Saturday, October 31, 2020

Links For Halloween

On the last day of October, besides the first night-visible full moon on Halloween in 76 years, are some things going on:

From National Review, conservatives must recognize that left-wing race rhetoric is a power grab.

From Townhall, Minnesota Attorney General (and former congresscritter) Keith Ellison has a warning for his fellow Democrats.

From The Washington Free Beacon, senatorial candidate and former astronaut Mark Kelly (D-AZ) petitioned a court to put his ex-wife in jail during a child custody dispute.

From the Washington Examiner, Milwaukee has become a "showcase" for President Trump's efforts to get support from minorities.

From American Thinker, some reasons to be afraid this Halloween.

From NewsBusters, Trump's taxes have received 24 more coverage than Hunter Biden's laptop.

From Canada Free Press, "is the Democrat party dying?"

From CBC News, Halloween costumes from the CBC archive.

From The Conservative Woman, journalists lead an attack on freedom of the press.

From Snouts in the Trough, are two U.K. universities having an "exaggeration challenge" about the coronavirus?

From the Express, amid the prospect of an other coronavirus lockdown in the U.K., Prime Minister Boris Johnson will address the country "imminently".

From the (Irish) Independent, "it's a long way to Tipperary", but the journey for one man is cut short when he his found to be carrying €647,500 worth of she-don't lie.

From The Brussels Times, seismic activity is detected under Belgium and other parts of northern Europe.

From the NL Times, 10 Dutch police officers are quarantined after someone who attended an illegal party that they broke up tests positive for the coronavirus.

From Deutsche Welle, after eight years of delays, the Berlin-Brandenburg Airport finally opens.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, "unknown perpetrators" set fire to a pew in a Catholic church in Cologne, Germany, while Muslims vandalize a church in Vienna, Austria.

From the CPH Post, the Danish government unveils a new coronavirus warning system.

From Polskie Radio, 37 are detained after yesterday's pro-abortion march in Warsaw.

From Radio Prague, new Czech Health Minister Jan Blatný admits once signing a petition calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Andrej Babiš.

From The Slovak Spectator, Slovaks line up to get tested for the coronavirus.

From Hungary Today, Hungarian spokesperson Tamás Menczer points out to Russia spokesperson Maria Zakharova that Hungary freed itself from the Nazi and communist dictatorships.

From Free West Media, the E.U. opens an infringement procedure against Hungary for its alleged "incorrect application" of the E.U.'s asylum law.

From ReMix, according to Hungarian Prime Minister Orban, "the future of Africans should be in Africa".

From Russia Today, Russia promises "necessary" assistance to Armenia if the fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh spills over into Armenia itself.

From The Sofia Globe, the leader of Bulgaria's Socialist Party is treated at the Medical Military Academy in Sofia after testing positive for the coronavirus.

From the Greek Reporter, archaeologists "blast" a decision by Greece's Ministry of Culture to cement parts of the Acropolis in Athens.

From Total Croatia News, the company Latus in the region of Istria produces the first domestic Croatian mozzarella.  (If you read Croatian, read the story at Poslovni Dnevnik.)

From Total Slovenia News, Slovenia's coronavirus test positivity rate declines, while no changes are made to its rules.

From the Malta Independent, activists stage a sit-down protest in front of the Castille in Valletta, Malta against the government's allowing hunters to access public land.

From SwissInfo, demand for plant-based products increases in Switzerland.

From France24, an Orthodox priest in Lyon, France is shot and wounded while closing his church.

From EuroNews, French bookstore owners protest against their shops being closed in France's second coronavirus lockdown.

From El País, Spain reports a record daily high of 25,595 new coronavirus cases.

From The Portugal News, the Portuguese region of Algarve promotes motorhome tourism.

From Morocco World News, a recent Moroccan study facilitates access to the RNA of the coronavirus.

From Hürriyet Daily News, rescuers race to find earthquake survivors in Izmir, Turkey.

From Rûdaw, a gas pipeline explosion in Rumaythah, Iraq kills at least two people and injures dozens of others.

From ArmenPress, Pope Francis recognizes the martyrdom of two Lebanese priests killed during the Armenian genocide by the Ottoman Empire.

Form In-Cyprus, new coronavirus measures in Cyprus are possible next week due to a numbers remaining high.

From Arutz Sheva, human trials in Israel for a coronavirus vaccine start this coming Sunday.

From YNetNews, the first Gulf-Israel Women's Forum, with participants from Israel and the UAE, "is a hit".

From Egypt Today, Egyptian President Abdel al-Sisi inaugurates the Sharm el-Sheikh Museum.

From the Saudi Gazette, a man is arrested after crashing his car into a door of the Grand Mosque in Mecca.

From The New Arab, the normalization deal between Sudan and Israel places asylum seekers from the former in the latter into uncertainty.

From Radio Farda, President Rouhani announces new coronavirus restrictions in Iran.

From The Express Tribune, Pakistani security forces in the province of Balochistan send a "high-value" terrorist to his virgins.

