Saturday, May 9, 2020

Saturday Stories - Part 2

As a sunny but cool Saturday hangs around, here are some more things going on:

From Morocco World News, Italy prepares to offer illegal undocumented migrants from northern Africa documents and contracts to work on farms.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey imposes a weekend coronavirus curfew in 24 provinces.

From Turkish Minute, 44 inmates at Silivri Prison in İstanbul test positive for the coronavirus.

From Rûdaw, internally displaced persons observe a muted Ramadan at the Hassan Sham camp.

From In-Cyprus, a farmers market in Limassol, Cyprus reopens.

From Arutz Sheva, according to a poll, some Israeli left-wingers support their Supreme Court's decision to allow Prime Minister Netanyahu to form Israel's next government.

From The Times Of Israel, about 15,000 Israelis visit reopened national parks and nature reserves.

From The Jerusalem Post, an interview with the deputy mayor of Jerusalem.

From YNetNews, according to an opinion column, there is "fear and loathing" in the Israeli health ministry.

From the Egypt Independent, Egypt prepares to reopen its businesses after the coronavirus fades.

From Egypt Today, Egypt and Saudi Arabia will reportedly sign an agreement to link their electricity.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, a landslide kills 12 people in southern Ethiopia.

From the Saudi Gazette, the Saudi Arabian ministry of health launches a help line on WhatsApp.

From The New Arab, Facebook appoints Yemeni Nobel Peace Prize winner Tawakkol Karman to its new Oversight Board.

From Radio Farda, while Iran still allegedly hides its coronavirus hotspot death numbers, 320 people are arrested for "spreading rumors".

From IranWire, is Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei preparing to negotiate with the U.S.?

From Dawn, a coronavirus-positive woman gives birth in Karachi, Pakistan, but her baby tests negative.

From The Express Tribune, doctors speak out against relaxing Pakistan's coronavirus lockdown.

From Pakistan Today, people go to markets as Pakistani provinces ease their coronavirus lockdowns.

From Khaama Press, Afghan forces repel an attack by Taliban terrorists in the province of Balkh.

From The Hans India, migrant workers in Hyderabad, India protest and demand to be sent home.

From the Hindustan Times, the Indian state of Manipur requires a 14-day quarantine for anyone arriving by train.

From ANI, five trains will be used to bring stranded migrant workers to the Indian state of Odisha.

From India Today, a video purporting to show a pride of lions roaming around in Delhi, India contains a "lion's share of fiction".  (If you want to find a lion in India, you'll most likely need to go to Gir Forest National Park, which is hundreds of miles away from Delhi.)

From the Dhaka Tribune, could Bangladesh be facing an outbreak of dengue, in addition to the coronavirus?

From the Daily Mirror, the Sri Lankan government aims to totally relax its coronavirus curfew by next month.

From the Colombo Page, the relaxation of Sri Lanka's coronavirus starting on Monday will not apply to liquor stores.

From Maldives Insider, the second largest city in the Maldive Islands goes under lockdown after a resident receives a false positive on a coronavirus test.

From the Blitz, a pro-caliphate political party operates in Pakistan and in the West.

From DuvaR, an Islamist TV commentator in Turkey brags about her family's abilities.

From The Jakarta Post, an Indonesian environment ministry task force thwarts alleged attempts to smuggle protected birds.

From The Straits Times, Singapore reports nine new coronavirus clusters.

From the Borneo Post, Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin and U.S. President Trump discuss the coronavirus, bilateral cooperation, and other matters.

From Free Malaysia Today, the state of Sabah reopens more sectors in phase 5 of Malaysia's Movement Control Order.

From Vietnam Plus, the Vietnamese township of Sa Pa launches a tourism stimulus program.

And from The Mainichi, near the Japanese island of Amimi-Oshima, there's more "thar she blows" than ever.

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