Sunday, June 28, 2020

Sunday Stuff

On another very warm Sunday, here are some things going on:

From Townhall, a columnist recalls his experience with "white privilege".

From The Washington Free Beacon, four people are arrested in connection with damage to a statue of Andrew Jackson near the White House.

From the Washington Examiner, according to Vice President Pence, deaths from the coronavirus decrease even as new cases increase.

From American Thinker, the coronavirus face mask becomes "the American niqaab".

From LifeZette, a BLM mob goes to Hollywood (and not to make movies).

From NewsBusters, TV host Chuck Todd lets Governor Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) twist the truth on coronavirus deaths in nursing homes and lecture about Florida and Texas.

From Canada Free Press, "the left is not whistling Dixie".

From CBC News, Canadian First Nation leaders worry that money earmarked for reclaiming inactive oil and gas wells will not be used to clean up their land.

From TeleSUR, Brazil reports over 1,000 deaths from the coronavirus in 24 hours.

From The Conservative Woman, doesn't the Arsenal Football Club realize that BLM is on the left?

From the Express, the U.K. division of BLM supports the Palestinians against Israel.

From Free West Media, the Glasgow knife attacker complained about food.  (The article cites The Telegraph, but does not provide a link.)

From the Irish Examiner, new Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin is welcomed home in his town of Ballinlough.

From The Brussels Times, Belgian parliamentcritter Kalvin Soiresse Njall wants the comic Tintin in Congo to be contextualized, but not scapped.

From the NL Times, an art museum in Rotterdam, Netherlands drops its name from social media since it comes from a controversial naval officer.

From Deutsche Welle, the coronavirus outbreak at a Tönnies meat processing plant has spread to the nearby city of Gütersloh.

From Polskie Radio, Poles go to the polls (pun intended).

From Radio Prague, the Czech Republic needs teachers.

From The Slovak Spectator, a 7.5-kilometer scooter route opens in Jelšava, Slovakia.

From the Hungary Journal, a left-wing district mayor in Budapest "praises" Hitler.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Hir TV.)

From Russia Today, according to Russian President Putin, allegations that the coronavirus is man-made are not backed by evidence.

From The Sofia Globe, when camping in Bulgaria, please use only designated campsites.

From the Greek Reporter, a magnitude-5.3 earthquake hits the Greek island of Rhodes.

From Total Croatia News, could Croatia go from the coronavirus straight into tourism?

From Total Slovenia News, open-air cinema comes to 18 Slovenian cities and towns this summer.

From the Malta Independent, six little-known facts about Jean de Valette, who founded Valletta, Malta.

From SwissInfo, Switzerland's migration office plans job cuts, due to the decreasing number of number of asylum seekers.

From France24, a live blog on France's local elections.

From EuroNews, the French cosmetic company L'Oreal will remove words such as "whitening" and "fair" from their products.

From The Portugal News, the Portuguese town of Câmara de Oleiros offers transparent face masks, so that hard-of-hearing people can read lips.

From Morocco World News, the organization La Tribu Des Quad'Pattes tries to help stray animals in Morocco.

From Turkish Minute, nine civilians and 15 military personnel are detained for alleged Gülen links.

From Rûdaw, the Iraqi province of Erbil is put under a lockdown of five days due to the coronavirus.

From In-Cyprus, a highway running between the Cypriot cities of Nicosia and Limassol is blocked by spilled hay.

From Arutz Sheva, gay pride events are held in Israel.

From YNetNews, Israel's Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Council kicks the channel GOD TV off the air.

From the Egypt Independent, Egypt will manufacture passenger rail cars equivalent to those made by the Russian-Hungarian company Transmashholding.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, according to an African Union leader, over 90 percent of the dam issues have been resolved.

From the Saudi Gazette, the agency in charge of the Grande Mosque in Mecca is working out its plan for crowd control.

From The New Arab, the birthplace of Jesus, now in the West Bank, is closed for 48 hours due to a spike in coronavirus cases.

From Radio Farda, the power produced by Iran's hydroelectric plants is half of what is was in 2019 due to much lower rainfall.

From The Express Tribune, the Pakistani army shoots down another Indian spy drone along the Line of Control in Kashmir.

From the Hindustan Times, locusts invade the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

From the Dhaka Tribune, northern Bangladesh is hit by "rampaging" floods.

From the Colombo Page, according President Maithripala Sirisena's media unit, reports of the World Muslim League donating money to Sri Lanka for victims of the Easter Sunday attacks are false.

From Khabarhub, an al-Shabaab commander from Nepal has reportedly been sent to his virgins.

From International Quran News Agency, a Moroccan actor is arrested for allegedly insulting Islam.

From The Jakarta Post, neighbors in the Indonesian province of Central Java look after each other in the fight against the coronavirus.

From The Straits Times, wildlife parks and integrated resorts will be among the attractions that will be allowed to reopen on July 1st.

From Free Malaysia Today, 11 men are fined for playing soccer in Butterworth, Malaysia.

From Vietnam Plus, the Vietnamese government promotes tourist destinations.

From The Mainichi, Toyama, Japan honors a cat who led police to a man who had fallen into an irrigation channel.

From Gatestone Institute, does anyone have a monopoly on suffering?

From The Stream, the real issue is always the revolution.

From The American Conservative, lessons on citizenship and a human economy.

From the New York Post, a suspect is arrested for a fatal shooting at a protest over the police killing of Breonna Taylor.

And from Twitchy, David Limbaugh explains why working with rioters of BLM is not possible.

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