From Khaama Press, police in Kabul, Afghanistan arrest 16 suspected criminals in 48 hours.

From the Hindustan Times, according to India's Border Security Force, the border with Bangladesh has seen a spike in wildlife smuggling.

From the Dhaka Tribune, investigators determine that there was no evidence of Koran desecration after a man is lynched for that offense.

From the Colombo Page, over 450 people who left Sri Lanka's Western Province before a curfew was imposed have been quarantined at their respective residences.

From The Jakarta Post, three cyclists are attacked with acid in the Indonesian region of Yogyakarta.

From The Straits Times, Singapore reports 12 new coronavirus cases, all but one asymptomatic.

From the Borneo Post, according to Malaysian Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, working at home is necessary due to coronavirus clusters arising in workplaces.

From Vietnam Plus, Vietnam seeks to remove a warning about fishing from the European Commission, but recognizes that it won't be easy.

From The Mainichi, images featuring the Ryukyu Kingdom are projected onto the remains of Shuri Castle in Okinawa.

From Gatestone Institute, more black appraisals of BLM.

From The Stream, will "election watch parties" devolve into riots?

From The American Conservative, "pick your presidential poison".

From The Daily Wire, is removing President Trump from office really worth it?

From WPVI-TV, in Pennsylvania's Bucks County, Trump says that in this election, the nation is at a crossroads.

From Fox News, according to Senator Susan Collins (R-ME), there is systemic racism in the U.S., but not in Maine.

From the New York Post, the Guardian Angels get ready to protect New York City from possible election unrest.

From U.S. News & World Report, a Minnesota website for tracking absentee ballots crashes and is later restored.  (via Breitbart)

And from CNN, Scottish actor Sean Connery, who introduced the world to James Bond, passes away at age 90.

Friday, October 30, 2020

Friday Fuss - Part 2

As a cool cloudy Friday heads toward evening, here are some more things going on:

From Morocco World News, the U.N. Security Council renews is peacekeeping mandate for Western Sahara for another year.

From Hürriyet Daily News, more on the earthquake in the eastern Aegean Sea, in which 17 people in Turkey have reportedly been killed.

From Turkish Minute, still more on the earthquake.

From Rûdaw, Kurdish leaders welcome Germany's decision to keep their forces in Iraq.

From ArmenPress, according to Artsakh's Human Rights Defender's Office, Azerbaijan has been using phosphorous projectiles.

From In-Cyprus, a pro-abortion protest is planned for tomorrow outside the Polish embassy in Cyprus.  (The text is very short, but I find the picture with its protest signs interesting.  For example, the one farthest left says "no woman, no kraj".  The Polish word kraj sounds exactly like the English word "cry", but means "country".  Thus, the sign is a pun on the title of a Bob Marley song, but also means "no woman, no country".  The sign at the bottom left, partially obscured by an umbrella, appears to say "strajk kobiet", the word strajk meaning and sounding like the English word "strike".  Since kobiet is the genitive plural of kobieta, which means "woman", the sign translates to "women's strike".  In the sign saying "pis off", the word "pis" with one "s" refers to "PiS", the acronym for Poland's governing party.  The large sign which starts with "jarek", which might be a personal name, calls him kurwa, which means "whore".  The rest of it says "I had to be on the beach".)

From The Syrian Observer, the Turkish army prepares to withdraw from another post in northern Syria.

From Arutz Sheva, Israel offers assistance to Turkey after the earthquake.

From The Times Of Israel, ministers impose and extend coronavirus lockdowns in Arab towns in northern Israel.

From The Jerusalem Post, tens of thousands of volunteers start cleaning Israel's coasts, attempting the largest beach-cleaning project ever.

From YNetNews, the ultra-Orthodox Haredi Jews face an "unprecedented crisis" as young people move away.

From the Egypt Independent, a vehicle hits five children, killing one, at a campaign rally in the Egyptian governorate of Beheira.

From Egypt Today, according to a military spokesman, Egypt has sent tons of medical aid to Iraq.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, a firm based in Dubai wins a contract to supply Ethiopia with 80,000 metric tons of wheat.

From the Saudi Gazette, the ancient site of AlUla will be reopened for visitors this weekend.

From The New Arab, under a new agreement, Israeli fruits and vegetables may be sold in the UAE.

From Radio Farda, U.S. forces seize Iranian weapons that were allegedly bound for Yemen.

From IranWire, according to her friends, the transfer of a British-Australian academic to Iran's Evin Prison is "not a victory".

From Dawn, police in Islamabad, Pakistan use tear gas against protesters who broke through a security blockade in an attempt to get close to the French embassy.

From The Express Tribune, Pakistan celebrates Eid Miladun Nabi "with religious zeal and fervour".

From Khaama Press, local officials in the Afghan province of Uruzgan say that they have prevented the Taliban from taking over the district of Dehraud.

From The Hans India, police remove posters of French President Emmanuel Macron from a road in Mumbai, India.

From the Hindustan Times, tensions continue along the border between the Indian states of Assam and Mizoram.

