Tuesday, November 5, 2019

Tuesday Tidings - Part 2

As Tuesday afternoon slips into evening, here are some more things going on:

From The Mainichi, four Siberian tiger cubs are born at Omoriyama Zoo in Akita, Japan.

From the Borneo Post, according to a Malaysian traffic law enforcement director, parents can be held responsible for dangerous cycling by their children.

From Free Malaysia Today, according to Malaysian police, visa-free entry is partly to blame for the country being designated as a "transit point" for terrorists.

From The Straits Times, Chinese leader Xi Jinping says that China will further open its markets and lower tariffs.

From The Jakarta Post, Indonesian Minister Tjahjo Kumolo bans the niqab at the office for employees of his ministry.

From the Daily Mirror, Sri Lanka's Election Commission receives 2,867 complaints about alleged election law violations.

From the Colombo Page, police in Sri Lanka seek public help in finding a Maldivian national who allegedly vandalized statues of the Buddha.

From The Hans India, the Indian Supreme Court calls today's air pollution worse than in the emergency of 1975.

From the Hindustan Times, the High Court of the Indian state of Kerala orders the state government to preserve the bodies to two Maoists killed by police.

From ANI, Indian and U.S. military personnel will participate in a joint exercise.

From India Today, the Indian navy prepares for relief operations as the Cyclone Maha approaches the states of Gujarat and Maharashtra.  (From the extremely small smattering of Sanskrit that I know, I think that maha means "big", "large" or "great".)

From Dawn, Pakistan's Foreign Office is "disappointed" by the U.S. assessment of its anti-terror measures.

From The Express Tribune, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan is ready to accept all "valid" demands from the "Azadi March", but not his resignation.

From Radio Farda, an Iranian politician confirms that the country's oil exports have collapsed.

From IranWire, 40 years after the hostage crisis, Iranians are reportedly poorer and less anti-American.

From StepFeed, in some Gulf coast countries, domestic workers are "sold", for which there is an app.

From The New Arab, the government of Yemen and the separatist Southern Transitional Council sign a power-sharing agreement.

From Hürriyet Daily News, according to Turkish President Erdoğan, some terrorists are still in the planned safe zone in northern Syria.

From Turkish Minute, Turkish authorities order the detention of 164 more suspects, including soldiers and scientists, for alleged involvement in the Gülen movement.

From Rûdaw, Iraq's president meets with Kurdish leaders amid recent unrest.

From In-Cyprus, the archbishop of Paphos, Cyprus dismisses criticism over his role in Malaysian businessman Jho Low getting a Cypriot passport.

From The Syrian Observer, 45 Syrian men and woman are given the task of creating the country's new constitution.

From Arutz Sheva, according to a political source, Israel appears headed to another election.

From The Times Of Israel, Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz accuses Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu of "refusing any compromise".

From The Jerusalem Post, six prehistoric human teeth are found in Manot Cave in the Israeli area of Galilee.

From YNetNews, Hamas threatens more violence if Israeli cuts financial aid to Gaza.

From Egypt Today, the Egyptian government plans to develop 143 villages in Upper Egypt.

From Morocco World News, Moroccan King Mohammed VI will deliver a speech to mark the 44th anniversary of the Green March.  (The Green March was a demonstration by about 350,000 Moroccans in which they marched several kilometers into Spanish Sahara.)

From Punch, police in Nigeria rescue 259 people from an illegal detention center in a mosque.

From The Caldron Pool, a newspaper in the U.K. claims that the Islamic prophet Mohammed had British values.

And from Gatestone Institute, Hamas joins Iran's plan to foil anti-corruption protests in Arab countries.

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