Sunday, March 8, 2020

Sunday Stories - Part 1

On a sunny and fairly mild Sunday, here are some things going on:

From Townhall, those Democrats sure are sexist.

From The Washington Free Beacon, according to Senator Socialism (I-VT), the Democrat establishment forced Senator Amy Klobuchar (MN) and former Mayor Pete (South Bend, IN) to drop out of the presidential race.

From the Washington Examiner, the Illinois Supreme Court rules against Jussie Smollette's request to have new charges thrown out.

From American Thinker, no, fellow right-wingers, former Vice President Biden's success in the Democrat primaries is not a repudiation of socialism.

From LifeZette, on International Women's Day, the U.N. takes a radical feminist stance.

From NewsBusters, as Senator Fake Cherokee (D-MA) drops out, NPR interviews two feminists who did not endorse her.

From CBC News, Canadian supply chains scramble to avoid being shut down due to the coronavirus.

From Global News, indigenous Canadian women still face racism and threats online.

From CTV News, a woman tests positive for the coronavirus after returning to Toronto, Ontario from Colorado.

From TeleSUR, Mexico pledges to stop violence against indigenous women.

From Morocco World News, eight Moroccan women who were ahead of their times.

From Hürriyet Daily News, according to Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, Turkey and Russia will start joint patriots in the Syrian region of Idlib on March 15th.

From Turkish Minute, at least 15,557 women have reportedly been murdered in Turkey since the Justice and Development Party came to power in 2002.

From Rûdaw, American forces reportedly raid ISIS hideouts in Qarachogh Mountain in Iraqi Kurdistan.

From In-Cyprus, Cyprus sends security forces to Greece to help with the migrant crisis.

From Arutz Sheva, Israel and the U.S. work on coronavirus screening.

From The Times Of Israel, Blue and White leader Benny Gantz agrees to conditions from Yisrael Beytenu leader Avigdor Liberman for joining a coalition.

From YNetNews, Israel considers requiring all Israelis who travel outside the country to be quarantined when they return.

From the Egypt Independent, Kuwait denies claims that it would evacuate its citizens from Egypt.

From Egypt Today, Egyptian President Abdel al-Sisi sends Saudi Arabian King Abdullah II a dam message.

From StepFeed, platforms which Arabs will need if the coronavirus becomes a pandemic.

From The New Arab, Turkish authorities ban an International Women's Day march in Istanbul for the second straight year.

From Radio Farda, according to an Iranian official, more than 200 people have died from the coronavirus in the province of Gilan.

From Dawn, the "Aurat March" for International Women's Day takes place in several Pakistani cities, but an incident occurs at the march in Islamabad.

From The Express Tribune, a fourth coronavirus case in Karachi, the seventh overall in Pakistan.

From Pakistan Today, according to Prime Minister Imran Khan, the Pakistani government will strive to ensure equal rights and opportunities for women.

From The Hans India, to observer International Women's Day, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hands his social media accounts over to seven women.  (Does this mean that he now has "seven women on" his "mind"?)

From the Hindustan Times, a man in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh is booked for allegedly posting misleading information online about the coronavirus.

From ANI, for International Women's Day, Indian Railways lets women run the show in some stations and on some trains.

From India Today, the conditions of an Italian coronavirus-positive couple being treated in India improve.

From the Dhaka Tribune, Bangladesh confirms its first three coronavirus cases.

From the Daily Mirror, pictures from the feast of Saint Anthony's Church on the island of Katchatheevu.  (The island's name may also be spelled "Kachchathivu".)

From the Colombo Page, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, in his International Women's Day message, promises an environment free of violence and discrimination against women.

From Maldives Insider, the Maldives confirms its first two coronavirus cases.

From The Print, a book commemorates the Muslim who fought against terrorism in Kashmir.

From The Arab Weekly, as the coronavirus spreads in the Middle East, so does fear.

From The Algemeiner, a Jewish cemetery in Aden, Yemen is being destroyed.

From The Jakarta Post, women's rights activists rally in the Indonesian province of North Sumatra to mark International Women's Day and to support the passage of a bill against sexual violence.

From The Straits Times, Thailand's health ministry advises against traveling to Singapore.

From the Borneo Post, six new cases of the coronavirus in Malaysia are reported today.

From Free Malaysia Today, Malaysia's Human Rights Commission pushes for laws that recognize gender equality.

From The Mainichi, Japanese food deliverers are divided on whether to wear masks.

From Gatestone Institute, who is attacking Christian Palestinians?

From The Stream, after the coronavirus, America can be greater, and healthier, too.  (The article cites the Daily Caller News Foundation as its source.)

From Accuracy in Media, the next election will be the most important ever - since the last one.

From the New York Post, an Asian man is stabbed in New York City in a suspected coronavirus-related hate crime.

From the Daily Caller, an apparent gaffe by Joe Biden was the result of some video editing.

From WPVI-TV, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio confirms that there are 13 coronavirus cases in his city.

And from The Blazea man who calls himself a "Marxist pig" lives in capitalistic luxury.

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