From ANI, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates some dam lighting in the state of Gujarat.

From India Today, India will participate in this year's Malabar joint naval exercise under "non-contact, at sea only" conditions.

From the Dhaka Tribune, tens of thousands of Muslims in Bangladesh protest against Macron.

From the Daily Mirror, the new ambassador from China arrives in Sri Lanka.

From Maldives Insider, travel firms in the U.K. report a surge in bookings to the Maldive Islands after a travel corridor is established between the two countries.

From The Jakarta Post, Indonesian authorities arrest a fugitive suspect in a bribery case involving a Supreme Court secretary.

From The Straits Times, Japan eases travel restrictions for Singapore and eight other countries and regions.

From the Borneo Post, a new coronavirus quarantine and treatment center is set up in the Malaysian territory of Labuan.

From Free Malaysia Today, the Malaysian state of Selangor plans to change its laws to impose heavier penalties on river polluters.

From Vietnam Plus, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phus hosts U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

From The Mainichi, the order of each country's athletes marching in the opening ceremony for next year's Tokyo Olympics will be determined according to the Japanese language.

And from Gatestone Institute, China is an "existential threat to America".

Friday Fuss - Part 1

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

From National Review, former Vice President Biden's tax plan.

From FrontpageMag, what really happened in Europe during the early stages of World War II.

From Townhall, businesses in Washington, D.C. prepare for the worst on election day.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a coronavirus "dark winter" could be on the way.

From the Washington Examiner, First Lady Melania Trump points out how those who accuse the president of being anti-gay are wrong.

From The Federalist, electing Joe Biden president won't change the populist era inaugurated by President Trump.

From American Thinker, Democrats have big plans for America whether they win or lose.

From CNS News, Media Research Center President Brent Bozell urges conservatives to share the Hunter Biden story that the media are trying to cover up.  (MRC is the publisher of CNS News and NewsBusters.)

From LifeZette, Hunter Biden and some of his associates are under an active investigation.

From NewsBusters, MSNBC anchor Stephanie Ruhle is "outraged" that Fox News is covering the Hunter Biden story.

From Canada Free Press, Biden's goal for America comes from his former boss.

From CBC News, the Canadian government plans to bring in 1.2 million immigrants in the next three years.

From Global News, according to Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam, Canadians must reduce their contacts to combat the coronavirus pandemic.

From CTV News, Ontario provincial Premier Doug Ford wants to reopen businesses and ease restrictions in some coronavirus hot spots.

From TeleSUR, El Salvador's Supreme Court of Justice closes criminal proceedings in connection with a massacre of six priests and two women during the country's civil war.

From The Conservative Woman, resist the coronavirus-fascist regime.

From the Express, a parliamentcritter from the Scottish National Party proposes a "Plan B" for Scottish independence, which is shot down by his own party.

From the Evening Standard, according to the Office for National Statistics, the coronavirus is surging among older school children in the U.K.

From the (U.K.) Independent, a pride of peacocks in Henfield, England will be rehomed instead of being "humanely dispatched", largely due to the efforts of a woman named "Bird".

From the (Irish) Independent, Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin does not believe that schools will be disrupted as an industrial strike looms.

From the Irish Examiner, Halloween may not be celebrated "in the traditional sense" in Ireland, but the ancient festival of Samhain will be observed with a spectacle.

From VRT NWS, "Superman" cleans windows at a home for mentally handicapped people in Landen, Belgium.

From The Brussels Times, Belgium decides to go back into a strict coronavirus lockdown.

From the NL Times, Dutch universities have more students than ever.

From Dutch News, six Dutch cities and towns including Rotterdam plan to ban fireworks for this coming New Year's.  (If you read Dutch, read the story at NOS.)

From Deutsche Welle, how the German military helps fight the coronavirus pandemic.

From Euractiv, a bilateral agreement allows Germany to import more hydrogen from Australia.

From the CPH Post, the leader of the party Nye Borderlige wants to print the Mohammed cartoons in Danish newspapers.

From Polskie Radio, cemeteries in Poland will be closed on All Saints' Day due to a surge in coronavirus cases.

From Radio Prague, the lower house of the Czech Parliament votes to extend the country's coronavirus state of emergency until November 20th.

From The Slovak Spectator, Slovakia prepares to launch nationwide coronavirus tests, but faces a shortage of health care staff.

From The Hungary Journal, according to Prime Minister Orban, Hungarian "must wear face masks".

From Daily News Hungary, instead of waiting for a bus, a Hungarian man steals one.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at RTL Híradó.)

From Hungary Today, also according to Orban, Hungary could receive its first coroanvirus vaccines in late December.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Hirado.)

From About Hungary, Orban sends a letter of condolences to French President Emmanuel Macron after the attack in Nice, France.

From ReMix, Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto tells Europe to "wake up" and defend itself against terrorism.

From Russia Today, a teenager in the Russia republic of Tatarshan throws Molotov cocktails, shouts "Allahu akbar!", attacks a policeman with a knife, and is shot dead.

From Sputnik International, safe hydrogen storage tanks are being developed in Russia.

