Friday, May 1, 2020

Friday Fuss For May Day - Part 1

On a partly sunny Friday on the first of May, known in some places as May Day, here are some things going on:

From National Review, we are almost done with the worst five weeks of the coronavirus pandemic.

From FrontpageMag, the genocide of 2.5 Christians in the Ottoman Empire.

From Townhall, after his interview with Mika Brzezinski, here are some more questions fort former Vice President Biden.

From The Washington Free Beacon, senatorial candidate Theresa Greenfield (D-IA) once evicted small businesses from a shopping center to bring in a multinational corporation.

From the Washington Examiner, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer grabs for power that doesn't exit.

From The Federalist, Democrats now reap the "whirlwind" that then-nominee Brett Kavanaugh warned about.

From American Thinker, President Trump exposes a double standard about religion.

From CNS News, Biden denies Tara Reade's accusation and doesn't remember any complaint from her.

From LifeZette, Biden had no problem addressing sexual misconduct complaints against former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg.  (Bloomberg was a Republican and then an independent as mayor, but became a Democrat to campaign for the party's presidential nomination.)

From NewsBusters, Trump's best media smackdowns during coronavirus briefings.

From Canada Free Press, a vulture named Hillary is ready to swoop down on Biden.

From CBC News, Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau immediately bans 1,500 types of guns.

From Global News, the Canadian province of Nova Scotia relaxes its coronavirus rules to allow people to go outdoors.

From CTV News, the coronavirus threat increases among Canada's First Nations and Inuit as it subsides elsewhere.

From TeleSUR, "self-proclaimed" Bolivian President Jeanine Añez rejects a new law on elections.

From Morocco World News, Morocco is a world leader in exporting face masks.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey imposes a three-day curfew in 31 provinces to stem the spread of the coronavirus.

From Turkish Minute, 94-year-old women in the Turkish province of Sakarya - 2, coronavirus - 0.

From Rûdaw, coalition airstrikes in the Iraqi province of Saladin may have sent 5 to 10 ISIS terrorists to their virgins.

From In-Cyprus, the archbishop of Cyprus issues a circular about when churches may be open.

From The Syrian Observer, due to May 1st being Labor Day in Syria, TSO will not publish anything today.

From Arutz Sheva, a woman injured in a terrorist attack in Kfar Saba, Israel is released from the hospital.

From The Times Of Israel, thousands of Israelis go to beaches and markets without observing social distancing rules.

From The Jerusalem Post, beaches and pools in Israel will open Sunday, with trains opening a week later.

From YNetNews, Israeli farmers in the region of Arava "are left with nothing" as their land is returned to Jordan.

From the Egypt Independent, 10 Egyptian soldiers are killed or injured in an explosion in the Sinai region.

From Egypt Today, Egyptian forces in the governorate of North Sinai send two "high-risk" terrorists to their virgins.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, Ethiopia reports two more coronavirus cases and seven more recoveries.

From the Saudi Gazette, a power consortium and the Saudi Water Partnership Company sign an agreement for a desalination project.

From StepFeed, American singer Kelly Clarkson, with help from Moroccan-Canadian singer Faouzia, sings in Arabic.

From The New Arab, human rights groups demand the release of Algerian journalist Khaled Drareni.  (What is this "freedom of the press" you speak of?)

From Radio Farda, people digging a grave for a person dead from the coronavirus in Iran find the remains of a Parthian-era soldier.

From IranWire, the economic effect of the coronavirus on single women in Iran.

From Dawn, a missing journalist from the Pakistani province of Balochistan is found dead in Sweden.

From The Express Tribune, over a quarter of Pakistan's coronavirus cases are in the city of Karachi.

From Pakistan Today, the chairman of the Pakistan People's Party accuses Pakistan's central government of sabotaging anti-coronavirus efforts in the province of Sindh.

From Khaama Press, rival claimants to Afghanistan's presidency reach a breakthrough.

From The Hans India, some information on red, orange and green zones in the Indian state of Telangana.

From the Hindustan Times, three areas of Delhi, India are removed from the city's list of coronavirus containment zones.

From ANI, buses take about 800 stranded migrant fisherman from Gujarat to Andhra Pradesh, two states in India.

From India Today, 197 pilgrims from the Indian state of Punjab test positive for the coronavirus after returning from a shrine in the state of Maharashtra.

From the Dhaka Tribune, the coronavirus renders 8,000 sex workers in Dhaka, Bangladesh homeless.

From the Daily Mirror, civilian life and office work will resume in Sri Lanka on May 11th.

From the Colombo Page, Sri Lanka's Central Bank extends its deadlines to help people and businesses affected by the coronavirus.

From Maldives Insider, foreign companies donate personal protective equipment and coronavirus test kits to the Maldive Islands.

From The Jakarta Post, a Russian family stranded in Indonesia survives by playing music.  (If you read Bihasa Indonesia, read the story at Kompas.)

From The Straits Times, a 102-year-old Singaporean woman is released from the hospital after recovering from the coronavirus.

From the Borneo Post, a list of activities and sectors remaining forbidden under Malaysia's Conditional Movement Control Order.

From Free Malaysia Today, the Malaysian state of Sarawak has not yet decided about allowing more businesses to reopen on May 4th.

From The Mainichi, more parks in Japan close or limit their playground equipment due to the coronavirus.

From Gatestone Institute, deception and lies from the PLO.

From The Stream, the Iranian regime threatens the entire world with its secrecy and the coronvirus.

From Reason, past crises have made government bigger, and so will the coronavirus crisis.

From the Daily Wire, to protect his presidential campaign, Joe Biden won't release his senatorial records.

From Fox News, a conservative group in Texas joins Democrats in supporting vote by mail.

From the New York Post, glasses developed by a Chinese company lets you "see" body temperatures.

From WPVI-TV, coronavirus restrictions will be eased in 24 counties in Pennsylvania.

And from Twitchy, a "mashup" of Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-Cal) answers about Kavanaugh and Biden is a "doozy".

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