad arrests a terror suspect in East Java.
From The Straits Times, police take back the Hong Kong parliament building from protesters.
From The Borneo Post, the Malaysian Parliament's lower house tables a bill that would allow peaceful assembly.
From Free Malaysia Today, retailers in the Malaysian state of Penang are told to hand over the money they receive for single-use plastic bags or lose their licenses.
From The Conservative Woman, why is U.K. taxpayer money going to a terrorist group?
From National Review, the U.S. already has health care for people who shouldn't even be in the country.
From Townhall, President Obama's DHS secretary admits that the "cages" weren't invented by President Trump.
From FrontpageMag, the Democrats are determined to make the U.S. borderless.
From The Washington Free Beacon, New York's Mr. Bill wants Medicare for All to cover gender transition surgery.
From the Washington Examiner, a Texas councilman raises eyebrows by suggesting a controversial but effective way to avoid unwanted pregnancy.
From The Federalist, if Special Counsel Robert Mueller testifies, here's what the Republicans should ask him.
From American Thinker, left-wing journalists seem to have no problem with what ProFa did to Andy Ngo.
From Accuracy in Media, the media avoids assigning guilt to ProFa for its assaults in Portland, Oregon.
From Twitchy, one Democratic presidential candidate defends Ngo, which some left-wingnuts don't appreciate.
From CNS News, congresscritter Ilhan Omar (D-MN) wants marijuana to be legalized nationwide.
From LifeZette, another billionaire offers Trump some advice for 2020.
From Reason, Russian bots did not increase then-candidate Trump's poll numbers.
From Fox News, four Facebook buildings are evacuated after a bag of mail tests positive for sarin.
From The Blaze, a pro-life group raises almost $50,000 for mothers and babies at the border.
From the New York Post, cockroaches are getting almost impossible to kill. (This merely confirms what I've already come to believe about cockroaches. They will survive whatever we humans to do wipe ourselves out, and after a few million years will evolve into the next sapient life form. They will then ponder what happened to us the way we ponder the dinosaurs and their extinction.)
And from The Babylon Bee, a ProFa thug, thinking that he was punching a Nazi, breaks a mirror.
From Free West Media, a Finnish "anti-immigration" MEP calls for laws to support freedom of expression. (I'm pretty sure that the label "anti-immigration" does not mean that he is opposed to all migration into Finland, but that he wants such immigration to be limited and regulated by the Finnish government on behalf of the Finnish people, instead of by the E.U. or the U.N.)
From Russia Today, Russia offers the U.S. a prisoner exchange.
From Sputnik International, a video on the G20 website makes a geographical error, as far as Russia is concerned.
From The Moscow Times, Russia labels a U.S. think tank "undesirable".
From The Hungary Journal, Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto accuses Romanian leaders of having "anti-Hungarian sentiments".
From Daily News Hungary, the world's most popular heroin smuggling route goes right through Hungary.
From Hungary Today, according to Hungarian Prime Minister Orban, the European People's Party would be making a "historic mistake" by backing Frans Timmermans for E.C. president.
From About Hungary, the leaders of the V4 meet with French President Macron in Brussels.
From The Slovak Spectator, will Bratislava, Slovakia establish low-emissions zones?
From Radio Praha, emergency talks are expected to decide the fate of the current Czech administration.
From Radio Poland, the firing of a Polish worker by Ikea for comments about LGBT causes a stir.
From Deutsche Welle, what you need to know about the Sea-Watch 3 and her captain.
From the CPH Post, some new laws go into effect in Denmark today.
From the NL Times, the suspect in a mass shooting in Utrecht, Netherlands again confesses and denounces Dutch laws and judges.
From Dutch News, a investigation of Amsterdam's only Islamic school is started over a student being suspended for filming teachers.
From VRT NWS, Belgium's king tells political leaders to keep trying to form a government.
From RFI, French lawmakers debate a proposed law against online hate speech. (How they define "hate speech" might be interesting.)
From EuroNews, French firefighters are hindered by bombs left over from World War I.
From the Express, a dead body falls from an airplane into a garden in London.
