Saturday, September 26, 2020

Saturday Stories

On a cool cloudy Saturday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the source of the Steele Dossier was a suspected Russian spy.

From Townhall, Senator Kamala Harris's (D-Cal) coronavirus hypocrisy.

From The Washington Free Beacon, former Vice President Biden ducks the media by calling lids.

From the Washington Examiner, Biden could lose mail-in votes in Pennsylvania if they're not in "secrecy" envelops.

From The Federalist, why freedom is necessary in order to have a good society.

From American Thinker, what Biden's America could look like.

From LifeZette, according to actor Robert De Nero, the reelection of President Trump will bring the U.S. into fascism.

From NewsBusters, ABC called Trump's last Supreme Court pick "controversial" before they knew who it was.

From Canada Free Press, are the Democrats and BLM in the same ideological bed?

From Global News, do Canadians need coronavirus insurance to travel outside their home provinces?

From TeleSUR, Bolivia's Supreme Electoral Tribunal dissolves the party led by de facto President Jeanine Añez.

From The Conservative Woman, a salute to "our eight-legged friends".

From Snouts in the Trough, several items, including whether Trump is one of the U.S.'s most successful presidents.

From the Express, the U.K.'s royal family is "upset" with Prince Harry's and Meghan Markle's giving a tacit endorsement in the U.S. presidential race.

From EuroNews, hundreds of people in London against new coronavirus restrictions.

From the (Irish) Independent, cities in Ireland face lockdown due to surges in coronavirus cases in urban areas.

From The Brussels Times, Belgian Prime Minister Sophie Wilmès announces her resignation.

From the Dutch News, a 2.5 meter leatherback turtle is spotted near Wemeldinge, Netherlands.

From Deutsche Welle, climate activists occupy a coal mine and power plants in western Germany.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, after Muslims harass a woman in Frankfurt, Germany for displaying an Israeli flag, police go after her.

From the CPH Post, the pros and cons of the Danish tradition of efterskole.

From Polskie Radio, the three parties forming Poland's governing coalition sign a new agreement.

From Radio Prague, according to a survey, most Czechs would refuse a coronavirus vaccine.

From The Slovak Spectator, a new lookout platform is built near Prešov, Slovakia.

From Hungary Today, the top seven places to visit this weekend in the Hungarian countryside.  (I've been to one of them, the village of Hollókő.)

From Russia Today, Russia will extend Moscow's controversial face recognition technology to ten other cities.

From The Sofia Globe, the tenth Sofia Science Festival gets underway.

From the Greek Reporter, Marialena Tsirli of Greece will become the first female Secretary-General of the European Court of Human Rights.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, according to former Greek President Prokopios Pavlopoulos, there is only one difference between Greece and Turkey.

From Total Croatia News, starting in 2021, Croatians will not need a visa to visit the U.S.  (As an American who visited Croatia in 2007, I'd say that it's about time.)

From Total Slovenia News, Slovenia reports 184 new coronavirus cases out of 2,775 tests.

From the Malta Independent, Nationalist Party leadership candidate Bernard Grech responds to accusations from two ministers that he didn't respect Malta's quarantine rules.

From SwissInfo, the Swiss are set to vote on a proposal to leave an agreement allowing E.U. citizens to work in Switzerland and vice versa.

From France24, the Pakistan-born suspect in the Paris knife attack confesses.

From Free West Media, according to a French MEP, Europe needs more migrants, but we need new avenues for legal immigration.

From The Portugal News, Portugal extends its coronavirus measures at mid-October.

From Morocco World News, Spain announces another repatriation ferry for their citizens in Morocco.

From Hürriyet Daily News, according to President Erdoğan, Turkey will protect its maritime rights with an "unshakeable faith".

From Rûdaw, the archbishop of Mosul, Iraq is nominated for the Sakharov Prize.

From Armenian News, the breakaway republic Nagorno-Karabakh alleges 3,000 ceasefire violations by Azerbaijan.  (via The Armenian Reporter)

From In-Cyprus, a nightclub owner in Lamagusta, Cyprus is fined after patrons were found dancing too close to each other.

From Arutz Sheva, Israeli Prime Minister Netayahu admits that "mistakes were made".

From YNetNews, for the fourth straits day, Israel reaches a new high in new coronavirus cases.

From the Egypt Independent, Egyptian prosecutors order three more arrests in the Fairmont Nile hotel gang rape case.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, according to the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission, an armed group killed 15 civilians in the region of Benishangul-Gumuz.

From the Saudi Gazette, Saudi Arabia's General Directorate of Passports sets conditions for traveling permits for exempted categories.

From The New Arab, the UAE will promote the city of Dubai as a "hub for Israeli businesses".

From Radio Farda, a jailed Iranian human rights advocate ends her hunger strike as her health deteriorates.

From Dawn, the Pakistani province of Balochistan will propose a 15-day delay in reopening primary schools due to a rise in coronavirus cases.

From the Hindustan Times, according to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India's ability to produce and deliver a coronavirus vaccine will pull the world out of the crisis.

From the Dhaka Tribune, Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina calls for timely and equitable access to coronavirus vaccines.

From the Colombo Page, the owners of the fire-stricken oil tanker New Diamond agree to fully compensate Sri Lanka for its firefighting efforts.

From Maldives Insider, at Soneva's two resorts in the Maldive Islands, luxury blends with castaway fantasy.

From The Jakarta Post, according to an epidemiologist, Indonesia's coronavirus death toll may be three times the reported number.

From The Straits Times, Singapore plans a new 15-kilometer-long green corridor.

From the Borneo Post, travelers from the state of Sabah to other parts of Malaysia are required to undergo screening at international entry points.

From Vietnam Plus, phase one of the international port at Long An, Vietnam is inaugurated.

From The Mainichi, young Japanese climate activists stage a "shoe protest" outside the country's National Diet Building.

From Gatestone Institute, Israel and Arab countries will benefit from a transformational peace in the Middle East.

From The Stream, the left's battle plan against presumptive SCOTUS nominee Amy Coney Barrett has been leaked.  (The announcement of the nominee is scheduled for 5:00 p.m., a little less than an hour away as I write this.)

From Breitbart, Judge Coney Barrett and her family are seen leaving their home in Indiana, ahead of President Trump's announcement.

From WPVI-TV, opinions about Coney Barrett are just about where you'd expect them to be.

From The Daily Wire, Meghan McCain warns against politicizing Coney Barrett's adopted children.

From the New York Post, although Coney Barrett is a woman of faith, she says that religion has no place in judicial rulings.

From The American Conservative, ending the U.S.'s "military-first" foreign policy.

From Fox News, the congressional election in Minnesota's second district is delayed due to the death of a third-party candidate.

And from The Peedmont, Governor Blackface (D-VA) is unsure about how he, his wife, and their pool boy all tested positive for the coronavirus.

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