As the rain returns on a Friday, but later gives way to sunshine, here are some things going on:
From National Review, it's OK to acknowledge good news related to the coronavirus.
From FrontpageMag, three blows taken by the "new world order".
From Townhall, former Vice President Biden offers a definition of "black".
From The Washington Free Beacon, Biden makes a "progressive gamble".
From the Washington Examiner, according to a White House advisor, fears of the coronavirus will determine the fate of the economy more than the lockdowns.
From The Federalist, the series Mrs. America proves Lana Del Rey right about feminism.
From American Thinker, left-wing propaganda outlets have been hit hard by coronavirus lockdowns.
From CNS News, Biden claims to know "a lot of weed smokers".
From LifeZette, according to a new study, coronavirus infection rates have decreased in states that have reopened.
From NewsBusters, Fox anchorwoman Melissa Francis "tears into" New York's Mr. Bill.
From Canada Free Press, the media fails miserably in their attempt to catch President Trump wearing a mask.
From CBC News, the Canadian province of Alberta cancels its decades-old ban on open-pit coal mining in the Rockies and the Foothills.
From Global News, Canadian Conservatives propose declaring their parliament to be an "essential service".
From CTV News, another driver in the Canadian province of Ontario reports being pulled over by a fake police officer.
From TeleSUR, schools in Uruguay will gradually resume their activities starting in June.
From The Portugal News, Portugal is reportedly "within the programmed curve for mortality" with respect to the coronavirus.
From El País, the Spanish government will recommend that the country's beaches are reopened, but with fewer people allowed on them.
From France24, foreign students in France struggle with the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.
From RFI, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe sets June 28 as the date for French mayoral elections.
From SwissInfo, 1,000 people gather in Lausanne, Switzerland for an unofficial soccer match.
From ANSA, the Puccini opera festival in Torre del Lago, Italy will go on from June 26th to August 14th.
From EuroNews, Italian mayors are angry over a lack of social distancing after Italy's coronavirus lockdown is eased.
From the Malta Independent, hairdressers, beauticians, and restaurant workers in Malta struggle to deal with high demand after reopening.
From Malta Today, seven ancient tombs and two skeletons are found during construction works in Tarxien, Malta.
From Total Slovenia News, the foreign ministers of Slovenia and Croatia meet, but give no indication as to when their common border will reopen for everyone.
From Total Croatia News, retired Croatian basketball player Toni Kukoč discusses The Last Dance, a documentary about his Chicago Bulls teammate Michael Jordan. (If you read Croatian, read the story at TPortal.)
From Independent Balkan News Agency, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić proposes a 10 percent increase in salaries for nurses.
From Balkan Insight, the Kosovo economy faces another hit if the Kosovar diaspora stays away.
From Ekathimerini, the Greek government lodges a demarche with the Turkish government over a section of Greek territory in the Evros region being represented as Turkish.
From the Greek Reporter, the life of a three-year-old Turkish boy is saved by a bone marrow transplant from a Greek donor.
From Novinite, large and medium-sized businesses in Bulgaria resume operating.
From The Sofia Globe, restored historic baths in Bankya, Bulgaria are set to open this coming autumn.
From Radio Bulgaria, Bulgarian children risk online violence.
From Romania-Insider, descendants of a Romanian aristocratic family donate an 18th-century mansion and a plot of land to the country's ministry of culture. (If you read Romanian, read the story at Digi24.)
From Russia Today, a "perennial" Russian presidential candidate causes a stir by suggesting that Russia should sell the body of Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin to China.
From Sputnik International, President Putin warns of a possible second coronavirus wave in Russia during this coming October and November.
From The Moscow Times, according to a private lab, 14 percent "of healthy Russians have coronavirus antibodies".
From Daily News Hungary, the number of Hungarians hospitalized with the coronavirus drops below 500.
From Hungary Today, who is allowed to enter Hungary and how?
From About Hungary, according to Chief Medical Officer Cecília Müller, Hungary's efforts to develop a coronavirus vaccine are "moving along nicely".
From The Slovak Spectator, a roundup of news in Slovakia.
From Radio Prague, how the U.S. military saved treasured horses in Czechoslovakia during World War II.
From Polskie Radio, Poland eases its coronavirus lockdown to allow weddings, with up to 50 people present.
From Free West Media, Swedish municipalities hide coronavirus-related deaths in their nursing homes. (If you read Swedish, read a related story at Ekuriren.)
From the CPH Post, trade between Denmark and the U.K. sees a rise in telecommuting.
From Euractiv, Denmark plans to build two "energy islands" to meet its climate change goals.
From Deutsche Welle, the coronavirus causes an increase in excess mortality in Germany.
From the NL Times, for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic hit, the mortality rate in the Netherlands goes below normal.
From Dutch News, three teenagers are arrested for allegedly attacking a gay man in Amsterdam.
From Voice Of Europe, according to workers at Dutch migrant reception centers, criminals from northern Africa are posing as "unaccompanied minors". (If you read Dutch, read the story at Dagblad Van Het Noorden.)
From VRT NWS, when can Belgians again travel abroad?
From The Brussels Times, scientists at the Free University of Brussels develop the first light-twisting laser.
From the Express, supermarkets in the U.K. confirm their face mask rules.
From the Evening Standard, your moment of awe, I mean, arf.
From the (U.K.) Independent, three men are charged in connection with the killing of an innocent bystander in a drive-by shooting in Blackburn, England.
From the (Irish) Independent, Irish troops in Lebanon whose return to Ireland was held up due to the coronavirus are scheduled to return in June.
From the Irish Examiner, an Albanian man becomes the first person in Ireland to be jailed for making false statements on a citizenship application.
From The Conservative Woman, closing university campuses is an "absurd" overreaction to the coronavirus.
From Snouts in the Trough, the Brits know that Boris the Spider, Matt, Dominic, Yvonne, Jonathan, Chris and many more are lying. (The phrase "the Spider" after "Boris" is my own addition.)
From The Stream, a small business leader fights to reopen in Michigan.
From Politico, Senator Kelly Loeffler (R-GA), plagued by questions about her stock trades, promises to not drop out of her race for reelection. (via the Washington Examiner)
From the Daily Caller, White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany gives questions to the press at a briefing.
From Breitbart, a shuttered factory in Lordstown, Ohio will reopen to produce electric trucks.
From The American Spectator, Obamagate goes back to President Obama's narcissism.
From Reason, Washington, DC's plan to reopen is a suicide pact for restaurants.
From the New York Post, the NYPD rescues a man from the top of the Brooklyn Bridge.
And from The Age, a BP worker in Australia wins his wrongful dismissal case which arose from his version of a "Hitler rants" parody.
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