From the Evening Standard, according to a special constable, London's knife violence is about drugs.
From the (U.K.) Independent, Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage unveils 100 parliamentary candidates, but won't name them.
From the (Irish) Independent, according to a "leading economist", funds will be cut for Northern Ireland if Boris Johnson becomes U.K. prime minister.
From the Irish Examiner, Irish citizens travel to fight in northern Africa.
From CBC News, as Canada celebrates its birthday, Prime Minister Trudeau warns against "amplifying fear".
From Global News, how people in Montreal celebrate Canada Day.
From CTV News, Canada's carbon tax starts today in Yukon and Nunavut.
From TeleSUR, a "key witness" against former Brazilian President Lula was reportedly forced by prosecutors to testify against him.
From Morocco World News, a large European fleet arrives in Casablanca.
From Euractiv, Morocco moves toward a "privileged" partnership with the E.U.
From The Portugal News, Portugal joins eight other countries in an effort to build a gamma ray observatory.
From El País, up to 60,000 people in Madrid protest in favor of low-emissions zones.
From SwissInfo, how Sikhs have fit into Switzerland.
From ANSA, the captain of the Sea-Watch 3 is quizzed by judge.
From the Malta Independent, a tunnel between Malta and Gozo will make Gozo unattractive, says the president of the Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association.
From Total Croatia News, according to president of the Croatian Chamber of Commerce, Croatia has benefited from E.U. membership, but has a labor shortage.
From Independent Balkan News Agency, 60,000 people sign a petition against a law on religious freedom.
From Ekathimerini, four members of a defunct Greek terrorist group could soon file for release from jail.
From the Greek Reporter, a new ferry service connects Ismir, Turkey with Lavrio, Greece, both of which are on each respective country's mainland.
From Novinite, Bulgarian customs authorities find heroin in baklava and Turkish delight. (Turkish delight is a type of candy.)
From Radio Bulgaria, Bulgaria gets it first 5G cell tower.
From Romania-Insider, at the Bucharest Henri Coanda Airport, a Ukrainian man is arrested for having 18 capsules of cocaine in his stomach.
From Hürriyet Daily News, six Turks detained in Libya have been released.
From Turkish Minute, a suspected Russian-made missile crashes into northern Cyprus.
From Rûdaw, there's some good news for our four-legged friends in Mosul, Iraq.
From Arutz Sheva, after 71 years, Israel's first airbase closes.
From The Times Of Israel, Israeli allegedly strikes an armory in Syria.
From The Jerusalem Post, a biblical era purple dye workshop is discovered south of Haifa, Israel.
From YNetNews, U.K. Home Secretary Sajid Javid visits the Western Wall.
From the Egypt Independent, Egypt's cabinet legalizes 127 churches and affiliated service buildings.
From Egypt Today, Turkish UAVs target Tarhuna, Libya.
From StepFeed, double standards, Arab style.
From the Qatar Tribune, OPEC decides to extend its oil cut.
From Radio Farda, "what does Iran need to make a nuclear bomb?"
From IranWire, why the U.S. can't believe denials by Iran.
From Radio Pakistan, a Saudi Arabian team arrives in Islamabad to facilitate Pakistani travel to the Hajj. (via Dawn)
From The Express Tribune, Pakistan starts receiving Saudi Arabian oil on deferred payments.
From Pakistan Today, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan orders a crackdown on smuggling.
From Khaama Press, Afghan forces fight against a Taliban attack on Kabul.
From CNN, six children are killed and 51 others injured in the Taliban attack.
From The Hans India, a 500-year-old gurdwara in Sialkot, Pakistan opens to welcome Indian Sikh pilgrims. (A gurdwara is a Sikh house of worship.)
From the Hindustan Times, India and Pakistan plan a prisoner exchange.
From ANI, India's Border Security Force captures two cattle smugglers. (Cattle rustling, something rather common in the "old West" of the United States, seems to have come to India.)
From India Today, the Indian Army reports 1,248 cease-fire violations along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir for this year.
From the Daily Mirror, according to Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena, some international drug dealers were behind the Easter Sunday attacks.