From The Moscow Times, protesters gather outside the French embassy in Moscow and stage a picket against French President Macron.

From Romania-Insider, according to Mayor Nicuşor Dan, Bucharest will not hold a Christmas market this year.  (If you read Romanian, read the story at News(dot)Ro.)

From Novinite, Sofia, Bulgaria puts a curfew on restaurants and bars.

From The Sofia Globe, new coronavirus restrictions in Bulgaria result in events being postponed or changes.

From Radio Bulgaria, Bulgaria "urgently" needs more plasma donors to help treat coronavirus patients.

From Ekathimerini, two teenagers are killed on the Greek island of Samos when a wall collapses from an earthquake in the eastern Aegean Sea.

From the Greek Reporter, Greece offers Turkey assistance in the city of Smyrna, which has been damaged by the earthquake.

From EuroNews, more on the earthquake in the Aegean Sea, which has killed people in Greece and Turkey.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, more on the earthquake in the eastern Aegean Sea.

From Balkan Insight, Interpol calls for the arrest of a Bosnian Serb wartime policeman allegedly involved in killing civilian prisoners in the Sanski Most area in 1992.

From Total Croatia News, the Vukovar Tower opens with a spectacular ceremony.

From Total Slovenia News, according to Prime Minister Janez Janša, Slovenia's coronavirus restrictions will continue during next week.

From the Malta Independent, Maltese Prime Minister Robert Abela rules out early elections and says nothing about any cabinet reshuffle.

From Malta Today, Malta has become a hotspot for "ghost banking".

From ANSA, Italian Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese rejects calls to resign over the Nice, France attacker having entered Europe through the island of Lampedusa.

From Free West Media, lax Italian immigration laws allowed the Nice, France attacker to roam free.  (If you read Italian, read a related story at Il Giornale.)

From SwissInfo, public support for the Swiss government less even while supporting its anti-coronavirus measures.

From France24, what is known a day after the attack in Nice, France.

From RFI, France deploys 7,000 more security personnel to schools and religious sites.

From El País, a guide to coronavirus restrictions in Spain's regions under the country's new state of alarm.

From The Portugal News, Portugal clamps down on the coronavirus.

From The Stream, an archbishop's letter to President Trump.

From The Daily Signal, a federal appeals court orders Minnesota to separate mail-in ballots that arrive after election day.

From Space War, what is the impact of Chinese sanctions on U.S. arms producers?

From TMZ, a vandal destroys Trump's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and then turns himself in.  (via Fox News)

From The Daily Wire, actress Kirstie Alley criticizes CNN's coronavirus coverage.

From CBS Philly, a Pennsylvania election official expects ballots in the state to "overwhelmingly" be counted by Friday of next week.

From Breitbart, former Vice President Biden has a "brain freeze" while speaking in Dallas, Pennsylvania.

From Fox News, Philadelphia announces a weekend curfew and will release recordings of the shooting of Walter Wallace Jr. next Wednesday.

And from AP News, a pregnant woman in Florida doesn't let the onset of labor stop her from voting.

Thursday, October 29, 2020

Thursday Links - Part 2

As a rainy Thursday hangs around, here are some more things going on:

From Free West Media, a knife attacker kills three people at a church in Nice, France.

From France24, why has Nice, France become a target for terrorism?

From RFI, according to President Emmanuel Macron, France "will not give in to terror".

From EuroNews, more on the attack in Nice, France.

From El País, the Spanish congress approves a six-month extension for Spain's coronavirus state of alarm.

From The Portugal News, tourists are allowed to move between municipalities in Portugal, even with the country's coronavirus lockdown.

From SwissInfo, the world's first certified electric airplane flies over Switzerland.

From ANSA, the attacker who killed three people in Nice arrived on the Italian island of Lampedusa and then made his way to France.

From the Malta Independent, the head coach of Malta's national soccer team tests positive for the coronavirus.

From Malta Today, according to Justice Minister Edward Zammit Lewis, court delays in Malta are due to inefficiency, not to a shortage of judges.

From Total Slovenia News, Slovenia makes its Oscar nomination for best international film.

From Total Croatia News, according to Eurostat data, domestic tourism in Croatia seems to be recovering from the coronavirus crisis.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, according to Politico, the E.U. has reached a compromise over Bulgaria's demands toward North Macedonia.  (The article does not include any link to Politico.)

From Balkan Insight, Bosnia and Herzegovina's Constitutional Court rejects appeals by two former Bosnian army soldiers convicted of crimes against Croat civilians in 1993.

From Ekathimerini, the last migrants are transferred out of the makeshift PIPKA camp on the Greek island of Lesvos.

From the Greek Reporter, 15 health care providers at a hospital in Athens test positive for the coronavirus.

From Novinite, Bulgaria receives 2,593 vials of the drug Remdesivir.

From The Sofia Globe, Bulgarian President Roumen Radev self-isolates after an aide tests positive for the coronavirus.

From Radio Bulgaria, protesters in Sofia, Bulgaria keep their positions.

