Tuesday, July 28, 2020

Tuesday Things - Part 2

As a very warm Tuesday heads toward evening, here are some more things going on:

From Morocco World News, videos show a lack of social distancing and mask wearing at Moroccan livestock markets prior to Eid Al Adha.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey suspends its oil drilling in the eastern Mediterranean as a "goodwill gesture".

From Rûdaw, a large wildfire in the Iraqi province of Sulaimani persists for a second day.

From Panorama, 59 babies recover from the coronavirus at the Muratsan hospital complex in Yerevan, Armenia.  (via The Armenian Reporter)

From In-Cyprus, the normalization of racist speech in Cyprus must end.

From The Syrian Observer, the Syrian military shoots down an alleged Israeli "spy balloon" near Damascus.

From Arutz Sheva, left-wing protesters block the Ayalon Freeway in Tel Aviv, Israel.

From The Times Of Israel, hundreds of protesters picket the home of Israeli Public Security Minister Amir Ohana after he tells police to quash rallies against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

From The Jerusalem Post, the Israeli Knesset approves a "safety net" program to deal with the economic fallout from the coronavirus.

From YNetNews, Israeli's coronavirus czar presents a plan to combat the pandemic.

From the Egypt Independent, Egyptian President Abdel al-Sisi rules out any dam military action.

From Egypt Today, ancient Egyptian pharaohs were the first people to discover gold.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, according to a new report, the Ethiopian government's recent reforms will boost the country's tourism industry.

From the Saudi Gazette, Saudi Arabian security forces are ready to keep the Hajj hassle-free.

From StepFeed, the founders of Spotii explore strategies to retain customers.

From The New Arab, ISIS occupies four villages in Egypt's Sinai region.

From Radio Farda, U.S. bases in the UAE and Qatar go on alert after Iranian missiles hit nearby waters.

From IranWire, an activist who signed a statement calling for the resignation of Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei is imprisoned and threatened with death.

From Dawn, Pakistani opposition parties are reportedly "on one page" in their anti-government effort.

From The Express Tribune, according to his doctors, stepping out could be fatal for former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

From The Hans India, according to some intelligence reports, the Pakistani agency ISI was planning an attack on the new Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, India.

From the Hindustan Times, one in three tigers in India lives outside the country's reserves.

From ANI, India approves the satellite tracking of its trains.

From India Today, according to experts, high altitude and ultraviolet exposure keep the number of coronavirus cases low in the Indian territory of Ladakh.

From the Dhaka Tribune, according to a study, air pollution in Bangladesh reduces life expectancy by seven years.

From the Daily Mirror, Sri Lanka's United National Party expels 54 members.

From the Colombo Page, Sri Lankan police seize numerous illegal firearms.

From Maldives Insider, the Sheraton Maldives resort, the organization Reefscapers, and local authorities team up to save Maldivian coral reefs.

From The Jakarta Post, critics slam Indonesian Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto's plan to buy "outdated" fighter jets from Austria.

From The Straits Times, a driver in Singapore who dragged a policeman 100 meters with his Maserati gets 55 months in jail and a lifetime driving ban.  (As Joe Walsh put it, "my Maserati does 185, I lost my license, now I don't drive".)

From the Borneo Post, former Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak gets 12 years in jail for criminal breach of trust and other offenses.

From Free Malaysia Today, according to his lawyer, Najib Razak can stay in the Malaysian parliament pending his appeal.

From Vietnam Plus, 8 million face masks will be distributed to Vietnamese healthcare workers, police officers and border guards, and to people in need.

From The Mainichi, the first civilians in 104 years visit the off-limits island of Jajima, near Maizuru, Japan.

And from Gatestone Institute, the Iranian mullahs are excited.

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