Here on a cool cloudy Saturday are some things going on:
From National Review, the coronavirus and the limits of law.
From Townhall, Senator Gary Peters (D-Mich) praises the Chinese for their handling of the coronavirus.
From the Washington Examiner, congresscritter Ben McAdams (D-UT) describes living with the coronavirus.
From American Thinker, the panic buying and hoarding isn't really about the coronavirus.
From NewsBusters, Hollywood's "tone deaf" cover of John Lennon's Imagine displeases both left and right.
From Canada Free Press, with the coronavirus, the first casualty is the truth.
From CBC News, some exemptions to Canada's border closings will be offered to students and foreign workers.
From Global News, according to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Canada's government is working with airlines to repatriate Canadians stranded due to the coronavirus.
From CTV News, Canadian restautants seek government help during coronavirus-related shutdowns.
From The Mainichi, don't take baseball or daily life for granted, says former MLB player Ichiro Suzuki.
From the Borneo Post, essential workers in Malaysia will be issued travel passes.
From Free Malaysia Today, the Malaysian Trades Union Congress calls a plan to replace foreign workers with locals "inhumane".
From The Straits Times, Singapore reports its first two deaths from the coronavirus.
From The Jakarta Post, as Jakarta braces for a "soft" lockdown, Bali reports four coronavirus cases, none transmitted locally.
From Maldives Insider, Etihad Airways will cut the frequency of its flights between the Maldive Islands and the UAE.
From the Daily Mirror, people who attended a church service led by a visiting pastor from Switzerland, who tested positive for the coronavirus, are urged to contact authorities.
From the Colombo Page, Sri Lanka extends a curfew in three districts.
From the Dhaka Tribune, the celebration of Bangladesh's Independence Day at the National Martyrs' Memorial is canceled due to the coronavirus.
From The Hans India, India's environment ministry suspends meetings of its green panel until march 31st.
From the Hindustan Times, how Indian states are implementing the "janta curfew".
From ANI, the Indian state of Goa prohibits passenger vehicles entering.
From India Today, Ayodhya district authorities ban the entry of pilgrims to the Ayodhya temple due to the coronavirus.
From Khaama Press, Afghan security forces kill or wound 19 Taliban terrorists in two provinces.
From Dawn, Pakistan suspends all incoming international passenger flights for two weeks.
From The Express Tribune, the Pakistani province of Sindh considers a total lockdown as its number of coronavirus cases passes 350.
From Pakistan Today, the Pakistani province of Punjab announces a partial lockdown due to the coronavirus.
From Radio Farda, Iran reportedly has over 47,000 hospitalized coronavirus patients and 2,216 deaths from the virus.
From The New Arab, Arabs observe Mother's Day using Twitter.
From the Saudi Gazette, five people are arrested for allegedly blowing up an ATM in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
From Hürriyet Daily News, a Turkish start-up develops an ATM that disinfects money. (Let's hope that no one tries to blow it up.)
From Turkish Minute, Turkey confirms a total of 670 coronavirus cases.
From Rûdaw, thieves who allegedly stole gold and cash from a shop in Soran, Iraq are arrested in Erbil, Iraq.
From In-Cyprus, three chartered flights repatriate Cypriots from the U.K. today.
From Arutz Sheva, Hamas threatens new attacks against Israel if their demands aren't met.
From The Times Of Israel, Israel opens its first drive-through coronavirus testing station in Tel Aviv.
From The Jerusalem Post, Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz tells a group of his supporters that the Knesset will open Monday, so get to work.
From YNetNews, Israeli health officials theaten "stricter" coronavirus measures if current orders are not obeyed.
From the Egypt Independent, Egypt closes all its mosques due to the coronavirus.
From Egypt Today, Egypt's ministry of tourism and antiquities brings uses an ancient king to bring a new message.
From Morocco World News, Morocco will suspend intercity buses due to the coronavirus.
From Gatestone Institute, is the end near for the E.U.?
From The Stream, eight things to know about dealing with the coronavirus from a pastoral perspective.
From WPVI-TV, President Trump enacts the Stafford Act in response to the coronavirus.
From Breitbart, Target gives its workers raises, bonuses and paid leave to help them through the coronavirus pandemic.
From the New York Post, the "super-rich" are panicking over a shortage of respirators.
From Fox News, an NFL player finds that he's being traded at an inopportune time.
And from NBC News, country singer Kenny Rogers, like the gambler he sang about, breaks even.
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