From Romania-Insider, a former president of Romania's Chamber of Deputies is sentenced to five years for corruption.  (If you read Romanian, read the story at G4Media.)

From Russia Today, President Putin rules out another strict coronavirus lockdown in Russia, citing economic concerns.

From Sputnik International, according to Putin, Russia is ready to produce coronavirus vaccines abroad.

From The Moscow Times, a multi-domed Orthodox cathedral is planned for the Moscow State University campus.

From the Hungary Journal, Hungarian Prime Minister Orban reacts to the terror attack in Nice, France.

From Daily News Hungary, Hungary is among the main targets for human traffickers.

From Hungary Today, Hungary will require face masks at restaurants and entertainment centers.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Hirado.)

From About Hungary, according to State Secretary Zoltán Kovács, Hungary has handled the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic "very effectively".

From The Slovak Spectator, Bratislava, Slovakia receives 10,000 tulip bulbs from the Dutch embassy, which will also plant 2,000 trees.

From Radio Prague, new Czech Health Minister Jan Blatný aims to replace fear of the coronavirus with respect.

From Polskie Radio, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki tells pro-abortion protesters to focus their anger on politicians instead of putting elderly people at risk.

From ReMix, pro-abortion protesters in Poland attack statues of Pope John Paul II.

From the CPH Post, the Danish government plans to introduce two meatless days per week in state-run canteens.

From Deutsche Welle, hospitals in Berlin brace for the second coronavirus wave.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a Syrian refugee confesses to placing a bomb on a train in Cologne, Germany.

From the NL Times, five organizations call for cops in Rotterdam, Netherlands to be prosecuted for allegedly racist texts.

From Dutch News, Dutch politicians including Prime Minister Mark Rutte condemn the attack in Nice, France.

From VRT NWS, the Belgian commune of Flanders limits shopping times to 30 minutes.

From The Brussels Times, the last Belgian military pilot who flew on D-Day passes away at age 99.

From Euractiv, the European Commission calls for a meeting with the border agency Frontex over alleged "illegal pushback" of migrants in the Aegean Sea.

From the Express, the U.K.'s Labour Party suspends former leader Jeremy Corbyn for saying that anti-Semitism in the party is "overstated".

From the Evening Standard, Corbyn urges his supporters to stay in the Labour Party.

From the (U.K.) Independent, a man from Leicester, England is charged with being a member of ISIS and trying to free jihadists from prisons in northern Syria.

From the (Irish) Independent, three members of the Irish party Sinn Féin resign over a controversy about business grants.

From the Irish Examiner, according to Taoiseach Micheál Martin, there is still hope for a "meaningful Christmas" in Ireland.

And from The Conservative Woman, the Labour Party's report on anti-Semitism is a "big test" for its leader Sir Keir Starmer.

Thursday Links - Part 1

On a rainy Thursday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, arguments calling for Justice Barrett to recuse herself are "ridiculous".

From FrontpageMag, a possible reason why President Trump's rallies are packed while former Vice President Biden's are sparsely attended.

From Townhall, two frightening observations by congresscritter Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) from the hearing involving "Big Tech" CEOs.

From The Washington Free Beacon, approaching police officers with a knife is not going to end well.

From the Washington Examiner, all in all, its almost 400 miles of new wall.  (Apologies to Pink Floyd.)

From The Federalist, 12 graphs which show how mask mandates don't stop the coronavirus.

From American Thinker, after 10 years, a court strikes down a ban on ads offering help to people who leave Islam.

From CNS News, the American GDP grew at an annual rate of 33.1 percent during the third quarter of this year.  (This follows a 31.4 percent annual rate decrease during the second quarter.)

From LifeZette, BLM loots in another Democrat-controlled city.

From NewsBusters, 93 percent of American newspapers have endorsed Biden.

From Canada Free Press, people whom Trump's past rival called "deplorables" turn the table on poll hucksters.

From CBC, the Cree First Nation in the province of Quebec welcomes a Canadian Supreme Court decision against hearing an appeal of a decision to halt the development of a uranium mine.

From Global News, police in Montreal, Quebec, Canada issue a report on the "realities" of their work, including racial profiling.

From CTV News, 5 million images of shoppers in Canadian malls are captured by facial recognition software without their knowledge.

From Morocco World News, Morocco's House of Councillors condemns Islamophobia and insults to the prophet Mohammed in France.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey's foreign ministry summons the French embassy's charge d'affairs over a cartoon depicting President Erdoğan.

From Turkish Minute, a reporter denied access to a funeral of a Turkish historian in Romania accuses Turkey of "exporting censorship".

From Rûdaw, according to an expert, Iraq is becoming less important to the U.S.

From ArmenPress, according to Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan, Armenia has "irrefutable evidence" that Turkey has sent militants from Syria and Libya to Nagorno Karabakh.

From In-Cyprus, residents of Tseri, Cyprus want their mayor to do something about an illegal asphalt plant and its fumes.

From The Syrian Observer, almost 30 fighters are killed in clashes between Syrian government forces and ISIS.

