Tuesday, May 12, 2020

Tuesday Tidings - Part 1

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

From National Review, some "really encouraging" numbers about the spread of the coronavirus.

From FrontpageMag, how David Rubin left the left.

From Townhall, former gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams (D-GA) endorses former Vice President Biden for president.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the GOP has a change to flip a House seat from blue to red for the first time since 1998.

From the Washington Examiner, "what we still don't know about the Michael Flynn case".

From The Federalist, judges invent a fake right to education.

From American Thinker, President Trump was right all along about the coronavirus in New York.

From CNS News, former President Obama has opened himself up to some "huge questions", says Ken Starr.

From LifeZette, one of General Flynn's attorneys has her own accusation against Obama.

From NewsBusters, without the coronavirus outbreak, LGBT "pride nights" would have been become common in minor league baseball.

From Canada Free Press, they lie and we sigh.

From CBC News, the Canadian government announces up to $500 for seniors struggling due to the coronavirus.

From Global News, Canadian singer Bryan Adams is accused of racism after ranting against "bat eating" people in a Tweet.

From CTV News, the Canadian province of Ontario is expected to extend its coronavirus state of emergency.

From TeleSUR, inmates riot in Palmasola prison in Santa Cruz, Bolivia after a coronavirus outbreak.

From Morocco World News, if Moroccans wish to track the coronavirus, there's an app for that.

From Hürriyet Daily News, police in the Turkish province of Edirne find two 500-year-old bibles.

From Turkish Minute, Turkey will reportedly launch a healthy tourism certification program for this coming summer.

From Rûdaw, hundreds of Hawija tribesmen join the Iraqi army and the mostly Shiite Hashd al-Shaabi group in a campaign against ISIS.

From In-Cyprus, a plan to reopen airports in Cyprus is expected to be submitted next week.

From The Syrian Observer, over 30 Syrian soldiers are killed in an attack by jihadists in the governorate of Hama.

From Arutz Sheva, Israel's Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories announces the expropriation order for rendering the Patriarch's Cave accessible to people with disabilities.

From The Times Of Israel, the director of Israel's health ministry resigns.

From The Jerusalem Post, the Palestinian Authority has reportedly destroyed a Jewish fort at Tel Aroma in Samaria dating from the Hasmonean dynasty.

From YNetNews, the IDF launches a manhunt for the killers of soldier Amit Ben Yigal.

From the Egypt Independent, social media users criticize the construction of the Terrat al-Zomar corridor in Giza, Egypt.

From Egypt Today, Egypt's interior minister continues to disinfect prisons and police stations to fight the coronavirus.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, Ethiopia plans to start filling its dam reservoir in July.

From the Saudi Gazette, the Kaaba and the black stone are being cleaned and perfumed fives times every day.

From StepFeed, the Saudi Arabian economy needs a push, apart from oil revenue and the Hajj.

From The New Arab, E.U. countries consider sanctioning Israel if it annexes the West Bank.

From Radio Farda, Iran holds a funeral for the 19 sailors killed in a friendly fire naval accident.

From IranWire, Shams ol-Malok Mosahab is an Iranian woman whom you should know.

From Dawn, nurses are Pakistan's first line of defense against the coronavirus.

From The Express Tribune, Pakistan's central government is under fire again for having allegedly unclear coronavirus policies.

From Pakistan Today, "barbs fly" as the Pakistani senate meets to discuss the coronavirus situation.

From Khaama Press, terrorists attack a hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan.  (The article uses the euphemism "militants".  As far as I'm concerned, anyone who deliberately attacks a hospital is not a militant, but a terrorist.)

From The Hans India, the new Durgam Cheruvu cable stay bridge in Hyderabad, India is due to open on July 30th.

From the Hindustan Times, according to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India's "lockdown 4.0" will have new rules.

From ANI, Modi sets forth the five pillars for India to become self-reliant.

From India Today, Indian truck drivers make lots of money transporting stranded migrant workers.

From the Dhaka Tribune, the Bangladeshi government plans to allow flights to resume after Eid al-Fitr.

From the Daily Mirror, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa emphasizes the need for random sample coronavirus testing.

From the Colombo Page, the European Commission removes Sri Lanka from its list of "high risk third countries".

From Maldives Insider, Maldivian tourism officials and travel organizations discuss plans for a post-coronavirus recovery.

From The Jakarta Post, the Indonesian government plans to reopen the country's economy as experts warn of a second coronavirus wave.

From The Straits Times, the Philippines extends the coronavirus lockdown in Manila until the end of May, but restrictions will be eased elsewhere in the country.

From the Borneo Post, the Malaysian government considers establishing a coronavirus negative tag for foreigners.

From Free Malaysia Today, anyone entering the Malaysian state of Sarawak must wear a wristband during their 14-day quarantine and not tamper with it.

From Vietnam Plus, the Thanh Cong Group and Hyundai Motor donate 10 ambulances to Vietnamese medical clinics.

From The Mainichi, Japanese medical experts call for vigilance because wearing masks in summer could cause heat exhaustion.

From The Stream, the "last gasp" of the "NeverTrump Christians".

From RedState, a CBS reporter keeps crying "racism".

From The Daily Wire, according to former CBS reporter Lara Logan, journalists cannot be relied on to take an honest look at the evidence.

From TechRepublic, residential power consumption changes in the U.S. due to coronavirus-related quarantines.

From Fox News, unseasonable cold hangs around in the eastern U.S.

From the New York Post, an artist produces faces masks that have a hole for a straw.

And from Twitchy, almost every email sent or received by then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on her home server was copied to a "mystery Gmail account".

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