On a sunny and breezy Wednesday, here are some things going on:
From National Review, Frederick Douglass would not agree with people who object to the Emancipation Memorial.
From FrontpageMag, white leftists are starting to see nooses everywhere.
From Townhall, the case against General Michael Flynn is finally dismissed.
From The Washington Free Beacon, a history professor at the University of Virginia challenges the claim that Thomas Jefferson designed its "serpentine wall" to hide his slaves. (If anyone can explain how a "serpentine wall" can hide people better than a straight wall can, please do so in a comment.)
From the Washington Examiner, definitions of a "dirty dozen" terms used by the left.
From The Federalist, Christians don't need the BLM movement to defeat evil.
From American Thinker, a woman from Venezuela warns about what happens after statues get toppled.
From CNS News, according to National Economic Council Director Kudlow, there will not be a second wave of the coronavirus.
From LifeZette, a new CHOP starts in Atlanta around the Wendy's where Rayshard Brooks was killed.
From NewsBusters, MSNBC scorns conservatives who doubted the "fake noose" at NASCAR and later find themselves proven wrong.
From Canada Free Press, "it's my flag too!"
From CBC News, unlike some countries, Canada wants to keep its two-meter social distancing rule.
From Global News, despite the U.S.-Canada border being shut down due to the coronavirus, the RCMP caught 21 asylum seekers crossing the border in May.
From CTV News, Canada's four Atlantic provinces will "bubble" starting on July 3rd.
From TeleSUR, according to the Guyana Election Commission, the country's governing coalition won the election that took place on March 2nd.
From Morocco World News, according to Greenpeace MENA, 5,000 people in Morocco die from air pollution every year.
From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey sets up a body to fact-check information on the coronavirus.
From Turkish Minute, flash floods kill one person and injure eight others in İstanbul, Turkey.
From Rûdaw, a joint operation by Iraqi security forces and U.S.-led coalition forces in the province of Erbil sends 12 ISIS terrorists to their virgins.
From Panorama, a second group of French doctors arrives in Armenia to help fight the coronavirus. (via The Armenian Reporter)
From In-Cyprus, Cyprus Post resumes its services to 41 other countries.
From The Syrian Observer, the Syrian army strikes jihadist positions in the region of Idleb.
From Arutz Sheva, an Israeli military court gives a terrorist four life sentences.
From The Times Of Israel, speaking at the U.N., the head of the Arab League warns of a "religious war" if Israel annexes land in the West Bank.
From The Jerusalem Post, Israeli archaeologists work to find out what happened to the Israelite city of Hadid after Assyria conquered the ancient Kingdom of Israel. (The article's title includes the phrase "Assyria displaced Jews", which is technically incorrect. The name "Jew" was first used during the Babylonian exile, which came later, and involved people from Kingdom of Judah. The two kingdoms had split from each other after the death of King Solomon.)
From YNetNews, Israel has a welcome decline in new coronavirus cases.
From the Egypt Independent, Egypt makes new rules about reopening restaurants and cafes.
From Egypt Today, Egyptian President Abdel al-Sisi urges adherence to dam diplomacy.
From the Ethiopian Monitor, Ethiopia is "together with Sudan".
From the Saudi Gazette, according to a Saudi official, each Hajj pilgrim have four times as much space this year as compared to normal.
From StepFeed, can teenagers develop an entrepreneur's mindset?
From The New Arab, due to coronavirus-related shutdowns, weddings in Yemen are aired on live TV.
From Radio Farda, Iran's Supreme Court upholds the deaths sentences given to three men arrested during protests in November 2019. (What is this ban on "cruel and unusual punishments" that you speak of?)
From IranWire, more on Iran sentencing three protesters to death.
From Dawn, Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi warns India against launching any attacks.
From The Express Tribune, the Pakistani government finds a good use for dead locusts.
From Pakistan Today, the Pakistani province of Punjab plans to lock down 33 more localities due to a rapid increase in the number of coronavirus cases.
From Khaama Press, Afghani First Vice President Amrullah Saleh uses the correct term to describe the Taliban.
From The Hans India, the Indian government announces reforms in for the country's space sector.
From the Hindustan Times, China finally admits that its troops suffered casualties in their clash with Indian forces along the Line of Actual Control.
From ANI, two Indian political parties try negotiate to resolve political instability in the Indian state of Manipur.
From India Today, satellite images show an apparent Chinese buildup in the Galwan Valley near the Line of Actual Control.
From the Dhaka Tribune, the Bangladeshi government asks the U.K. government to put pressure on Myanmar's government over the Rohingyas.
From the Daily Mirror, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa gives Lanka Salt Limited a year to make a profit.
From the Colombo Page, during a search of a prison in Colombo, 14 mobile phones are found in the possession of prisoners.
From Maldives Insider, the Maldive Islands offers "spectacular" dining for couples.
From TUKO, a man is arrested after allegedly driving into the State House in Niarobi, Kenya.
From Sikh24, a young Muslim man converts a minor Sikh girl to Islam and marries her.
From The Jakarta Post, three Indonesian fishermen rescue 114 people, believed to be Rohingyas, from waters off the province of Aceh.
From The Straits Times, according to Hong Kong satirists, self-censorship is already starting in the city.
From the Borneo Post, according to security minister Ismail Sabri, social gatherings of up to 250 people will be allowed in Malaysia starting on July 1st.
From Free Malaysia Today, three Malaysian immigration officers are arrested for alleged involvement in migrant smuggling. (Have I mentioned, at various times, that migrants are not merely migrating but are being smuggled?)
From Vietnam Plus, the 2020 Vietbuild International Exhibition gets underway in Ho Chi Minh City.
From The Mainichi, Japan responds to criticism from South Korea about its UNESCO World Heritage sites.
From Gatestone Institute, where are the visible and audible Muslim women?
From The Stream, CHOP is a rebooting of another movement that included some literal chops.
From the Daily Caller, congresscritter Doug Collins (R-GA) gets a DOJ whistleblower to admit that he sought a job with Democrats during the Trump impeachment.
From SFGate, an imam in Kentucky gets a two-year sentence for his involvement in a kidnapping conspiracy.
From BizPac Review, White House advisor Kellyanne Conway points out that "for years" Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal) walked by statues and paintings that she now wants taken down.
From Breitbart, "fake nooses" have been around for a while.
From Real Clear Politics, "defund the thought police".
From Ars Technica, the Supreme Court of Indiana rules that cops forcing people to unlock their iphones is against the 5th Amendment.
From the New York Post, New York allows protesters to stay in front of City Hall on one condition.
And from Twitchy, another "noose" turns out to be fake.
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