From Arutz Sheva, according to Prime Minister Netanyahu, the decision to place Israel under a second coronavirus lockdown was justified, and that its exit must be done carefully.

From The Times Of Israel, with its large exercise in northern Israel, the IDF "prepares for war on multiple fronts".

From The Jerusalem Post, researchers discover a 2,000-year-old gem seal depicting the Greek deity Apollo under the City of David in Jerusalem.

From YNetNews, according to mediators, maritime talks between Israel and Lebanon have been productive.

From the Egypt Independent, in a Tweet, Egyptian president Abdel al-Sisi welcomes the normalization of relations between Israel and Sudan.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, the Ethiopian Road Authority launches road construction projects in the country's eastern Somali region.

From the Saudi Gazette, up to 20,000 Umrah pilgrims and 60,000 worshipers will be allowed into the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia during each day.

From The New Arab, Dubai will sell wine made in the Golan Heights.

From Radio Farda, the head of Iran's state-run radio and TV agency calls for the prosecution of Persian-speaking channels outside Iran.

From IranWire, since Tuesday, one Iranian has died from the coronavirus every four minutes.

From Dawn, an anti-terrorism court in Islamabad, Pakistan acquits Prime Minister Imran Khan in a case relating to an attack on the country's Parliament House in 2014.

From The Express Tribune, Imran has over 10 million followers on Facebook.

From Pakistan Today, the coronavirus test positivity rate in Pakistan crosses three percent.

From Khaama Press, four-year-old twins in Nili, Afghanistan are given non-Afghan names.

From The Hans India, the Indian government passes a new law against air pollution in the Delhi area.

From the Hindustan Times, China provides its soldiers in the region of Ladakh with high-tech equipment to manage the upcoming winter.

From ANI, schools and colleges in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh are set to reopen on November 2nd.

From India Today, tiles in a bathroom at a railway station in Gorakhpur, India are changed because their colors resembled those on the flag of a political party.

From The Times Of India, eight people are booked for allegedly forcing a 16-year-old girl to convert to Islam.

From the Dhaka Tribune, schools and colleges in Bangladesh will stay closed until November 14th due to the coronavirus.

From the Daily Mirror, people attempt to travel outside of Sri Lanka's Western Province despite police requests against doing so.

From the Colombo Page, Parliament Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena signs the 20th Amendment to Sri Lanka's Constitution.

From Maldives Insider, Switzerland removes the Maldive Islands from its coronavirus watchlist, thus allowing quarantine-free travel.

From The Jakarta Post, Mount Sinabung on the Indonesian island of Java erupts and sends ash 2,000 meters into the air.

From The Straits Times, Singapore will allow travelers from China and from the Australian state of Victoria to enter without quarantine if they pass a coronavirus test on arrival.

From the Borneo Post, the king and queen of Malaysia wish Muslims Maulidur Rasul celebration.

From Free Malaysia Today, the agriculture and plantation sectors in the Malaysian state of Sabah are set to resume full operation tomorrow.

From Malay Mail, according to a Malaysian politician, Muslims "have the right to punish" the French for their alleged wrongs committed against Muslims.

From Vietnam Plus, forces rush to search for victims in areas of Vietnam affected by Storm Molave.

From The Mainichi, four Vietnamese men are arrested in Maebashi, Japan for allegedly slaughtering a pig in an apartment.

From Gatestone Institute, will there be a new nuclear treaty with Iran?

From The Streamdoes quoting Scripture get former Vice President Biden off the hook?

From Space Daily, Chinese space engineers try to make their rockets smarter.

From The Daily Signal, the U.S. leads the international call to action for the economic empowerment of women.

From Breitbart, neighbors of senatorial candidate Theresa Greenfield (D-Iowa) regard her as being too far to the left and endorse incumbent Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) instead.

From Fox News, a plan to detect the coronavirus in waste water may help contact tracing efforts.

From WPVI-TV, a look at traveling to Hawaii during a pandemic.

And from The Peedmont, Richmond, Virginia Mayor Levar Stoney hopes that everyone will just forget the past six months.

Wednesday, October 28, 2020

Wednesday Wanderings - Part 2

As the last Wednesday in October heads toward evening, here are some more things going on:

From The Mainichi, Muslims in Japan face opposition to creating Islamic burial sites.

From Vietnam Plus, according to Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Vietnam's railway system needs to be upgraded.

From the Borneo Post, the Malaysian state of Perak passes a bill to lower the age for voting and running for public office.

From Free Malaysia Today, three civil societies slam the arrest of a Malaysian state assemblyman on sedition charges over a Facebook post on protests in Thailand.  (What is this "freedom of speech" you speak of?)

From MalayMail, a K-pop group angers Muslims by showing an Islamic shrine and a religious text during a live performance.

From The Straits Times, protesters in Thailand promise to persist even if Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha resigns.

From The Jakarta Post, a watchdog calls on the Indonesian government to increase patrols around the islands in the North Natuna Sea due to reports of illegal fishing by foreigners.

