Sunday, March 29, 2020

Sunday Stories - Part 1

As the cloudy weather hangs around on a Sunday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the coronavirus disease is indeed cruel.

From Townhall, help from hydroxychloroquine is one the way.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Cal) cites her attendance of President Trump's SOTU speech (her copy of which she tore up) as an example of her bipartisanship.

From the Washington Examiner, the first airlife of medical supplies arrives in New York City.

From American Thinker, on hydroxychloroquine, Trump is shown to be right and the media wrong.

From LifeZette, Donald Trump the Younger defends evangelicals from an article by The New York Times blaming them for the coronavirus.

From NewsBusters, MSNBC host Joy Reid is worried that Trump will use the coronavirus to act like a monarch.

From Canada Free Press, Doctor WHO and the Clinton Foundation.  (The article has nothing to do with the British science fiction TV show.)

From CBC News, how the coronavirus pandemic is "driving innovation" in Canada and elsewhere.

From Global News, more than 200 Canadian charities ask the government to create a "stabilization fund" in response to the coronavirus's impact on the non-profit sector.

From CTV News, the wife of a convicted Canadian drug dealers calls for non-violent offenders to be released from prison.

From Morocco World News, Morocco buys 100,000 coronavirus test kits from a South Korean company.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey reports 1,815 more coronavirus cases and 23 more deaths.

From Turkish Minute, President Erdoğan fires Turkey's transport minister.

From Rûdaw, the U.S.-led coalition hands the K-1 Air Base in Kirkuk over to the Iraqi military.

From In-Cyprus, three more patients are discharged from Famagusta General Hospital after recovering from the coronavirus.

From Arutz Sheva, the Knesset Arrangements Committee approves the breakup of Israel's Blue and White party.

From The Times Of Israel, the deal to form a unity government for Israel would give 15 ministries each to two political blocs.

From The Jerusalem Post, the Israeli government considers quarantining haredi cities due their high coronavirus rates.

From YNetNews, the Israeli government tells hospitals to prepare for treating coronavirus patients only.

From the Egypt Independent, the Library of Alexandria uploads 200,000 books, which can be read online for free.

From Egypt Today, police in Egypt deal with hundreds of coronavirus rules violations.

From StepFeed, a look at medical history in the Muslim world.

From The New Arab, undocumented migrant workers in Lebanon are unable to access coronavirus testing.

From the Saudi Gazette, Arab Coalition forces intercept and destroy two ballistic missiles launched by Houthis at the cities of Riyadh and Jazan.  (The article does not identify the countries which make up the Arab Coalition, but Wiki does.)

From Radio Farda, Iran watches U.S. moves in Iraq to see if its proxies will come under fire.

From IranWire, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps destroy evidence at the crash site of Ukrainian Airline flight PS752 and families of the victims.

From Dawn, the provincial government of Sindh prepares to provide food to daily wage workers.

From The Express Tribune, Pakistan extends its border closure for two more weeks.

From Pakistan Today, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan will announce a roadmap for battling the coronavirus.

From Khaama Press, the Taliban rejects the negotiation team formed by the Afghan government.

From The Hans India, a virologist completes making India's first coronavirus test kit, a day before giving birth.

From the Hindustan Times, India's railway ministry makes all its hospitals available to serve any Indian central government employees.

From ANI, members of the Indian party Congress distribute food to needy people in Delhi.

From India Today, Delhi's chief of police instructs his officers to prevent migrant workers from leaving the city.

From the Dhaka Tribune, the Bangladeshi government is trying to bring home Bangladeshis stranded in India.

From the Daily Mirror, the Archbishop of Colombo calls off Easter Sunday services due to the coronavirus.

From the Colombo Page, four Sri Lankan towns are closed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

From Maldives Insider, Maldivian airlines launches a weekly cargo flight to Sri Lanka.

From The Tundra Tabloids, a "secular" Somali in Finland dons the hijab to make an announcement on TV.

From ANSA Med, Etihad Airways promises to increase its female workforce by 25 percent in five years.

From The Arab Weekly, most Moroccans oppose attempts by Salafists to resist the closing of mosques.

From Gatestone Institute, how Turkey has recently treated Christians.

From The Jakarta Post, the Indonesian province of West Java prepares a coronavirus quarantine plan.

From The Straits Times, a man flouts Singapore's stay-at-home coronavirus rules, for which his passport is cancelled.

From the Borneo Post, according to Malaysia's health ministry, more temporary hospitals will be opened is the number of coronavirus cases spikes.

From Free Malaysia Today, the state of Sabah allows 23 Malaysians to return from Indonesia.

From The Mainichi, the coronavirus and "out-of-season" snow keep people off Tokyo's streets.

From The Stream, why Mercy Otis Warren should be remembered as being among America's Founders.

From WPVI-TV, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy (D) asks for more ventillators for coronavirus patients.

From Reason, the first known federal prisoner dies from the coronavirus.

From Fox News, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) extends his state's lockdown, but states that normalcy could return with large-scale testing.

From the New York Post, three teenage girls attack an Asian woman on a bus in New York City, blaming her for the coronavirus.

And from Twitchy, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine (R) asks Trump to help get FDA approval for a machine that disinfects face masks.

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