On a cool partly sunny Saturday, here are some things going on:
From National Review, the burden of proof for coronavirus-related restrictions lies with the government.
From Townhall, "some social media companies are acting like tyrants".
From the Washington Examiner, according to congresscritter Adam Schiff (D-Cal) President Trump's coronavirus response is similar to his call to Ukraine. (Schiff happens.)
From The Federalist, protesters at Wisconsin's capitol building say that they're done staying home.
From American Thinker, Trump's ideas about "disinfecting" people aren't as far-fetched as you might think.
From Canada Free Press, some lessons from Canada's worst mass shooting.
From CBC News, the Canadian province of Ontario reopens community gardens.
From Global News, the provincial government of British Columbia orders homeless camps in Vancouver and Victoria to be cleared out by early May. (Victoria is the capital of British Columbia and is located on Vancouver Island, but the city of Vancouver is located on the mainland.)
From CTV News, Filipino workers at a temporarily closed slaughterhouse in the Canadian province of Alberta fear for their future.
From TeleSUR, 1,300 police officers in Peru have contracted the coronavirus.
From The Mainichi, for the first time in seven years, a dog is elected mayor of the Japanese virtual city "Konyan".
From the Borneo Post, the Malaysian government its border security, to make sure people don't enter through "rat trails".
From Free Malaysia Today, the Malaysian Medical Association advises against going beyond necessary coronavirus precautions out of fear.
From The Straits Times, seven new coronavirus clusters are identified in Singapore.
From The Jakarta Post, due to a call between Presidents Widodo (Indonesia) and Trump (U.S.), the U.S. will send medical equipment to Indonesia for its fight against the coronavirus.
From Maldives Insider, according to Maldivian health officials, it's too early to consider an exit strategy from the country's coronavirus lockdown.
From the Daily Mirror, the coronavirus curfew in several Sri Lankan districts will be relaxed in two phases.
From the Colombo Page, more on the curfews and regulations to "maintain normalcy" for civilians.
From the Dhaka Tribune, Bangladesh sets forth its path to easing its coronavirus lockdown.
From The Hans India, the territorial government of Jammu and Kashmir revokes the Public Safety Act against 28 people currently in jail.
From the Hindustan Times, the Indian federal and state governments discuss migrants and post-lockdown plans.
From ANI, people crowd into a market in Bhubaneshwar, India.
From India Today, the Indian state of Maharashtra conducts 100,000 coronavirus tests in three months.
From Dawn, doctors and nurses in the Pakistani province of Punjab go on a hunger strike demanding better protective equipment.
From The Express Tribune, Pakistan extends its suspension of international flights until May 15th.
From Pakistan Today, Pakistan's sugar crisis inquiry commission asks for three more weeks to submit its report.
From Radio Farda and the "good luck with that" department, a former Iranian diplomat condemns Iran's military ambitions and suggests reconciliation with the U.S.
From IranWire, an Iranian woman has waited for her son for 20 years.
From The New Arab, Saudi Arabia abolishes flogging as a punishment for crime.
From the Saudi Gazette, the Saudi health ministry's "MAWID" service may be browsed from of charge.
From the Ethiopian Monitor, Ethiopia confirms five more cases of the coronavirus, bring its total to 122.
From the Egypt Independent, a Coptic Christian carpenter in Samalout, Egypt gives his Muslim neighbors a Ramadan lantern.
From Egypt Today, a coronavirus disinfection project continues in the Egyptian governorate of Assuit. (The area's name may also be spelled "Asyut".)
From Arutz Sheva, four more coronavirus cases are confirmed in the Palestinian Authority's assigned areas.
From The Times Of Israel, as Israel considers reopening schools, it has not seriously ill coronavirus patients under 19 years old.
From The Jerusalem Post, the Israeli economy takes a "big step toward reopening".
From YNetNews, here some some women in the Gaza strip who are not to be messed with.
From In-Cyprus, there has not yet been any discussion on reopening churches in Cyprus.
From Rûdaw, Yezidi activists welcome the trial of an ISIS suspect in Germany.
From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey will soon start mass producing ventilators.
From Morocco World News, the Ramadan traditions that Moroccans will miss out on due to Morocco's coronavirus lockdown.
From Gatestone Institute, China keeps sending out defective medical equipment.
From The Stream, five reasons to read the book of Ecclesiastes while under coronavirus quarantine.
From Fox News, Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) announces the expansion of New York's coronavirus testing to pharmacies.
From the Financial Times, the craft site Etsy sees its stock price rebound as it sells homemade face masks.
From TechXplore, a court approves a record $5 billion fine for Facebook over privacy problems.
From RedState, "numerous" U.S. media sites report that North Korean leader Kim Jung Un is in a "vegetative" state.
From Twitchy, the Schiff keeps happening.
And from Variety, coronavirus survivors Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson offer their blood for the development of a vaccine.
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