Monday, June 29, 2020

Monday Links - Part 1

On the last Monday of June, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the silent majority needs to stand up.

From FrontpageMag, BLM is not just communist, but anti-Semitic.

From Townhall, will former Vice President Biden be asked about lying about targeting General Flynn.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Chief Justice Roberts joins his liberal SCOTUS colleagues to strike down a Louisiana abortion law.

From the Washington Examiner, activists set up a guillotine outside the D.C. home of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.

From The Federalist, "flattening the curve" has become bait and switch.

From American Thinker, we're in a war for free speech.

From CNS News, Vice President Pence correctly describes BLM.

From LifeZette, a vandal in Kalispell, Montana pulls down a courthouse Ten Commandments monument.

From NewsBusters, TV news has no time for the woman who accuses Biden of sexual assault.

From CBC News, 25 coronavirus cases in Kingston, Ontario, Canada are traced to a nail salon.

From Global News, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will end his daily coronavirus briefings.

From CTV News, the Canadian province of Ontario reports a "significant spike" in new coronavirus cases.

From TeleSUR, Venezuela imposes coronavirus quarantines in 12 states.

From Morocco World News, a Moroccan company produces the first all-Moroccan infrared thermometers.

From Hürriyet Daily News, according to a Turkish doctor, only 8 in 1,000 people in the country are immune to the coronavirus.

From Rûdaw, Iran issues an arrest warrant for U.S. President Trump over the death of General Qasem Soleimani.

From In-Cyprus, Cyprus adjusts its lists of A and B countries regarding coronavirus risks.

From The Syrian Observer, a war criminal wins an election in Hama, Syria.

From Arutz Sheva, if you have 300 million Israeli sheqels lying around, you can purchase the home of the U.S. ambassador in Herzliya Pituach near Tel Aviv.

From The Times Of Israel, Israel scales back its limit on gatherings to 50 people due to rising coronavirus cases.

From The Jerusalem Post, Israel will give official accreditation to female Torah scholars.

From YNetNews, Israeli advocates want their government to declare sovereignty over ancient Jewish sites in the West Bank.

From the Egypt Independent, according to Egypt's health ministry, an Egyptian-made coronavirus drug will be available in two weeks.

From Egypt Today, the Grand Egyptian Museum is 90 percent complete.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, a kilo of Ethiopian coffee sells for the equivalent of $407 at auction.

From the Saudi Gazette, Saudi Arabia and the U.S. pledge to confront Iran's illegal behavior.

From The New Arab, despite U.S. sanctions, Egypt and the UAE still buy "oil derivatives" from Iran.

From Radio Farda, could compromise help extend the U.N.'s arms embargo on Iran?

From IranWire, how the "paranoid" Iranian regime turned against its people.

From Dawn, four terrorists attempt to storm the Pakistan Stock Exchange in Karachi kill four people and end up dead themselves.

From The Express Tribune, more on the attack on the Pakistan Stock Exchange.

From Pakistan Today, according to Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, India may have had a hand in the attack.  (Due to the rather unfriendly relations between the two countries, I believe that Pakistani accusations against India and vice versa should be given some NaCl.)

From Khaama Press, the Taliban releases 21 more prisoners who are Afghan government personnel.

From The Hans India, the Indian government bans 59 mobile apps regarded as prejudicial to the country's sovereignty and integrity.

From the Hindustan Times, riding bicycles, camel carts and other vehicles, Indians protest against government-mandated increase to fuel prices.

From ANI, India's Border Security Force finds a cattle carcass on the border with Bangladesh.

From India Today, police in Mumbai, India size 7,000 vehicles for being used to travel more than two kilometers from the residences of their respective owners.

From the Dhaka Tribune, 32 people are killed when a boat capsizes in the Buriganga River.

From the Daily Mirror, daycare centers in Sri Lanka will reopen on July 6th.

From the Colombo Page, two people are arrested in Homagama, Sri Lanka for allegedly hiding 12 guns belonging to a criminal gang.

From Maldives Insider, the resort company Aitken Spence donates protective equipment to the Maldivian government to combat the coronavirus.

From The Jakarta Post, the Indonesian considers allowing the Bank of Indonesia to buy "zero-coupon" bonds.

From The Straits Times, China's new security laws for Hong Kong reportedly include "red lines".

From the Borneo Post, water parks and theme parks in Malaysia will be allowed to reopen on July 1st.

From Free Malaysia Today, according to the NGO Doctors Without Borders, Rohingya trying to reach Malaysia on boats do not present a coronavirus risk.

From Vietnam Plus, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam considers building elevated roads to ease its traffic congestion.

From The Mainichi, volunteers in Fukuoka, Japan save kittens from extermination.

From Gatestone Institute, Palestinian officials show their hypocrisy on "executions".

From The Stream, debunking the myth that Christian artists usually portray Jesus as looking like a northern European.

From The Daily Signal, a young American explains why the electoral college is still the best way to elect a president.

From The American Conservative, why consolidation resulting from the coronavirus could kill independent pharmacies.

From the New York Post, a fitness influencer based in Dubai, UAE exposes the fakery in swimsuit photography.

And from The Babylon Bee, the cartoon show The Simpsons will only use voice actors who dye their skin yellow.

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