Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Tuesday Things - Part 1

On a sunny but cool Tuesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, former President Obama endorses former Vice President Biden.

From FrontpageMag, the coronavirus is killing minorities, but not because of racism.

From Townhall, the World Health Organization's director was reported for covering up epidemics - in 2017.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the coronavirus and the resulting lockdown could crush small businesses.

From the Washington Examiner, Michigan residents are getting fed up with Governor Gretchen Whitner's (D) coronavirus measures.

From The Federalist, why supporting federalism and calling out "little tyrants" are not contradictory.

From American Thinker, how overprotecting people from the coronavirus could actually make it worse.

From CNS News, President Trump shows the media a video of who they scoffed at his concerns about the coronavirus.

From LifeZette, "the race to reopen the country is on".

From NewsBusters, someone at CNN now calls Trump's decision to restrict travel from China good.

From Canada Free Press, the Obamas are back, as if they ever went away in the first place.

From CBC News, according to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Canada is "still weeks away" from easing its coronavirus restrictions.

From Global News, Trudeau promises that relief for Canada's oil sector will come "shortly".

From CTV News, a Loblaws store in Toronto is left open by mistake on Easter Sunday, which results in the theft of groceries.

From TeleSUR, unions protest against the Peruvian government's coronavirus measures.

From The Portugal News, Portuguese businesses and doctors urge Portugal's government to loosen its coronavirus lockdown.

From EuroNews, why has Portugal been hit by the coronavirus less than neighboring Spain?

From El País, Spanish unemployment services struggle to deal with millions of coronavirus-related jobless claims.

From France24, the annual theater festival in Avignon, France is canceled due to the coronavirus.

From RFI, according to French researchers, the only way to end confinement is with massive coronavirus testing.

From SwissInfo, an Iraq man in Switzerland is accused of being a recruiter and trafficker for ISIS.

From ANSA, Italy's coronavirus lockdown is eased in most of its regions.

From the Malta Independent, another food delivery man is robbed in Malta.

From Malta Today, over 300 academics call on Malta and the E.U. to reopen their ports to migrants.

From Total Slovenia News, Slovenia's coronavirus lockdown is expected to be eased next week.

From Total Croatia News, residents of Croatian's islands can now apply for an island card.  (If you read Croatian, read the story at Morski.)

From Independent Balkan News Agency, according to Health Minister Will Beroš, relaxation of Croatia's coronavirus measures "will depend on the circumstances".

From Balkan Insight, Bosnia and Hercegovina's Constitutional Court will rule on the country's movement restrictions.

From Ekathimerini, 20 refugee minors are scheduled to leave the Greek island of Lesvos and go to Germany.

From the Greek Reporter, the tide turns in Greece as coronavirus patients are cheered as they leave ICUs.

From Novinite, a coronavirus escapes from a hospital in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria and is expected to face some consequences.

From The Sofia Globe, 81 people in Bulgaria have been discharged from hospitals after recovering from the coronavirus.

From Radio Bulgaria, Bulgarian chain stores contest the government's decision to obligate them to sell from products from local producers.

From Romania-Insider, President Klaus Iohannis extends Romania's coronvirus state of emergency for another month.

From Euractiv, Romania's National Liberal Party decline to join a call from 13 center-right leaders to expel the Hungarian party Fidesz from the European People's Party.

From Russia Today, after President Putin warns that Russia faces an "extraordinary crisis", the country's total of coronavirus cases exceeds 21,000.

From Sputnik International, a magnitude-5.3 earthquake strikes in Russia's Kuril Islands.

From The Moscow Times, Ukraine's security services catches an alleged Russian spy in its own ranks.

From Daily News Hungary, Hungarian priests figured out how to sanctify food on Easter Sunday.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Szeretlek Magyarország.)

From Hungary Today, Hungarian statues wear masks amid the coronavirus crisis.

From About Hungary, the Hungarian government secures the country's agricultural sector.

From The Slovak Spectator, hospitals in Slovakia will resume performing some planned surgeries.

From Radio Prague, the Czech government plans to ease its coronavirus restrictions in five phases, each 14 days apart.

From Polskie Radio, according to Health Minister Łukasz Szumowski, Poland will start relaxing its coronavirus lockdown rules.

From the CPH Post, the Danish government will expand the gradual reopening of Denmark.

From Deutsche Welle, a German teenager documents the construction of a Tesla plant with his drone, much to the consternation of the plant's security personnel.

From the NL Times, two more telecom transmission masts are set on fire in the Netherlands.

From Dutch News, Dutch teachers criticize a proposal to reopen school in May.

From VRT NWS, Belgian medical experts have some good news about the coronavirus epidemic, and give a warning.

From The Brussels Times, Belgian researchers plan a "responsible deconfinement" out of the country's coronavirus lockdown.

From Free West Media, according to a U.K. report, coronavirus patients need oxygen.

From Voice Of Europe, a convicted rapist whose deportation back to Somalia was prevented by an airline passenger revolt is released into the general U.K. public.

From the Express, U.K. Chancellor Rishi Sunak is "confident" that a Brexit trade deal can be reached on time despite the coronavirus crisis.

From the Evening Standard, buses normally used to bring Harry Potter fans to studio tours now offer free rides to NHS personnel to and from work.

From the (U.K.) Independent, an American woman in the U.K. faces deportation, even amid the coronavirus crisis.

From the (Irish) Independent, Irish politicians Leo Varadkar (Fine Gael) and Micheál Martin (Fianna Fáil) reach an agreement to form Ireland's next government.

From the Irish Examiner, the Irish legislature's smaller parties are skeptical about the agreement between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil.

From The Conservative Woman, has the coronavirus wiped out the idea that human life is special?

From The Stream, a look at right-wing authoritarians.

From The Blaze, an opera singer comes out as a conservative.

From NBC News, according to Oprah Winfrey, the coronavirus is "taking out" black Americans.  (via Breitbart)

From Fox News, the Trump administration announces $10 billion in relief for airports amid the coronavirus crisis.

From LifeNews, Christians arrested for praying outside an abortion clinic in Greensboro, North Carolina file suit against the city.

From Breitbart, health official Admiral Brett Giroir details the coming effort to reopen America.

From Accuracy in Media, the New York Times admits letting the Biden campaign influence the editing on an article about the former vice president.

From Reason, two decades of dubious government surveillance will make the coronavirus harder to track today.

And from Twitchy, Democrat congresscritter Vernon Jones (GA) endorses President Trump, and insanity ensues.

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