Tuesday, July 7, 2020

Stories For 7/7 - Part 1

On a very warm Tuesday, which is the seventh day of the seventh month, here are some things going on:

From National Review, President Trump's speech at Mount Rushmore was a "triumph".

From FrontpageMag, just say "no" to the far left's new "Cultural Revolution".

From Townhall, in the midst of rising violence in New York City, here's what Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance wants to prosecute.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Senate candidate Cal Cunningham (D-NC) criticized the federal government's coronavirus program, but his trash company took up to $2 million from it.

From the Washington Examiner, the original anthem kneelers admits his motivations.

From The Federalist, the anti-American double standards of the elites, when it comes to activities during the coronavirus epidemic.

From American Thinker, when dealing with the left, follow the advice of a certain dead Chinese male.

From CNS News, an answer to the mob.

From LifeZette, Republican congresscritters surrender to Democrats on renaming army posts.

From NewsBusters, Fox Sports pundit defends the nuclear and questions BLM and the NBA.

From Canada Free Press, BLM is a front for Democrats and destruction.

From CBC News, the Canadian province of Alberta brings back coal.

From Global News, the last coronavirus outbreak in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada is declared to be over.

From CTV News, the province of Ontario records a decrease in new coronavirus cases, and two more deaths.

From TeleSUR, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro contracts the coronavirus.

From Morocco World News, mosques in Morocco will reopen on July 15th.

From Hürriyet Daily News, according to the head of İstanbul's Chamber Of Veterinary Surgeons, a million people are at risk of contracting the coronavirus on the feast of Eid al-Adha.  (Celebrations of the Eid al-Adha often include the sacrificial slaughter of livestock animals, which is why such a warning would come from a veterinarian.)

From Turkish Minute, the owners of a fireworks factory in Turkey where an explosion killed seven people are detained as part of an investigation.

From Rûdaw, Iraqi security forces and the Peshmerga set up coordination rooms help stability in the province of Kirkuk.

From Armenian News, Armenian Minister of Defense Davit Tonoyan and U.S. Ambassador Lynne Tracy discuss defense cooperation between the two countries in Yerevan, Armenia.  (via The Armenian Reporter)

From In-Cyprus, in Paphos, Cyprus, you're never too old to go to jail for possessing cannabis.

From The Syrian Observer, child labor is common in Syria, even for kids whose limbs have been amputated.

From Arutz Sheva, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu rejects an anti-coronavirus plan.

From The Times Of Israel, Transportation Minister Miri Regev admits breaking Israel's coronavirus rules after attending a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

From The Jerusalem Post, did Hebron, West Bank get the coronavirus from the Israeli Negev desert region?

From YNetNews, Israel orders its hospitals to limit care for non-coronavirus patients.

From the Egypt Independent, a plan to bring back a statue of the French diplomat who inspired the creation of the Suez Canal stirs controversy.  (At one time, the Statue of Liberty was intended to be placed at the northern end of the Suez Canal, at Port Said, Egypt.)

From Egypt Today, Egypt's foreign minister gives his U.K. counterpart a dam phone call.

From the Saudi Gazette, according to an official at Saudi Arabia's mission to the U.N., the country's Vision 2030 project aims to province a million jobs for Saudi women by 2030.

From StepFeed, a magazine by and for Muslims aims to "set the record straight".

From The New Arab, this year's Hajj will include bottled water and sterilized pebbles.

From Radio Farda, an Iranian security website calls the incident at the Natanz nuclear site "a deliberate attack".

From IranWire, will Syrians joining military factions backed by either Iran or Russia lead to "a war between occupiers"?

From Dawn, a seminary in Islamabad, Pakistan becomes the site of an unexpected conflict.

From The Express Tribune, Pakistan's push to plant trees has benefited bees and their keepers.

From Pakistan Today, according to Minister for Information and Broadcasting Shibli Faraz, coronavirus cases have started to decline in Pakistan.

From Khaama Press, according to Afghan Senate chairman Fazal Hadi Muslimyar, some freed Taliban prisoners have gone back to the battlefield.

From The Hans India, 11 people are arrested in connection with a gas leak that claimed 12 lives in Visakhapatnam, India , including the CEO of LG Polymers.

From the Hindustan Times, Maoists release the parents of a policeman from the Indian state of Chhattisgarh due to pressure from villagers.

From ANI, aerial anti-locust operations are carried out in 275,000 hectares of land in India.  (The article uses the term "2.75 lakh", a lakh equaling 100,000.)

From India Today, satellite images show China's pullback from the Galwan Valley in the Indian territory of Ladakh.

From the Dhaka Tribune, 10 million people in Bangladesh are expected to receive food aid during Eid-ul-Azha.

From the Daily Mirror, over 170 inmates in Sri Lankan prisons undergo coronavirus tests.

From the Colombo Page, twin baby elephants are seen in Sri Lanka's Minneriya National Park.

From Maldives Insider, the Maldive Islands emerges as a favorite spot for post-coronavirus travelers.

From The Jakarta Post, a Sumatran orangutan is released back into the wild after testing negative for the coronavirus.

From The Straits Times, Singapore reports 157 new coronavirus cases, include three imported into the country.

From the Borneo Post, 84 percent of the construction sites in Malaysia are operating with the country's coronavirus rules.

From Free Malaysia Today, only two Malaysian states still have over 10 active coronavirus cases.

From Vietnam Plus, Vietnam expands its defense cooperation with India and South Korea.

From The Mainichi, construction for a tunnel for maglev trains in the Japanese prefecture of Shizuoka could affect the habitats of 290 plant and animal species.

From The Stream, the vote fraud amid senior living facilities.

From the eponymous site of Wayne Dupree, prison officials in New York City claim to have a "solid plan" to keep Ghislaine Maxwell alive.  (via LifeZette)

From Fox News, the U.S. Department of Justice awards $2.2 million for community policing.

From LifeNews, President Trump pulls the U.S. from the WHO, since it wanted to use coronavirus funds to pay for abortions.

From The Daily Signal, SCOTUS was right saying "no" to a Soros-backed organization wanting U.S. foreign aid to go to anti-American groups.

From the Daily Caller, congresscritter Ilhan Omar wants the U.S. political system and economy to be "dismantled".  (Since she is in Congress and is thus herself a part of the U.S. political system, does this mean that we can rid her from public office, too?)

From Breitbart, British author J.K. Rowling signs an open letter against cancel culture.

From the New York Post, Lin-Manuel Miranda responds to critics of his play Hamilton.

From WPVI-TV, several Philadelphia Phillies players and coaches test positive for the coronavirus.

And from The American Conservative, where was former Vice President Biden when Trump was speaking up for America on July 4th?

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