[NEWS] Some Monday links

[rfmcdonald]

• ABC reports on the Sudanese-Australian basketball players who are transforming the game in Australia.


• Bloomberg reports on the potentially transformative scope of China's New Silk Road project.


• Bloomberg View likes the new Star Trek movie's shift beyond speciesism.


• CBC reports on the strength of pro-Trump support among non-voting Amish in Pennsylvania, and looks at a VIA Rail proposal to set up a commuter run in Halifax.


• Gizmodo reports on Florida's disastrous coastal algal infestations.


• The Globe and Mail notes a proposal for Ontario-Michigan cooperation and recounts the story of the construction of the Rideau Canal.


• The Guardian reports on Catalonia's swift progress towards a declaration of independence.


• MacLean's describes Manitoba's falling crime rate.


• Open Democracy wonders about Italy's Five Star Movement and looks at the newest African-American hashtag movements.