Sunday Stories

As the first Sunday in May arrives, here are some things going on:

From Townhall, according to Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D) "not every claim is equal".

From The Washington Free Beacon, a Florida firefighter refuses to close his gun store.

From the Washington Examiner, according to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, "enormous evidence" connects the coronavirus to a lab in Wuhan, China.

From The Federalist, the "prop culture" behind Disney's hit movies.

From American Thinker, the last time in the U.S. when an epidemic was politicized.

From LifeZette, in its response to the coronavirus, the state of New York wasted time and money.

From NewsBusters, RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel lets ABC host Martha Raddatz know about the media double standard on sexual misconduct accusations.

From Canada Free Press, the "new normal" will really be a return to "abnormal".

From CBC News, Health Canada bars a domestically made coronavirus test for being unreliable.

From TeleSUR, Venezuela foils an attempted terrorist infiltration from Colombia.

From The Mainichi, commuters in large Japanese cities turn to riding bicycles to avoid the risk of coronavirus infection from packed trains.

From Free Malaysia Today, Malaysian authorities conduct a raid in the Jalan Masjid India area of Kuala Lumpur looking for illegal aliens.

From The Straits Times, Thailand starts easing its coronavirus lockdown measures.

From The Jakarta Post, zoos in Indonesia launch a "food for animals" fundraiser.

From Maldives Insider, the Maldive Islands allows the entry of diplomats, resort owners, and investors under a new special visa.

From the Colombo Page, an inmate at Sri Lanka's Mahara Prison tries to escape, which becomes his last mistake.

From The Dhaka Tribune, garment workers protest inside their factory Gazipur, Bangladesh.

From India Today, 2,500 pigs are killed in 306 villages in the Indian state of Assam due to an outbreak of swine flu.

From Khaama Press, according to Afghanistan's National Security Council, the Taliban has killed or wounded 66 civilians during the first week of Ramadan.

From The Express Tribune, a team at the University of Karachi identifies drugs that could potentially be used against the coronavirus.

From Radio Farda, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps cancels its annual Qods Day marches due to the coronavirus.

From The New Arab, according to lawyers defending detained Lebanese protesters, the defendants were tortured by beating and electrocution.

From the Saudi Gazette, according to Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture, the invasion of desert locust is under control.

From the Egypt Independent, in the governorate of North Sinai, Egyptian police send 18 terrorist to their virgins.

From Arutz Sheva, Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett gives the final approval for renovating the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hevron, West Bank.

From YNetNews, the Lebanese military detains five Sudanese near the border with Israel.

From Ankawa, an Islamic terror group reportedly confiscates Christian-owned property in the Syrian region of Idlib.

From In-Cyprus, Cyprus takes its "first step" toward going back toward normal.

From Rûdaw, Iraqis battle the coronavirus with comedy sketches and songs.

From Hürriyet Daily News, a magnitude-4 earthquake strikes in the Turkish province of Elazığ.

From Morocco World News, 182 people recover from the coronavirus in Morocco in 24 hours, the highest so far in a 24-hour period.

From The Portugal News, a program for testing patients in Portuguese nursing homes for the coronavirus is expected to be completed in three weeks.

From El País, Spain's coronavirus deescalation will likely be linked to its number of available hospital beds.

From France24, France records its lowest daily number of deaths from the coronavirus in six weeks.

From SwissInfo, Swiss zoos may be visited online.

From Malta Today, the Maltese government caps the prices of face masks and shields.

From Total Slovenia News, Slovenia records no new coronavirus for one day, and the demand for meat and bread decreases.

From Total Croatia News, on Croatian Airlines, cover your face.

From Balkan Insight, the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network wins the Reporters Without Borders Austria's Press Freedom Award.

From the Greek Reporter, Greece opens its borders to Albanians due to a shortage of seasonal workers.

From EuroNews, Greece moves almost 400 migrants from the island of Lesbos to the mainland.

From Novinite, Greece plans to welcome tourists this summer under social distancing rules.

From Russia Today, Russia records 10,633 new coronavirus cases in a single day.

From Hungary Today, according to Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto, the Hungarian healthcare system is prepared for mass infections.

From The Slovak Spectator, graphs show Slovakia's coronavirus data.

From Radio Prague, according to Deputy Prime Minister Karel Havlíček, the Czech Republic has no plan yet to expel Russian diplomats.

From Polskie Radio, Poland celebrates its Constitution Day.

From Free West Media, half of the staff of Linköping University Hospital in Sweden test positive for the coronavirus.  (If you read Swedish, read related stories at SverigesRadio and Aftonbladet.)

From the CPH Post, a British filmmaker who lives in Denmark has been in Vietnam since February.

From Deutsche Welle, Germans can go back to church, but must wear masks and must not sing.

From Voice Of Europe, left-wing extremists attack a television crew in Kreuzberg, Germany.  (If you read German, read the story at Die Welt.)

From the NL Times, a restaurant in Amsterdam uses greenhouses to accommodate eat-in customers.

From The Brussels Times, 2019 was the worst year ever for Belgian fisheries.

From Gatestone Institute, the persecution of Christians during March 2020.

From the Evening Standard, the U.K. Border Force intercepts 49 migrants in three dinghies moving toward the coast of Kent.

From the Irish Examiner, Ireland's Green Party agrees to join talks to form a coalition government, while Sinn Féin calls for a "break from the past".

From The Stream, five keys to understanding the case of General Michael Flynn.

From BizPac Review, DNC Chairman Tom Perez explains why the committee refuses to form an unbiased panel to investigate the allegations against Joe Biden.

From the New York Post, the FDA approves a coronavirus antibody test that "boasts near-perfect accuracy".

From the Daily Caller, feminist attorney Lisa Bloom claims to believe Tara Reade, but still supports former Vice President Biden.

From WPVI-TV, a city official in Antioch, California is ousted from his job for his comments about the coronavirus affecting the elderly and the weak.

And from Twitchy, some people just can't find that "asterisk for a pathogen" in the Bill of Rights.