[NEWS] Some Monday links

[rfmcdonald]

• Bloomberg looks at the Vietnamese government's response to a mass fish death, examines political instability in Iraq, notes a potentially problematic nuclear plant in the United Kingdom, and studies an illegal amber rush in western Ukraine.


• CBC looks at the recent New Brunswick ruling on interprovincial alcohol shipments, notes an auction of Prince's blazer from Purple Rain, suggests that a Facebook rant by a man convicted of neglecting the health of his son may not help him in sentencing, and looks at the retirement of Pierre Karl Péladeau as head of the Parti Québécois.


• The Inter Press Service notes African support for West Papuan freedom.


• MacLean's looks at the Island's preparation for Mike Duffy's return to the Senate, notes Karla Homolka's children will have to deal with their mother's past crimes, and reacts to the new Drake album.


• National Geographic interviews the author of a new book on abandoned cities.


• NPR notes how Somali-British poet Warsan Shane has become a star thanks to Beyoncé.


• Universe Today notes Russia's first launch from its Far Eastern Vostochny cosmodrone and reports on the identification of an extragalactic neutrino source.