Sunday, April 5, 2020

Stories For Palm Sunday - Part 1

As Western Christians commemorate Jesus being greeted with palm branches while riding a donkey into Jerusalem, here are some things going on:

From Townhall, is the information we're getting on the coronavirus pandemic wrong?

From The Washington Free Beacon, congresscritter Sean Casten (D-IL) accuses President Trump of lying about the coronavirus, while spreading pro-China misinformation.

From the Washington Examiner, the fired captain of the USS Theodore Roosevelt tests positive for the coronavirus.

From The Federalist, what you may and may not do in Washington, DC.

From American Thinker, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont (D) should resign if he did what Candace Owens thinks he did.

From CNS News, Trump wants fans back in the sports arenas.

From LifeZette, why Candace Owens might be hard to beat if she runs for congress in Connecticut.

From Canada Free Press, today Christians are not only staying at home, but praying at home.

From CBC News, Canadians can start applying for coronavirus benefits, based on their respective birth months.

From Global News, Canada's response to the coronavirus could shift its economy toward being low-carbon.

From CTV News, essential workers in Canada discuss how they are affected by the coronavirus.

From TeleSUR, the government of Peru announces an economic plan for people affected by the coronavirus.

From The Portugal News, Portugal will test people to see if they have immunity to the coronavirus.

From El País, how will Spain return to normalcy after the coronavirus?

From Voice Of Europe, migrants living illegally in Europe return to Morocco illegally from Spain to escape from the coronavirus.  (If you read French, read the story at Fdesouche.)

From France24, French authorities use high-speed trains to transport coronavirus patients.

From RFI, France will test blood plasma from coronavirus survivors to treat people sick from the virus.

From SwissInfo, pressure grows in Switzerland for a coronavirus confinement exit strategy.

From ANSA, Italy's daily death toll from the coronavirus decreases to 525.

From EuroNews, Pope Francis delivers a closed-door Palm Sunday Mass.

From the Malta Independent, eight migrants at the Hal Afar open center test positive for the coronavirus and are quarantined.

From Malta Today, Malta will open its spring hunting season.

From Total Slovenia News, today's morning headlines in Slovenia.

From Total Croatia News, Social Democratic Party leader Davor Bernardić unveils a ten-measure package to help Croatian people hit worst by the coronavirus.

From Balkan Insight, Tandarei, Romania is isolated due to an "abnormally large number" of coronavirus infections.

From Ekathimerini, a migrant facility near Athens is quarantine after an Afghan migrant test positive for the coronavirus.

From the Greek Reporter, why Greece has succeeded against the coronavirus while Italy and Spain haven't.  (I think that this might depend on how "success" is defined.)

From Novinite, Ukrainian lawmakers ask Bulgaria for advice against the coronavirus.

From The Sofia Globe, Bulgaria's Ministry of Culture lists operas, orchestras and museums that may be seen and/or listened to online.

From Radio Bulgaria, Bulgaria's defense minister wants the country's rearmament to continue even amid the coronavirus crisis.

From Russia Today, Moscow becomes Russia's "highest risk" region with almost 4,000 coronavirus cases.

From Sputnik International, Russia plans to create a system for identifying citizens who return from abroad to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

From The Moscow Times, a man in Ryazan, Russia allegedly shoots and kills five of his neighbors after an argument about noise in their apartment block.  (If you read Russian, read the story at TASS.)

From Daily News Hungary, the filming of a biopic on Katinka Hosszú will continue.

From Hungary Today, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto blasts "lies" about Hungary's coronavirus response law.

From About Hungary, according to Hungary's Operational Group, the coronavirus epidemic "can be kept under control".

From The Slovak Spectator, the Slovak government will limit people's movements for six more days.

From Radio Prague, 145 years ago today, the Bedřich Smetana composition Vltava was performed for the first time.

From Polskie Radio, Poles are urged to celebrate Easter at home due to the coronavirus.

From Deutsche Welle, is the E.U.'s Erasmus program threatened by the coronavirus?

From Free West Media, about 40 asylum seekers in Germany riot against their initial accommodations and are moved, after one tests positive for the coronavirus.  (I don't know if the one testing positive for the coronavirus was among the rioters.)

From the NL Times, a restaurant in Amsterdam is hit by bullets three times in a week.

From Dutch News, what will tourism in Amsterdam be like after the coronavirus?

From VRT NWS, what is the difference in symptoms between hay fever and the coronavirus?

From The Brussels Times, cyclist Greg Van Avermaet wins the virtual Tour of Flanders in his living room.

From the Express, Queen Elizabeth assures the U.K. people that "we will meet again".

From the Evening Standard, the U.K. confirms a total of 47,806 coronavirus cases and 4,934 deaths in hospitals from the virus.

From the (U.K.) Independent, according to U.K. health care chief Matt Hancock, if people disobey social distancing rules, outdoor exercise might be banned.

From the (Irish) Independent, according to Health Service Executive CEO Paul Reid, Ireland could soon conduct 4,500 coronavirus tests in a day.

From The Conservative Woman, to survive a coronavirus lockdown, stop watching TV news.

From The Stream, when churches tell the government "no".

From ABC News, in 2005, President George Bush the Younger warned about waiting for a pandemic to appear.  (Will there be any apologies from the people who accused him of being stupid during his time in office?  I won't hold my so-far coronavirus-unaffected breath.)

From Fox News, African countries brace for the "complete collapse" of their economies from the coronavirus.

From WPVI-TV, President Trump approves a disaster declaration for Delaware due to the coronavirus.

From Breitbart, Chelsea Handler wonders if it's safe and ethical for the media to broadcast Trump's coronavirus briefings.

And from Twitchy, CNN host Jake Tapper demands to know Trump's plan of action on the coronavirus, but doesn't mention that his network only partially shows his briefings.

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