Sunday, June 14, 2020

Links For President Trump's Birthday

On a mild but humid Sunday which just happens to be the birthday of our president, here are some things going on:

From Townhall, what if during the Obama presidency, some KKK terrorists had taken over part of an American city?

From The Washington Free Beacon, a law professor at Cornell faces calls for his resignation for criticizing BLM.

From the Washington Examiner, if you steal a cop's taser, you're not unarmed.

From American Thinker, Democrat privilege distorts everything.

From CNS News, "blessed are the peacemakers".

From LifeZette, according to an opinion column, the Democrats need racial violence in order to win in November.

From Canada Free Press, the search for the face of God.

From Global News, are Canadians allowed to fly between provinces?

From TeleSUR, Brazil reports a total of over 850,000 coronavirus cases.

From The Conservative Woman, getting rid of the police leads toward anarchy.

From the Express, as hundreds of people gather to protect at statue of Sir Robert Peel in Glasgow, Scotland, opposing groups of protesters throw things at each other.

From the Irish Examiner, Irish party leaders are confident that a deal to form a coalition government can be reached, despite some "outstanding issues".

From The Brussels Times, over 40 galleries in Brussels will hold an "open-door weekend" on June 20th and 21st.

From the NL Times, police in Tilburg, Netherlands arrest a burglar found in a cupboard.

From Deutsche Welle, people in Berlin make a human chain to protest against racism.

From the CPH Post, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen guides Denmark through the coronavirus crisis.

From Voice Of Europe, foreigners start petitions in Sweden and Norway to take down allegedly "racist" statues.  (If you read Swedish, read a related story in Hyheter Idag.  If you read Norwegian, read a related story at Document.)

From Polskie Radio, Polish officials mark 80 years since the first deportation of Poles to Auschwitz.

From Radio Prague, support for both the ANO party and the communist party in the Czech Republic decreased during May.

From The Slovak Spectator, opal mines in Slovakia's Slanské Mountains open an underground circuit for visitors.

From Daily News Hungary, some pictures of hiking areas in Hungary.

From Russia Today, President Putin claims that Russia will be able to defend itself against hypersonic weapons.

From The Sofia Globe, Greece drops its quarantine requirements for Bulgarian citizens starting tomorrow.

From the Greek Reporter, vandals destroy marble columns at an ancient Greek site near Fieri, Albania.

From Total Croatia News, the Zagreb Municipal Prosecutor's Office sets detention for six men accused of inciting ethnic violence.

From Total Slovenia News, marriage and divorce in Slovenia in 2019.

From the Malta Independent, according to Prime Minister Robert Abela, Malta's public health emergency will soon be lifted.

From SwissInfo, women in Switzerland repeat their demand for greater equality from a year ago.

From France24, coronavirus victims take the French state to court.

From EuroNews, President Emmanuel Macron hails a "first victory" against the coronavirus and reopens France's borders.

From El País, beaches in Benidorm, Spain reopen - by appointment only.

From The Portugal News, Portugal's Independent Technical Observatory warns that the country's fires of 2017 could be repeated.

From Morocco World News, Moroccan King Mohammed VI orders the delivery of medical aid to 15 countries in Africa.

From Hürriyet Daily News, a magnitude-5.7 earthquake strikes in eastern Turkey, killing one person.

From Rûdaw, gunmen storm the Iraqi village of Khanaqin, near the border with Iran, targeting a family of Kakai Kurds.

From In-Cyprus, the air gets stinky in Nicosia, Cyprus.

From Arutz Sheva, Israel's "second wave" of the coronavirus is slowing down.

From YNetNews, according to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, work has started on a community to be named after U.S. President Trump in the Golan Heights.

From the Egypt Independent, Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopian are set to have another dam meeting this coming Monday.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, the leaders of Somalia and the self-proclaimed republic of Somaliland restarts their talks to end their longstanding fued.

From TVC News, the Somalian Islamist group al Shabaab sets up a coronavirus treatment center.

From the Saudi Gazette, international flights to and from Saudi Arabia remain suspended.

From The New Arab, Jordanian families launch a campaign to demand that their members arrested in the UAE are released after some reportedly contract the coronavirus.

From Radio Farda, a former legislator in Iran is put on trial for alleged "lies" and "propaganda".

From The Express Tribune, Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi urges the Indian government to focus on its domestic concerns.

From the Hindustan Times, shrines will be reopened in Bhopal, India starting this coming Monday, but traditional rituals will still be barred.

From the Dhaka Tribune, educational institutions in Bangladesh will remain closed until June 30th.

From the Colombo Page, Sri Lanka's ministry of education plans to limit class size to 25 when schools reopen.

From Maldives Insider, the owners of a resort in the Maldive Islands learn to live with the coronavirus.

From The Jakarta Post, residents of Jakarta, Indonesia commute on their bicycles.

From The Straits Times, rich people in Hong Kong prepare for the worst.

From Free Malaysia Today, Malaysia's domestic trade ministry asks barbers and hairdressers to explain their prices.

From Vietnam Plus, police in Ho Chi Minh City arrest a man for allegedly spreading "anti-state propaganda".  (What is this "free speech" you speak of?)

From The Mainichi, a rocket launch by a Japanese aerospace startup fails due to an engine problem.

From Gatestone Institute, President Trump remembers the persecuted Christian minority in Egypt.

From The Stream, a 19th-century Baptist minister tells us "how to speak like a Christian".

From RedState, an editor at Rolling Stone "torches" his left-wing colleagues.

From The Daily Wire, the TV network Nickelodeon suggests that the cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants is gay.

From BizPac Review, HUD Secretary Ben Carson flawlessly answers questions from TV host Chris Wallace.

From The Spectator, football player Drew Brees gets instructed in the catechism of the church of the left.

And from Twitchy, S.E. Cupp's dig at Trump's health goes wrong, especially for former Vice President Biden.  (Happy birthday, Mr. President.)

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