Tuesday, September 29, 2020

Tuesday Tidings - Part 1

On a warm humid Tuesday, the last in September, here are some things going on:

From National Review, Scranton, Pennsylvania versus Park Avenue is more complicated than it might seem.

From FrontpageMag, the battle between Christians and Muslims at Nicopolis in 1396.

From Townhall, congresscritter Chip Roy (R-TX) recalls how Democrats in the early 2000s treated Republican judicial nominees.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a preview of tonight's debate between President Trump (R) and former Vice President Biden (D).

From the Washington Examiner, Biden and Senator Kamala Harris (D-Cal) release their tax returns.

From The Federalist, the media goes after Scott Atlas for exposing their lies about the coronavirus.

From American Thinker, some real questions for Biden.

From CNS News, according to press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, Trump's best preparation for the debates comes from answering questions from the White House press corps.

From LifeZette, Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal) tells Biden to be himself and "save the planet".

From NewsBusters, to oppose the SCOTUS nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett, CBS host Gayle King reaches into the past.

From Canada Free Press, tonight's presidential debate is "staged" and is a concession to the coronavirus.

From CBC News, the Canadian government announces a plan to buy 7.9 million coronavirus tests.

From Global News, former Canadian parliamentcritter Rob Anders (Conservative-Calgary) is charged with tax evasion.

From CTV News, the Canadian province of Ontario tightens visitor policies at some long-term care homes due to the second wave of the coronavirus.

From TeleSUR, Chile tries to prevent new mass migrations during the coronavirus pandemic.

From Morocco World News, why Morocco won't normalize relations with Israel.

From Hürriyet Daily News, according to Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Turkey will support Azerbaijan on the field and at the table.

From Turkish Minute, according to an Armenian-Turkish opposition legislator, Turkish authorities allow Turkish nationalists to hold demonstrations in front of the Armenian Patriarchate in Istanbul.

From Rûdaw, according to an Armenian legislator, Yezidi fighters have been wounded in a battle between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces.

From ArmenPress, according to Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, efforts by Azerbaijan's army have failed.  (I have decided to replace The Armenian Reporter, which rarely had any original content but merely linked to other sources, with ArmenPress, which I have recently run across, and which publishes its own original material.)

From In-Cyprus, European bee-eaters and other protected bird species are found after being killed in Larnaca, Cyprus.

From The Syrian Observer, has Turkey sent Syrian fighters to aid Azerbaijan against Armenia?

From Arutz Sheva, Israeli Prime Minister Netayahu reveals a Hezbollah weapons depot near the Beirut airport.

From The Times Of Israel, Israel's daily coronavirus infection rate is reportedly almost three times higher than the next worst-hit country.

From The Jerusalem Post, Netanyahu announces that Israel's coronavirus lockdown will last at least a month.

From YNetNews, the UAE defends its decision to normalize its relations with Israel.

From the Egypt Independent, a 12-year-old Egyptian boy dies of a heart attack after hours of playing PUBG.

From Egypt Today, President Abdel al-Sisi declares three days of mourning in Egypt for recently departed Kuwaiti Emir Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, Ethiopia's National Defense Forces receive $2.9 million worth of equipment from the U.S. Department of Defense.

From the Saudi Gazette, Saudi Arabia's Haramain Museum is set to reopen on October 18th.

From The New Arab, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah denies Netanyahu's claim of a weapons depot in Beirut.

From Radio Farda, Iran denies Saudi Arabia's accusation that it trained a recently-busted terror cell.

From IranWire, what happened to Iran's funds to fight the coronavirus?

From Dawn, non-bailable arrest warrants are issued for the wife and daughter of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Shehbaz Sharif in his money laundering case.

From The Express Tribune, the Pakistani government decides to again ask the U.K. to deport former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

From Pakistan Today, Pakistan decides to reopen primary schools despite a surge in campus coronavirus cases.

From Khaama Press, 14 civilians are killed when their bus hits a roadside bomb in the Afghan province of Daikundi.

From The Hans India, key points of the verdict in a case about the destruction of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, India.

From the Hindustan Times, with China "on their radar", India, Japan, Australia and the U.S. plan a joint meeting for October 6th.

From ANI, the Indian state of Tamil Nadu extends its coronavirus lockdown until October 31st, but relaxes some of its measures.

From India Today, Indian states protect their revenues as new farm laws take effect.

From the Dhaka Tribune, schools in Dhaka try to decide whether to open.

From the Daily Mirror, seven intervenient petitions are filed with the Sri Lankan Supreme Court in support of the proposed 20th Amendment to the country's Constitution.  (Would an intervenient petition be similar to an American "friend of the court" brief?)

From Maldives Insider, Atmosphere Hotels and Resorts welcomes their 2,000th guest in the Maldive Islands since the country reopened its borders.

From The Jakarta Post, a man in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia gets 18 months in prison for throwing a copy of the Koran in a mosque.

From The Straits Times, Singapore Airlines will discontinues its "flights to nowhere", but will offer meals insider a grounded AirBus A-380 jumbo jet.

From the Borneo Post, according to science minister Khairy Jamaluddin, Malaysia will decide on a coronavirus vaccine early next year.

From Free Malaysia Today, according to Health Director-General Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah, Malaysia has no plans to shut down malls despite recent coronavirus cases.

From Vietnam Plus, only 44,000 foreigners visit Vietnam in the third quarter of 2020.

From The Mainichi, Japanese Prime Minister Suga and Russian President Putin agree to promote territorial negotiations based on a joint declaration made in 1956.

From Gatestone Institute, according to Chinese newspaper editor Hu Xijin, killing Americans over Taiwan is "morally justified".

From BreakPoint, why is the left attacking SCOTUS nominee Amy Coney Barrett?  (via The Stream)

From The Stream, whether former Vice President Biden is a devout Catholic doesn't matter.

From The Daily Signal, President Trump doesn't need price controls to decrease the cost of prescription drugs.

From The Daily Wire, Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron decides to release recordings related to the Breonna Taylor case.

From Space War, has North Korea's satellite program been discontinued?

From Space Daily, the Space Force's 18th Space Control Squadron now predicts collisions between pieces of space debris.

From The American Conservative, the real threat to our privacy and security is not TikTok.

From Fox News, the organizer of "We Build The Wall" pushes back against accusations of money laundering.

From the New York Post, Nordstrom decides to discontinue selling products made from fur or exotic animal skins.

And from WPVI-TV, the UAE plans to launch a spacecraft to the moon in 2024.

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