[NEWS] Some Saturday links
Apr. 9th, 2016 03:30 pm- Bloomberg notes controversy over Sanders' attendance at a Vatican conference and reports on the proposal for a bridge linking Saudi Arabia and Egypt across the Gulf of Aqaba.
- Bloomberg View notes mixed evidence behind the idea that separatism can work economically, and criticizes San Francisco's family leave policy as having too much impact on business.
- CBC notes that the European Union will require visas of Canadians if Canada does not give visa-free access to Bulgarians and Romanians and looks at the controversy over women praying at the Western Wall in Jerusalem.
- The Globe and Mail < a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ndp-delegates-divided-on-mulcair-ahead-of-leadership-review/article29578043/?cmpid=rss1">notes the division of the NDP over Mulcair, looks at the importance of the long-form census for northern Canada, and examines Vancouver's rental market.
- The Inter Press Service reports on how the Nicaragua Canal is bogged down by money and environmental issues.
- MacLean's defends transparent tax havens, as opposed to the other kind.
- National Geographic reports on the role of amateur mapmakers in charting the Syrian conflict and describes an exciting reconstruction of Pompeii.
- Universe Today reports on the ice disk of HD 100546.