From Maldives Insider, the Addu and Fuvahmulah atolls in the Maldive Islands are declared UNESCO biosphere reserves.

From the Daily Mirror, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has some firm words for U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

From the Colombo Page, Pompeo visits one of the churches bombed by Muslim extremists on Easter of 2019.

From the Dhaka Tribune, a trial for five men accused of gang-rape in Attara, Bangladesh has been in limbo for four years.

From The Hans India, a fire breaks out at a Durga Puja marquee in the Salt Lake area of Kolkata, India.

From the Hindustan Times, India's Supreme Court rules that New Delhi Ordinary citizens can't be harassed for criticizing the government.

From ANI, police in Pune, Maharashtra, India recover two snakes and arrest their would-be smuggler.

From India Today, the China-backed Arakan Army in Myannar again becomes active in areas bordering India.

From Dawn, Pakistan makes face masks mandatory as the country deals with the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic.

From The Express Tribune, Pakistan releases and deports five Indian spies after the end of their prison terms.

From Pakistan Today, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan writes to other Muslim leaders, urging them to unite against Islamophobia.

From Radio Farda, Iranian exporter "pocketed billions" while disguised as homeless people.

From IranWire, the sculptor who turned a tree trunk into a statue of the late Iranian singer Mohammad Reza Shajarian is threatened with arrest.

From The New Arab, a Palestinian shoemaker finds a way to express his anger at U.S. President Trump.

From the Saudi Gazette, the Arab Coalition in Yemen intercepts and destroys six more explosive-laden Houthi drones launched at Saudi Arabia.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, the Ethiopian government prepares a law on scrapping vehicles.

From the Egypt Independent, Egypt's Public Prosecution arrests 16 people for allegedly blocking a road while protesting parliamentary election results in the governorate of Qena.

From Egypt Today, according to the grand imam of Al-Azhar, insulting Islam has become a tool to attract votes.

From Arutz Sheva, the Israeli cabinet plans to approve the reopening of synagogues for up to 10 worshipers.

From The Times Of Israel, while observing an IDF drill, Prime Minister Netanyahu warns Lebanon and Hezbollah against attacking Israel.

From The Jerusalem Post, Israel's coronavirus cabinet is expected to decide on schools and retail businesses tomorrow.

From YNetNews, the Tower of David in Jerusalem is undergoing a major restoration project.

From The Syrian Observer, dozens of Syrian government and Russian fighters are killed in northern Syria.

From In-Cyprus, Cypriot Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides goes into self-isolation after an associate tests positive for the coronavirus.

From ArmenPress, according to Armenian defense ministry official Artsrun Hovhannisyan, Azerbaijan seems to have given control of some areas on the front line to terrorists.

From Rûdaw, villagers in the Iraqi province of Kirkuk fear remnants of ISIS.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey plans to celebrate Republic Day under coronavirus measures.

From Turkish Minute, a Turkish court sentences security officer who worked at the U.S. consulate in İstanbul to five years in prison on terror charges for aiding the Gülen movement.

From Morocco World News, on the eve of Eid Al Mawlid Annabaoui, Moroccan King Mohammed VI pardons 931 prison inmates.

From ABC News, Muslim countries call for a boycott of French products.  (I vaguely recall some Americans calling for the same thing after France decided against supporting our invasion of Iraq.)

From The Caldron Pool, a security guard at the Manchester Arena had a "bad feeling" about the suicide bomber but wouldn't approach him for fear of being called a racist, and what do the knife attack in France and "cancel culture" have in common?

And from Gatestone Institute, "the future of Arab normalization with Israel".

Wednesday Wanderings - Part 1

On a cloudy but mild Wednesday in the last week of October, here are some things going on:

From National Review, President Trump has affected immigration, which has benefitted some American workers.

From FrontpageMag, scientists come out against the coronavirus "internment".

From Townhall, Senator Cory Gardner (R-CO) asks Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey a pointed question about Tweets getting hidden.

From The Washington Free Beacon, former Vice President Biden touts an endorsement from a Muslim group that accuses American Jews of having a dual loyalty.

From the Washington Examiner, the New York Post has been locked out of Twitter for two weeks.

From The Federalist, Trump is doing better than what polls suggest in Wisconsin and Michigan.

From American Thinker, GOP Chairman Ronna McDaniel's Twitter posts shows what the polls are missing.

From CNS News, Biden promises that biological males will have access to female sports, bathrooms and locker rooms.

From LifeZette, former President Obama accuses Trump of being jealous of the media coverage given to the coronavirus.

From NewsBusters, the networks stay silent about former Hunter Biden associate Tony Bobulinski.

From Canada Free Press, a coronavirus lockdown versus opening up.

From CBC News, according to a report, opioid deaths have skyrocketed and mental health has suffered in Canada due to coronavirus restrictions.

From Global News, Canada's National Lacrosse League plans to start its next season in April.

From CTV News, a teacher in Toronto, Ontario, Canada is failed for not wearing proper protective equipment.

