Sunday, April 5, 2020

Stories For Palm Sunday - Part 2

On a partly sunny Palm Sunday, here are some more things going on:

From The Mainichi, Japanese might be hitting their mobile data caps as classes go online due to the coronavirus.

From the Borneo Post, Malaysia's chief justice urges judicial officer to consider the risk of coronavirus infection when imposing sentences.

From Free Malaysia Today, a boatload of Rohingya arrives in Langkawi, Malaysia, who are then put into detention.

From The Straits Times, Singapore residents are urged to stay home and comply with "circuit breaker" measures against the coronavirus.

From The Jakarta Post, Christians in the Indonesian province of East Nusa Tenggara celebrate Palm Sunday at home.

From Maldives Insider, the airline Maldivian will operate repatriation flights to India and Sri Lanka.

From the Daily Mirror, Sri Lankan health authorities are urged to expedite the testing of 42,000 people who had been over 160 coronavirus-positive patients.

From the Colombo Page, Sri Lanka's Consumer Affairs Authority asks the public to report traders selling above market price.

From the Dhaka Tribune, a neighborhood in Dhaka, Bangladesh is locked down due to the coronavirus.

From The Hans India, why is Air India evacuating foreigners?

From the Hindustan Times, a coronavirus case in the Indian state of Maharashtra results in Asia's largest onion trading market to suspend operations.

From ANI, people in Ahmedabad, India light diyas and flash torch lights to mark the fight against the coronavirus.

From India Today, over 70,000 people are quarantined at home in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh.

From Khaama Press, prominent Afghan officials make their demands to President Ashraf Ghani.

From Dawn, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan wants to wait for detailed information before taking action regarding rising sugar and wheat prices.  (Waiting for the facts to come in, what a concept!)

From The Express Tribune, the Pakistani province of Punjab sees a spike in coronavirus cases as Pakistan's total passes 3,100.

From Pakistan Today, Pakistani opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif seeks action against people responsible for the sugar and wheat crisis.

From Radio Farda, Iranian officials are divided on what to do about the coronavirus.

From StepFeed, six Saudi Arabian content creators whose output is worth watching.

From The New Arab, the man who led the revolt against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi dies from the coronavirus.

From the Saudi Gazette, a Saudi Arabian doctor helps fight the coronavirus in Italy.

From Hürriyet Daily News, a Turk who was killed by neo-Nazi terrorists 14 years ago is remembered in Germany.

From Turkish Minute, a coronavirus relief bill passed by a Turkish parliament committee excludes prisoners incarcerated for terrorism.

From Rûdaw, Iraqis rally to help needy families affected by the coronavirus and the resulting economic fallout.

From In-Cyprus, four more recovered coronavirus patients are released from a hospital in paralimni, Cyprus.

From Arutz Sheva, Israel sees a "significant decline" in the coronavirus infection rate.

From The Times Of Israel, the Israeli government is considering a general lockdown during Passover.

From The Jerusalem Post, according to the head of an Israeli hospital, isolation hasn't done any good and Israel's economy "won't be able to reopen".

From YNetNews, Israeli scientists develop a replacement material for analyzing samples in coronavirus tests.

From Israel Hayom, the coronavirus puts Hezbollah "in a delicate position".

From the Egypt Independent, President Abdel al-Sisi orders the staff and patients at Egypt's National Cancer Institute to be tested for the coronavirus.

From Egypt Today, Egyptian armed forces personnel sterilize Ramses square and adjacent buildings in Cairo.

From Morocco World News, Morocco's General Consulate in Toulouse, France offers offers aid to stranded Moroccans.

And from Gatestone Institute, China's great coronavirus cover-up.

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