Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Tuesday Links - Part 1

On a sunny Tuesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, Democrats are apparently worried that an economic rebound could happen.

From FrontpageMag, America lives "in the Age of the Great UnReason".

From Townhall, there really isn't any voter fraud, is there?

From The Washington Free Beacon, China has built numerous government buildings in Africa, which may be a means of spying.

From the Washington Examiner, Chicago has its deadliest Memorial Day weekend in five years, even with stay-at-home orders.

From The Federalist, mass transit, popular with the left, helped bring about deaths from the coronavirus.

From American Thinker, cooking the books on the number of deaths the coronavirus.

From CNS News, a group of Democratic New York congresscritters claims that releasing more criminals from prison will save lives.

From LifeZette, the man who couldn't "drive 55" isn't afraid of the coronavirus.

From NewsBusters, ABC interviews congresscritter Ilhan Omar (D-Min) and "yawns at her history of anti-Semitism" and other controversies.

From Canada Free Press, when will Democratic governors end their coronavirus lockdowns?

From CBC News, according to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, members of the Canadian armed forces saw some "extremely troubling" things at long-term care homes in Ontario.

From Global News, Guelph, Ontario and the region of Waterloo keep their cooling centers closed due to the coronavirus.

From CTV News, Trudeau plans to take a coronavirus antibody test when one becomes available.

From TeleSUR, Brazil records the world's highest one-day coronavirus death toll.

From Morocco World News, Morocco leads Africa in macroeconomic integration.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Konyaaltı Beach in the Turkish province of Antalya will reopen under social distancing rules.

From Rûdaw, presidential challenger Ali Babacan promises to bring "freedom of thought" back to Turkey if he is elected.

From In-Cyprus, 476 fires have reportedly broken out in Cyprus in 15 days.

From The Armenian Reporter, the president of the Azerbaijani autonomous republic of Nagorno-Karabakh unveils a new structure for his cabinet.  (While part of Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh has a mostly Armenian populace.)

From The Syrian Observer, dozens of fighters are killed in clashes between militias in Syria that are supported by Turkey.

From Arutz Sheva, why are yeshivas still closed?

From The Times Of Israel, an Israeli defense lab finds that two drugs for Gaucher's disease are also effective against the coronavirus.

From The Jerusalem Post, Palestinians welcome the easing of coronavirus restrictions "with hope and anxiety".

From YNetNews, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's campaign to control to control the message while he is on trial.

From the Egypt Independent, more Egyptians stay in hotels in the city of Hurghada.

From Egypt Today, Egypt suspends issuing licenses for private construction for six months.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, how to feed the Horn of Africa.

From the Saudi Gazette, Saudi Arabian authorities ease the country's coronavirus lockdown restrictions.

From The New Arab, Egypt's largest medical union accuses the Egyptian government negligence during the build-up of the coronavirus crisis.

From Radio Farda, an Iranian civil rights activist claims to have been subjected to police brutality while being arrested after attending an appeals court hearing.

From Dawn, a policeman in the Pakistani province of Punjab is arrested for allegedly killing a teenage boy who refused his overtures.

From The Express Tribune, a team from Airbus completes its initial investigation of the airplane crash that happened in Karachi, Pakistan.

From Pakistan Today, Pakistan deals with the threats of floods and locusts.

From Khaama Press, the Afghan government is expected to release 900 Taliban prisoners today.

From The Hans India, four Indians returning from the UAE test positive for the coronavirus in the city of Hyderabad.

From the Hindustan Times, according to officials, India will not allow any change of status along the Line of Actual Control with China in the territory of Ladakh.

From ANI, senior Indian and Chinese military commanders are in talks to diffuse the situation at the Line of Actual Control.

From India Today, the Indian party Congress sends a bus to help migrant workers stranded in the state of Telangana.

From the Dhaka Tribune, a journalist in Gaibandha, Bangladesh is arrested for allegedly accusing a trucking company of violating the country's coronavirus lockdown.  (What is this "freedom of the press" you speak of?)

From the Daily Mirror, a Presidential Task Force in Sri Lanka recommends reopening the country's airports to foreign tourists in August.

From the Colombo Page, according to Minister of Education Dullas Alahapperuma, a decision on reopening Sri Lanka's schools will be made "within a week or two".

From Maldives Insider, the Maldivian parliament resumes sitting, using thermal checks, face masks and spaced seating.

From Gatestone Institute, the coronavirus doesn't stop Iranian mullahs from calling for jihad against Israel.

From The Jakarta Post, Indonesian President Joko Widodo visits a mall in the city of Bekasi to look at its preparations to reopen under "new normal" rules.

From The Straits Times, Singapore's ministry of health identifies two places visited by people having the coronavirus.

From the Borneo Post, the Malaysian Medical Association calls for "extra protective measures" and testing of foreign workers for the coronavirus.

From Free Malaysia Today, a union of Malaysian immigration officers want field hospitals to be set up at three detention centers that have been affected by the coronavirus outbreaks.

From Vietnam Plus, Vietnam becomes the first country in southeastern Asia to resume soccer matches with spectators.

From The Mainichi, a Japanese brewer finds a way to convert craft beer into gin.

From The Stream, a federal judge in Texas doesn't seem to realize that judges aren't kings.

From Gateway Pundit, why can't Democrats find presidential candidates who are healthy and not corrupt?

From the Daily Wire, "Democrats are actively rooting for economic collapse".

From Breitbart, Americans shockingly buy more new homes in April than expected.

From USA Today, one in five polled teachers are unlike to return to their classes if schools reopen this fall.  (via the New York Post)

From Fox News, according to an opinion column, deaths from the coronavirus in New York nursing homes likely number near 10,000 "and it gets worse".

From Twitchy, journalist Touré finds the racial loophole to get around being accused of sexism.

From WPVI-TV, Philadelphia allows walk-up ordering at restaurants and food trucks to resume.

And from The Babylon Bee, China tells Hong Kong residents to stay at home, to prevent the spread of democracy.

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