[NEWS] Some Wednesday links

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• Astronomy Now notes a white dwarf star that is consuming what looks to be limestone debris from one of its planets. Is this a sign of marine life?


• Bloomberg notes Rolls-Royce's opposition to Brexit, notes how international sanctions are hurting Hezbollah, looks at China's massive spending on infrastructure, notes how Donald Trump has barred the Washington Post from covering his campaign, reports that Sydney and Melbourne have applied extra fees for foreig home-buyers, and notes how a China-funded push to expand sugar production in Ethiopia has hit snags.


• Bloomberg View looks at the extent to which Germany does not dominate the European Union.


• CBC notes how anti-gay bigotry is connected to the Orlando shooting, and reports on Peter Mackay's regrets that Canada did not buy new fighter jets.


• The Inter Press Service notes that the world's nuclear arsenal has become smaller but is undergoing modernization.


• MacLean's considers barriers to interprovincial trade in Canada and reports on the outrage of a juror on the Stanford sex assault case at the light sentence imposed by the judge.


• National Geographic looks at the mangrove swamp of Iran's Qeshm Island.


• Open Democracy takes issue with the idea that the intervention in Libya was a success, notes reasons for Scotland's relative liking of the European Union, and looks at the Iranian events of June 1981.


• Universe Today notes that mammals were flourishing even before the dinosaurs departed.