Saturday, October 24, 2020

Saturday Stories

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

From National Review, homeowners displaying Trump signs receive ominous letters.

From Townhall, a list of Vice President Biden's lies from the last presidential debate.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Montana Governor Steve Bullock (D), now running for Senator, has taken in almost $1.2 million in donations for corporate executives and corporate-backed PACs.

From the Washington Examiner, Democrats throw a tantrum over SCOTUS nominee Amy Coney Barrett.

From American Thinker, with all the talk about "Nazis" being thrown around, who were the real Nazis?

From LifeZette, the issues that matter to voters, and where.

From NewsBusters, CNN calls on the media to keep on hating President Trump.

From Canada Free Press, pollsters still count their eggs before the chickens hatch.

From CBC News, election day arrives in the Canadian province of British Columbia.

From TeleSUR, the Regional Indigenous Council of Cauca cancels its agenda with the Colombian government.

From The Conservative Woman, a report on racism in English secondary schools has some Nazi echoes.

From Snouts in the Trough, "the cure is worse than the disease" and other items.

From the Evening Standard, anti-lockdown demonstrators block Oxford Street in London, while a pantomime cow protests against a proposed U,.K.-U.S. trade deal.

From BirminghamLive, a woman in England who was attacked by a paedophile still at large fears that he is attacking others.

From the (Irish) Independent, Ireland could get it first batch coronavirus vaccine within weeks.

From The Brussels Times, coronavirus cases in Belgian schools double in a week.

From the NL Times, bars and restaurants in Dutch hotels are forbidden from serving alcohol after 8 p.m.

From Deutsche Welle, "stay home", says German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a Syrian attacks a gay couple in Dresden, Germany with a knife.

From Polskie Radio, Polish President Andrzej Duda tests positive for the coronavirus.

From Radio Prague, Czech President Andrej Babiš proposes the dismissal of Health Minister Roman Prymula and names a replacement.

From The Slovak Spectator, the Foreigner's Police in Slovakia will be closed during the country's coronavirus lockdown.

From Daily News Hungary, is migration the worst problem faced by Hungarians?  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at 24HU.)

From Sputnik International, Kyrgyzstan is ready to consider expanding the Russian airbase Kant.

From The Sofia Globe, Sofia, Bulgaria orders night clubs to close for two weeks, starting tomorrow.

From the Greek Reporter, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis meets with 114 mayors to start preparing to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Greek war for independence.

From Total Croatia News, Croatia changes its coronavirus testing rules.  (If you read Croatian, read the story at Poslovni Dnevnik.)

From Total Slovenia News, Slovenia reports 1,961 new coronavirus cases and a test positivity rate of 27.9 percent.

From the Malta Independent, an Eritrean man is arrested after allegedly causing €15,000 worth of damage to bus stops in Malta.

From SwissInfo, calls for more action and new measures on the coronavirus in Switzerland are mooted.

From RFI, Turkish President Erdoğan "lashes out" at French President Macron's attitude toward Muslims.  (French attitudes toward Muslims have been around for a while.)

From Free West Media, the mayor of Bron, France faces death threats days after the beheading of a teacher in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine.

From El País, coronavirus cases and hospital admissions are increasing in nearly all of Spain.

From The Portugal News, the American state of Utah and the Portuguese institute Camões sign a memorandum of understanding to promote the Portuguese language in the U.S.

From Morocco World News, Zambia opens its embassy in Rabat, Morocco.

From Hürriyet Daily News, according to Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, Turkey will continue preparing to use S-400 missile defense systems, purchased from Russia.

From Rûdaw, hundreds gather to observe the exhumation of a mass grave of victims of ISIS in Shingal, Iraq.

From ArmenPress, according to the foreign ministry of Artsakh, Azerbaijan sabotages the efforts of international mediators.

From In-Cyprus, Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay illegally visits the fenced-off area of Varosha in Famagusta, Cyprus.

From Arutz Sheva, Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi praises Sudan's decision to join the Abraham accords.

From YNetNews, Egypt and the UAE welcome the deal between Israel and Sudan while Palestinians cry foul.

From the Egypt Independent, the Suez Canal Authority and Royal IHC successfully launch the biggest dredger in the Middle East.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, Ethiopian seeks clarification of U.S. President Trump's dam comment.

From the Saudi Gazette, Saudi Arabia reports 417 recoveries from the coronavirus.

From The New Arab, former Sudanese Prime Minister Sadiq al-Mahdi slams his country's normalization deal with Israel.

From Radio Farda, an Iranian-German dual citizen is arrested in Tehran.

From Dawn, according to Pakistani politician Maryam Nawaz, the voice of her father Nawaz Sharif echoes through their country even as his speeches are banned.

From Khaama Press, six people are killed and two others injured in a dam attack by terrorists in the Afghan province of Nimroz.

From the Hindustan Times, in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, a 15-year-old girl is allegedly beaten and thrown off a terrace by three men after she objected to harassment from them.  (The article cites ANI, but does not provide a link.)

From the Dhaka Tribune, parents and guardians of students at Manipur High School and College block a road in Dhaka while demonstrating for lower tuition fees.

From the Colombo Page, visitors to the Temple of the Tooth in Kandy, Sri Lanka are required to show their national identity cards.

From Maldives Insider, the resort Soneva plans to open tourist-centric science center in the Maldive Islands.

From The Jakarta Post, labor unions plan more protests and legal action against Indonesia's Job Creation Law.

From The Straits Times, Thailand prepares for more protests against Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, who ignores demands that he resign.

From the Borneo Post, at least six of Malaysia's nine Malay rulers plan to meet tomorrow amid speculation that a state of emergency will be declared.

From Free Malaysia Today, 39 inmates at the Penang remand prison test positive for the coronavirus.

From Vietnam Plus, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc inspects post-flood recovery in central Vietnam.

From The Mainichi, bears injure three people in the Japanese prefecture of Fukui.

From Gatestone Institute, the U.S. has become "an inspirational leader in the Middle East".

From The Stream, the real debate over the coronavirus is not between President Trump and Dr. Fauci, but between Fauci and other scientists.

From The Daily Wire, according to David Limbaugh, who wrote the article, a "sordid conspiracy" exists to "deceive the American electorate".

From Fox News, according to State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus, Trump's Middle East deals "rejected conventional wisdom".

From WPVI-TV, Trump votes in Florida while former Vice President Biden focuses on Pennsylvania.

From Breitbart, according to a poll, Trump is down by just one point among black voters in Michigan.

And from the Genesius Times, according to a poll, 93.7 percent of poll numbers are made up.

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