From the Colombo Page, ten petitions are filed against the death penalty in Sri Lanka's Supreme Court.
From Gatestone Institute, Palestinians claim that Hamas is not afraid of elections.
From The Jakarta Post, an Indonesian counter terrorism squad arrests a terror suspect in East Java.
From The Straits Times, police take back the Hong Kong parliament building from protesters.
From The Borneo Post, the Malaysian Parliament's lower house tables a bill that would allow peaceful assembly.
From Free Malaysia Today, retailers in the Malaysian state of Penang are told to hand over the money they receive for single-use plastic bags or lose their licenses.
From The Conservative Woman, why is U.K. taxpayer money going to a terrorist group?
From National Review, the U.S. already has health care for people who shouldn't even be in the country.
From Townhall, President Obama's DHS secretary admits that the "cages" weren't invented by President Trump.
From FrontpageMag, the Democrats are determined to make the U.S. borderless.
From The Washington Free Beacon, New York's Mr. Bill wants Medicare for All to cover gender transition surgery.
From the Washington Examiner, a Texas councilman raises eyebrows by suggesting a controversial but effective way to avoid unwanted pregnancy.
From The Federalist, if Special Counsel Robert Mueller testifies, here's what the Republicans should ask him.
From American Thinker, left-wing journalists seem to have no problem with what ProFa did to Andy Ngo.
From Accuracy in Media, the media avoids assigning guilt to ProFa for its assaults in Portland, Oregon.
From Twitchy, one Democratic presidential candidate defends Ngo, which some left-wingnuts don't appreciate.
From CNS News, congresscritter Ilhan Omar (D-MN) wants marijuana to be legalized nationwide.
From LifeZette, another billionaire offers Trump some advice for 2020.
From Reason, Russian bots did not increase then-candidate Trump's poll numbers.
From Fox News, four Facebook buildings are evacuated after a bag of mail tests positive for sarin.
From The Blaze, a pro-life group raises almost $50,000 for mothers and babies at the border.
From the New York Post, cockroaches are getting almost impossible to kill. (This merely confirms what I've already come to believe about cockroaches. They will survive whatever we humans to do wipe ourselves out, and after a few million years will evolve into the next sapient life form. They will then ponder what happened to us the way we ponder the dinosaurs and their extinction.)
And from The Babylon Bee, a ProFa thug, thinking that he was punching a Nazi, breaks a mirror.
Sunday, June 30, 2019
Trump Steps Into North Korea, And Other Stories
Yesterday, after leaving the G20 summit, "Dotard" stepped into North Korea to make a very brief visit with "Rocket Man", becoming the first sitting U.S. president to set foot in that country.
As could be expected, some Democratic presidential candidates were not pleased.
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In other stories:
From National Review, Nike becomes a disciplinary corporation.
From Townhall, the U.S. Border Patrol saves the life of a 13-year-old migrant.
From The Washington Free Beacon, the lifetime of George Orwell's 1984. (As some have stated, 1984 was supposed to be a warning, not a guidebook or an instruction manual.)
From the Washington Examiner, DNC Chairman Tom Perez finds an excuse for give healthcare to illegal aliens.
From AP News, Bob O'Rourke goes to Mexico. (via the Washington Examiner)
From American Thinker, "how do you know that you are no longer a Democrat?" (In my case, it's "how do you know that you've never been a Democrat?")
From LifeZette, former Vice President Biden gets into even more trouble.
From NewsBusters, ABC gives 17 seconds to ProFa thuggery and goes Sgt. Schultz on the journalist they sent to the hospital. (For anyone unfamiliar with Sgt. Schulz, listen to him here and read about him here.)
From Global News, Trenton, Ontaria, Canada sets a Guinness world record for the largest human maple leaf.
From CTV News, former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper offers his help to his next U.K. counterpart, but stays neutral about who that might be.
Form The Jakarta Post, thousands march in a Gay Pride parade in Manila.
From The Straits Times, the Singapore Armed Forces help Ghangi Airport deal with drones, but it's not a long-term solution.
