Wednesday, April 8, 2020

Wednesday Whatnot - Part 1

On a warm sunny Wednesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) has a good idea for "phase four" of coronavirus relief.

From FrontpageMag, a left-wing organization tries to squelch broadcasts of White House Coronavirus Task Force press briefings.

From Townhall, Senator Socialism (I-VT) drops out of the presidential race.

From The Washington Free Beacon, "BERN OUT".

From the Washington Examiner, Senator Kamala Harris (D-Cal) calls President Trump a "drug pusher" for promoting hydroxychloroquine.

From The Federalist, "the Senate's plan to save small businesses is already failing".

From American Thinker, Dr. Fauci knows what he's doing, and that's the problem.

From CNS News, Americans unwittingly brought the coronavirus back from Wuhan, China to the U.S. in January.

From LifeZette, despite what the media says, what's going on now does not have to become the new normal.

From NewsBusters, CBS ignores how the supply of face masks was depleted on President Obama's watch.

From Canada Free Press, what official sources say about coronavirus tests.

From The Star, Air Canada starts to rehire laid-off workers help from a government wage subsidy.  (via CBC News)

From CBC News, people in the Canadian province of Alberta who have been exposed to the coronavirus are invited to join a trial of the drug hydroxychloroquine.

From Global News, Canadian health officials were warned in early February that Canada did not have the resources to quarantine travelers from China.

From CTV News, a Boy Scout in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada 3D prints "ear gears" for surgical masks.

From TeleSUR, violence in Mexico increases during the coronavirus crisis.

From Morocco World News, when it comes to face masks, Moroccan King Mohammed VI leads by example.

From Hürriyet Daily News, according to Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, Russia and Turkey have started their third joint patrol in the Syrian region of Idlib.

From Rûdaw, a roadside bomb kills five civilians in Diyarbakir, Iraq.

From In-Cyprus, President Nicos Anastasiades extends Cyprus's lockdown until the end of April.

From The Syrian Observer, Baath Party official Silwan al-Jundi is assassinated in Nawa, Syria.

From Arutz Sheva, the secret that accompanies Jews during Passover.

From The Times Of Israel, Jewish Israelis celebrate Passover under lockdown due to the coronavirus.

From The Jerusalem Post, according to "preliminary data", an Israeli coronavirus treatment results in the survival of all its recipients.

From YNetNews, Israel uses helicopters and drones to monitor its coronavirus lockdown.

From the Egypt Independent, Egypt extends its coronavirus lockdown until April 23rd.

From Egypt Today, foundation deposits and store rooms are found at the temple of Ramses II in Abydos, Egypt.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed declares a state of emergency due to the coronavirus.

From StepFeedDubai, UAE offers free drive-through coronavirus tests.

From The New Arab, according to Human Rights Watch, millions of people in Lebanon could go hungry during the country's coronavirus lockdown.

From the Saudi Gazette, the first group of Saudis stranded in Bahrain arrives back in Saudi Arabia aboard 12 buses.

From Radio Farda, the Islamic Republic of Iran has a political pandemic.

From IranWire, an Iranian army commander lies about his country's speed boats.

From Dawn, the first coronavirus survivor in Swat, Pakistan recalls his experience.

From The Express Tribune, Pakistan decides to allow trucks to cross over into Afghanistan three times a week.

From Pakistan Today, with the exception of trucks going into Afghanistan thrice weekly, Pakistan will keep its borders closed for two more weeks.

From Khaama Press, Taliban terrorists kidnap and kill eight civilians in the Afghan province of Balkh.

From The Hans India, Temple priests in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh receive monetary aid during the country's coronavirus lockdown.

From the Hindustan Times, 20 coronavirus hotspots in Delhi, India are identified and sealed, with face masks becoming mandatory.

From ANI, the Indian state of Telangana issues guidelines for the disposal of the bodies of Hindus and Christians who died from the coronavirus.

From India Today, the leader of Tablighi Jamaat will join a police investigation into alleged coronavirus lockdown violations after his quarantine period is over.

From NDTV, quarantined members of Tablighi Jamaat allegedly throw bottles filled with urine to spread the coronavirus.

From the Dhaka Tribune, the popular Bangladeshi tourist spot Cox's Bazar is put under lockdown.

From the Daily Mirror, Sri Lanka's navy develops a remote controlled "smart appliance" for treating coronavirus patients.

From the Colombo Page, pharmacies across Sri Lanka will be reopened tomorrow.

From Maldives Insider, Crown & Champa Resorts will fast-track its renovations since its normal operations are suspended due to the coronavirus.

From Gatestone Institute, in Turkey, the government targets doctors.

From The Jakarta Post, Indonesians recovered from the coronavirus thank medical workers.

From The Straits Times, foreign expats in Hong Kong buy face masks to send back home.

From the Borneo Post, the number of recovered coronavirus patients for today in Malaysia exceeds today's number of new cases.

From Free Malaysia Today, palm oil estates in the Malaysian state of Sabah will have to undergo ground checks before being allowed to reopen.

From The Mainichi, some questions and answers about Japan's coronavirus state of emergency.

From The Stream, why nature should not be worshiped.

From Breitbart, a Jordanian Islamic scholar faults the West for its "lack of purity and cleanliness" amid the coronavirus crisis.

From The College Fix, Georgetown University's religion panel on the coronavirus ignores Easter and focuses on Ramadan.

From Accuracy in Media, the media ignores what British intelligence believes about China's coronavirus data.

From LifeNews, according to Susan B. Anthony List, former Vice President Biden is a pro-abortion extremist.

From the New York Post, Nike makes medical face shields from sneaker materials.

From Twitchy, model Emily Ratajkowski is taking Senator Socialism's exit from the presidential race pretty hard.

And from The Peedmont, a man who brews bathtub gin is now considered by Virginia's Alcohol Beverage Control Authority to be essential to the economy.

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