On a warm day in the middle of the week and the middle of the month, here are some things going on:
From National Review, the problems with restoring coronavirus lockdowns.
From FrontpageMag, why BLM "yawns" at statistics and facts.
From Townhall, the clemency given to Roger Stone is nothing new.
From The Washington Free Beacon, Seattle plans to hire "social justice" advocates for administrative positions.
From the Washington Examiner, President Trump's worst faults are shared by his opponents.
From The Federalist, a Los Angeles Times editorial calls for replacing the national anthem with Lean On Me. (I thus have two questions. First, will it be the original version by Bill Withers or the cover by Club Nouveau, which adds the lyrics "we be jammun"? Second, will the anthem kneelers still kneel for Lean On Me?)
From American Thinker, cancel culture is a fascist tool.
From CNS News, what happened to the record high amount of income taxes that Americans paid in fiscal year 2019?
From LifeZette, Trump gains 13 points among polled independent voters.
From NewsBusters, networks hide the high cost of former Vice President Biden's planned "clean energy" programs.
From Canada Free Press, 3,000 people every day, including black and white, are being killed in the U.S., but not by slave owners of the past or statues in the present.
From CBC News, the Toronto District School Board might have to cut French classes for the upcoming school year.
From Global News, Bloc Québécois leader Yves-François Blanchet denies allegations of sexual assault from 1999.
From CTV News, in the Canadian province of Alberta, members of the Siksika First Nation claim to have been denied services because of a coronavirus outbreak in their community.
From TeleSUR, Bolivians protest against the regime of interim President Jeanine Añez.
From Morocco World News, Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita criticizes Amnesty International.
From Hürriyet Daily News, according to Republican People's Party leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, his party will never forget their members who died in the 2016 coup attempt in Turkey.
From Turkish Minute, police detain a Turkish man for allegedly insulting Islam and the prophet Muhammed. (What is this "freedom of speech" you speak of?)
From Rûdaw, an ammunition depot explodes in Hasaka, Syria.
From Armenian News, Armenia's Defense Ministry reports "relative calm" along the border with Azerbaijan. (via The Armenian Reporter)
From In-Cyprus, Cyprus marks the anniversary of the coup and Turkish invasion of 1974.
From The Syrian Observer, a suicide occurs every two days in Syria.
From Arutz Sheva, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu promises grants to citizens economically harmed by the coronavirus.
From The Times Of Israel, Israel starts giving coronavirus tests that produce results in 15 minutes.
From The Jerusalem Post, according to Health Minister Yuli Edelstein, Israel might have to impose a total coronavirus lockdown in four days.
From YNetNews, the coronavirus's resurgence sidelines Israel's plan to annex part of the Jordan Valley.
From the Egypt Independent, Egypt seeks some dam clarification.
From Egypt Today, the Egyptian cabinet proposes a bill to punish bullying.
From the Ethiopian Monitor, the Ethiopian government restores partial access to the internet. (This would explain why this site, until today, did not publish any new stories after June 30th.)
From the Saudi Gazette, Saudi Arabia and six other countries sanction six entities that support ISIS.
From The New Arab, the E.U. launches an infrastructure building program in the West Bank, in an effort to deter Israel's annexation plans.
From Radio Farda, mosques and sports facilities in Tehran shut down due to a resurgence of the coronavirus.
From IranWire, over four million Twitter users speak against the Iran's intended execution of three protesters.
From Reuters, seven ships catch fire at the Iranian port of Bushehr. (This story does not appear in either Radio Farda or IranWire, but in some other sources not related to Iran. After a search on Google, I decided to use the Reuters article.)
From Dawn, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan kicks off some dam construction.
From The Express Tribune, Pakistan's Civil Aviation Authority claims that all of its issued pilot licenses are "genuine".
From Pakistan Today, according to a Pakistani federal minister, the country's steel mills will be run by the government with private partners.
From Khaama Press, Afghanistan's National Directorate of Security promises retaliation for a Taliban attack in the province of Samangan.
From The Hans India, Indian and Russian officials discuss bilateral cooperation.
From the Hindustan Times, post-Brexit trade between India and the U.K. will focus on five sectors.
From ANI, 59 office holders from the Indian party Congress resign after Sachin Pilot is removed as the deputy chief minister for the state of Rajasthan.
From India Today, India raises a dam objection.
From the Dhaka Tribune, Bangladesh plans to start constructing its first heliport in 2021.
From the Daily Mirror, according to Sri Lanka's health director, a country-wide coronavirus lockdown is not necessary.
From the Colombo Page, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa appoints Sri Lanka's new naval commander.
From Maldives Insider, the Maldive Islands reopens for all travelers.
From Modern Ghana, a Malian jihadist on trial at the International Criminal Court in The Hague refuses to enter a plea.
From Uganda Christian News, Sudan repeals the death penalty for leaving Islam.
From The Jakarta Post, Indonesia passes a bill to ratify a mutual assistance treaty with Switzerland.
From The Straits Times, professionals in Hong Kong are shocked by China's imposed tax rate.
From the Borneo Post, Malaysia's transport ministry will proposed new limits for alcohol levels while driving.
From Free Malaysia Today, Malaysia's Marine Police Force gets an improved radar system.
From Vietnam Plus, the Vietnamese and Cuban Communist Parties seek to boost their mutual cooperation.
From The Mainichi, a document shows how a Japanese envoy to the Soviet Union helped a Jewish refugee flee from Nazi Germany during World War II.
From Gatestone Institute, military exercises by the Chinese army appear like a possible plan to invade Taiwan.
From The Stream, changing the definition of "racism" to suit a political viewpoint.
From The Daily Wire, according to NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, it's not possible to be both anti-racist and anti-Semitic.
From The Daily Signal, "the great culture purge of 2020".
From AP News, NYPD cops are injured as protesters clash on the Brooklyn Bridge. (The story comes via The Daily Wire, which notes that one of the cops had knelt in solidarity with BLM protesters at a previous event.)
From the Daily Caller, former model Chrissy Teigen doesn't appreciate being accused of flying on Jeffrey Epstein's jet.
From KTLA, the 2021 Rose Parade is canceled due to the coronavirus, but the Rose Bowl will still be played. (via NBC4i and the Daily Caller)
From WPVI-TV, Governor Tom Wolf (D) imposes new restrictions as coronavirus cases surge in Pennsylvania.
From the New York Post, meet Trump advisor Kellyanne Conway's daughter.
And from Fox News and the "what could go wrong?" department, Berkeley, California moves to use civilian city workers instead of police officers to conduct traffic stops.
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