From the Daily Mirror, Russia wants to develop military ties with Sri Lanka.
From the Colombo Page, the U.S. offers Sri Lanka technical assistance to improve bilateral trade.
From The Hans India, "democracy is part of our culture and heritage", says the leader of the world's largest democracy.
From the Hindustan Times, Indian security forces in Kashmir send a Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist to his virgins.
From ANI, heavy security is in place for the start of Amarnath Yatra. (The Amarnath Yatra is a pilgrimage to the Amarnath cave, which is a Hindu shrine.)
From India Today, Indian customs officials seize 532 kilos of heroin, an all-time high, found in a shipment of salt.
From Khaama Press, Taliban terrorists detonate four car bombs while security forces kill 25 of them in Maruf, Kandahar, Afghanistan.
From The Express Tribune, Prince William and Kate Middleton announce plans to visit Pakistan.
From Pakistan Today, Pakistan's government extends its asset declaration scheme to July 3rd.
From Radio Farda, Iranian state TV calls on Europe to protect Iran from U.S. sanctions.
From Arutz Sheva, a 2,000-year-old road to the second Temple is unveiled in Jerusalem.
From The Times Of Israel, U.S. envoys are expected to attend the opening of the pilgrimage road.
From The Jerusalem Post, Palestinians and Jordan condemn the inauguration of the pilgrimage road.
From the Egypt Independent, an effort to support women's health kicks off in nine Egyptian governates.
From Egypt Today, how industrialization has taken a toll on Egyptian women.
From Hürriyet Daily News, according to Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, Turkey is ready to deal with hostilities in Libya.
From Turkish Minute, police in Istanbul, Turkey use rubber bullets and pepper spray to disperse a LGBTI+ pride march.
From Novinite, police in Athens, Greece arrest a Bulgarian and a Syrian for allegedly selling fake documents to migrants. (While illegal aliens are sometimes called "undocumented", some are in reality falsely documented.)
From the Greek Reporter, a dolphin dance in the waters near Theologos, Greece is caught on video.
From Independent Balkan News Agency, Albanians vote in municipal elections.
From Total Croatia News, a U.S.-based multinational company increases its number of engineers in Croatia.
From SwissInfo, what should be done with foreigners who went to join ISIS? (Whatever is the normal penalty for treason in whichever country the foreigners come from would be my answer.)
From Morocco World News, a 65-year-old Moroccan athlete starts a bicycle trip from Casablanca to Mecca. (He thus gets this blog's "badass" label.)
From Free West Media, U.K. men identifying as woman are invited to have cervical cancer checks even though they don't have a cervix.
From the Express, four people are stabbed to death in the city where knives are illegal.
From the Evening Standard, tennis fans line up for Wimbledon.
From the (U.K.) Independent, U.K. prime minister candidate Boris Johnson claims that a remark he made in 2002 about black Africans having "watermelon smiles" was satirical. (In other words, Boris offers the latest version of the "it was a joke" excuse.)
From the (Irish) Independent, according to Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, Johnson will get a fair hearing from the E.U.
From the Irish Examiner, a U.S. fighter plane from World War II is excavated in County Monaghan, Ireland. (Ireland was officially neutral in WWII.)
From Deutsche Welle, Germany has its highest ever temperature for June.
From CPH News, Denmark opens a cultural institute in New Delhi.
From Radio Poland, Poland and Lithuania celebrate the 450th anniversary of their union.
From Radio Praha, the Czech Republic could be facing early elections.
From Daily News Hungary, pray for Hungary and ring your church bells, said Pope Callixtus III.
From Russia Today, Russia shows off its fighter jet and helicopter aerobatic squads.
From Sputnik International, President Putin makes the Russian military available for flood relief.
From Gatestone Institute, Christians in Diffa, Niger are told to get out in three days or be killed.
From the New York Post, Putin says that liberalism is "eating itself".
From the Daily Caller, after congresscritter AOC (D-NY) questions the qualifications of first daughter Ivanka Trump, her own qualifications are questioned.
And from Fox News, an Oregon man plays his sax, which brings on a mooooving experience.
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