[NEWS] Some Monday links

[rfmcdonald]

• Al Jazeera notes controversy over a proposed women-only beach in Turkey, suggests that Iraqi Sunnis are ready to fight against the Islamic State while observing Germany's arming of the Kurds, notes the decision of France to halt its delivery of warships to Russia, warns of general concern in the Netherlands about Islamic State activism, notes the existential issues of a relatively declining American evangelical Christianity, and notes African immigration to Brazil.


• Bloomberg suggests Russia wants to prevent Ukraine from integrating with the West, notes the strengthening of European Union sanctions against Russia, observes that Berlin has outstripped Rome as a tourist destination, examines Filipino insecurity vis-a-vis China, and looks at the booming Tokyo property market.


• Bloomberg View, meanwhile argues that there is a job shortage not a "stagnation vacation" in developed countries, warns that right now closer links with NATO would harm Ukraine, and favours the strengthening of the European Union's eastern perimeter.


• MacLean's notes NATO's reorientation away from Afghanistan towards containing Russia.


• National Geographic and Universe Today about both skeptical about reports of a meteorite impact in Nicaragua.


• PBS notes a very unusual triple--possibly quadruple--star system.


• Reuters notes Thailand's efforts to encourage Chinese tourism.


• Universe Today notes that planets in binary systems are more common than once thought and looks at the difficulties of landing Philae on its target comet.