On a sunny and humid Thursday, here are some things going on:
From National Review, a professor at the University of Southern California is put on leave for saying a Chinese word that sounds like a racial slur.
From FrontpageMag, the American Federation of Teachers show their double standards.
From Townhall, right-wing journalist Tucker Carlson explains why former Vice President Biden can't disavow a ProFa website that redirects to his campaign.
From The Washington Free Beacon, the Trump administration pulls $62 million in your tax dollars from the World Health Organization.
From the Washington Examiner, applications for new businesses reaches a 13-year high.
From The Federalist, Democrats need to figure out their talking points on the riots.
From American Thinker, the media hold President Trump to a standard of evidence, but not themselves.
From CNS News, Senator Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) calls Attorney General Bill Barr "a threat to democracy".
From LifeZette, First Lady Melania Trump blasts "malicious gossip" when a former friend accuses her of having a feud with Ivanka Trump.
From NewsBusters, CBS censors New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's (D) threat that Trump might be harmed if he goes to New York City.
From Canada Free Press, Portland, Oregon Mayor Ted Wheeler (D) "paws at Trump like a wounded kitten".
From CBC News, the Canadian Space Agency gets its first female leader.
From Global News, who may travel to Canada and what should they do upon arrival?
From CTV News, a man in Picture Butte, Alberta, Canada faces charges for allegedly making gun parts using 3D printers.
From TeleSUR, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega leads a ceremony celebrating the establishment of his country's army.
From The Conservative Woman, will the issue of fishing sink the U.K.'s Tories?
From the Express, a no-deal Brexit could happen as early as next week.
From the Evening Standard, different parts of the U.K. have different coronavirus travel policies.
From the (U.K.) Independent, Extinction Rebellion activists glue themselves to the ground outside the U.K. parliament building. (I suppose that they might have a good view of Big Ben.)
From the (Irish) Independent, according to dialcritter Danny Healy-Rae, Ireland is becoming like a "dictatorship" with legislation that could give gardaí the power to close pubs. (A dialcritter is the Irish equivalent of a U.S. congresscritter.)
From the Irish Examiner, since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, only five outbreaks have been reported from Irish pubs. (The title says "cases", but the text says "outbreaks", each of which can involve plural cases.)
From the VRT NWS, a coronavirus vaccine is expected to be available in Belgium by the end of next March.
From The Brussels Times, about 30 percent of Belgians are opposed to receiving a coronavirus vaccine.
From the NL Times, 256 kilos of she-don't-lie are found at the Dutch port of Rotterdam in two containers on a ship from Ecuador.
From Dutch News, Dutch Justice Minister Ferd Grapperhaus will stay in his job despite the lack of social distancing at his wedding.
From Deutsche Welle, a passenger on a train in Hamburg, Germany punches the attendant who asked him to wear a mask.
From the CPH Post, according to the World Intellectual Property Organization, Denmark continues to be one of the world's most innovative countries.
From Polskie Radio, on the 30th anniversary of his death, a plaque in tribute to Polish singer Mieczysław Fogg is placed on the wall of an apartment building where he lived. (The second line from the bottom in reads "Lived in this house in 1987 - 1990", the nominative pronoun "he" being understood. The last line, which is italicized, reads "And here is Warsaw!")
From Radio Prague, St. Havel's Church in Prague's Old Town gets a new bell.
From The Slovak Spectator, measurement of Slovakia's High Tatra Mountains aerial laser scanning shows that many of their previously recorded heights have been incorrect.
From Daily News Hungary, hotels in Budapest shut down due to Hungary's ban on tourist arrivals. (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Portfolio.)
From Hungary Today, charges are filed against Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto for taking a trip on a billionaire's yacht. (If you read Hungarian, read the story at HVG.)
From About Hungary, Hungarian authorities find three tunnels running under the country's southern border.
From Russia Today, according to the OPCW, the alleged poisoning of Russian dissident Alexey Navalny could be a "use of chemical weapons" and thus a violation of international law.
From Sputnik International, a Russian MiG-31 fighter jet intercepts U.S. and U.K. planes over the Barents Sea.
From The Moscow Times, according to a Kremlin spokesman, Russia should not be blamed for Navalny's poisoning. (If you read Russian, read the story at Interfax.)
From Novinite, protesters in Bulgaria get violent with police.
From The Sofia Globe, the Council of Europe wants Bulgaria to investigate police violence against journalists covering the protests.
From Radio Bulgaria, President Rumen Radev calls for the entire Bulgarian government to resign.
From Ekathimerini, two brothers from Bulgaria accused of murdering a Greek-Australian businessman in the Athens suburb of Voula in 2018 deny any involvement in his death.
From the Greek Reporter, new lighting for the Parthenon is tested under a full moon.
From Independent Balkan News Agency, according to Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, his country has no maritime agreement with Greece.
From Balkan Insight, prosecutors at The Hague call former Kosovo Prime Minister Agim Ceku in for questioning.
From Total Slovenia News, Slovenia goes into space.
From Total Croatia News, Croatian opposition parliamentcritters criticize a bill that would abolish an annual quota for employing foreign workers.
From the Malta Independent, according to Deputy Health Minister Chris Fearne, Malta should acquire its second batch of coronavirus vaccines four to six months after first.
From Malta Today, seven migrants accused of being ringleaders in a riot at a center in Marsa, Malta are denied bail.
From Free West Media, people in the Italian province of Cosenza, in the region of Calabria, are angry over migrant coronavirus cases.
From SwissInfo, taxes in the Swiss canton of Zug may be payed in Bitcoin starting in February of 2021.
From France24, Kazakh cyclist Alexey Lutsenko wins stage six of the Tour de France.
From RFI, France has a new spike in coronavirus cases and a rise in hospital admissions.
From Euractiv, France considers reintroducing neonicotinoids, a type of pesticide.
From El País, Spanish Health Minister Salvador Illa rules out a new lockdown or a "perimeter lockdown" of Madrid.
From The Portugal News, over 60 counties in eight Portuguese districts are at a maximum fire risk.
From The Stream, which America do you want?
From The Daily Signal, some Michiganders seek the repeal of a law used by Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D) for her coronavirus decrees.
From The American Conservative, "Congress cannot cede the Second Amendment to the courts".
From SmallBizDaily, pivoting your small business during the coronavirus era.
From the Daily Caller, the Ninth Circuit rules that mass surveillance of Americans is illegal, thus agreeing with Edward Snowden.
From The Daily Wire, a woman attending a town hall with former Vice President Biden in Kenosha, Wisconsin claims that she was told to ask a question written on a piece of paper.
From Fox News, Muhlenberg College removes face masks with the "thin blue line" after someone calls them "offensive".
From the New York Post, Cam Newton becomes the new starting quarterback for the New England Patriots.
And from the Daily News, New York Mets pitcher Tom Seaver goes to the baseball stadium in the sky.
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