From TeleSUR, mining affects 31 percent of indigenous territories in the Amazon region.

From The Portugal News, Portugal is listed among the 10 best countries for migrant integration policies.

From El País, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez agrees to have more congressional oversight during Spain's coronavirus state of alarm.

From France24, France braces for possible new coronavirus restrictions as hospitalizations increase.

From RFI, Turkey plans to sue over a cartoon of President Erdoğan in Charlie Hebdo.  (Reader discretion is advised.)

From SwissInfo, Switzerland imposes early closing times and seating restrictions on bars and restaurants.

From ANSA, according to Italian Economy Minister Roberto Gualtieri, the state won't tolerate any more violent behavior.

From the Malta Independent, 489 bars in Malta will close tomorrow and start closed until December 1st due to the coronavirus.

From Malta Today, Malta's tourism ministry insists on moving a historical watchtower.

From Total Slovenia News, a descendant of Lady Godiva makes an appearance in Ljubljana, Slovenia.  (Reader discretion is again advised.)

From Total Croatia News, some locations in Zagreb, Croatia for celebrating Advent.  (If you read Croatian, read the story at Journal.)

From Independent Balkan News Agency, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and Minister of Labor and Social Policy Jagoda Shahpaska welcome North Macedonia's new anti-discrimination law.

From Balkan Insight, a former Bosnian Serb soldier gets 16 years in prison for murdering civilians in 1992.

From Ekathimerini, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visits a submarine.

From the Greek Reporter, frescoes at the Greek Orthodox Chora Monastery in Istanbul are covered up as it is prepared to be opened as a mosque.

From Novinite, Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, now under quarantine, urges all Bulgarians observe all coronavirus measures.

From The Sofia Globe, the Bulgarian cabinet approves a draft budget bill for 2021.

From Radio Bulgaria, medical scientists at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences call for unified efforts in fighting the coronavirus.

From Romania-Insider, more than 160 places of worship are included in Romania's Cultural Tourist Route of the Wooden Churches.

From Russia Today, the Tupolev Tu-154 make its last civil aviation flight in Russia.

From Sputnik International, thawing permafrost turns pingos into "ticking time bombs".

From The Moscow Times, Russia sets up a small base near Tegh, Armenia.

From Daily News Hungary, Hungary's 2021 census questionnaire will be available to everyone online.

From Hungary Today, the number of coronavirus cases in Hungary outside of Budapest rises drastically.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at VálaszOnline.)

From About Hungary, according to Defense Minster Tibor Benkő, the development of Hungary's armed forces is on schedule.

From The Slovak Spectator, where to show up for coronavirus testing in Slovakia, and what if you don't want to?

From Radio Prague, several hundred people protest in Prague against the Czech Republic's coronavirus restrictions.

From Euractiv, three Czech center-right parties form an alliance to defeat Prime Minister Andrej Babiš.

From Polskie Radio, Polish conservative leader Jarosław Kaczyński calls pro-abortion protesters who "attack" churches "criminals".

From EuroNews, Poland deploys riot police to deal with pro-abortion protests and strikes.

From ReMix, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki calls on pro-abortion protesters to "cease aggressive actions".

From the CPH Post, young people in Denmark still believe in democracy.

From Deutsche Welle, Germany will impose a one-month partial coronavirus lockdown.

From Free West Media, Syrians are the most likely foreigners to commit violent acts in Germany.

From the NL Times, a plastic catcher is installed in the harbor in Schiedam, Netherlands.

From Dutch News, according to Prime Minister Mark Rutte, a full lockdown in the Netherlands in not ruled out.

From VRT NWS, little swifts are observed in Belgium for the first time.

From The Brussels Times, Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo calls for unity in fighting the coronavirus.

From the Express, a Brexit deal might be just one week away.

From the Evening Standard, a second coronavirus lockdown looks likely for most of Britain.

From the (U.K.) Independent, a U.S. State Department official who visited the U.K. prime minister's official residence tests positive for the coronavirus.

From the (Irish) Independent, members of an Irish teachers union threaten to strike over coronavirus-related safety issues.

From the Irish Examiner, music and dance teachers urge the Irish government to allow them to reopen under level 3 coronavirus restrictions.

From The Conservative Woman, catch them young and convert them to coronavirus-ism.

From Snouts in the Trough, the past and present of the Yasser Arafat Gaza International Airport.

From The Stream, is new Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett a submissive wife?

From The Daily Signal, rioters in New York City throw rocks at cops and drive through a police line.

From SmallBizDaily, why now, with the coronavirus raging, is the best time to start a business.

From The American Conservative, allies, friends and clients are different things.

From CBS Philly, a Philadelphia police officer gets his arm caught in a door of a car used by looters.

From WPVI-TV, Philadelphia imposes a 9:00 p.m. curfew as the city braces for more unrest.

From Breitbart, former DHS chief of staff Miles Taylor admits being the "anonymous" White House official who wrote the "resistance" op-ed published by The New York Times.

And from Fox News, dentists warn against the TikTok trend of gluing fake fangs to your teeth.