Saturday, May 19, 2018

A Royal Wedding, And Other Items

This morning in London, Prince Henry (known as Harry) married Meghan Markle, an American actress.  She was walked down the aisle by Henry's father Prince Charles, her own father not attending.  If you wanted catch the start of the ceremonies on this side of the Pond, you had to turn on your TV at 4:00 a.m.  (Those time differences will get after you.)  Markle is divorced and American, but not the first of either categories to marry into the British royal family.  These were also true of Wallis Simpson, who married King Edward VIII after he abdicated the throne.  Since Henry is sixth in the line of succession (behind his father, his brother William, and William's three children), it is extremely unlikely he will ever have to choose between the throne and his wife.

Read more at Philly(dot)com, The Telegraph, BBC News, the Evening Standard, The Guardian, the Mirror and The Sun.
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In other stories:

From Russia Today, gunmen attack an Orthodox church in Grozny, Chechnya, Russia.

From The Times Of Israel, Iran waits for the E.U. to make the next move on the nuke deal.

From Sputnik International, the head of Iran's nuclear energy operation indicates that Iran has several options.

From Breitbart London, Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orbán blames George Soros for rising anti-Semitism.

From Voice Of Europe, Europe needs free speech.

From Reveal, the dangerous migration from Libya to Italy.

From Total Croatia News, the bus convoy carrying migrants in Bosnia arrives in Mostar.

From UAWire, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says that his country's troops will stay in Syria as long as Assad's government needs them.

From Dutch News, according to Dutch aid minister Sigrid Kaag, the Netherlands will allocate €290 million to help refugees "in areas close to their homes".

From The Local IT, Italy awaits the nomination of their new prime minister.  (via Voice Of Europe)

From The Express Tribune, explosive devices kill eight people at a cricket stadium in Jalalabad, Afghanistan.

From the Detroit Free Press, a mosque in Dearborn, Michigan considers banning Israeli military officers from visiting.

From American Thinker, "tough-minded realism is needed in the West's fight against Islam".

From Gatestone Institute, Islam and multiculturalism in France during this past April.

From The Blaze, a reporter in Houston "debunks the lies" about the Santa Fe shooting.

From NewsBusters, the return of the TV show Last Man Standing.

From Fox News, U.S. authorities raid houses and arrest a woman in connection with an alleged black market marijuana operation financed with money wired from China.

From The Verge, nine movie trailers worth watching.

From Breitbart Texas, Border Patrol agents arrest eight Bangladeshis near Laredo, Texas.

From National Review, how Winston Churchill was inspired by his ancestor the Duke of Marlborough.

From Townhall, the real collusion with Russia.

From the New York Post, recovering from kidney surgery, FLOTUS Melania Trump returns to the White House.

And from The LaBlue Review, a post-mortem on Virginia Tech's failed recruiting of an elite running back.

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