On a cloudy but warm Tuesday, here are some things going on:
From National Review, social distancing is working against the coronavirus.
From FrontpageMag, a historical siege that deserves to be remembered.
From Townhall, as White House press secretary, Stephanie Grisham is out and Kayleigh McEnany is in.
From The Washington Free Beacon, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) disobeys Illinois's stay-at-home order, to get a haircut.
From the Washington Examiner, Walgreens will open drive-through coronavirus test stations that can provide results in 15 minutes.
From The Federalist, Alyssa Milano's opinions about due process seem to have changed.
From American Thinker, some encouraging signs point toward the end of the coronavirus crisis.
From CNS News, China releases a coronavirus timeline to back it claim of "transparency", but "it's full of holes".
From LifeZette, Grisham already has a new job, as the chief of the First Lady's staff.
From NewsBusters, the network Comedy Central shuts down David Spade's show, which doesn't bash President Trump.
From Canada Free Press, America's health care system is messed up because we voted to mess it up in 2008 and 2012.
From CBC News, according to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Canada's government is teaming up with several companies to produces 30,000 ventilators.
From Global News, screening for the coronavirus at Canada's borders is proving to be difficult.
From CTV News, the Canada Border Service Agency seizes over 100 kilos of methamphetamine found in a shipping container at a Vancouver-area facility.
From TeleSUR, Bolivia's Ombudsman Office requests protection for vulnerable groups during the coronavirus outbreak.
From The Conservative Woman, the U.K. should lift its lockdown before the economy dies.
From the Express, the U.K. is reportedly "starting to see the beginning of a change" in the coronavirus curve.
From the Evening Standard, the U.K. government admits that it won't lift the coronavirus lockdown after its initial three-week period.
From the (U.K.) Independent, the E.U. and the U.K. haven't yet agreed on a videoconference timetable for Brexit talks.
From the (Irish) Independent, Irish Tánaiste Simon Coveney admits that the coronavirus crisis means a greater role for the government in people's lives.
From the Irish Examiner, Irish scientists develop a chemical that is "key" to coronavirus testing.
From VRT NWS, Belgian chocolate makers donate 10 million Easter eggs, candies and cookies to institutions that take care of the elderly and the vulnerable. (The article uses the words "sweets" and "biscuits", which appear to be the British usage of these terms. Thus, according to American usage, I call them "candies" and "cookies", respectively.)
From The Brussels Times, authorities in Brussels plan to restart public construction which had been put on hold due to the coronavirus.
From the NL Times, the numbers of coronavirus-related deaths and hospitalizations in the Netherlands appear to be decreasing.
From Dutch News, the Netherlands looks to two apps as a key to relaxing its lockdown and tracking coronavirus suspects.
From Deutsche Welle, Lufthansa discontinues all flights by its subsidiary Germanwings.
From the CPH Post, park and beach usage in Denmark is up 35 percent from a year ago, and other items.
From Euractiv, the coronavirus secrets of the Faroe Islands.
From Polskie Radio, Poles are urged to show support for their health care workers as the coronavirus spreads.
From Radio Prague, the remains of what was once the largest West Slavic church are found in Prague's Vyšehrad area.
From The Slovak Spectator, Slovak scientists are developing their own coronavirus test.
From the Hungary Journal, according to Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjato, national responses to the coronavirus work best.
From Daily News Hungary, reconstruction work on the Budapest Metro's Line 3 has not stopped during the coronavirus pandemic. (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Webrádió.)
From Hungary Today, the opposition party Jobbik calls the Hungarian government's coronavirus economic measures ineffective. (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Hirado.)
From About Hungary, Minister of Education and Technology László Palkovics reveals more details from Hungary's economic protection plan.
From Russia Today, three men in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia are arrested for allegedly counterfeiting one billion rubles.
From Sputnik International, specialists at Moscow State University search for a treatment for the coronavirus, by using a supercomputer.
From The Moscow Times, a Russian lab will be ready to start human trials for coronavirus vaccines in June.
From Romania-Insider, about 4,000 indigenous trout are reintroduced into several fishing areas in the Făgăraș Mountains in Romania.
From Novinite, Japan gives Bulgaria the flu drug Favipiravir for possible use in treating coronavirus patients.
From The Sofia Globe, Bulgarians are invited to register online for test run of the country's census.
From Radio Bulgaria, Bulgaria starts producing chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine for treatment of hospitalized coronavirus patients.
From Ekathimerini, Luxembourg agrees to accept 12 unaccompanied refugee children from Greece.
From the Greek Reporter, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation pledges to donate $100 million to alleviate the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
From Independent Balkan News Agency, Slovenia plans to extend its fence on its border with Croatia.
From Balkan Insight, a mayor's assistant in Novi Pazar, Serbia is fired from criticizing Serbia's president.
From Total Croatia News, a look at travel in the post-coronavirus era.
From Total Slovenia News, real estate prices in Slovenia are stable, but the airbnb market collapses.
From the Malta Independent, citizens of Malta abroad are urged to return, but not after April 12th.
From Malta Today, according to Prime Minister Robert Abela, there is no need at this time for further restrictive measures in Malta.
From ANSA, Italy is finally seeing a decrease in new coronavirus cases.
From EuroNews, Italy increases its coronavirus stimulus to €750 billion.
From SwissInfo, the Swiss are urged to stay home over the Easter weekend.
From France24, a Good Friday Service will be held at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, with a limited number of people.
From RFI, deaths from the coronavirus in France pass the 10,000 mark.
From Free West Media, the coronavirus crisis in France becomes an excuse to not report an Islamist attack.
From Voice Of Europe, French police are accused of racism against the French. (If you read French, read the story at Valeurs Actuelles. Whether you read French or not, note the accuser's last name.)
From El País, "why does Spain have the world's highest coronavirus mortality rate?"
From The Portugal News, four out of five Portuguese workers have been partially or totally suspended, due to the coronavirus.
From The Stream, five online prayer gatherings seek God for coronavirus solutions.
From the New York Post, students in New York state won't have to take the Regents exams to graduated high school due to the coronavirus. (I vaguely remember hearing about these exams and something called a "Regents diploma" when I lived in New York. My family's move to Virginia during my high school years took me away from all that.)
From Breitbart, congresscritter Lance Gooden (R-TX) introduces legislation to allow the Department of Justice to investigate China for allegedly releasing the coronavirus as a bioweapon.
From NBC News, New York's Mr. Bill announces that his city will release data showing racial disparities in coronavirus cases. (But I thought that viruses don't discriminate by race. The story comes via Twitchy.)
From TechRepublic, how to use Windows PowerToy's Image Resizer.
And from Variety, for a cool $20 million, you can buy Jon Bon Jovi's New Jersey mansion.
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